Upcoming Art Events
Mixed Signals (New Paintings +)
Derrick Buisch
Sept 11 – Oct 11
Derrick Buisch has served as a painting professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison since 1997. His work has been exhibited widely in national and regional museum exhibitions, including at the Tory Folliard Gallery, the James Watrous Gallery, the Wisconsin Triennials, and the University Gallery of the Center for Art & Theatre at Georgia Southern University. His site-specific paintings were featured in the 2016 Wisconsin Triennial at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art and the 2020 Faculty Exhibition at the Chazen Museum of Art in Madison, Wisconsin.
Buisch is the recipient of a 2025 Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts from the UW–Madison Division of the Arts. His past honors include a Skowhegan Residency (1995), a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award (2000), a Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant (2017), and research support from the University of Wisconsin–Madison Graduate School. His paintings are held in the permanent collections of the Chazen Museum of Art, the Rockford Museum of Art, and the Madison Children’s Museum.
Artist Reception
Sept 11 – 6 p.m.
Demmer Recital Hall
Chamber Music & Jazz at Ripon: Mariachi San José Workshop & Performance
This event, held in Great Hall, will open with a mariachi workshop at 4:30 PM led by Mariachi San José director Dr. José R. Torres-Ramos, followed by a performance by the ensemble at 5:30 PM. All are welcome to the workshop, and light refreshments will be provided by a local restaurant partner. This celebrated ensemble […]
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Caestecker Gallery to Present “Mixed Signals (New Paintings +),” New Work by Derrick Buisch
Exhibition runs September 11 – October 9, 2026, with artist talk and opening reception on September 11 Ripon College’s Caestecker Gallery will present Mixed Signals (New Paintings +), a new exhibition of paintings by Derrick Buisch, on view from September 11 through October 9, 2026. An artist talk will be held in Demmer Theatre on […]
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