📢 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 _________ 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 ________

📢 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

📢 IT'S HERE 🗓️ Oct. 9–10 | Fill the Hill 🦩🦩🦩 Fill the Hill kicks off at 5 p.m. today, when every gift to the Chazen adds another pink flamingo to Bascom Hill—and more importantly, supports our mission. Give until 5 p.m. tomorrow at https://uwflamingos.com/campaign/chazen-museum/

Don't miss the exhibition celebration today for Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within! 🕔5 p.m.: Talk by exhibition co-curator Glenn Adamson 🕕6 p.m.: Reception with free appetizers, a cash bar, and a chance to explore the exhibition 👀See you here! ____________ 📷 Macario Timbal

👀Heading up north? Fall weekends are ideal for leaf-looking🍁and art-looking too🖼️! Check out wisconsinartdestinations.com for art museum travel itineraries throughout the state, and learn how to get your very own artist-designed tee shirt! (Hint: visit the Chazen as your first step 🙂)

Elisa Frühauf Garcia, professor of history at the Fluminense Federal University–Brazil, will speak on 'The Return of the Tupinambá Cloak: Indigenous Art, Memory, and Politics' at 5 p.m. Oct. 7 in the Chazen's auditorium. Details https://loom.ly/3W97FgQ

We're pleased to welcome three talented graduate students—Richard Ellis, Tarah Connolly, and Xiaoyan Jiang—to the Chazen this year as a public engagement fellow and project assistants. 🔗Follow the link to learn about their work, interests, and goals: https://loom.ly/eqSBDYI

📢COMING UP: Celebration for Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within 🗓️Wednesday 10/8 | 🕔 5–7 p.m. |Hear a talk by co-curator Glenn Adamson, enjoy a public reception, and tour the exhibition! Free and open to all. RSVPs appreciated, walk-ins welcome: details at https://chazen.wisc.edu/events

📢 Student Night at the Chazen: Worlds Within 🕔 5–7 p.m. | 🗓️ Thursday, 10/16 | Mead Witter Lobby Bring a group of friends, or meet some new faces, at our FREE student-only event celebrating the Toshiko Takaezu show, with hands-on artmaking that you can take home! RSVP: https://loom.ly/7Jfxi1c

This week at the Chazen: Celebrate 100 years of UW–Madison Art History with lectures, panels, and receptions. Highlights: Dr. Julia Murray, Wednesday 5:30 p.m., symposium and reception Thursday, and Dr. Henry Drewal, Friday 4:30 p.m. Details 🔗 https://arthistory.wisc.edu/centennial-events/

Today marks the end of a year-long celebration of the 125th birthday of Louise Nevelson, whose moody, mysterious Cathedral Garden #4 came to the Chazen via the Terese and Alvin S. Lane Collection. Happy (belated) quasquicentennial, Louise!

Save the Dates: Spanish and English tours of cuestiones caribeñas/caribbean matters! 🗓️ Oct. 12 | 🕛 noon | Tour in Spanish 🗓️ Oct. 23 | 🕒 3:15 p.m. | Tour in English 🗓️ Nov. 5 | 🕔 5 p.m. | Tour in English 🗓️ Nov. 6 | 🕔 5 p.m. | Tour in Spanish See https://chazen.wisc.edu/events/ for details.

TODAY AND TOMORROW: cuestiones caribeñas/caribbean matters Talk and Celebration 📅Today | 🕠 5:30 p.m. | Amanda J. Guzmán on 'Collected Puerto Rico: Re-assembling Object Itineraries in Museum and Art Contexts' 📅Friday | 🕔 5–7 p.m. | Exhibition Celebration See you here!

Simona Chivian Chazen x’49 has received UW–Madison’s 2025 Distinguished Service Award! With her late husband Jerry ’48, her extraordinary gifts helped transform the Chazen and she has championed the arts, education, and social justice for decades. More: https://uwalumni.com/news/simona-chazen/

📢NEXT WEEK: Engage with cuestiones caribeñas/caribbean matters! 🗓️ Wed. 9/17 🕔 5 p.m., Artist Colloquium with Pablo Delano https://loom.ly/rCo6u3Q 🗓️ Thurs. 9/18 🕠 5:30 p.m., Amanda J. Guzmán Talk https://loom.ly/kUnOfp8 🗓️ Fri. 9/19 🕔 5 p.m., Exhibition Celebration https://loom.ly/6VwxXYo

Part 3 of our surimono series is here! Kabuki star Onoe Kikugorō III takes on a housewife’s role in this witty print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1798–1861). A butterfly nods to Mōri Narimoto’s poetry circle. See all seven of these privately commissioned color woodcuts in Niche 14.

OPEN TODAY: Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within "This retrospective ... is a revelation, a careful study of her life and work that reveals the incredible power of the humblest of materials—clay—when shaped by the hands of a master." —Wall Street Journal https://loom.ly/-xt-4zg

Come experience cuestiones caribeñas/caribbean matters! Jonathan Bonfiglio of Newcityart says it's "a show of visceral rebellion that uses force, humor, irony and deep, deep literacy to administer the artistic equivalent of a bullet between the eyeballs." More: https://loom.ly/toIcEts

A Cubist take on the first day of school—welcome Back, Badgers! __________ - Albert Gleizes (French, 1881–1953), The Schoolboy (L'écolier), 1924, gouache or glue tempera on canvas, 35 1/2 x 27 1/2 in., Elvehjem Council 25th Anniversary Fund purchase, 1997.31.

