Welcome to the second edition of the Division of the Arts' reimagined newsletter! We appreciate you spending time with us electronically! I'm in my second year as the communications director here, and I can't tell you how many amazing people and stories I've stumbled across in the community.
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I, along with my amazing bandmates of Aaron Granat on video vibes, Maggie Ginsberg on the writing keys, and Rainer Carboni on the social saxophone, want to tell them all, although it will take time. Thank you for all the ideas and suggestions that have been shared with us so far, please keep them coming.
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I also want to mention that we are now accepting applications for the 2025 Creative Arts Awards and the 2025 Arts Business Competition. There is now one application that covers both funding opportunities. The deadline is December 15th, so don't delay. It will be upon us faster than you can say "winter break."
To demonstrate the impact and scope of the Creative Arts Awards, we'd love to share this fantastic video that Aaron produced for last year's ceremony. In April 2025, the campus arts community and its supporters gathered at the Play Circle in the Memorial Union. This video kicked off the evening as we heard two former CAA winners share what the award meant to their art practices. Please take a look, then read on for more stories and updates from the Division of the Arts.
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Your partner in the arts,
Peter Kleppin
Communications Director, Division of the Arts
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The 75-year-old history of a very special piano, four Textiles & Fashion Design students who spent the summer tracing the patterns of their past, and a theater and poli sci major who's taking on numerous roles. Plus musings from our in-house "Social Butterfly" about the myriad ways art infuses science across this research institution, and opera, printmaking, the "Unveiling" of a new book, and more!
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A Recital 75 Years in the Making
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Two years after beloved pianist Sarah Jamieson’s passing at age 103, seven doctoral students will take the bench of her prized Steinway and reprise her 1951 senior concert. Read More
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Connected by Common Threads
Four Textiles & Fashion Design students are back in Wisconsin after a new internship in Vietnam reconnected them to the Hmong diaspora.
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On Stage and Off: The Many Roles
of Jameson Milhaupt
This UW-Madison double major is making the most of his junior year by taking on every opportunity that comes his way. Read More
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Plus, tell us what cool things you're up to – reach out to the Division of the Arts at info@arts.wisc.edu
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Hello good people of the campus arts community! Welcome back to Social Butterfly, the section where I, Rainer, share about my work as the Division's Social Media Specialist.
During a typical day at the office, I might be designing graphics, editing an Instagram reel, or gallery hopping around campus. Read on for the people, places, and events that have stuck out to me in the time since our last issue.
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In my work covering the arts at a nationally renowned research university, I'm often wondering what role creative thinking plays in the scientific breakthroughs regularly celebrated here on campus.
Then, as if the greater UW community heard me wondering out loud, start of the semester brought a cornucopia of events highlighting the relationship between the arts and scientific research.
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Check out our digital tour of the University’s newest exhibition space, the John D. Wiley Gallery for Art in Science! Located in the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, the inaugural collection celebrates the beauty of natural patterns, the elegance of mathematical forms and the mystery of the cosmos.
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In the Backspace gallery at Art Lofts, Studio Art MFA candidate Anne E. Stoner and Chemical and Biological Engineering PhD candidate Ashley McCullough present "The Power, the Shiver, the Anthropocene", an exhibition using data visualization to tell the haunting, human story of the Great Texas Freeze. The show runs until October 11.
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Later this October, my coworkers and I are headed to the Majestic Theatre for Why Sci Variety Show as part of the Wisconsin Science Festival. This high-energy mashup of science talks and artful performances features live music and (if the rumors around my office are true) an unannounced special guest.
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University Opera presents Mozart's unforgettable masterpiece, Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro): This November, I’ll be seated in Music Hall for Le nozze di Figaro, my first opera ever. Stay tuned to the Division’s social media as we take you behind the scenes for rehearsals and reserve your own tickets here!
Renowned printmaker Derrick Adams is back in Madison this week to celebrate the opening of his new exhibition, “Silver Lining: the Prints of Derrick Adams," which runs through February at Tandem Press. Join Adams and UW Printmaking Professor Faisal Abdu’allah this Thursday at Lola’s Hi/Lo Lounge for an exclusive happy hour and shared DJ set, then keep the party going with Adams’ public reception at Tandem.
Added to my reading list: Out on October 14th from Grove Press, Lorraine Hansbury Professor of English Amy Quan Barry’s newest work “The Unveiling” is a genre-bending novel of literary horror set in Antarctica that explores abandonment, guilt, and survival in the shadow of America’s racial legacy. Delve into “The Unveiling” at Madison Public Library.
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Want to reach our audience of 8,000+ followers? Message the Division at @uwmadisonarts on Instagram and tell us what arts activities we should feature!
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Watch: The Department of Art History’s centennial celebration wrapped up in late September, but you can still catch recordings of the week’s lectures and panels, along with a special 100th anniversary video over on YouTube.
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Listen: The Holding History Podcast pairs UW Professor Joshua Calhoun and Bolz Center for Arts Administration Director Sarah Marty in a series of fast-paced bookish conversations about the fascinating and sometimes puzzling ways we record, share, and preserve cultural knowledge.
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Read: Professor of Woodworking Katie Hudnall wants you to interact with her work — and hopefully to undergo a transformation. Learn more in this feature by Dean Robbins for On Wisconsin Magazine.
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Find out: What is it like to have exclusive access to movies before they hit theaters? Communication Arts Professor Jonathan Gray and a small group of graduate students report from the Telluride Film Festival.
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