by Valaria Tatera, Erica Hess, Masako Onodera, Yevgeniya Kaganovich, J Myszka Lewis, Demitra Copoulos, Jody Clowes | Jul 22, 2021 | Magazine Article
Our bodies map the fissures of this cultural moment. Fear of a deadly virus is compounded by the tangible dangers of economic uncertainty, political division, and the emboldened expression of racism, xenophobia, transphobia, and other forms of othering. As the cracks...
by Angela Woodward | Jul 22, 2021 | Magazine Article
Stacks of artwork, both finished and unfinished, overflow William Weege’s printmaking studio in rural Arena. Piles of coarse paper clutter the tables on either side of an imposing printing press, while prints from the many decades of Weege’s career rest in drawers or...
by Demitra Copoulos, Erica Hess, Yevgeniya Kaganovich, J Myszka Lewis, Masako Onodera, Valaria Tatera | Apr 22, 2021 | Videos
In April 2021 the Wisconsin Academy’s James Watrous Gallery brought together the artists from the Vulnerable Bodies exhibit at Garver Gallery for a Zoom reception. Hear from Demitra Copoulos, Erica Hess, J Myszka Lewis, Yevgeniya Kaganovich, Masako Onodera, and...
by Jody Clowes | Mar 10, 2021 | Magazine Article
I’ve been working with Wisconsin artists at the James Watrous Gallery for over a decade, and I am continually impressed by how many prominent artists in our state are first-generation immigrants. For this issue of Wisconsin People & Ideas, we asked six of these...
by Craig Brabant, Laura Monahan, Kenneth Cameron, Martha Glowacki, Jody Clowes | Oct 13, 2020 | Videos
In this era of rapid environmental change, the animal, mineral, and plant specimens preserved in natural history collections offer a crucial window into the past. Around the world, natural history curators are digitizing their collections to offer scientists greater...
