Professor Laura Schwendinger Leads The List of Recipients for the 2024 Creative Arts Awards; Wisconsin Film Festival’s Artistic Director Earns Bartell Award 

MADISON – February 8, 2024 – The much anticipated 2024 Creative Arts Awardees have been announced by the University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of the Arts. Laura Schwendinger, Professor of Music Composition at University of Wisconsin–Madison, …

Division of the Arts Issues Call for Applications and Nominations for 2024 Creative Arts Awards

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of the Arts has issued a call for applications and nominations for the annual Creative Arts Awards.Up to $107,500 is available to award this year in support of all campus …

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) Committee: Year Three 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 …

Division of the Arts Announces New Undergraduate Award, Issues Call for Applications and Nominations for Creative Arts Awards

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of the Arts has issued a call for applications and nominations for the annual Creative Arts Awards. Up to $127,500 is available to award this year in support of all …

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 …

The Division of the Arts Announces Recipients of the 2022 Creative Arts Awards

Each May, the UW–Madison Division of the Arts celebrates artistic achievement, recognizes service to the arts, and supports arts research by bestowing the Creative Arts Awards. The call for applications and nominations was released in …

UW–Madison’s Division of the Arts Issues Call for Nominations and Applications for Creative Arts Awards from Faculty, Staff and Students

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of the Arts has issued a call for nominations and applications for the annual Creative Arts Awards. There is $117,000 available to award this year in support of all campus …

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.