DAC Digest Feb. 13-23

Hello. Here is this week’s Digital Arts & Culture Digest. We are happy to have you send us your comments or items to include. We send this newsletter out every Thursday covering events for the next ten days. Thanks for …

Tracey S. Phillips

By Hailee Jeske On Tuesday, February 4, I had the chance to see Tracey S. Phillips, author of the new novel Best Kept Secrets, do an interview with Marianne Flynn Statz, a former City of Madison Police detective. For this event, I ventured off campus to Boswell Book …

DAC Digest Feb. 6-16

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Portia Cobb: Still Evolving with the Stories

-By Hailee Jeske  This week, I had the opportunity to attend “Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Portia Cobb.” I decided to bring my friend Jacob, who is a student at UW-Whitewater. I was able to explore some of the Peck …

MIGC Call for Volunteers

This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Midwest Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference (MIGC). The conference will be held Feb. 20-22. The conference is looking for volunteers in a number of roles. Duties include working the registration desk in Curtin Hall, …

Reginald Baylor and “Manufacturing Creativity”

-By Hailee Jeske On Thursday, January 23, 2020, I had the opportunity to listen to Reginald Baylor and Melissa Courtney talk about the Reginald Baylor Studio and everything that it embodies.   The day prior, I visited the exhibit “Manufacturing Creativity” at the Union Art Gallery with …

DAC Digest Jan. 30 – Feb. 9

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DAC Alumni News and Profiles: Doing What in the World?!

Are you a DAC alum? We want to know and share what our alumni are doing out in the world with their DAC certificates or DAC degrees. Send us a note (dac-info@uwm.edu) if you’d like to be featured or to nominate …

DAC Digest Jan. 23 – Feb. 2

Hello. Happy New Year. We hope everyone had a wonderful winter break. Here is this week’s Digital Arts & Culture Digest. We are happy to have you send us your comments or items to include. We send this newsletter out …

Spring 2020 Comp Lit Course

If any students are looking for an elective for the Spring 2020 semester, consider taking Comp Lit 350: Topics in Comparative Literature. Professor Drago Momcilovic will focus on Animals, Beasts, and Creatures. The course will include a digital humanities component …

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