Chazen Museum of Art

📢Tomorrow (12/11) | Study Day and Instagram Takeover: Emily Belson!

@emily_belson, our student events assistant, will tell us about herself and share what it's like to work, and study, at one of our biggest events of the year. Hop on over to our Instagram (@chazenartuw) and follow along!

Next week is Janine Yorimoto Boldt’s last at the Chazen as she moves on to become curator of American art at Penn State’s Palmer Museum of Art. Her October talk on American Impressionist and Evansville, Wis., native Theodore Robinson shows why we'll miss her.

Farewell! https://loom.ly/Vh33NU0

The Chazen's upcoming permanent collection reinstallation made Hyperallergic's list of "25 Things We're Grateful for in the Art World This Year." We're grateful for you, Hyperallergic—come back for the reopening in Fall 2026!

https://hyperallergic.com/25-things-were-grateful-for-in-the-art-world/

📢 TOMORROW | Thursday, 12/4 | Sip and Shop Holiday Art Market
🕔 3–7 p.m. | 📍Mead Witter Lobby

Artist-made gifts are the best! Come enjoy a festive beverage from the Chazen Café and peruse the creations of ten makers at our second annual Sip and Shop Holiday Market.

Hitting a fashion slump? Take a tip from The Vault, UW–Madison's premier business, fashion, and creative student org, and visit the Chazen!

Vault writer Leila Ianovici found fashion inspiration in Chazen works by Giovanni Boldini, Frank Stella, John Chamberlain, and more: https://loom.ly/gRgKXc4

Looking for a Black Friday weekend alternative?

Shop the Chazen Café today (11/30) on Museum Store Sunday and find unique gifts that do more than wow everyone on your list. Your purchases also help the Chazen's mission! The café is open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.—stop by!

Two great opportunities to #ShopSmall businesses:

🎨 Come to the Chazen's Sip and Shop Holiday Art Market next Thursday, Dec. 4 from 3–7 p.m., and peruse creations from 10 area artist-makers!

🎁 Shop the Chazen Café's curated selection of gifts by regional artists and small businesses!

The Chazen is closed Thursday (Nov. 27) for the Thanksgiving holiday. We reopen on Friday.
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Jacques Hnizdovsky (American, b. Czechloslovakia, 1915–1985), Turkey, 1963, woodcut, 24 15/16 x 19 7/8 in., gift of Richard E. Brock, 1993.51.

With the holidays just around the corner, check out these and other great gift ideas from the Chazen Café for the art lovers on your list!

1. Nan Onkka Prints
2. Earrings by Knot Predictable
3. Glass ornaments by Laurel Grey Glassworks of Door County
4. Tumbler by Forest Ceramic Co.

📢 THURSDAY 12/4 | Sip and Shop Holiday Art Market
🕔 3–7 p.m. | 📍Mead Witter Lobby
Only two weeks away! We don't have room here for all 10 artists, but here's a sampling:
1. Felted Expressions by Jennifer Angelo
2. cloudheii by Ander Zheng
3. Slower Drawings by Fern Gray
4. Thalia Powell

📢 COMING UP: STUDY DAY AT THE CHAZEN
🗓️ Thursday 12/11 | 🕘 9 a.m.–8 p.m. | 📍 Chazen Museum of Art

☕ 9 a.m.: breakfast and coffee bar
🐕11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.: Dogs on Call
🍎1 p.m.: snack break
🍕 5 p.m.: Ian's Pizza
🎨 all day: coloring and button-making

Hope to see you here!

📢 THURSDAY | 🕠 5–7 p.m. | 📍Chazen Auditorium
Sound artist + "Worlds Within" co-curator Leilehua Lanzilotti shares her video "the sky in our hands, our hands in the sky" and speaks on the hidden soundscapes of Toshiko Takaezu’s ceramics. RSVP (walk-ins welcome): https://loom.ly/nAQMgV4

🎬 Cinematheque: "Soleil Ô" | 1970 | 102 min.
🗓️ TODAY | 🕠 2 p.m. | 📍 Chazen Auditorium
This landmark of anti-colonial cinema flips the colonial gaze to expose the hypocrisies of postcolonial France through the eyes of a West African immigrant looking for work in Paris (Robert Liensol).

🎨 Born today in 1897, John Steuart Curry, Regionalist painter and artist-in-residence at UW–Madison’s College of Agriculture, gave vivid voice to Midwestern life. His "Our Good Earth" (1942) embodied American resilience and hope.

