Speaker
Baron Kelly
Professor of theater in the UW Department of Theatre and Drama and the Division of Continuing Studies
Baron Kelly, Ph.D., is a four-time Fulbright Scholar and a member of the National Theatre Conference. He earned his Ph.D. in theatre research from UW–Madison, a diploma from London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and a master of fine arts degree in acting from California State University, Long Beach. He has traveled extensively as a cultural specialist for the United States Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, teaching and lecturing on the theatre in Africa, Europe and Asia. His teaching has led him to residencies in more than a dozen countries on five continents and in 20 American states. Professor Kelly has been a fellow at Harvard University’s W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African American Research.
Speaking in
Activism and the Arts: Building Legacies in Wisconsin and Beyond
Prof. Chris Walker, director of the Division of the Arts and founding artistic director of the First Wave Hip Hop and Urban Arts Scholarship Program, will moderate a panel discussion featuring a diverse array of Madison-area artists and members of the UW–Madison faculty and staff who work in and across genres, media and programs.
Co-sponsored by the UW–Madison Division of the Arts.