UW helps usher in Overture

Named for a former UW–Madison faculty member who died in 1999, the James Watrous Gallery of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters opened along with the Overture Center for the Arts on Sept. 18. The gallery’s inaugural show, “A Decade of Art from the Wisconsin Academy Gallery,” features the work of a number of Watrous’ friends and colleagues. All exhibitors have had solo shows at the academy from 1994-2003. (Photo: Micahel Forster Rothbart)

University students and faculty rehearse for a performance of “UW Performing Artists of the Future,” featuring students from the Dance Program, School of Music Symphony Orchestra, University Opera and University Theatre. (Photo: Micahel Forster Rothbart)

Visitors inspect a piece at the James Watrous Gallery of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. The gallery’s inaugural show features the work of exhibitors who have had solo shows at the academy from 1994-2003. (Photo: Micahel Forster Rothbart)

The Tuba Euphonium Ensemble conducted by School of Music professor John Stevens performs in the Overture Lobby during the opening festival of the new Overture Center for the Arts in downtown Madison. (Photo: Micahel Forster Rothbart)