Siercks adopts art from UWM Art Collection

Dan Siercks adopted multiple objects from the the UWM Art Collection Adopt Art program in honor of his wife, art history BA 2011/MA 2013 alumna, Elizabeth Siercks.

Former Visiting Assistant Professor adopts art from UMW Art Collection

Former Visiting Assistant Professor, Matthew Francis Rarey, donated to the Adopt Art program to help preserve and protect an African object from the UWM Art Collection that he discussed in his courses while at UWM.

Alumni adopt art from UWM Art Collection

Alumni from the 2012-2013 ARTHIST 703/704: Introduction to Museum Studies courses donated to the Adopt Art program to preserve two objects from their course exhibition, Fragments of Faith.  They adopted a 12th-13th century, silver gilt, German chalice from the Charles Bolles… Read More

Kolwalczyk views adopted UWM Art Collection object

On Thursday, September 29, Adopt Art donor, Ellen Kowalczyk joined Linda Brazeau, Director, UWM Art Collection and Galleries and Christa Story, Curator, UWM Art Collection to view preservation treatment of her “Adopt Art” selection, Francisco Goya’s Folly on the Wings, an etching and aquatint.

FOAH Behind-the-Scenes Tour

On Tuesday, September 27, UWM Art Collection Director, Linda Brazeau, and Curator, UWM Art Collection, Christa Story gave a behind the scenes tour of the UWM Art History Gallery and the UWM Art Collection (UWMAC) vault to Friends of Art History (FOAH) members at the Art Connoisseur level.

A Welcomed Visitor to the UWM Art Collection

Director of the UWM Art Collection, Linda Brazeau, and Curator, Christa Story welcomed Lisa Benjamin, the granddaughter of UWM Art Collection donors, Blanche and Henry Rosenberg, to view art in the Rosenberg Collection which includes work by early modern masters such as Picasso, Miro, Kandinsky, Klee, Moore, Arp, Dubuffet and others.

Story gives gallery talk at Wright Museum of Art

On Tuesday, September 13, Christa Story, Curator, UWM Art Collection, gave a gallery talk at the Wright Museum of Art at Beloit College in conjunction with the UWM Art Collection traveling exhibition Rembrandt Etchings: States, Fakes, and Restrikes.

UWM Art Collection Traveling Exhibition opens at Wright Museum of Art

Rembrandt Etchings: States, Fakes, and Restrikes will be on view at the Wright Museum of Art at Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin starting today, August 17 through October 2.

Story gives Salon Series Talk at MAM

On Thursday, July 14, 2016, Christa Story, Curator, UWM Art Collection, gave a Salon Series talk at the Milwaukee Art Museum.

UWM Art Collection loans etching to Milwaukee Art Museum

The UWM Art Collection recently loaned an etching by the Swedish artist Anders Zorn (1860–1920) to the Milwaukee Art Museum.