See incredible art, get a tee! 🖼️ Through October, check in at 3 participating Wisconsin Art Destinations museums (inlcuding the Chazen) and earn a limited-edition, artist-designed T-shirt. Explore tours, dining, and more at wisconsinartdestinations.com! Happy trails!

The Chazen is closed today for the Labor Day holiday. ________ Anton Refregier (American, b. Russia, 1905–1979), San Francisco '34 Waterfront Strike, 1949, color screen print, 11 1/4 x 22 1/3 in., gift of the Louis and Annette Kaufman Trust, 2005.59.44.

Part two of our surimono series! This Edo-period print by Totoya Hokkei shows Fan Kuai, a Chinese general who, legend says, saved a future emperor with his drinking skills. See all seven surimono (privately commissioned color woodcuts) in Niche 14.

🎉 Today’s the day! Stop by from 3–5 p.m. for our Back to School Bash—hands-on artmaking, snacks, games, and connection await. Also: check out 400+ more wonderful Wisconsin Welcome events at go.wisc.edu/welcome! 🐾🖼️ #BackToSchool #WiWelcome

Jeannette K. Goldenson was a dancer, painter, poet, and so much more. Her creative spirit now inspires student programs at the Chazen. 🎨💃 Read her remarkable story and learn how it will live on at UW–Madison. 🔗 https://loom.ly/AXPkeYo

Happy alternative birthday to Alexander Calder, born (his family insisted) on the 22nd of *this* month (not July) in 1898. Whether a Cancer or a Leo, Calder redefined sculpture forever in the modern era as art that can move. Explore 12 of the Chazen's Calder works on view in Galleries 10 and 11.

📢NEXT WEEK: Back to School Bash | Wed. Aug. 27, 3–5 p.m.📢 🎉 Back to School Bash is now part of the Jeannette K. Goldenson Student Series, honoring a creative spirit who believed art, creativity, and joy are for everyone. Come celebrate, make art, connect, and kick off the semester right! 🐾🖼️

🎨 COMING SOON | Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within | Sept. 8–Dec. 23, 2025 | Rowland Galleries Born in Hawai‘i to Okinawan parents, Toshiko Takaezu reimagined ceramics as abstract art: vessels of color, sound, and silence. 🔗 https://loom.ly/-xt-4zg 📷Hiro, Toshiko Takaezu with Moons

A surprise proposal during a special summer tour made for a magical moment at the Chazen, where Dylon George and Lindsey Lecus had their first date. After viewing a few sculptures, they turned around to see a table with candles and rose petals. “I was shocked!” said Lindsey. (She said yes!)

📢APERTURA: cuestiones caribeñas/Caribbean matters: assemblage and sculpture by Pablo Delano Les curadores de la exhibición y profesores de UW-Madison, Jorell Meléndez-Badillo y Aurora Santiago Ortiz nos dan una descripción rápida de la exhibición, ahora en las galerías Garfield.

📢OPENING DAY: cuestiones caribeñas/caribbean matters: assemblage and sculpture by pablo delano Exhibition co-curators and UW–Madison faculty Jorell Meléndez-Badillo and Aurora Santiago Ortiz give a brief overview! ¡Vuelve mañana para la versión español! More information: https://loom.ly/Vsx87A8

An undergrad moment turned into a lifelong inspiration: Mark Moilanen’s 1981 UW–Madison experience sparked a dream, now realized in his gift of a powerful Warli painting by Jivya Soma Mashe to the Chazen. See how one student’s journey became a legacy: 🔗 https://loom.ly/51ZQExI

📢 Maintenance Closure Next Week! 🗓️ Monday–Friday, Aug. 4–8 When we're back: - Aug. 9, 11 a.m.–1 p.m.: Family Day: Feathers in Focus (hands-on artmaking) - Aug. 11: Opening of cuestiones caribeñas/caribbean matters: assemblage and sculpture by pablo delano Come through this weekend!

Happy 124th birthday to Jean Dubuffet! It was no small feat to install Danse Élance, measuring nearly 10 by 15 feet, in the Chazen's Mead Witter Lobby. ________ - Jean Dubuffet (French, 1901–1985), Danse Élance, November 1971, acrylic on Klégécell, gift of Simona and Jerome Chazen, 2020.24.

🐦Family Day: Feathers in Focus | Mead Witter Lobby 🗓️Saturday, Aug. 9 | 🕚11 a.m.–1 p.m. Go on a scavenger hunt of birds in our collection galleries to inspire your hands-on creations! All ages are welcome. Registration encouraged, but not required: https://loom.ly/5dQ-ykM

'The Private World of Surimono,' a new rotation of seven Japanese color woodcuts, is now on view in Niche 14. – Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786–1864), A Woman Beneath a Flowering Cherry Tree, Under a Gibbous Moon, ca. 1825, color woodcut, John H. Van Vleck Endowment Fund purchase.

Sweltering? 🥵 We keep the Chazen at a perfect temperature year round, for the art, and for you! Not too cool, not too warm—just right. 🧊Grab an iced coffee at the Chazen Café, relax, and revive!