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Division of the Arts News

Recent News

  • A woman stands in front of her paintings on the wall looking back over her shoulder toward the camera.

    What can visiting artists do?

    Dismantle tropes, illuminate exclusion, and ‘See Memory’: Astria Suparak, Anila Agha and Viviane Silvera join a rich legacy of visiting artists to challenge and inspire UW–Madison students.

    March 9, 2026

  • The Room Where It Happens

    Not all aspiring screenwriters can go to Hollywood. Luckily for UW–Madison, Communication Arts alum Jason Rothenberg (’89) is bringing the Hollywood TV Writer’s Room to them.

    February 4, 2026
  • Corey Pompey and Bucky Badger stand with arms raised in front of Varsity Band members.

    Why Wisconsin?

    UW–Madison’s vibrant, interdisciplinary campus arts culture attracts students and professors from around the world. But don’t just take our word for it.

    January 29, 2026
  • Seven members of Verita Baroque ensemble all dressed in black and white strike vivid poses with their instruments against a white background

    A New Spin on Centuries-Old Music

    From post-Soviet Siberia to Baroque castles to the Hamel Music Center in Madison, Taya König-Tarasevich is putting her futuristic touch on historical performance.  

    January 12, 2026

  • Designing Restorative Spaces for Everyone

    Why is this Landscape Architecture class drawing students from all over campus?

    December 2, 2025
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Archive

Madison Early Music Festival Shakespeare 400: An Elizabethan Celebration Concerts and Events – July 9-16, 2016 (PDF)

Baldacchino to lead the Division of the Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison starting August 2016 (PDF)

More Than $82 Million Awarded for Arts Projects Nationwide, Includes $18,000 awarded to UW-Madison Division of the Arts (PDF)

“Through the Hollywood Looking Glass: PTSD and Beyond” Films Shown May 22 & 29 and June 5 at UW-Madison (PDF)

Amy Franceschini of Futurefarmers, the Spring 2016 Division of the Arts Interdisciplinary Artist in Residence, Presents Final Event: Seeds of Time (PDF)

Big Screens, Little Folks Films for Kids Shown April 15-17 During the Wisconsin Film Festival (April 14-21) (PDF)

Wisconsin Film Festival Overview – April 14-21, 2016 (PDF)

Announcing the 2016 Recipients of the Awards in the Creative Arts (PDF)

Former UW-Madison Division of the Arts’s Interdisciplinary Artist in Residence, Juan Felipe Herrera, is appointed as the U.S. Library of Congress Poet Laureate (PDF)

Carl Djerassi Fostered Arts & Literature at UW-Madison (PDF)

Recent sightings: Dancers upon stilts (link)

Announcing the Recipients of 2015 Awards in the Creative Arts (PDF)

Madison Early Music Festival 2015 (PDF)

New Children’s Cinema Program at 2015 Wisconsin Film Festival (PDF)