Visual Culture at UW Madison

The Visual Culture Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison develops and sustains vital connections and collaborations between the study and practice of the visual with bridges across the arts, humanities, social sciences and sciences. As a leader in the field since 2002, we support cutting edge creative production and interdisciplinary research, programming, and community outreach activities in the new and developing field of visual culture. Engaged with the rapidly changing demands for visual literacy in the age of digital communications, the dynamic field of visual culture responds to the necessity of confronting the major technological changes that contribute to the saturation of everyday environments with visually mediated information and entertainment. The field also takes its imperative from the forces of globalization. The study of visual cultures considers visuality in a global context and attends seriously to differences.

With faculty affiliates and participating students in over sixty-six departments and units in seven colleges at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Visual Culture Center regularly organizes an exciting calendar of public events, ranging from lectures, research colloquia, and workshops to exhibitions, performances, and screenings.

Students at all levels take advantage of rich interdisciplinary course offerings to design their own individual majors or pursue special committee M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Visual Culture. We host an active Visual Culture Student Focus Group whose members meet regularly to discuss readings, plan events and curate exhibitions. The Visual Culture Center is in the process of planning to launch a new Ph.D.

For further information, please contact:
Jill H. Casid
Director and Associate Professor of Visual Culture Studies
232 Conrad A. Elvehjem Building
800 University Avenue
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI 53706
Email: visualculture@education.wisc.edu

To learn more about the Visual Culture Center’s programs, courses, and events, please visit our website at
www.visualculture.wisc.edu or email visualculture@education.wisc.edu

If you would like to receive announcements, contact the Visual Culture Center’s project assistant Amy Noell at visualculture@education.wisc.edu.

Upcoming Events

Opportunities

Visual Culture Student Focus Group