Rafael Francisco Salas, professor of art and chair of the Department of Art and Art History, has had two articles published recently. “Milwaukee Streetwear Brand Wins National Attention: Creators of Unfinished Legacy are a stunning success, with a new shop in Third Ward,” is a profile of an expanding clothing and design brand, and was […]
Professor of Art Rafael Francisco Salas will have one of two solo exhibitions Sept. 6 through Nov. 17 in the Emile H. Mathis Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, in Kenosha. A reception for the exhibits will be held from 4-6 p.m. Oct 18. Salas will give an artist’s talk at 4 p.m. Oct. 11, and Milwaukee […]
A review of Professor of Art Rafael Francisco Salas’ recent exhibit was published May 9 on Shepard Express, a Milwaukee publication. “Cruces|Crossroads” was on view at Portrait Society Gallery of Contemporary Art through May 13. The exhibition, the reviewer writes, “places us on the verge of several intersections: of two unique artists crossing paths in […]
“Cruces/Crossroads,” a two-person exhibition featuring Ripon College Professor of Art Rafael Francisco Salas and Chicago artist Herman Aguirre Martinez, will be on view March 25 through May 13 at Portrait Society Gallery of Contemporary Art, 207 E. Buffalo St., Milwaukee. A reception will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 24, with both […]
Rafael Francisco Salas, professor of art and chair of the Department of Art and Art History, is the guest curator for an exhibit for the Museum of Wisconsin Art. “Strange Lands: The work of Tom Antell, Chris T. Cornelius, and Sky Hopinka” opens Friday, Oct. 7, at the MOWA|DTN Gallery, the museum’s satellite location inside […]
“Summer’s End,” an exhibit by Professor of Art Rafael Francisco Salas,” is on view through Sept. 22 at Baer Gallery, Bush Art Center, at St. Norbert College in De Pere. A reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Sept. 8. The exhibit is described as imagining “a metaphorical change of season. It is […]
Rafael Francisco Salas, professor of art and chair of the Department of Art and Art History, will speak Thursday, April 21, for the spring Identity Series lecture at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD). The event will start at 6:30 p.m. in the Union. The MIAD Identity Series engages a diverse set of […]
Gov. Tony Evers has appointed Professor of Art Rafael Francisco Salas to the Wisconsin Arts Board, the state agency responsible for the support and development of the arts throughout Wisconsin. Salas’ work has been exhibited in New York City, San Diego, Boston and venues in the Midwest, including Neville Public Museum, Museum of Wisconsin Art, […]
Professor of Art Rafael Francisco Salas was among five authors profiled on Wisconsin Public Radio Nov. 12. Salas is a contributor to the book Hope is the Thing: Wisconsinites on Perseverance in a Pandemic, edited by B.J. Hollars, published by Wisconsin History Press and available on amazon.com. Other contributors include Wisconsin Poet Laureate Dasha Kelly, […]
Professor of Art Rafael Francisco Salas has an essay in the newly published anthology Hope is the Thing: Wisconsinites on Perseverance in a Pandemic. The collection is edited by B.J. Hollars and published by Wisconsin History Press. Contributors include Wisconsin Poet Laureate Dasha Kelly, former poet laureates Margaret Rozga and Kimberly Blaeser, and other lauded […]
During the spring and summer of 2020, Professor of Art Rafael Francisco Salas was on sabbatical, researching rural areas of Wisconsin and Minnesota and translating what he viewed into paintings, drawings and assemblages. “I traveled roads designated as ‘rustic’ by the Department of Motor Vehicles in Wisconsin to compare the seemingly bucolic nature of these […]
Recent work by Associate Professor of Art Rafael Francisco Salas is being featured in the Week Six installment of “PSG on PAPER,” an online drawing exhibit of Portrait Society Gallery of Milwaukee. “No other artist creates an atmosphere of contemplation as well as Salas,” a gallery spokesman states. “His drawings and paintings embrace deep histories […]
“The Contemporary Portrait,” an exhibit featuring the work of nine Ripon College students, opens Saturday, Feb. 1, at Levee Contemporary Gallery in Princeton, Wisconsin. An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. and is free and open to the public. The exhibit will remain on view through Sunday, March 29. The exhibit […]