Opening
Division of the Arts Director Chris Walker
Ben Ferris Trio
Ben Ferris, bass
Mike Koszewski, drums & cymbals
Chris Rottmayer, piano
Welcome
Amy Gilman, Director, Chazen Museum of Art
The Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement-Funded Programs
GG Elizabeth Christensen, Artivism Student Action Program
Sammy Dyrud, Artivism Student Action Program
Anaya Frazier, Artivism Student Action Program
James Carl Osorio, Artivism Student Action Program
Tina Rea, Artivism Student Action Program
Zen Spivey, The Studio Service
Akhilesh Peddi and Arista Ranka, The Studio Research
Acknowledgements
Division of the Arts Director Chris Walker
Arts for Healthy Minds
Erin Celello
Claudia Guzman
Christine Holm
Ahna Skop
Lillian Smith & Katherine Kramer
Vocal solo from Twelfth Night
Sydney Germany
Heavyn Dyer-Jones
Spero Fellowship
Grant St. Claire
Arts Business Competition
Ben Carlee, Madison Gamer Symphony Orchestra
Giselle Oliva, Cornhusk Collective
Tony Sansalone, Tufting with Tony
Sherry Wagner Henry Scholarship Award
Giselle Oliva
Moises Garcia
GG Christensen
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Arts Award
Kaleb Autman
Dylan Hart
Madelyn Mascotti
Kiyem Obuseh
Abby Sunde
Issac Yang
Lyman S.V. Judson and Ellen Mackechnie Judson Student Award in the Creative Arts
Diya Abbas
Kaleb Autman
Spoken Word, Made in Our Own Image – Meditations on the Blood We Conjure
Kaleb Autman
Lyman S.V. Judson and Ellen Mackechnie Judson Graduate Student Award in the Creative Arts
Diego Alegria
Gabriela Yepes-Rossel
David and Edith Sinaiko Frank Graduate Fellowshop for a Woman in the Arts
Anamika Singh
Monologue from Wine in the Wilderness
Jnae Thompson
Graduate Student Creative Arts Award
Fatemeh Fani
Matthew Ludak
Veronica Pham
Magdalena Sas
Carolyn Spears
Devon Stackonis
Spoken Word, Finally a Reflection in the Form of a Poem
Azura Tyabji
Retirees
Diana Hess, Dean and Karen A. Falk Distinguished Chair of Education
Marlene Skog, Dance
Wei Dong, Design
Paula Panczenko, Director, Tandem Press
Edna Wiechers Arts in Wisconsin Award
Hannah O’Hare Bennett
Dance Duet, Tenderness and Rot
Whitney Bleick
Erin Steers
In Memoriam
Cydney M. Edwards, Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives
David Bordwell, Communication Arts
Richard Davis, School of Music
Leslie L. Thimmig, School of Music
Joan Wildman, School of Music
Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts
Mike King
The Aurora Brass Quintet, “Four Pieces: 2. Danzon” by Pacquito D’Rivera
Turner Grey, tuba
Joshua Brooks, trumpet
Katherine Schmit, trumpet
John Shawger, horn
Alli Dotson, trombone
Emily Mean Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts
Anna Campbell
Peter Dominguez
Picking
Cleo Decker
Emma Miquelon
Creative Arts Award
Laura Schwendinger
Aria from Artemisia
Julia Rottmayer, vocalist
Thomas Kasdorf
Ben Ferris Trio
Ben Ferris, bass
Mike Koszewski, drums & cymbals
Chris Rottmayer, piano
With Gratitutde
Thank you to the 2024 Creative Arts Awards review and selection committee:
Chris Walker (Dance); Faisal Abdu’Allah (Art); Anthony Di Sanza (Music); Florence Hsia (History); Grant Nelsestuen (Letters & Science); Jen Plants (English); Samara Frame (Division of the Arts)
The Creative Arts Awards are made possible by the Emily Mead Baldwin Professorship Fund, Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award for Arts Faculty and Staff Fund, Suzanne and Roberto Freund, Lyman S.V. Judson and Ellen Mackechnie Judson Award Fund, Emily Nissley, David and Edith Sinaiko Frank Fund, Edna Wiechers Arts in Wisconsin Fund, and the Division of the Arts.
Special thanks for funding goes to The Division of Diversity, Equity and Educational Achievement, Center for Healthy Minds, Ronald W. Hevey and the Ronald W. Hevey Scholarship Fund, donors to the Leslie Watkins Visual and Performing Arts Scholarship Fund, Joan Spero and C. Michael Spero, and the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education with funding from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
Additional Credits:
Videography: Aaron Granat
Video Music: Tim Russell, composer
Livestream: Alexander André, Aaron Granat, DJ Koehn, Ella Schienle & Liz Root
Graphic Design and Illustration: Alexander André & Lily Cain
Stage Manager: Alissa Berman
Assistant Stage Manager: Anna Wentzel
Music Operations Manager: Ben Bell Bern
Recording Engineer: Lance Ketterer
Lighting Designer & Video Engineer: Paul Schaefer