Today in the darkness, at 3:19 a.m. Central Standard Time, the days started getting longer. Happy return of the sun ☀️🔆🌞 1. Rockwell Kent, Angel, 1926, wood engraving 2. Alexander Calder, Sunrise, undated, lithograph #happysolstice #calm #bright #dark #light

OPENING FEB. 17: The Crafted World of Wharton Esherick: featuring the famed American artist best known as the father of the Studio Furniture Movement. Learn more: loom.ly/sVVr2Y4 @wesherickmuseum @brandywinemuse (Image: Wharton Esherick Museum, studio dining room)

This time of year, take a moment to see the beauty in everyday life—just as artists do. Wishing you a season of joy, warmth, and inspiration. ✨ (Kawase Hasui, Zojo Temple Shiba; Tsuchiya Koitsu, Fuji from Mitsu Bay in Snow; Hasui, Yasugi Kiyomizu, Izumo #art #beauty #joy

In 2024, your giving supported educational opportunities at the Chazen, including our classes for Grandparents University. Please consider a making a tax-deductible gift to the Chazen at: supportuw.org/giveto/chazen #newyear #seasonofgiving #success @wisalumni

The Chazen's Back-to-School Bash and Study Day are always highlights of the year and 2024 was no exception—we set attendance records for both🎉! In December, 920 students came to Study Day, studied—and ate 20 pizzas rather quickly⚡🍕🐎 #pizza #timelapse #2024 #uwmadison

Bored during the football game? Miss us already? Play scavenger hunt amongst our online collection of 25,000 art objects! Just go to chazen.wisc.edu/collection. Play with the filters. First one to find their new favorite art work wins! #football #artmuseums #scavengerhunt

All around the globe, fireworks will ring in the New Year tonight. This woodblock print by Kobayashi Kiyochika captures the excitement of a fireworks display in Edo-era Japan. Celebrate 🎉 responsibly and have fun✨! (Fireworks at Ikenohata, 1881) #woodcut #ukiyoe #ukiyoeart

We hope you see beauty, today and every day of 2025. Happy New Year! - Ansel Easton Adams (American, 1902–1984); Oak Tree--Snowstorm, from the Yosemite Special Edition; ca. 1970, gelatin silver print with selenium toning; 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. #winter #anseladams #photography

JAN. 29, 5 P.M., GARFIELD GALLERIES: Join Chazen Curator James Wehn for a conversation on You Belong Here: Place, People, and Purpose in Latinx Photography. Register here: loom.ly/1wmVuNk (Organized by Aperture, curated by Pilar Thompkins Rivas) 📷Hiram Maristany

Here's a 2024 highlight that burns brightly in our minds: Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin's February reception for the Board of Regents, which featured live-flame glass blowing to tell the story of glass as a vehicle for scientific and artistic innovation. @uwmadison @uw_artdept

Nordic Utopia? African Americans in the 20th Century is a groundbreaking exhibition! John Utah were lucky to host it in 2024. It's now on view at Scandinavia House in New York through March 2025. Madison's own Dexter Gordon Tribute Band performed at the Oct. 3 celebration 🎷🎷🎷

Just like that—we're open. Welcome back!

Sunday Afternoon Live is back Feb. 2 with the vibrant, engaging Griffon String Quartet, performing Beethoven's String Quartet No. 14 in C♯ minor, Op. 131. Register for free tickets here! loom.ly/-Gzc7Ss @midsummersmusic #classicalmusic #stringquartet

Congrats Pablo Delano 🎉 on being in the ARTnews Defining Artworks of 2024 lineup! Delano's exhibition cuestiones caribeñas/caribbean matters: assemblage and sculpture will open Aug. 4 at the Chazen. #pablodelano #assemblage #sculpture #caribbean

Cinematheque's spring series at the Chazen resumes at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 26, with Pickpocket (1959), director Robert Bresson's deceptively simple crime story. The series celebrates the history of adventurous film programming in Madison and beyond. Free—hope to see you here!

OPENING FEB. 17: The Crafted World of Wharton Esherick! See a video preview here: loom.ly/o3HSftg 1. Wharton Esherick’s Studio. Photo by Charles Uniatowski. 2. Wharton Esherick, circa 1960. Photo by Susan Sherman. @wesherickmuseum @brandywinemuse

The Jan. 29 curator conversation for You Belong Here: Place, People, and Purpose in Latinx Photography is sold out, but you can sign up here for another with James Wehn on Feb. 21: loom.ly/rfVuZ_Q Aperture (📷 Hiram Maristany, Hydrant: In the Air, 1963)

SAVE THE DATE: 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28 | Celebrating You Belong Here: Place, People and Purpose in Latinx Photography | Star Montana and Darcy Padilla in conversation | Organized by Aperture, curated by Pilar Tompkins Rivas | More: loom.ly/VORqfuQ #latinixart

Please join Prof. Theresa Delgadillo at 5 p.m. Feb. 11 at the Chazen for a talk inspired by the exhibition You Belong Here: Place, People, and Purpose in Latinx Photography! Register here: loom.ly/gC183WY Aperture 📷Steven Molina Contreras, Abagail's Portrait