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UW-La Crosse senior Elyse Weber enjoyed painting in the outdoors earlier in October in rural La Crosse County when the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration opened the gate to 200 acres in Saint Joseph. The visit, along with others from UWL faculty and students, initiated future classes on the land, opening a new collaboration between the university and FSPA. Country class Posted 6 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020 Students head to rural La Crosse County for COVID safe haven Read more about Country class A series of portraits by UWL art professor Jennifer Williams. Williams and other members of the UWL community found a variety of ways to cope with COVID-19 this summer. Summer success stories Posted 1:15 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, 2020 See how the UWL community spent the summer of COVID-19 Read more about Summer success stories UW-La Crosse Art Professor Jennifer Williams paints a portrait of Tami Plourde, co-owner and director of sales and marketing at Pearl Street Brewery. Williams is visiting La Crosse business owners to put them on canvas to provide an insight into what people are going through during the pandemic. Her project is called, “Painting us Forward.” Pandemic paintings Posted 9:49 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020 Professor captures images of despair, hope Read more about Pandemic paintings Connor Givens, Wing Technology Center, oil paint on paper. Read more → A (virtual) senior exhibit Posted 2:02 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17, 2020 Graduating students share their work online Read more about A (virtual) senior exhibit UWL student Alydia Downs shows off her blacksmithing skills at an open studio time during the 2019 Creative Imperatives Festival. Read more → 'A Curved Lens' Posted 2:32 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17, 2020 7th Annual Creative Imperatives Festival, March 2-3, celebrates women in the world through the arts Read more about 'A Curved Lens'
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Kathleen Hawkes, Lisa Lenarz, Jonathan Borja, Joseph Anderson, Mary Leonard and Gregory Parmeter

Kathleen Hawkes and Lisa Lenarz, both Art; Jonathan Borja, Music; and Joseph Anderson, Mary Leonard and Gregory Parmeter, all Theatre Arts; presented "various workshops in art, music and theatre" at Arts Day 2019 on Monday, Nov. 4 in La Crosse, WI. Faculty from the School of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) presented workshops on stage makeup, photography, graffiti art, musical theatre and stage combat to area high school students who attended the all day Arts Day event at UWL.

Submitted on: Nov. 4, 2019

Brad Nichols

Brad Nichols, Art, presented "Guinea Pig" at Meta-Formation Experiments and Rituals on April 1, 2019 in Cookeville, TN. Exhibition runs March 14-July 19, 2019

Submitted on: Mar. 19, 2019

Bradley Nichols

Bradley Nichols, Art, presented "Plant Form Study #1," "Plant Form Study #2," and "Showy Milkweed (ode to Blossfeldt)" at Bloom at Sykes Gallery on Mar. 25, 2019 in Millersville, PA. Bloom evokes thoughts of all things fresh, new, and blossoming. The floral theme encompasses notions of opening and unfolding to reach maturity. This show includes lush and vibrant work from artists working in a variety of media and showing a great range of experimentation in the material process.

Submitted on: Mar. 25, 2019

Kathleen Hawkes

Kathleen Hawkes, Art, presented "Sea Legs" at Rochester Community & Technical College Art Gallery on Mar. 25, 2019 in Rochester, MN.

Submitted on: Mar. 25, 2019

Bradley Nichols and Barrett Klein

Barrett Klein, Biology, and Bradley Nichols, Art, presented "Hidden ubiquity: celebrating the tiny majority" at the North Campus Research Complex on Feb. 21, 2019 in University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. The exhibit runs Jan. 25-May 3 and celebrates the diversity of insects. Art pieces include collaborations with Bradley Nichols, Art and members of the Pupating Lab, Sienna Miller, Aidan Karlsson.

Submitted on: Feb. 21, 2019

Mural unveiling coincides with first annual arts event downtown

http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/mural-unveiling-coincides-with-first-annual-arts-event-downtown/article_64403d53-95ce-509e-8fb5-c0734713b7f8.html

Alyssa Shurbert-Hetzel and Shelby Phillips each received an Undergraduate Research Grant to serve as apprentices to internationally-known mural artist John Pugh. Pugh is creating La Crosse's first trompe l'oeil (meaning "to deceive the eye") mural, funded in part through a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The NEA grant made it possible for Alyssa and Shelby to travel twice to Pugh's California studio, where they began their work with him in January. Having recently returned from a Spring Break visit for further work on the mural, Shelby and Alyssa are creating a mural of their own in the Student Gallery (Center for the Arts Room 340). Like John Pugh's murals, theirs is designed to be worked on in the studio, then coated with varnish and adhesive when the completed work is installed in its designated location. Serving as faculty sponsor to Alyssa and Shelby is Jennifer Williams Terpstra.

UWL All-Student Exhibit award winners named March 9, 2014

Two Photography Minors from the UWL Art Department have had their work included in:

Photographer’s Forum Best of College Photography 2011
Magazine for the Emerging Professional

SAVANNA WESTBROOK & TYLOR FISCHER

This annual publishes the winners and finalists of Photographer’s Forum’s  College Photography Contest. Congratulations Savanna & Tylor!!

Zachary Morin placed as a finalist in Photographer's Forum magazine's 31st Annual Student Photography Contest, sponsored by Nikon, USA. Over 3,500 students from around the world competed! Zachary's photograph will be published in the book Best of College Photography 2011. 

Adam Oldre has been selected as a winner for entering his photograph in the competition for the 1st annual Myrick Hixon EcoPark 2011 Calendar. Adam is currently a sophomore at UWL, majoring in Art.