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| director = Amy Gilman<ref name="aadland">{{cite web | url = https://madison.com/wsj/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/chazen-museum-of-art-names-amy-gilman-as-new-director/article_62c72541-4470-5c86-a0b9-4026476ced4c.html | title = Chazen Museum of Art names Amy Gilman as new director | date = 21 July 2017 | accessdate = 29 March 2019 | publisher = ''Wisconsin State Journal'' | author = Gayle Worland }}</ref>
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In 2015 the Chazens' again made a substantial donation to the museum that included $5 million dedicated to the museum building, $3 million to endow chairs in art and art history at the University of Wisconsin, and 30 works of art valued at $20 million.<ref name="gayle" />
In 2015 the Chazens' again made a substantial donation to the museum that included $5 million dedicated to the museum building, $3 million to endow chairs in art and art history at the University of Wisconsin, and 30 works of art valued at $20 million.<ref name="gayle" />


After three decades as the museum's director, Russell Panczenko stepped down in 2017 and was replaced by new director Amy Gilman.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://badgerherald.com/artsetc/2017/09/12/chazen-museum-of-art-welcomes-new-director/ | title = Chazen Museum of Art welcomes new director | date = 12 September 2017 | accessdate = 29 March 2019 | publisher = ''Badger Herald'' | author = Aidan McClain }}</ref>
After three decades as the museum's director, Russell Panczenko stepped down in 2017 and was replaced by new director Amy Gilman.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://badgerherald.com/artsetc/2017/09/12/chazen-museum-of-art-welcomes-new-director/ | title = Chazen Museum of Art welcomes new director | date = 12 September 2017 | accessdate = 29 March 2019 | publisher = ''Badger Herald'' | author = Aidan McClain }}</ref><ref name="aadland">{{cite web | url = https://madison.com/wsj/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/chazen-museum-of-art-names-amy-gilman-as-new-director/article_62c72541-4470-5c86-a0b9-4026476ced4c.html | title = Chazen Museum of Art names Amy Gilman as new director | date = 21 July 2017 | accessdate = 29 March 2019 | publisher = ''Wisconsin State Journal'' | author = Gayle Worland }}</ref>


In 2018, the Association of Art Museum Directors announced a pilot program that would provide paid internships to minority undergraduate students wanting to work in the arts, with the Chazen Museum of Art being one of the inaugural participants in the program.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/museums-white-more-pilot-internship-programme-to-pay-students-aims-to-curb-demographic-imbalance-in-us-museum-staff | title = US museums are too white, and this paid internship programme hopes to change that | date = 31 October 2018 | accessdate = 29 March 2019 | publisher = ''The Art Newspaper'' | author = Gabriella Angeleti }}</ref>
In 2018, the Association of Art Museum Directors announced a pilot program that would provide paid internships to minority undergraduate students wanting to work in the arts, with the Chazen Museum of Art being one of the inaugural participants in the program.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/museums-white-more-pilot-internship-programme-to-pay-students-aims-to-curb-demographic-imbalance-in-us-museum-staff | title = US museums are too white, and this paid internship programme hopes to change that | date = 31 October 2018 | accessdate = 29 March 2019 | publisher = ''The Art Newspaper'' | author = Gabriella Angeleti }}</ref>

Revision as of 17:20, 29 March 2019

Humanities Building and Elvehjem Art Center
Chazen Museum of Art is located in Wisconsin
Chazen Museum of Art
Location750 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin
Coordinates43°4′26″N 89°23′59″W / 43.07389°N 89.39972°W / 43.07389; -89.39972
Built1969
ArchitectElvehjem Building: Harry Weese, 1970
Chazen Building: Machado Silvetti 2011
Websitewww.chazen.wisc.edu
Part ofBascom Hill Historic District (ID74000065)
Designated CPSeptember 12, 1974

The Chazen Museum of Art is an art museum located at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in Madison, Wisconsin. The Chazen Museum of Art is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.

