James Watrous Gallery
The James Watrous Gallery is dedicated to celebrating Wisconsin artists. Located on the third floor of Overture Center for the Arts in downtown Madison, the Watrous focuses on solo exhibits by contemporary Wisconsin artists and curated shows that reflect the Wisconsin Academy’s interest in drawing connections between art and other disciplines.
Liz Bachhuber & Jill Sebastian: Eat My Words
The problem of waste is a global question. Bachhuber and Sebastian ask: How precious are our works and our words? How can we serve?
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Weeds Walk
Explore, document, and discuss the variety of plants growing in abandoned urban landscapes with artist Jill Sebastian ...
Liz Bachhuber & Jill Sebastian: Eat My Words
The problem of waste is a global question. Bachhuber and Sebastian ask: How precious are our works and our words? How can we serve? ...
Featured Wisconsin Artists
from Wisconsin People & Ideas Magazine
5-10-100 Women Artists Forward
In 2018, Madison artists Brenda Baker and Bird Ross set out to see if they could do their part to bring more financial equity to women visual artists right here ...
Uprooted: Plants in a Changing Climate
When we consider the impacts of global climate change, we tend to think of spectacular disasters fueled by extreme weather—deadly fires and mudslides in California, flooding from Hurricane Sandy—or of ...
Matthew Warren Lee: A Scientist’s Artist
The relationship between science and society is an important one and arguably a measure of the intellectual and aspirational health of our civilization. One way to keep this relationship strong ...
Testing, Testing, 1-2-3
While the iconic image of an American family gathered around a radio console listening to a presidential speech, mystery thriller, or home gardening show seems like an old-fashioned notion, between ...
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