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• Madison Early Music Festival – MEMF Online! – Concerts and Events – July 11-18, 2020

  The University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of the Arts announces the 21st annual Madison Early Music Festival (MEMF), though this year it will be MEMF Online!, from July 11-18 2020. This year’s virtual festival can be …

  July 6, 2020

• UW–Madison students, guest artists and Interdisciplinary Artists-in-Residence, Ben Barson and Gizelxanath Rodriguez, present an event on June 30

    Ben Barson and Gizelxanath Rodriguez, the spring 2020 University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of the Arts‘ Interdisciplinary Artists-in-Residence, guest artists and students will premiere the culminating work of the residency during a virtual event on …

  June 18, 2020

• A Tribute to Sherry Wagner-Henry from the Division of the Arts

  It is with a heavy heart that we write to share the news that our colleague and friend Sherry Wagner-Henry passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, May 30, 2020, due to complications from surgery. We wish …

  June 9, 2020

• Division of the Arts celebrates 2020 Creative Arts Awards recipients

  Each May, the UW­–Madison Division of the Arts celebrates artistic achievement, recognizes service to the arts, and supports arts research by bestowing the Awards in the Creative Arts. Nominations for these awards are juried by …

  May 8, 2020

• The Necessity of the Arts in a Time of Pandemic: How the University of Wisconsin–Madison is Responding

  Written by Gwendolyn Rice “Right now, art, artmaking, and creativity in all its forms are more important than ever,” said Amy Gilman, Director of the Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. “It is one …

  April 16, 2020
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