We are excited to announce the new 2020 Masters of Fine Arts Exhibition season at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, on view February 17 – April 17, 2020. Each week new graduate students will present their work to the public! The MFA Exhibitions mark the culmination of a three-year degree program that emphasizes development of a […]
Radio Chipstone: Ashley’s Glass Mystery, Part 2
In the last episode of Radio Chipstone, contributor gianofer fields introduced us to a young woman named Ashley Kuehl. Kuehl inherited two pieces of ruby red, hand blown glass from her grandmother and was curious to learn more about them. Kuehl knew the glass was purchased in the sixties, maybe in Pennsylvania. In this episode […]
Radio Chipstone: Ashley’s Glass Mystery, Part 1
There are times when the scariest thing in the world is a brown box handed to you by a relative. The box is usually taped shut and may or may not have seen the light of day for quite some time. A few holidays ago, Ashley Kuehl traveled to Michigan to celebrate the season and […]
An Exploration of Neon in Three Parts
Neon signs first lit up the streets of Paris in 1912, and throughout the twentieth century they’ve provided a magical and luxurious way to communicate information and sell products. But proliferation of LEDs—light emitting diodes— in the past several decades has had dramatic effects on the neon industry. And lit signs, which were once one-of-a-kind […]
Podcast: Carlos Eduardo Gacharná’s exit interview
For the past couple years, anyone even remotely engaged with the art world in Madison was bound to bump into artist, educator and activist Carlos Eduardo Gacharná at some point or another. Gacharná’s work harnesses techniques from glassblowing, neon, and ceramics with a beautiful fluidity and an uncanny grasp of texture. But he’s made just as […]
A personal version of a dead language
From early on in her career as an artist, Helen Lee has used the medium of glass to explore language and identity. If you walk past the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art at night, you might see three Mandarin Chinese characters blazing out at you in pink neon. That is one of Lee’s newest works, […]
