Michael Velliquette MA’99, MFA’00 turns monochrome materials into extravagant works of art.
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Paul Woelbing ’79 has assembled the world’s largest theater organ.
Blu³eprint by Faisal Abdu’Allah communes with the UW’s Abe Lincoln statue.
As Yung Gravy, Matthew Hauri ’17 conquered the music world while still a UW marketing major.
The Terrace music series became a sensation in the ’80s and is poised for a comeback.
A UW production takes a new perspective on the opera’s sexual politics.
A chance encounter led Chris Walker to study dance and, now, head UW’s Division of the Arts.
Sanford Biggers prepares an artistic response to a problematic work in the Chazen collection.
What’s it like to be Afghan and Kurdish in the U.S.? Read Hajjar Baban ’20.
Sarah Brailey MM’07, DMA’21 wins a Grammy for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album.
As a curator and practitioner, John Szarkowski ’48 helped shape our view of photography — and the world.
Young reporters use new strategies to bring local news back from the brink.
Known as a colorful chronicler of counterculture figures, Larry Sloman MS’72 is finding his direction home as a singer-songwriter.
For jazz pianist Joan Wildman, music was life. That may sound like a figure of speech, but Wildman proved it a statement of fact. After a cancer diagnosis last year, the longtime UW–Madison professor bravely rejected a treatment that might have bought her more time. The problem was, the drugs…
Sami Schalk demonstrates the principle of “pleasure activism.”
A unique group of poets, musicians, and activists came together in the inaugural cohort of First Wave, the UW’s pioneering scholarship program.
The Tony–winning Broadway star forged his artistic identity at UW–Madison.
Meet the Harry Whitehorse statue near Camp Randall — and sit on it, too.
Man — Creator of Order and Disorder returns to its former glory.
The Wisconsin Union Theater makes sure the 100th-anniversary season is something special.
Even as a UW–Madison student, the author of “A Raisin in the Sun” spoke up for what she believed in.
Mary Hinkson ’46, MS’47 was born to dance, but as a black woman at the UW, she found Madison far from welcoming. Rather than give up, she became one of the nation’s leading performers.
Amid a vinyl revival, the UW’s Mills Music Library dusts off its robust record collection.
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Long before she led the UW women’s hockey team to two NCAA Division I championships, goalie Alannah McCready ’10 was a member of several boys’ youth hockey teams in Blaine, Minnesota.
“When I was growing up, there were no girls’ teams for me to…
Allee Willis ’69 is more than just the composer of the hit songs such as “September” and the Friends theme: she also collects kitsch, throws legendary parties, and supports her hometown of Detroit.