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• Finalists chosen for the UW–Madison Arts Business Competition – Presentations on April 23

  The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Arts Business Competition was created in 2009 to encourage UW–Madison students to develop and present a thorough proposal for an arts event, exhibition, series, commercial venture or other artistic project. Students submit …

  April 16, 2021

• Student-led organizations will host free, virtual discussion with critically acclaimed rapper and poet Noname

  Noname to discuss artistic expression in music and poetry, BIPOC and female empowerment during free event open to University of Wisconsin–Madison students, staff, and faculty

  March 29, 2021

• UW–Madison Division of the Arts Announces a major change to the Interdisciplinary Arts Residency Program

  Updated April 13, 2021 The University of Wisconsin­–Madison Division of the Arts is changing the name of the Interdisciplinary Arts Residency Program (IARP) to Interdisciplinary Artist-in-Residence Teaching (IART) program starting in July 2021. The program …

  March 22, 2021

• Soprano Sarah Brailey Wins Grammy Award

  The world premiere recording of composer Dame Ethel Smyth’s 1930 masterwork, The Prison, released on Chandos Records, has won the Grammy Award for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album. The recording features soprano and doctoral student Sarah Brailey and bass-baritone Dashon Burton as soloists, and is conducted by James Blachly with his Experiential Orchestra and Chorus. The producer is Blanton Alspaugh and Soundmirror.

  March 19, 2021

• Response to Anti-Asian Violence

    Our hearts are heavy with the news of the mass shooting in Atlanta that led to the killing of eight people, including six Asian women. While still under investigation, this attack occurs at a …

  March 18, 2021
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