Year of the Arts events this week

In celebration of Illuminate: Year of the Arts, which launches on Thursday, Sept. 16, some buildings at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will shine more brightly than usual with color washes and projections from 7:15-11 p.m. today (Sept. 14) through Thursday, Sept. 16.

A team of faculty and students from the MFA Lighting Design Program will turn their talents and their theatrical lighting equipment on the following campus buildings:

• Today (Sept. 14): Vilas Hall and the Mosse Humanities Building across the pedestrian overpass
• Wednesday, Sept. 15: Lathrop Hall along University Avenue
• Thursday, Sept. 16: Memorial Union at the Langdon Street staircase

Each evening’s lighting is subject to the weather.

The launch week culminates with a celebration at noon on Sept. 16 on the Memorial Union Terrace, featuring National Endowment for the Arts chair Rocco Landesman and Chancellor Biddy Martin. The Year of the Arts is a yearlong celebration of the power and purpose of the arts on campus. More information is available at http://yearofthearts.wisc.edu

Other events on Sept. 16:

• From 10:30-11:30 a.m., people are invited to Walk the Corridor to the Arts. Student musicians, dancers, actors and visual artists will perform on East Campus Mall, the many terraces at Vilas Hall, the bridge from Vilas to the Mosse Humanities Building, the steps of Lathrop Hall and around Library Mall.
• At 11:30 a.m., arts students and faculty and campus and community members will assemble on the East Campus Mall for a parade to the Memorial Union Terrace to hear the chancellor and Landesman.

Immediately following the talk, student groups will host an All-Campus Arts Fair at the Terrace with performances and demonstrations.