Quilting Memory: A Live Action in Charcoal & Muslin

press release: The University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of the Arts (presenter) welcomes Carrie Hanson as the Fall 2019 Interdisciplinary Artist-in-Residence. Carrie Hanson is a choreographer, director, performer and dance educator. She is the artistic director of The Seldoms, and uses dance and performance to reference social, political and environmental issues (longer biography below).

During her residency at UW–Madison, Hanson will teach “From Topic to Topography: The Body, the Environment, and Social Action.” Hanson will use her interdisciplinary movement-based practice to support students in the creation of original performance works, installations and activations. Hanson will partner with students in the exploration of how movement and the body can be used to explore the world in imaginative ways. To supplement the residency, Hanson will present at various community events and bring in guest artists Faheem Majeed, Alex Rose and The Seldoms (biographies below).

Hanson’s residency is hosted by the Dance Department, with professor Kate Corby as lead faculty, and the Art Department. Co-sponsors include the Chazen Museum of Art, the Wisconsin Union Theater and the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. Many of her residency events are also part of the Nelson Institute’s Earth Day@50 – Arts Initiative. Hanson and guest artist, Alex Rose, will also participate in the Wisconsin Science Festival.

The UW–Madison Division of the Arts’ Interdisciplinary Arts Residency Program brings innovative artists to campus to teach semester-long, interdepartmental courses and to publicly present their work for campus and community audiences and is funded through the university’s Office of the Provost.

All the events are free and take place in Madison, Wisconsin unless noted otherwise. Events are subject to change. Visit website for more details.

Thursday, Sept. 26 | 5-7 p.m.

“Quilting Memory: A Live Action in Charcoal & Muslin”

Agriculture Hall (Meet on the steps in front of Linden Dr.), 1450 Linden Dr.

A rain date is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 28 from 10 a.m.-noon

Join a roaming action-event to create charcoal rubbings of multiple campus sites led by fall 2019 Interdisciplinary Artist-in-Residence Carrie Hanson and artist Faheem Majeed. This event is designed to bring awareness to the history of the Teejop (Four Lakes, pronounce day-JOPE) lands, including the erasure and presence of significant spaces, usually in plain sight and often unnoticed. Inside this two-hour physical event, participants will be on the ground rubbing, marking and mapping, using the exertion of our labor as a meditation on these lands. Wear comfortable walking shoes and weather-appropriate clothing.

RSVP’s are strongly encouraged: facebook.com/events/514197899397754/.