ESSAY
Wisconsin Academy in the Arts BY J O DY CLOWES
W
hile cocooned at home during this coronavirus pandemic, I have spent
hours on my laptop engaging with art. I’ve raised a glass at online receptions, tuned into social media for studio tours, explored the digital collections of the Rijksmuseum and the Forbidden City, and visited dozens of virtual exhibitions. Just keeping up with local online arts activity is a challenge, never mind what’s happening in Detroit or Shanghai. The cover of the Spring 1983 issue of Wisconsin Academy Review (today’s Wisconsin People & Ideas) featured a fold-out reproduction of Warrington Colescott’s 1982 large color intaglio print, The Hollandale Tapes: The Court Is Now in Session. As an Academy Board member in the 1980s, Colescott actively encouraged and contributed to the Academy’s work in the visual arts.
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