The Studio Creative Arts Learning Community

Looking for a place to create, innovate, and bring to life your boldest imagination? Filled with students ranging in majors from fine arts, dance, engineering, computer science, and more, The Studio is home to all who appreciate the creative process. The Studio is a place where you make art, connect, grow, and learn surrounded by peers who share your passion. Equipped with a rehearsal room, a room for wet art projects, and spaces for sound recording and digital art projects, we offer spaces to let your creativity take over.

The diverse creative backgrounds of our residents, from music and dance to spoken word and visual art, foster a supportive environment for all artists in which collaboration fuels creativity. Residents have opportunities to showcase their art by hosting performances and exhibitions and serving their community through teaching or attending workshops. We value using the arts as a way to engage the community at large and pride ourselves on fostering socially conscious, global citizens with an eye toward making the world a better place.

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How to Join

Sign your University Residence Halls contract and submit your advance payment in My UW Housing
Select The Studio Learning Community as your top choice when you submit your hall preferences in My UW Housing
Prioritize learning communities over residence halls when you submit your hall preferences in My UW Housing
Receive your room assignment

Seminar

The Studio Seminar
Integrated Arts 110 (fall) & 112 (spring) | 1 Credit

The Studio Seminar is a 1 credit course taught by our Faculty Director. In the fall, it is designed to expose Studio residents to the wide variety of arts disciplines on the UW-Madison campus. Each week, a representative from one of UW-Madison’s Arts & Design departments will participate in the seminar via sharing a presentation or workshop with students. The course will expose students to a variety of UW-Madison Arts faculty and professional staff, acquainting them with the offerings and cultures of respective departments. The course also serves as a catalyst for students to experience the arts community in the greater-Madison area. In the spring, the course is designed to facilitate artistic collaboration amongst students.

Coming to a community that understands my struggles as an artist and a student makes me feel more at home than I could ever have expected.
Joanna G., Resident of The Studio

Programming

Community Goals

An arts and design-centered living-learning experience that encourages interdisciplinary exploration
Foster connections with a roster of talented artists and designers, including UW-Madison faculty in a variety of arts departments
Onsite rehearsal, study, drafting, and performance spaces
Programming that caters to residents’ specific interests

Events & Activities

Residents of The Studio have a plethora of art-related events to attend throughout the year. The community hosts dance workshops, artist talks, poetry readings, and performances as well as showcase events where residents can perform for the community. The Studio also hosts community dinners for residents to get to know one another as well as invited artists, faculty and staff. In the past, residents have also helped with the organization of a fashion show, museum exhibitions, multi-media performances, and many other arts and crafts projects. Examples of activities include: