Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) Committee Year 2 Update

The Division of the Arts’ Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) Committee was formed to turn our commitment to embrace and serve all members of our diverse arts community into meaningful action. The Committee is …

Judy Frater’s interdisciplinary arts residency events and exhibition “Coming Together: Culturally Inspired Creation” (April 20-May 27) at UW–Madison

This spring semester, Judy Frater is the University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of the Arts’ interdisciplinary artist-in-residence. Judy Frater is a curator, author and school director who lived in the Kutch region in Northwest India for …

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 …

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 …

UW–Madison to host musicians and activists Ben Barson and Gizelxanath Rodriguez as the spring 2020 Division of the Arts Interdisciplinary Artists-in-Residence

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of the Arts (presenter) welcomes Ben Barson and Gizelxanath Rodriguez as the spring 2020 Interdisciplinary Artists-in-Residence. Both Barson and Rodriguez are musicians, artivists (artists and activists), environmentalists and co-founders of …