Rosemaling at the Chazen
An Afternoon with Painter Tara Austin and the Nordic Lights Dance Band
Event Details
Date
Saturday, March 21, 2026
Time
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Location
Mead Witter Lobby, Chazen Museum of Art
Description
Join Tara Austin (MFA 2017), UW–Madison’s Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Culture’s 2026 Folk-Artist-in-Residence and for a live rosemaling demonstration accompanied by Nordic American old-time music from the Nordic Lights Dance Band. Rosemaling is a traditional Nordic decorative painting style that emphasizes floral designs and swooping scrolls. UW–Madison folklorists will provide historical context and moderate a question-and-answer session with the artist.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please call 608-263-2246 or email events@chazen.wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Saturday, March 7, 2026, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.