Arts Homecoming & Open House Events
Wed, April 27th – Sun, May 1st, 2011 on the UW-Madison campus
Campus Arts Homecoming and Open House events are FREE unless otherwise noted.
ALUMNI WEEKEND SPECIAL EVENTS
WAA’s Alumni Weekend Lectures: Year of the Arts, New Union South, 1308 W. Dayton St., Fri 4/29, 9AM-5PM, registration required.
WAA’s Alumni Weekend: Exploring Campus, Sat 4/30, 1-3:30PM.
* Exploring Campus – Education Building
Building tours, Art on Bascom alumni exhibit and art sale, Create your own art on Bascom (art projects honoring teachers), and Education Memories Video Booth, 1st Floor, 1-3:30PM. Alumni spotlight: Rebecca Davis (BFA ’00) speaks, Morgridge Commons, 2PM. Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall.
* Exploring Campus – Art Lofts
Student-led tours at 1, 2, and 3PM. Demo of the Papermill and Pulp Painting with Barbara Landes, UW graduate student from 1-4PM. Art Lofts, 111 N. Frances St.
* Exploring Campus – Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
Japanese Kabuki Theatre demonstration & talk at1PM. Student fashion show preview, “La Moda Processa: Foundation to Innovation” at 2PM. Piano performance and talk at 3PM. “Drag Space,” mobile art installation, on-going. Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, 330 N. Orchard St.
ART & DESIGN
Art Lofts Extravaganza: Demos & self-guided tours all day. Visiting artists will be present. Carmen Lozar – Glass Lab demo, 11AM-4PM, Erin Furimsky- Ceramics Lab demo, 1-4PM, and Tad Gloeckler – New Work in the Artium, 3-4:30PM, Art Lofts, 111 N. Frances St., Wed 4/27.
Art Department Wednesday Talk, visiting ceramacist James Melchert, Room L160 Chazen Musuem of Art, 800 University Ave., Wed 4/27, 4:30-5:20PM.
Art on Bascom Exhibit Reception, Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall, Wed 4/27, 5:30-7:30PM.
N[e]W[e]ave: Five Contemporary Weavers, Common Wealth Gallery, 100 S. Baldwin St., runs through Wed 4/27.
83rd Annual Student Art Show, Porter Butts and Class of 1925 Galleries, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St., runs through Thurs 4/28.
Ted Lott M.F.A. Exhibition: Sense of Proportion, closing reception, Art Lofts, Thurs 4/28, 6-8PM.
Fifth Annual Health Sciences Student Art Show “corpus callosum”, 3rd floor galleries, Ebling Library, Health Sciences Learning Center, 750 Highland Ave, runs through Fri 4/29.
Marcus Benavides MA Exhibition: This Absurd Life, opening reception, 7th Floor Gallery, Humanities, 455 N. Park St., Sat 4/30, 6-8PM.
“Drag Space,” mobile art installation on cargo bicycle, Tad Gloeckler and students, campus and downtown area, Sat 4/30, runs throughout the day.
Student fashion show preview, “La Moda Processa: Foundation to Innovation,” Diane Sheehan, Town Center at Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, 330 N. Orchard St., Sat 4/30, 2PM.
Chinn Wang MFA Exhibition: Faux Finish, opening reception, Art Lofts, 111 N. Frances St., Sat 4/30, 7-9PM.
Holy Image, Sacred Presence: Russian Icons 1500 – 1900 exhibition, Chazen Museum of Art, 800 University Ave., runs through Sun 6/5.
“Channel Two,” a site-specific video installation, Gallery 1308, New Union South, 1308 W. Dayton St., runs through Tue 6/7.
FILM
Cinematheque: Anthony Mann’s Westerns, Room 4070, Vilas Hall, 821 University Ave., Fri 4/29, 7PM.
Cinematheque: A Light and Sound Machine Spectacular, Room 4070, Vilas Hall, 821 University Ave., Sat 4/30, 7PM.
