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UWM Art History Professor Counts Publishes New Book

UWM Art History Professor Derek B. Counts and his colleagues have published Visualizing Votive Practice: Exploring Limestone and Terracotta Sculpture from Athienou-Malloura through 3D Models (Grand Forks, ND: 2020). The Department of Art History congratulates Professor Counts on this great… Read More

La République nous appelle: Explore a piece from the UWM Art Collection

Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen (French, b. Switzerland, 1859-1923) La République nous appelle (The Republic Calls Us), 1915 Lithograph UWM Art Collection, Gift of Emile H. Mathis II, 2012.002.0822 One of over 500 lithograph images produced by prolific French printmaker and illustrator, Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, La République… Read More

Congratulations Professor Counts!

The UWM Department of Art History is delighted to congratulate Professor Derek Counts on receiving the prestigious UWM Faculty Distinguished University Service Award. Professor Counts has served the university, the Department of Art History, its faculty, students, and staff, tirelessly,… Read More

Art History MA Alumna Publishes Article in ‘Material Culture Review’

UWM Master’s Alumna Cortney Anderson Kramer has published her article “The Aura of Eccentricity: Reflections on Outsider Art Rhetoric and its Impact on a Critical Discourse” in the latest edition of the Material Culture Review. This article explores the rhetoric of… Read More

Jocelyn Boor Presents Online Lecture for UW Madison

On Friday, October 23rd, Dr. Jocelyn Boor presented a talk as part of the Archaeology Brown Bag Lecture Series organized by the graduate students in the Department of Anthropology at UW-Madison. Her talk, “Fragmented Reality – Pottery and Agency at… Read More

UWM Art History Alumnus Guest Curates Warehouse MKE Exhibition

Join us in congratulating UWM Art History MA Alum Nick Pipho, who is guest curating a new exhibition at The Warehouse MKE! Take a look below for more information!

Professor Tiffany Invited to Speak for the Prado Museum

Professor Tanya Tiffany of the UWM Department of Art History is one of the invited speakers in a series of lectures on Velázquez. The series is entitled ‘Ciclo de Conferencias Francisco Calvo Serraller,’ and is hosted by the Amigos del… Read More

UWM Art History Grad Awarded Fellowship

UWM Art History graduate Aisha Motlani has been awarded the prestigious Leading Edge Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies. Please join us in congratulating Aisha on this honor!

Recent MA Grad Named Member Engagement Coordinator at MOWA

Recent UWM Art History MA Graduate Heather Sheets Hanlon has been named as the newest Member Engagement Coordinator at the Museum of Wisconsin Art in West Bend. Heather works in the development department to help create membership initiatives surrounding MOWA’s… Read More

UWM Art History Graduate Student Presenting at AskHistorians Conference

UWM Art History graduate student Gabrielle Berman will be presenting at the AskHistorians conference, taking place online September 15-17. Gaby will be discussing Hufu clothing in China. Congratulations, Gaby! Please see the link below for further information about AskHistorians.   … Read More