1975: Chancellor Edwin Young establishes the Arts Consortium (AC) to coordinate arts activities and units on campus
1995: First Awards in the Creative Arts presented to faculty and graduate students from UW Foundation arts-related bequests; AC hosts first artist-in-residence Meredith Monk
1998: Chancellor David Ward establishes the Arts Institute (AI) as a center with a half-time director
1999: AI organizes the first Wisconsin Film Festival; the Interdisciplinary Arts Residency Program is established through the Cluster Hire Initiative
2010-2011: AI coordinates Illuminate: Year of the Arts
2012: The Studio: Creative Arts Community is established in Sellery Hall
2013: AI becomes a stand-alone campus division with a full-time director
2015: AI takes over management of the Madison Early Music Festival
2016: Course subject listing “Integrated Arts” is created to serve AI programs
