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Art Exposé

Tuesday, November 15 2022 1:00pm - 1:30pm

Mathis Art Gallery
Mitchell Hall 170

The Emile H. Mathis Art Gallery invites you to a series of “Art Exposé” Gallery Talks

In these 15-minute presentations, Mathis Gallery Interns will discuss a mystery art object in the gallery collection that they have researched this semester. This is a wonderful opportunity to see the results of independent object-based learning and support our gallery team. Plus, you may see something new and exciting you never knew we had!

The following gallery talks will take place in the Mathis Gallery during open hours and will be free and open to the public:

Tuesday, November 15th 1:00-1:30 pm
Presentation by Mathis Gallery Research Intern Laura Jean Spear

Laura Jean Spear

Wednesday, November 30th 1:00-1:30 pm
Presentation by Mathis Gallery Curatorial Intern Abigail D. Muñoz

Tuesday, December 6th 12:30-1:00 pm
Presentation by Mathis Gallery Assistant Registrar Intern Amanda Zarnowski

Tuesday, December 13th 1:00-1:30 pm
Presentation by Mathis Gallery Research Intern Nicole Miller

Additionally, there will be one virtual presentation by Mathis Gallery Research Intern Chloe Joy available on our YouTube channel Thursday, December 22nd
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3vmE5GOwQsu3jH1YJCZv0g

Painting from the UWM Art Collection mentioned by BYU Museum of Art’s publication

A work in the UWM Art Collection, James Tissot’s The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon, is included in the BYU Museum of Art’s recent publication, James Tissot’s Men and Women of the Old Testament. While the image is unfortunately not… Read More

Interview with Sarah Schaefer

There and Back Again: A Curator’s Tale – read the interview with Art History’s very own Sarah Schaefer in this month’s UWM College of Letters and Science magazine, In Focus! The manuscripts of Middle Earth: UWM art history professor co-curates… Read More

“A Royal Nun: Sister Margarita de la Cruz” blog post by Professor Tiffany

Just published, blog post for Tiffany’s research group in Spain. Tanya J. Tiffany, “A Royal Nun: Sister Margarita de la Cruz”, en, AGENART, 3 de octubre de 2022 [accesible online en https://agenart.org/blog/

Professor Sarah Schaefer Essay for ASOR

Professor Sarah Schaefer recently published an essay on the blog for ASOR – a professional, academic organization for archaeologists working in the eastern Mediterranean, Egypt, and ancient Near East. Read the article!

UWM Gallery Night

Thursday, September 22 2022 4:30 pm - 7:00 pm

UWM Campus

UWM Gallery Night

Five exhibitions in one night!

UWM will host a gallery night for five new exhibitions on its Milwaukee campus on Thursday, Sept. 22, from 4:30-7 p.m. including the Mathis Gallery.

Event Details

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Derek Counts Awarded Distinguished Professor

Counts has served at UWM for 20 years and is the co-director of the Athienou Archaeological Project in Cyprus. He has made many advancements in the field of archaeology and in 2020, was given the UWM Faculty University Distinguished Service… Read More

UWM Honors College faculty member Hilary Snow will give a public lecture on Korean painting

On Wednesday, Sept. 14th at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, UWM Honors College faculty member Hilary Snow will give a public lecture on Korean painting as part of the exhibition, “The Unbroken Line: Korean Landscape Painting Through the… Read More

Professor Sarah Schaefer and J.R.R. Tolkien

Professor Sarah Schaefer co-curates exhibition, J.R.R. Tolkien: The Art of the Manuscript, at the Haggerty Museum of Art. Exhibition is accompanied by a catalog with introductory essays by exhibition co-curators William M. Fliss, PhD and Sarah C. Schaefer, PhD. Video segment… Read More

Imperial Roman Glass Jar: Explore a Piece from the UWM Art Collection

Two Handled Jar Syrio-Palestinian Late Imperial Rome (ca. 4th-5th C CE) Blown glass with attachments UWM Art Collection, Gift of Edward P. Strothman, 1979.012.02 This small (H-3.5” x W-3.625” x L-3″) Imperial Roman glass jar was acquired by the Emily… Read More