Stories indexed under: Arts

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• Scholars gather in Madison to discuss impact of language July 19, 2005 For the first time in its 40-year history, the World Congress of Applied Linguistics will be held in the United States, specifically at UW-Madison, on Sunday-Friday, July 24-29 at the Pyle Center and the Monona Terrace.
• Summer Carillon recitals announced June 15, 2005 The 56-bell Memorial Carillon on campus will be featured in a series of recitals on Sunday afternoons, from June 26-Aug. 7, and Thursday evenings, from July 7-28.
• Competition unleashes student creativity on silk tie designs May 23, 2005 Silk ties, especially upscale ones that cost up to $120, are unlikely to make their way into many undergraduate student fashion statements. But as far as classroom projects go, ties proved to be a perfect fit. A Department of Environment, Textiles and Design course at UW-Madison, led by professor Jennifer Angus, spent the spring 2005 semester designing a new line of retro-conversational ties for the Chippewa Falls fashion company XMI.
• Extraordinary alumni gift to fund museum expansion May 6, 2005 UW-Madison and Elvehjem Museum of Art today announced a $20 million gift from alumni Simona and Jerome A. Chazen to fund a major expansion of the museum.
• Simona and Jerome A. Chazen: A lifelong love for the arts creates a powerful legacy May 6, 2005 Simona and Jerome Chazen have always been interested in the arts.
• Design students to show 'Fashion Fury' May 3, 2005 UW-Madison design students to show 'Fashion Fury'
• Laser scientist illuminates research in living color April 28, 2005 In art, color is information. Just look at a painting by an artist such as Monet: Each uniquely hued brushstroke brings to life a new blade of grass, a leaf, a flower petal, a slice of sky-each a component of the complete picture.
• Arts faculty, students to be honored April 29 April 26, 2005 Creative arts faculty and students in disciplines spanning film studies, textile design, music and visual art will receive awards from the Arts Institute this spring.
• Four a cappella groups present musical banquet April 26, 2005 A cappella fans can feast on the university's groups no less than twice in one weekend.
• Javanese gamelan troupe will present epic excerpt April 26, 2005 Grave danger befalls a princess, her husband and his brother, the result of an encounter with an enchanted golden deer in an excerpt from the Javanese epic "Ramayana."
• 'Art of Note' to benefit Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra April 26, 2005 Ten acclaimed visual artists have put their talents to the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra's Art of Note project. Each has used a retired violin as a blank canvas. Their work, exhibited around town for the last few months, will be raffled at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 6, at the University Club.
• Design students to engage in 'Fashion Fury' April 26, 2005 Original clothing designs, the work of some 30 apparel design undergraduate students, will star in the Textile and Apparel Design Students' Association annual fashion show, "Fashion Fury," on Sunday, May 8.
• The Violent Femmes headline All-Campus Party concert April 25, 2005 The student-planned All-Campus Party (ACP) will present the Violent Femmes as the headline band for this year's Badger Blowout Concert on Friday, April 29, at the Memorial Union Terrace.
• Students reach out in concert to rural public schools April 21, 2005 Rural K-12 students in several western Wisconsin schools will be able to savor a live classical brass performance, courtesy of a student trio from UW-Madison.
• Groups celebrate spring through performances April 12, 2005 Performing arts groups across campus are blooming in the new season, offering presentations to cap off the semester. Embedded in each event is an opportunity for audiences and performers alike to scale new educational and personal horizons.
• Calendar briefs April 12, 2005
• Elvehjem features Indian miniatures April 12, 2005 Indian miniature gouache paintings collected by UW alumna Jane Werner Watson will be on exhibit at the Elvehjem Museum of Art.
• Grad students organize Mesoamerican exhibit April 8, 2005 About 10 years ago, a Mexican elder passed along a section of an 1847 map of what is today New Mexico to Roberto Rodriguez and Patrisia Gonzales, now graduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• UW-Madison American Indian students sponsor spring pow wow March 30, 2005 "Pow-Wows are about celebrating culture and about having fun," says David O'Connor, one of the organizers of the annual Spring Pow-Wow
• American Indian students plan Spring Pow Wow March 29, 2005 "Pow Wows are about celebrating culture and about having fun," says David O'Connor, one of the organizers of the annual Spring Pow Wow at UW-Madison.