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Spring 2018 Courses!

Take a look at some of the wonderful Spring 2018 courses being offered in the Art History Department!  To see a complete list including courses such as Chinese Painting, Colloquium in Method and Theory, and Modern Painting, visit our ‘Courses… Read More

Snow Guest Lecture: Japanese Woodblock Prints

Honors College Professor Hilary Snow showed Japanese woodblock prints from the UWM Art Collection to accompany her guest lecture Monday, October 23rd in Assistant Professor Kay Wells’ course, ‘Frank Lloyd Wright.’ Her presentation focused on the tradition of Japanese ukiyo-e… Read More

First Research Colloquium of the School Year

Visiting Assistant Professor of Modern Art Sarah Schaefer presented her talk “The Word Illuminated: Gustave Dore, the Bible, and Modern Visual Culture” at the first Research Colloquium of the semester on October 19th. Her presentation drew from her book project… Read More

Art History Graduate Student Presentations IV

Art History Graduate Students Samantha Maloney, Katrina Russell, and Cameron Quade presented on three objects from the UWM Art Collection in Associate Professor Tanya Tiffany’s Proseminar course Tuesday, October 17th. This week the grad students examined a Yoruba Cloth Panel, Edgar Degas’ Dancer,… Read More

Art History Graduate Student Presentations III

Art History Graduate Students Rebecca Kidd, Mary Strupp, and English Grad Student Paul Doro presented on three objects from the UWM Art Collection in Associate Professor Tanya Tiffany’s Proseminar course Tuesday, October 10th. This week the grad students examined Henri… Read More

Art History Graduate Student Presentations II

Art History Graduate Students Olivia Lonetti, Kelsey Kuehn, and Robert Olive Little Jackson presented on three objects from the UWM Art Collection in Associate Professor Tanya Tiffany’s Proseminar course Tuesday, September 26th. This week the grad students examined Rembrandt’s Self Portrait, Kathe Kollwitz’s… Read More

Art History Graduate Student Presentations

Art History Graduate Students Samantha Maloney and Jeremy Schrupp presented on two objects from the UWM Art Collection in Associate Professor Tanya Tiffany’s Proseminar course Tuesday, September 19th. Students were asked to conduct independent research on an object related to… Read More

Susan Barnett named curator at Erie Art Museum

MA alumna (2011), Susan Barnett, has been named curator of the Eire Art Museum in downtown Eire.

Congrats to the Spring 2017 MA Graduate!

The Department of Art History congratulates the following Spring 2017 MA graduate!

Tiffany Presents in Lima, Peru

Associate Professor Tanya Tiffany presented her paper, “Material Religion: Lima’s Nazarenas and the Earthquake of 1746” on April 29 at the Latin American Studies Association conference in Lima, Peru.