Barson Rodriguez

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

Posted on March 22, 2021

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 …

Contested Homes: Migrant Liberation Movement Suite

The final event of Interdisciplinary Artists-in-Residence Ben Barson and Gizelxanath Rodriguez’s spring 2020 residency will be virtual—the online premiere of a new multimedia work that combines jazz, hip hop, spoken word, dance, and visual art, created together with students from their Artivism: Intercultural Solidarity & Decolonizing Performance course.

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

Posted on June 18, 2020

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 …

POSTPONED: Musical Performance & Film Screening

Part of the Conference on Migration: Latin America and the U.S. Please note: this event has been postponed.

CANCELED: The 14th Annual Nelson Institute Earth Day Conference

In-person event canceled; online forum details are forthcoming.

Join artist-activists and UW–Madison spring 2020 interdisciplinary artists-in-residence Ben Barson and Gizelxanath Rodriguez along with others for a discussion of “Ecological Justice through Art” during this 60 minute breakout session.

POSTPONED: Resistance and Reimagination: Gender, Change, and the Arts

Join us for a roundtable discussion from the performers of “Mirror Butterfly: The Migration Liberation Movement Suite” as they discuss their work within the context of a lifetime in activism and art around liberation via organizations where women’s leadership is paramount. Please note: this event has been postponed.

CANCELED: Contested Homes: Migrant Liberation Movement Suite

The final event of interdisciplinary artists-in-residence Ben Barson and Gizelxanath Rodriguez’s spring 2020 residency features a new performance module of the jazz opera Mirror Butterfly, created together with students from their Artivism: Intercultural Solidarity & Decolonizing Performance course. Please note: this event has been canceled.