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ONLINE: Art Toast "Self Portrait" by DarRen Morris, reproduced by Philip Salamone as a mural in downtown Madison. "I did not know then that there were actual Black artists," writes DarRen Morris in the artist statement on his website. Morris is currently in a Wisconsin maximum security prison, sentenced to life without parole at age 17. Morris says he was "party to the unintentional death of an innocent man. Although I was involved in this death, I am not a murderer." He has no formal artistic training and paints on whatever surfaces he is allowed, sometimes cardboard. Artist Philip Salamone ...

ONLINE: Art Toast From Here on Out, an exhibit celebrating Black lives and examining how artists are interpreting current events, on display at IAG's Marƶeń showroom (and online) through March 1. Third Thursdays feature Art Toast, a livestream studio talk hosted by exhibit co-curator Margaret LeMay; December's event features artists Jennika Bastian, Megan Bloesch, Thomas Ferrella, Madison Golden, Mark Weller and Christopher Karl Wilde. RSVP here, or find the stream on A work by Christopher Karl Wilde from the "From Here On Out" exhibit. press release: Join us for an interactive Livest...