UWM Department of Art History
October Art History Writers’ Workshop
Mitchell Hall 158 3203 N. Downer Ave, MilwaukeeWriters' Workshop for Art History graduate students to critique each other's writing and discuss themes and issues raised by their studies. No faculty allowed!
BLOWING UP THE WORLD: ON THE EVIDENTIARY CULTURES OF ENLARGEMENT, ca. 1893—1917
Mitchell Hall 191A lecture by Jordan Bear, Associate Professor, History of Art, University of Toronto This talk explores the role of photographic enlargements as evidence around the turn of the twentieth century. In an era that was particularly ambivalent about the relationship... Read More
Colorscapes: Marko Spalatin 1970 – 2001: A thesis exhibition by Jackie Murphy
Peck School of the Arts' Arts Center Gallery 2400 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesColorscapes showcases the chronological stages of internationally acclaimed artist Marko Spalatin’s work while demonstrating his exceptional skill in creating geometric forms through color. The exhibition explores Spalatin’s contributions to modernism through “colorscapes,” illusionistic color landscapes that seem to invite the... Read More
Comic Cuts: The Satirical Prints of Warrington Colescott – A thesis exhibition by Nick Pipho
Peck School of the Arts' Arts Center Gallery 2400 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesThis exhibition presents a selection of work by Warrington Colescott, one of Wisconsin’s foremost print artists. In his art, Colescott focused on some of the major issues that affected American society in the second half of the twentieth century, including... Read More
Hoey Lecture 2015: Knowledge and hubris: the Astronomers miniature in the Psalter of Blanche of Castile
Mitchell Hall 158 3203 N. Downer Ave, MilwaukeeThe 2015 Hoey Prize Lecture by graduate student Marianna Cecere. The Lawrence R. Hoey Memorial Essay Prize was established in 2000-2001 in honor of Professor Lawrence R. Hoey who taught in the Department of Art History from 1981 to 2000.... Read More
Tara Bogart: Modern Hair Studies: A Thesis Exhibition by Kathleen Tousignant
Unnamed Venue 1911 South Allis Street, Milwaukee, United StatesThis graduate thesis exhibition features the work of contemporary local photographer, Tara Bogart. Photographs from her popular female portraiture series, A Modern Hair Study, will be presented alongside work from her Parisian counterpart series, Un Capillaire Modern Etude. Both series... Read More
UWM Department of Art History TA Orientation
Mitchell Hall 158 3203 N. Downer Ave, MilwaukeeThe 2016 annual UWM Department of Art History TA Orientation has been scheduled for Monday, August 29, 1:00 - 4:00 PM. This TA orientation is required for all teaching assistants in the Department of Art History.