The Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives’ (OMAI) mission is to provide cutting-edge, culturally relevant and transformative arts programming and outreach initiatives that promote positive social dialogue across perceived boundaries of race, class, gender, culture and sexual orientation. OMAI’s programs foster a greater awareness and appreciation of diverse art forms. Its youth-centered programs empower students and institutional partners to find, share, and apply their voices through spoken word, hip-hop, and other diverse art forms while also developing them as artists, scholars and leaders.

Founded in 2005, OMAI is a unit of the School of Education at UW-Madison.

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CONTACTS:
Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives
UW-Madison
357 Bascom Hall, 500 Lincoln Avenue
Madison, WI 53706
608.890.1006

Willie Ney, Executive Director
355 Bascom Hall • wney@wisc.edu • 608.890.1055

Chris Walker, Artistic Director
417 Lathrop Hall • cawalker2@education.wisc.edu • 608.262.6637

Katrina Flores, Program Director
357 Bascom Hall • kbflores@wisc.edu • 608.890.1006

Rafael Casal, Creative Director
357 Bascom Hall • rcasal@wisc.edu • 608.890.1006

Kahaema Byer, Academic Advisor
502 Lathrop Hall • kbyer@wisc.edu • 608.890.3064

Dasha Kelly, Outreach Coordinator
dnkelly@wisc.edu

Lauren Rutlin Young, Office Manager
357 Bascom Hall • lryoung2@wisc.edu • 608.890.1006