The Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Art Committee invites Madison area artists to submit artwork for the Committee’s exhibition “FIRST 100 DAYS”.
The exhibition will feature artwork that portrays artists’ reactions to President Donald J. Trump’s first 100 days in office.
The common practice of assessing a U.S. president’s performance after 100 days of presidency inspired WUD Art to create this exhibit. Committee members believe the artwork will provide community members an opportunity to reflect upon and discuss the current political climate.
The Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Art Committee invites writers and visual artists in the Greater Dane County area to submit their applications for the Committee’s bus art project, called “Art En Route”.
“Art En Route” will feature uniquely commissioned collaborative works as exterior bus wraps featured on various Madison Metro buses.
A panel made up of WUD Art Committee members and other members of the Madison art community will select eight literary artists and eight visual artists to participate in this project.
The Wisconsin Hoofer Alpine Ski Team recently qualified for the United States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association (USCSA) National Championships, which begins on March 7 at Mount Bachelor near Bend, Ore.
[image class="right" title="" src="/assets/Uploads/fc1e747e63/hoofer-alpine.jpeg" alt="hoofer alpine" width="388" height="294" id="4599"]The teams competed against other schools from the Midwest to earn their spots at the national competition.
The Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Art Committee will host an exhibition called “Corrections” by Zora Murff in Memorial Union’s Class of 1925 Gallery March 3-April 24.
“Corrections” is a photography series inspired by Murff’s work monitoring youths on probation for Linn County Juvenile Detention and Diversion Services in Iowa.
Murff has said that the series examines youths’ experiences in the juvenile corrections system, the role images play in defining someone who is deemed a criminal, and how the concepts of privacy and control may affect these youths’ futures.
The Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Art Committee will host Japanese Art Jam, a festival of Japanese art appreciation events, including hands-on printmaking lessons and a lecture by Japanese art expert and UW-Madison professor Gene Phillips, Ph.D.
The festival will open with a screening of the film “Miss Hokusai” in the
Marquee in Union South on Feb. 27 at 7:30 p.m. The film by award-winning director Keiichi Hara tells the story of legendary Japanese painter Katsushika Hokusai through the eyes his daughter Katsushika Oei.
The Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Art Committee will showcase art by 42 University of Wisconsin-Madison students during the 89th Annual Student Art Show Feb. 24-April 17 at Union South in Gallery 1308.
The Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Distinguished Lecture Series Committee will host a free lecture by Andrew Solomon, an esteemed author and lecturer on politics and culture, at Shannon Hall on Feb.1 at 7:00 p.m.
During his lecture, which is titled “How our Identities Emerge from Our Struggles: A Talk About Love”, Solomon will delve into how to forge meaning from life’s struggles.
Solomon brings with him extensive knowledge regarding psychology, politics and the arts and is a well-established expert in identity formation.
[image class="right" title="" src="/assets/Uploads/6992a6b31a/WI-Union-4723-MG-6436-37-38-39-40-42-fused-MOD-small.jpg" alt="WI Union 4723 MG 6436 37 38 39 40 42 fused MOD small" width="420" height="281" id="4100"]Memorial Union’s iconic der Rathskeller and new restaurants Carte, a made-to-order salad and sandwich shop, and Strada, an Italian eatery, will begin serving customers Jan. 17.
The Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Art Committee will celebrate the opening of its new exhibition titled “Across the Sea” by Taiwanese artist Chen Cheng-Po with a reception on Dec. 9 from 6-8 p.m. in the Class of 1925 Gallery in Memorial Union.
This historic exhibition depicts the iconic Taiwanese artist’s life over time. Cheng-Po, who lived from 1895-1947, traveled from Tokyo to Shanghai and Taiwan with a goal of reforming aesthetic education in Taiwan.
The Wisconsin Union invites past and present Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) student leaders, Union staff and Hoofer alumni to a reunion Nov. 10-12, 2017.
Registration for the Wisconsin Union and Memorial Union Building Association (MUBA)-hosted event opens June 2017. An estimated 100 attendees are expected, so the Union encourages attendees to register early and save the dates on their calendars.