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Maria Muto

Maria Muto

  • Graduate Student, Art History
  • Graduate Student, Library & Information Science

Education

  • MA in Art History & MLIS in progress at UWM
  • Double major BA in Art History and Anthropology from UWM (2023)

Research Interests

  • 17th century European art
  • Occult/Pagan imagery
  • Art responding to the rise of witchhunts

Her thesis explores Italian Baroque artist, Salvator Rosa, and 10-year stretch he spent painting scenes of witchcraft under the employment of the Medici court in Florence. 

Work History

  • Curator and Manager of the Union Art Gallery (Current)
  • Digitization intern for Recollection Wisconsin at Mequon-Thiensville Historical Society (Fall 2026)
  • Intern/Show Curator at UWM Manfred Olson Planetarium (Spring 2024)
  • Research intern for the Emile H. Mathis Gallery (Fall semester 2020)
  • SMAUG Events Coordinator (2019-2021)