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Professor Washko Receives Creative Capital Award
This major award, with a total value of $100,000, will help fund Washko’s experimental video game “The Uncasted Queen and Her Progeny.”
Conflict Kitchen Named to List of “100 Works of Art that Defined the Decade” by Artnet News
Conflict Kitchen, a project by Professor Jon Rubin and Dawn Weleski BFA ’10, served dishes from countries in conflict with the United States.
Facebook Commissions Artwork from Faculty and from Student-Alumnus Collaboration
Facebook commissioned work from Professors Kim Beck and Imin Yeh, and a collaborative work by MFA candidate Michael Neumann and MFA alumnus Shohei Katayama.
Lecture Series: Alisha Wormsley
Alisha Wormsley investigates collective memory and the synchronicity of time, specifically through the stories of women of color.
Lecture Series: Jaume Plensa
Jaume Plensa creates sculptures and installations that aim to unify individuals through connections of spirituality, the body, and collective memory.
Lecture Series: Hilton Als
Pulitzer Prize winning critic Hilton Als’ writing and curatorial work shifts cultural awareness around issues of race, class, sexuality, and identity.

Upcoming Events

Lecture / January 28

Screenprint of a woman standing in front of a fireplace with gold leaf

Lecture Series: Alisha Wormsley

6:30pm, Kresge Theatre

Lecture / February 4

Seven large flat sculptures of serene faces installed in a shallow pool of water

Lecture Series: Jaume Plensa

6:30pm, McConomy Auditorium

Lecture / February 18

Lecture Series: Hilton Als

6:30pm, McConomy Auditorium

Lecture / February 25

Black-and-white animation of people on a raft in a turbulent sea

Lecture Series: Johannes DeYoung

6:30pm, Kresge Theatre

Lecture / March 3

Installation view of an exhibition showing an abstract wood sculpture and photographs of instruments of war (bullets, bombs, etc.)

Lecture Series: Walid Raad

6:30pm, Kresge Theatre

Lecture / March 17

Painting of a mask-like figure and a bird skeleton with eyes against a night sky

Lecture Series: Renée Stout

6:30pm, Kresge Theatre

Four images of abstract art

Weekly Alumni News Update 01.21-01.27.20

Abstract painting of an image almost entirely covered in chalky bone meal

Professor Susanne Slavick Exhibits at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design

Drawing of a construction site from multiple simultaneous angles

Professor Kim Beck Exhibits at the University of Minnesota

Still from the documentary "Workhorse Queen" showing a drag queen with a city skyline in the background

Professor Washko Receives Creative Capital Award

Four images: painting of a sleeping boy, illustrated cover of a magazine, and two abstract works

Weekly Alumni News Update 01.14-01.20.20

Still from one of Angela Washko's interventions in World of Warcraft

Professor Angela Washko Featured in The Face and Frieze Magazine

Alumni / Faculty

Photograph of Conflict Kitchen, a takeout kiosk decorated in with geometric patterning

Conflict Kitchen Named to List of “100 Works of Art that Defined the Decade” by Artnet News

Two-page spread showing a black-and-white close-up photograph of a pothole from Kim Beck's book Pavements, Potholes & Repairs

Professor Kim Beck Publishes Pavements, Potholes & Repairs

Highly pixelated graphic image of a desk from Commodore, 1983

Professor Pipkin Publishes Essay on the Desktop Metaphor on continent.