Engaging Students

WISCONSIN FILM FESTIVAL OUTREACH

Big Screens, Little Folks

With generous support from SSM Health and Dane Arts covering ticket and transportation costs, Big Screens, Little Folks saw a 25% increase in attendance from school field trips. About 2,600 students watched a program of international shorts (grades K–2) or the featurelength animated film from Japan, Mirai (grades 3–5). Teachers received a study guide to assist with integrating film studies into their curriculum.

To celebrate World Cinema Day, the Division collaborated with UW–Madison Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) to screen two films. The documentary feature film, Midnight Traveler (Afghan Persian with subtitles) was shown to high school students. An animated feature from Brazil, Tito and the Birds (Portuguese with subtitles) was shown to middle school students.

Screens for Teens

Screens for Teens brought 8 screenings of Wisconsin Film Festival (WFF) films to seven high schools and middle schools across southern Wisconsin. Each program offered post-screening Q&As (in person or Skype) with the filmmaker or relevant guest speaker. This year’s programming was expanded to address specific curriculum.

f Bugs was shown to biology and ecology students at Shabazz High School (Madison). A

UW graduate student then discussed insects as a sustainable food source. f Los Lecheros screened during Edgewood

High School’s (Madison) “Arts Week.” Coburn

Dukeheart, the film’s producer and from the

Center for Investigative Journalism, led the post-screening discussion. f Rwanda & Juliet was shown to 560 students at

Cardinal Heights Middle School (Sun Prairie).

A whole day was dedicated to curriculum and topics related to this film.

Additional Outreach

The Division continued to collaborate with the Madison Public Library’s Bubbler program and Crestwood Elementary School’s film program for the free “Stop-Motion Animation” workshop at Union South for 50 children and adults. To strengthen the relationship with local film educators, WFF staffed tables at the “Explore Arts Night” in the fall of 2018 at Crestwood Elementary and the “Madison Elementary Animation Festival” in June 2019 at Sequoia Library.

For the third straight year, students from the Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Film Committee participated in the WFF Wisconsin’s Own selection committee and helped with various festival operations. For a second year, films were featured from past festivals for the Tuesday Night Movie Club, a series of free public screenings at the Marquee in Union South.

MADISON EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL

Key Highlights

f 2,845 total Festival attendance f 44 classes f 7 concerts, 10 lectures, and 1 dance event f 51 guest artists, faculty, and lecturers f 105 workshop participants f 24 work-study positions

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The Madison Early Music Festival (MEMF) was created in 1999 to provide an opportunity for musicians, scholars, teachers, students, and music enthusiasts to study medieval, Renaissance, and baroque music in its social, cultural, and political contexts. Acclaimed early music artists perform in the concert series throughout the week. Since 2015, the Division of the Arts has presented MEMF in partnership with the Mead Witter School of Music.

The 20th annual MEMF Workshop and Concert Series featured The Grand Tour: A 20th

Anniversary Celebration from July 6–13. This year’s theme was an homage to the 300-year tradition of young English aristocrats trekking through Europe in search of art, adventure, and the roots of European history. To kick-off the 2019 season, a fundraiser was held on May 10 where attendees enjoyed an evening of early music and a tour of the Chazen Museum of Art.

MEMF welcomed 105 participants, faculty, and guest artists for a week of workshop classes, lectures, and concerts that explored music, history, and culture. Participants performed with award-winning faculty for the All-Festival Concert, Musical Postcards from the Grand Tour, featuring music inspired from the 16th and 17th

centuries.

Guest Artists

f Alchymy Viols

f Calmus

f Dark Horse Consort

f HESPERUS

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ARTS RECRUITMENT & ARTS ON CAMPUS

Arts Recruitment

The Arts Recruitment Initiative was launched in 2017 with the goal of boosting student enrollment numbers in the fine arts. The Division of the Arts continued and built on the multi-platform “Arts at UW” campaign to promote the vibrant community of creative excellence.

Through coordinated online and printed materials, social media, tabling (including at SOAR), promotional items, email campaigns, and direct mailings, the Division connected with students at all points of their decision process. In partnership with the Office of Admissions and Recruitment, the second Admitted Students Day for the Arts was held on April 6 with informational sessions and panels for 68 admitted students.

This year, the Division piloted new ways to support departmental recruitment efforts. Targeted recruitment event funds allowed seven departments to defray the cost of attending and marketing their programs at 12 discipline-specific recruitment events. The Division of the Arts secured scholarship funds through the Office of the Provost to provide $5,000 each for five departments to boost new majors in their units.

Creative Campus Tour

The Division of the Arts presented its inaugural Creative Campus Tour on September 1, 2018. The tour is an introduction to the fine arts programs on campus and is supported by numerous campus partners.

The Division contracted with Museum Hack, a consulting company that seeks to reimagine and inspire new adult museum experiences around the world. The goal of the tour is to showcase all the arts offerings on campus and to attract new students to campus programs. The tour engages with and appeals to prospective and incoming students.

This project marks the first cross-campus collaborative effort to highlight the creative spaces on campus. Sixteen energetic and interactive tours with 120 participants were led by student tour guides.

Arts on Campus

Arts on Campus is the gateway to arts units, events, and news on campus. During the 2018–19 academic year, the Division of the Arts collaborated with and promoted numerous campus units through student recruitment and increased awareness of the arts at UW–Madison via communication channels on campus and throughout the state including advertising, marketing, outreach, and resource fairs.

Arts at UW Blog

In January 2019, the Division of the Arts launched the Arts at UW blog. Nine blog posts offered an insider’s look at the Arts at UW–Madison and highlighted some of the latest arts news and events happening on campus. We featured each of our partner arts units in an effort to better connect and engage with the Arts on Campus audience. The blog was distributed through the division’s email communications and on social media.

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