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Dale Chihuly
Dale Chihuly Creates a World of Wonder and Color Sand, fire, and light. Dale Chihuly combines the first two to create his intricate art, but it’s the third — energy swirling through a transparent medium... Read more »
Frank Lloyd Wright
The 20th Century’s Architect Although he soared to fame as the most acclaimed architect of 20th-century America, the design for Frank Lloyd Wright’s life always included Wisconsin. Born in Richland Center in 1867, Wright enrolled... Read more »
James Watrous
Serious Satire By the time the “Octy” folded for good in 1959, it had served as an incubator for four decades of talented Badger artists and writers. The Octy’s most famous contributor was James Watrous BA1931, MA1933,... Read more »
Lorraine Hansberry
Barrier-Breaking Playwright The play that brought fame to Lorraine Hansberry (attended 1948 to 1950) during her much-too-brief life came from a place within. When she wrote A Raisin in the Sun, she was evoking... Read more »