UWM Art History Alum Rebekah Beaulieu has stepped into the role of Director of the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, Connecticut. The museum boasts an annual visitor count of almost 80,000! Read more about the museum and Becky’s role … Continue Reading »
Students from Professor Derek Counts’ Art History 101 class recently visited the Emile H. Mathis Gallery. With the help of Gallery Curator Leigh Mahlik and Teaching Assistants Michael Lahti and Cameron Quade, the students were able to view icons from … Continue Reading »
Assistant Professor of Art History and Emile H. Mathis Gallery Director David Pacifico recently lead an excavation in and around the barn at the Cappon/deSwarte farmstead, circa 1850-1890. Located about 100 yards from Lake Michigan on the present-day Schlitz Audubon … Continue Reading »
In celebration of the First Anniversary of the Emile H. Mathis Art Gallery, the UWM Department of Art History invites you to attend these events! Art Expose Presented by Art History MA Student and Mathis Gallery Intern, Heather Sheets Tuesday, … Continue Reading »
Current (Fall 2018) Mathis Gallery Hours are posted here. Please keep in mind that the Gallery’s Hours may change slightly each semester due to volunteer schedules.… Continue Reading »
Students in Assistant Professor Kay Wells’s Introduction to American Art class examined communion chalices and communion tokens from the UWM Art Collection this week! These 18th century items would have been used in Protestant communion ceremonies across the United Kingdom and … Continue Reading »
In the first Proseminar presentation of the semester, Art History Graduate Student Michael Lahti spoke on an object from the UWM Art Collection. Lahti examined Diego Rivera’s drawing “Girl Lighting Candle.” Students are asked to conduct independent research on an object related to weekly course … Continue Reading »
UWM Art History Graduate Student Youngchul Shin has installed an exhibition in Special Collections at the UWM Library, entitled “Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera: An Exhibition of Photographs.” The opening reception for this exhibition will be held at 4:00 p.m., … Continue Reading »
“Harmony in Print: J.A.M. Whistler Etchings and Lithographs from the UWM Art Collection” will open September 13th (5-7pm) with a reception, and talk by Curator Leigh Mahlik at 5:30pm. The exhibition will then be open for viewing every Monday-Thursday 10am-4pm … Continue Reading »
UW-Milwaukee Art History Department Assistant Professor Kay Wells will be speaking at the Art Institute of Chicago on Friday, September 28th. Her talk is titled ‘The Uncanny Design of the Thorne Miniature Rooms.’ During the 1930s, Narcissa Niblack Thorne created … Continue Reading »