Spring 2026 Visiting Artist Colloquium
Our graduate students earning their Masters degrees will present their interdisciplinary work to the public. Explore their body of art, three-years in the making through the development of a rigorous studio art practice under the supervision of a faculty guidance committee, learning to cultivate professional practices that facilitate a sustainable career in the arts. Chazen Auditorium, Chazen Museum of Art. 5-6:15 p.m. Information: 262-1660, artfrontdesk@education.wisc.edu
Spring 2026 Visiting Artist Colloquium
Joyce Lin is a Houston-based artist and furniture maker whose practice investigates the relationship between surface and structure and the eroding boundaries between the natural and human-made. Merging meticulous craftsmanship with experimental processes in wood, found materials, fiberglass, and more, she reimagines familiar forms—chairs, tables, and other functional archetypes—as studies on dissection, reconstruction, and mimicry. Chazen Auditorium, Chazen Museum of Art. 5-6:15 p.m. Information: 262-1660, artfrontdesk@education.wisc.edu
Spring 2026 Visiting Artist Colloquium
Hannah Beerman's themes in her mixed-media paintings include play, loss, survival and desire. She includes wigs, clothing, food and more found objects and collage in her work. Beerman’s paintings have been exhibited at the The Brooklyn Museum, Anton Kern Gallery, Fredericks and Freiser, Kapp Kapp, Duck Creek and Stowaway among many others. She has lectured at The Cooper Union, RISD, NYU, Cornell, School of Art Institute of Chicago, and more. Chazen Auditorium, Chazen Museum of Art. 5-6:15 p.m. Information: 262-1660, artfrontdesk@education.wisc.edu
Spring 2026 Visiting Artist Colloquium
Craig Drennen is a painter based in Atlanta, Georgia, and a Guggenheim Fellow. He is represented by Brigitte Mulholland Gallery in Paris and has had recent solo exhibitions at the Marietta-Cobb Museum in Marietta, Georgia, The Suburban in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Freight+ Volume Gallery in New York City. His work has been included in group exhibitions at Anton Kern Gallery in New York City and the Kunstverein Langenhagen in Langenhagen, Germany. Chazen Auditorium, Chazen Museum of Art. 5-6:15 p.m. Information: 262-1660, artfrontdesk@education.wisc.edu
Spring 2026 Visiting Artist Colloquium
Perry Price is the executive director of the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts on Deer Isle, Maine. He is a scholar of contemporary studio craft, material culture, decorative arts, and design. Prior to joining Haystack, he served as executive director of the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft in Houston, Texas, as director of education for the American Craft Council in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and as curator of exhibitions and collections for Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, Massachusetts. Chazen Auditorium, Chazen Museum of Art. 5-6:15 p.m. Information: 262-1660, artfrontdesk@education.wisc.edu