THEATER
MFA Shakespeare Project, Hemsley Theatre, Vilas Hall, Wed 7:30PM.
You Can’t Take it With You, Mitchell Theatre, Vilas Hall, 821 University Ave., Thurs-Sat 4/28-30, 7:30PM, ticketed event.
Japanese Kabuki Theatre demonstration & talk, David Furumoto, Town Center at Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, 330 N. Orchard St., Sat 4/30, 1PM.
MUSIC
Wind Ensemble student & alumni concert, Mills Hall, Humanities, 455 N. Park St., Fri, 4/29, 8PM.
Pitches and Notes: A Love Story, Women’s A Cappella, Play Circle, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon Ave., Fri 4/29, 8PM, ticketed event.
World Percussion Ensemble, Music Hall, 925 Bascom Mall, Sat 4/30, 12PM.
Julie Page, piano performance and talk , South Atrium at Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, 330 N. Orchard St., Sat 4/30, 3PM.
Perlman Trio (piano), Morphy Hall, Humanities, 455 N. Park St., Sat 4/30, 3:30PM.
Javanese Gamelan Ensemble, Mills Hall, Humanities, 455 N. Park St., Sat, 4/30, 4PM.
Wisconsin Singers Spring Showcase, Music Hall, 925 Bascom Mall, Sat 4/30, 7PM, ticketed event.
Choral Union and Symphony Orchestra perform Elijah,Mills Hall, Humanities, 455 N. Park St., Sat 4/30, 8PM and Sun 5/1, 7:30PM, ticketed event.
Concert Band, Mills Hall, Humanities, 455 N. Park St., Sun 5/1, 1PM.
University Carillonneur Lyle Anderson, Carillon Tower , 1160 Observatory Dr., Sun 5/1, 3PM.
University Bands, Mills Hall, Humanities, 455 N. Park St., Sun 5/1, 3PM.
Generationals, Der Rathskeller, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon Ave., Sat 4/30, 9:30-11PM.
DANCE
UW Breakers open breakdance session and workshop for National Dance Week, Gordon Commons, lower level Room A1, 717 W. Johnson St., Wed 4/27, 7-9PM.
Hypnotiq’s 4th Annual Hip-Hop Dance Showcase, Great Hall, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon Ave., Thurs 4/28, 7-8:30PM.
Badger Ballroom Dance Team Latin Dance Lesson, Kanopy Dance Company, 341 State St., Thurs 4/28, 8-9PM.
Dance Department Friday Forum: 2011 spring semester Elective Showing, Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall, Fri 4/29, 3:30PM. See dancers from several classes this semester including Jazz I & II, Modern I & II, Ballroom II, Hip Hop, and African.
Dance Majors Informal Showing, new student work, Room 549, Lathrop Hall, Fri 4/29, 8PM.
Los Sabrosos Salsa Social, Tripp Commons, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon Ave., Fri 4/29, 9PM – midnight.
National Dance Week Madison performances and mini classes, Library Mall, Sat 4/30, 11:30AM-5PM.
UW Bellydancing’s 11th Annual Spring Show, Union Theater, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon Ave., Sat 4/30, 7PM, ticketed event.
Badger Ballroom Dance Team Spring Showcase followed by social dance, New Union South, 1308 W. Dayton St., Sat 4/30, 7PM – midnight.
Post Natyam Collective, SUNOH! Tell Me, Sister, Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall,Sat 4/30, 8PM, ticketed event.
LITERARY ARTS
Food critic Jonathan Gold speaks, “Authenticity, Culture, and the Korean Taco,” Room L160 Chazen Musuem of Art, 800 University Ave., 7:30PM, Thurs 4/28.
ARTS ADMINISTRATION
Arts Enterprise Student Association End-of-Year Event, Art Alumni panel talk, student business plan, resume, website and grant proposal presentations, Room 3180, Grainger Hall, 975 University Ave., Sat 4/30, 2-4PM.