2016 Ettinger Book Artist Series Lecture Features Hamilton Museum Director Jim Moran

photo of Jim Moran
Jim Moran

The 2016 Ettinger Book Artist Lecture Series, featuring Jim Moran, Museum Director at the Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, will be held on Tuesday, November 15 at 7 p.m. in the fourth floor Conference Center of the UWM Golda Meir Library, 2311 E. Hartford Ave.

Moran runs letterpress workshops, archives the collection and maintains the museum on a daily basis. Previously, Moran worked as an apprentice, pressman, partner, and owner at Moran’s Quality Print Shop in Green Bay, Wisconsin, with his father and grandfather for over 35 years.

For the Ettinger presentation, Moran will discuss his own work, as well as the many dynamic changes and activities that have occurred at the Hamilton Museum in the past few years.

The Ettinger Book Artist Series is sponsored by Special Collections, UW-Milwaukee Libraries, and is funded by the Ettinger Family Foundation.

The public is invited to attend this free event. Parking is available in the UWM Union and Klotsche Pavilion parking garages. For more information or special needs, call 414-229-6202.