University of Wisconsin–Madison
Four Textiles & Fashion Design students are back in Wisconsin after a new internship in Vietnam reconnected them to the Hmong diaspora. By Maggie Ginsberg, Division of the Arts This summer, four UW–Madison School of Human Ecology students stepped off the plane into the extreme humidity of Hanoi, Vietnam, more than 24 hours into a journey …
Madelyn Stewart (MA ’25) shares how her Bolz Center for Arts Administration master’s degree helped her gain valuable skills and insights, and what she’s giving back to Madison’s arts community in return. By Maggie Ginsberg, Division of the Arts Madelyn Stewart (MA ’25) first came to Madison from out of state in 2024 because the Bolz Center for …
Now in its third summer, UW Dance Exchange is bringing dance instruction into public schools. Dance Department Teaching Faculty Chell Parkins hopes to keep it there for good. By Maggie Ginsberg The gymnasium inside Thoreau Elementary School is crawling with restless second graders. It’s the middle of summer and they are hot, distracted, and a …
Six beats with keyboardist Isaiah Dobbins, the double neurobiology and jazz studies major who is improvising life as he goes. By Maggie Ginsberg, Division of the Arts The fingers on Isaiah Dobbins’ left hand run scales along his knee while he speaks, providing a silent bass line to his thoughts. I’ve asked him what motivates him, …
Erika Meitner, one of this year’s Creative Arts Award recipients, talks about going analog, changing minds by breaking hearts, and the power of telling our own stories. By Maggie Ginsberg When Professor Erika Meitner first stepped onto campus more than two decades ago as the 2001-02 Diane Middlebrook Poetry Fellow at the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing, …
Aruṇ Lūthrā and a curated mix of multigenerational musicians convene to play live music for LaTasha Barnes’ “Swing into Spring” event on April 12. By Maggie Ginsberg When the request came in, Aruṇ Lūthrā was instantly intrigued: Could he pull together a unique band to provide live music for one-of-a-kind, one-time-only, interactive workshop featuring dancers …