Introduction to the exhibition and the original 1970 version
To honor the Chazen’s first exhibition in 1970—Alumni & Friends Collect—the Alumni & Friends Virtual Exhibition will create a digital platform to highlight collectors, their connections to the Chazen and UW, and their passion for art. The Chazen will utilize this opportunity to present a less-formal, and more playful version of the original exhibition—collectors will be asked to share selfies with works from their collection, and respond to a brief Q&A. In addition, more robust content (video interviews, long-form written pieces) may be create, pending participants’ interest.
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Lenders to the 2021 Virtual Exhibition
Sustaining Support Makes a Difference
Consistent annual support from alumni and friends has played a vital role in providing flexibility to address immediate priorities and new initiatives—from ensuring all students […]
A Legacy Gift That Hits the Right Note
For the past seven years, a generous annual gift from Kato Perlman has ensured that Sunday Afternoon Live at the Chazen has continued to fill […]
Collaborative Fellowship in Art Education
The Burish Fellowship in Art Education was established by Helen and Mark Burish to support a collaborative fellowship shared between the museum and the art […]
Joen Greenwood Fund for the Chazen
Joen E. Greenwood established an eponymously named fund for the Chazen to support “the purchase or exhibition of art created by contemporary women artists” or to fund publications. Throughout her long career in finance, Greenwood sustained a strong commitment to the arts, particularly those created by female artists.
Lenders to the 1970 Show
New Accessions Highlight: Monuments in a Park
Audrey Handler was one of the first female students in the Glass Lab at the University of Wisconsin where she studied with the founder of the studio glass movement, Harvey Littleton.
New Accessions Highlight: Thin Air
Through portraiture, still life, and landscape, Amsterdam-based artist Hannah van Bart explores the relationship between abstraction and figuration as a subjective one.
More Hours, More Art in January 2021
The Chazen Museum of Art starts the spring semester with new hours and new art. Beginning January 26, the museum adds evening hours on Thursday […]
Our Kind of Happy Hour
Every other Wednesday evening, the Chazen hosts Our Kind of Happy Hour on Facebook Live. Guests include local artists and community members involved in the arts.
Chazen Director Amy Gilman to give online ‘State of the Museum’ address
When: Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, 7 p.m. Eastern Time Where: https://www.facebook.com/ChazenArtUW What: Director Amy Gilman will present her annual State of the Museum […]
Janine Yorimoto Boldt named Associate Curator of American Art
New role continues the expansion of curatorial team MADISON, Wis. – The Chazen Museum of Art continues to grow its curatorial ranks by adding Janine […]
Chazen News: Contemporary African Art Initiative
The Contemporary African Art Initiative (CAAI) is a new multi-year project that seeks to expand the Chazen Museum of Art’s holdings of contemporary African art.
Crossings: Remembrance and Celebration
In conjunction with the Community Altar Project, the Chazen is hosting a window installation called Crossings: Remembrance and Celebration, on view in both the bridge gallery and the second-floor windows facing East Campus Mall.
New Accession Highlight: Travelers at Shichirigahama Beach Pass Enoshima Island as Mount Fuji Appears Above the Distant Shore
Active primarily as a painter in Edo (present-day Tokyo) during the early decades of the nineteenth century, Kitagawa Fujimaro favored scenes featuring two or three figures in outdoor settings.
New Accession Highlight: Tatted Up Redhead Holding the Head of My Enemy at the Barricade Down the Street
This new accession by artist Santiago Cucullu has a title as colorful as the image itself: Tatted Up Redhead Holding the Head of My Enemy at the Barricade Down the Street.