#JohnSteuartCurry #WisconsinArt #ChazenMuseumofArt

📢 SUNDAY 11/16 | Drop-in Tour Centering Black Artists
🕔 12–1 p.m. | 📍Mead Witter Lobby
Explore powerful pieces by Black artists that reflect a range of voices, experiences, and artistic styles. Reserve a spot: https://loom.ly/iPgYIn4
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Romare Bearden (American, 1911–1988), Circe, 1977

🗓️ WEDNESDAY | 🕠 5:30 p.m. | Dana Tai Soon Burgess, Smithsonian’s first choreographer-in-residence, brings conversation, performance & cultural insights to the Chazen. Featuring excerpts from Landscapes: A Tribute to Toshiko Takaezu. RSVPs appreciated: https://loom.ly/JkWFjPo

🎉 Did you miss out on the Toshiko Takaezu exhibition celebration? We saved some pieces for you:
🍰 A livestream of Glenn Adamson's fascinating talk on Takaezu: https://loom.ly/N71bS1o
🍰 A lavishly illustrated exhibition catalog for sale in the Chazen Café.
Enjoy!

📢 Thurs. 11/13: Student Night at the Chazen: 'cuestiones caribeñas/caribbean matters' | 🕔 5–7 p.m. | 📍Mead Witter Lobby
Bring your friends! Explore the artworks on view, find what inspires you, and then make an assemblage you can take home!
Walk-ins are welcome. RSVP https://loom.ly/JnHxysk

Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within is in Artnet's "8 Must-See Museum Shows Celebrating Overlooked Women Artists—it's on view at the Chazen through Dec. 23! Read about all the exhibitions here: https://loom.ly/HHwEGXg

SAVE THE DATE: Nov. 20, 5–7 p.m. 🎶
Sound artist + Worlds Within co-curator Leilehua Lanzilotti shares her video 'the sky in our hands, our hands in the sky' and gives a talk on the hidden soundscapes of Toshiko Takaezu’s ceramics. RSVP appreciated; walk-ins welcome: https://loom.ly/Bi1ALQE

UPCOMING: Tours for cuestiones caribeñas!
🗓️ Wednesday, Nov. 5 | 🕔 5 p.m. | in English, with Jorell Meléndez-Badillo | Tickets: https://loom.ly/XFmdIk4
🗓️ Thursday, Nov. 6 | 🕔 5 p.m. | en Español, con Meléndez-Badillo and y co-curador Aurora Santiago Ortiz | Boletas: https://loom.ly/Q_xtW5E

The Chazen has been awash in creative scholars this week as we help host the 2025 conference for a2ru, a partnership of colleges and universities working to support interdisciplinary collaboration between the arts, sciences, and other disciplines. See: https://a2ru.org/about/

Wishing Janine Yorimoto Boldt all the best as she steps into her new role as curator of American art at @palmermuseumofart in January 2026! Her scholarship, creativity, and care have left a lasting mark on the Chazen—we’re so proud and excited for her next chapter. ❤️

SAVE THE DATE: 🗓️ Nov. 12 | 🕠 5:30 p.m. | Dana Tai Soon Burgess, Smithsonian’s first choreographer-in-residence, brings conversation, performance & cultural insights to the Chazen. Featuring excerpts from Landscapes: A Tribute to Toshiko Takaezu. RSVPs appreciated: https://loom.ly/JkWFjPo

📢 SAVE THE DATE: Sip 'n' Shop Holiday Art Market
🗓️ Thursday, Dec. 4 | 🕒 3–7 p.m.
Ten local artists and artisans will offer their unique creations just in time for your holiday shopping! Wine, beer, and other festive beverages will be on sale in the Chazen Café as well. Mark your calendars!

🗓️ TODAY | 🕑 2 p.m. | Chazen Auditorium | Free
Cinematheque presents The Bigamist ( 1953, 80 min.). Groundbreaking filmmaker Ida Lupino explores loneliness, moral failure, and hidden desperation in 1950s domestic life with depth and sensitivity. Details: https://loom.ly/vNMDm4c

Today, 5 PM at the Chazen: David F. Walker & Marcus Kwame Anderson on their graphic novel 'Big Jim and the White Boy,' in conversation with Drs. Brittney Edmonds & Melanie Herzog about Jim’s legacy in 'Huckleberry Finn.' With Go Big Read & Wisconsin Book Festival. Info: https://loom.ly/WgvpNxk

🍊Orange you glad the Chazen's new wall calendars are here? They run from now until December 2026 and they're free! Ask for one at the front desk and see if you can detect a theme.

SAVE THE DATE: Japanese Tea Ceremony Demonstration and Discussion with Nyosen Nakamura Sensei | In conj. w/Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within
🗓️Oct. 31 | 🕠 5:30–6:30 p.m. | Mead Witter Lobby
Registration recommended, walk-ins welcome as space allows: https://loom.ly/10G3kUM
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📢 Help Fill the Hill! 🦩🦩🦩

It's only Friday morning and you've already added 18 more flamingos to Bascom Hill! Many thanks to you for supporting the Chazen's mission.

Give until 5 p.m. today at https://loom.ly/gOp8tCg