History

Until 2005 the Museum was known as the Elvehjem Museum of Art, named for Conrad Elvehjem, the 13th president of the University and an internationally known biochemist in nutrition.[1] [2] In May 2005 the museum was renamed the Chazen Museum of Art after a $20 million building-expansion donation from alumni Simona and Jerome A. Chazen, the latter a founder of Liz Claiborne.[3] The original museum building, which opened in 1970, retains the Elvehjem name.

In 2015 the Chazens' again made a substantial donation to the museum that included $5 million dedicated to the museum building, $3 million to endow chairs in art and art history at the University of Wisconsin, and 30 works of art valued at $20 million.[3]

After three decades as the museum's director, Russell Panczenko stepped down in 2017 and was replaced by new director Amy Gilman.[4][5]

In 2018, the Association of Art Museum Directors announced a pilot program that would provide paid internships to minority undergraduate students wanting to work in the arts, with the Chazen Museum of Art being one of the inaugural participants in the program.[6]

In 2019, the museum hosted a photo exhibit entitled Southern Rites by photographer, filmmaker and University of Wisconsin alumnus Gillian Laub.[7][8]

An exhibit featuring the sculpture of Petah Coyne will be on display at the museum in 2021.[9]

Collections

European artists represented in the museum include Joan Miró, Auguste Rodin, Salvador Dali, Barnaba da Modena, Barbara Hepworth, Jean Dufy, Andrea Vanni, Giorgio Vasari, René Magritte, Maurice Utrillo, Hubert Robert, Thomas Gainsborough, Albert Gleizes, Henry Moore, Benjamin Williams Leader, Eugène Boudin, and Maximilien Luce. The museum's collection of American artists includes Mark Rothko, Andy Warhol, Grandma Moses, and many of Alexander Calder's works in several forms. Contemporary works by Shusaku Arakawa, David Klamen, a collection of regionalist paintings by John Steuart Curry, Russian Social Realist paintings by Georgy Ionin and Klavdy Vasiliyevich Lebedev, glass art by René Lalique, and a representation of Japanese woodblock prints are also exhibited.

Chamber concerts known as Sunday Afternoon Live from the Chazen (formerly Live at the Elvehjem) were broadcast from the museum by Wisconsin Public Radio until 2015 when WPR discontinued the program. The concert series continues on a monthly schedule as a live show with a webcast.

See also

Media related to Chazen Museum of Art at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. ^ Gayle Worland (7 May 2005). "UW ART MUSEUM WILL EXPAND ELVEHJEM RE-NAMED FOR DONOR COUPLE $20 MILLION GIFT (FIRST EDITION) UW ART MUSEUM WILL EXPAND ELVEHJEM IS RENAMED FOR DONOR COUPLE $20 MILLION GIFT (SECOND EDITION)". Wisconsin State Journal. Retrieved 29 March 2019. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ "Warrington Colescott, Who Etched With a Satirical Edge, Dies at 97". New York Times. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2019. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ a b Gayle Worland (26 September 2015). "Chazens pledge another $28 million for art on UW-Madison campus". Wisconsin State Journal. Retrieved 29 March 2019. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ Aidan McClain (12 September 2017). "Chazen Museum of Art welcomes new director". Badger Herald. Retrieved 29 March 2019. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ Gayle Worland (21 July 2017). "Chazen Museum of Art names Amy Gilman as new director". Wisconsin State Journal. Retrieved 29 March 2019. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ Gabriella Angeleti (31 October 2018). "US museums are too white, and this paid internship programme hopes to change that". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved 29 March 2019. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ Samara Kalk Derby (13 January 2019). "UW graduate's Chazen show documents race realities through her camera lens". Wisconsin State Journal. Retrieved 29 March 2019. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ Linda Christians (27 March 2019). "Best Driving Vacations: Madison, the Cultural Capital". Columbus Monthly. Retrieved 29 March 2019. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ Hilarie M. Sheets (13 September 2018). "An Artist Who Champions and Channels Female Voices". New York Times. Retrieved 29 March 2019. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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