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Series, Sets, and Collections: Japanese Books and Prints in the MPL Rare Books Room at Central

Dr. Hilary Snow, UWM Teaching Faculty in Art History and Asian Studies, will present on the topic of sets and collections, as exemplified in Japanese art, books, and prints from the library collection. Saturday, April 29, 2023, 12 pm –… Read More

Bamana “Mudcloth”: UWM Art Collection Research

bogolanfini Object 2009.002.24

Object ID: 2009.002.24 Object Name: Textile Artist/Maker: Unrecorded Bamana artist Culture: Bamana People, Mali Title: Bamana “Mudcloth” Medium: Woven textiles and resist-dye Dimension Details: H-67 W-45 inches On Campus Collection: UWM Art Collection Gift of Mark and Mary Jo Wentzel… Read More

New blog post from Tanya Tiffany, “The Infanta Ana and the Infant Christ”

Read Professor Tiffany’s latest post on the website, AGENART, https://agenart.org/blog/.    

Matthew Rarey to publish book “Insignificant Things”

In Insignificant Things Matthew Francis Rarey traces the history of the African-associated amulets that enslaved and other marginalized people carried as tools of survival in the Black Atlantic world from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. Often considered visually benign by white… Read More

Mathis Gallery Announces Spring ’23 Art Exposé Presentation Schedule

Mark your calendars and join us for Art Exposé during the month of April and first week of May. Mathis Gallery staff interns and gallery staff will discuss a single rarely seen selection from the UWM Art Collection. Free and open to the public.

Tuesday, April 4th at 1:30 pm-2:00 pm
Emma Alburg, Mathis Gallery Undergrad Curatorial Intern

Tuesday, April 11th at 1:00-1:30 pm
Lauren Tomsa, Mathis Gallery Attendant

Tuesday, April 25th at 1:30-2:00 pm
David Symanczik-Stock, Mathis Gallery Graduate Research Intern

Tuesday, April 27th at 1:00-1:30 pm
Katie Batagianis, Mathis Gallery Graduate Curatorial Intern

Tuesday, May 2nd at 1:00-1:30 pm
Morgan Moore, Mathis Gallery Graduate Research Intern

Promoting Womens’ Art in the WPA with Kay Wells

Women played crucial roles in the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration as artists, researchers, and administrators. This lecture focuses on the women who worked for the Index of American Design, a WPA project that celebrated early American… Read More

Human Mind Portrayed Through Art – Maggie Kennedy

Maggie Kennedy recently changed her major from Psychology to Art History. In this “TED talk-style” presentation Kennedy explores how Art History defines human experience, and becomes a primary means of studying human psychology.

Mathis Gallery Curator, Leigh Mahlik, interviewed on 6.5 Minutes With… C21

6.5 Minutes With… is hosted by Center for 21st Century Studies Director Anne Basting and Deputy Director Nicole Welk-Joerger. On December 5, Leigh Mahlik, Emile H. Mathis Gallery Curator, was interviewed on this “small podcast showcasing BIG ideas!” Listen to… Read More

Tiffany to present paper “Cristóbal Suárez de Ribera de Velázquez y el retrato eclesiástico en el círculo de Pacheco”

Tanya Tiffany has been invited to present a paper, “Cristóbal Suárez de Ribera de Velázquez y el retrato eclesiástico en el círculo de Pacheco,” on Monday, December 12, at the colloquium, “Pacheco à la plume. Le maître de Velázquez ou la… Read More

News from AGENART, a research project on which Tanya Tiffany is collaborating:

Several members of AGENART have produced a documentary, El Escorial en femenino. The video was directed by Francisco Pimentel (Trasimágenes) and financed by the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Ayudas a la Transferencia cultural 2022). It presents a new perspective on the… Read More