UW-Madison
The Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives within the Division for Teaching and Learning at the University of Wisconsin-Madison provides culturally relevant and transformative arts programming to promote positive social dialogue and to give cultural art forms a legitimate academic forum. By harnessing the broad cultural influence of spoken word, hip hop and emerging as well as traditional art forms, OMAI’s events and programming create learning environments that directly affect UW-Madison’s campus climate, improving retention and graduation success, preparing future leaders to reinvest in their communities. By continually refreshing this paradigm that integrates traditional academics and cutting edge arts activism, OMAI empowers transnational leaders with new tools for inclusive community building.
Seeking volunteers for the 19th Annual Line Breaks Festival consists of performances, workshops, lectures and discussions by First Wave artist-scholars and invited professional artists engaging with the Madison community, on and off campus. The 2026 Line Breaks Festival theme, Activation – is an exploration of how artists, communities, and cultures come alive through stimulus, context, and intention. Drawing from the idea of gene activation, the festival frames artistic expression as something already encoded within us, waiting to be called forth. Rooted in Hip Hop’s origins as an art form born from necessity and reflection, Line Breaks serves as a space to reconnect with the ethos, history, and embodied knowledge of the culture—activating legacy, dialogue, and collective imagination in the present moment.
Salima Seale - sseale@wisc.edu
If you are unable to attend all or part of your volunteer shift, please contact us as soon as possible. If any problems arise the day of your shift, please contact Sseale@wisc.edu.
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