Art History Featured in L&S In Focus

The Department of Art History was featured in the May 2016 edition of the College of Letters & Science In Focus monthly newsletter.

Congrats to Spring 2016 MA Graduates!

The Department of Art History wants to congratulate the following Spring 2015 MA graduates:

Art Institute of Chicago Tour

On Friday, May 13, Associate Professor Tanya Tiffany and students from her course, ARTHIST 730: Gender and Art in the Spanish Empire, 1550-1750, visited the Art Institute of Chicago.

Schaefer Talks at MAM

On Thursday, May 12, 2016, Visiting Assistant Professor Sarah C. Schaefer gave a Salon Series Talk at the Milwaukee Art Museum.

Story and Bina photograph tapestry from the UWM Art Collection

Curator Christa Story and UWM Art History Gallery Undergraduate Intern April Bina take great care in hanging a ca. 1600 French Altar Frontal in the UWM Art History Gallery.

Tiffany Talks at MAM

On April 28, Associate Professor Tanya Tiffany presented a Milwaukee Art Museum Salon Series talk on Francisco de Zurbarán’s Saint Francis of Assisi in His Tomb.

Art Exposé: April Bina

On Tuesday, May 10, 2016, the UWM Art History Gallery hosted Art Exposé. Art Exposé is a monthly gallery talk that exhibits a selected object from the UWM Art Collection on the second Tuesday of every month from 1-2 PM. April… Read More

Painter Talks to ARTHIST 364: Modern Painting II

On Wednesday, May 4th, Shane Walsh an artist and lecturer in Painting & Drawing at the Peck School of the Arts, spoke to Visiting Assistant Professor Sarah Schaefer’s ARTHIST 364: Modern Painting II: 1900 to the Present. Walsh first spoke… Read More

Lomenzo accesses African Art Collection

Spero Lomenzo, an undergraduate working toward a degree in creative writing, visited the UWM Art History Gallery on Thursday, April 21st to view African Masks in the UWM Art Collection.

Fontaine Interns at UWM Special Collections

Graduate student Cameron Fontaine is interning at the UWM Special Collections in the UWM Library for the Spring 2016 semester.