Student & Alumni Stories
- Students take fiber art’s resurgence into a fine art context in current exhibitionThe Department of Art & Design is currently hosting Fiber//Form, a two-week-long exhibition of artwork that students have made in fiber courses at PSOA. Fiber art, such as knitting and crocheting, has become increasingly popular recently. However, many are unaware of how fiber art fits into the professional art world. Fiber//Form is a prime example of how PSOA is trying to promote professionally made fiber art.
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- Art education alum receives statewide honorLaura Lofton (BFA ’00, Art Education) was recently awarded the Museum of Wisconsin Art (MOWA) Outstanding Educators Award for her work at MPS’s Escuela Vieau, a bilingual school for K3 – 8th grade. In a Milwaukee Public Schools article, Lofton describes how she became an art teacher because of how …
- Theater lecturer to direct several productions in 2024-25 seasonMarcella Kearns (Lecturer, Acting) is preparing for a busy remainder of the 2024-25 theater season with three different productions both in and out of Wisconsin. From Dec. 6 until Dec. 15, Kearns will direct a production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest at Milwaukee’s First Stage, which is a Young Company Performance …
- Film faculty receives honorable mention for voter advocacy filmSean Kafer (Teaching Faculty II, Film, Video, Animation, and New Genres) recently received an honorary mention in the Spark the Vote Challenge by the Why Do You Vote? Social Action Campaign. This mention recognized "Don't Tell Me Your Vote Doesn’t Matter," a short film directed and produced by Kafer and activist …
- PSOA faculty and alums come together for voting advocacy art installationFrom now until November 30th, an art installation about modern politics and voting from Kim Cosier (Professor Emeritus, Art) and the artist collective Art Build Workers is on display at the University YMCA. This piece, entitled This is What Democracy Looks Like, was made in collaboration with Joe Brusky (BS …
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