ARTHIST 365 Peers through a Stereoscope

While exploring the ways that photography became part of everyday culture, students in Visiting Assistant Professor Sarah Schaefer’s ARTHIST 365: History of Photography class peered through an antique stereoscope at stereographic photographs, some of which were nearly 150 years old.

Johung on the Radio

Bonnie North of WUWM interviewed Associate Professor Jennifer Johung about BioArt on Lake Effect.

ARTHIST 760 Prints Lithographs

Students in Visiting Assistant Professor Sarah Schaefer’s ARTHIST 760: Modern Print Culture took a break from discussing the history of prints last Monday to experience a demonstration of lithographic printmaking.

ARTHIST 760 Views more prints from UWM Art Collection

Visiting Assistant Professor Sarah Schaefer’s ARTHIST 760: Modern Print Culture class had the opportunity once again to view prints from the UWM Art Collection in the UWM Art History Gallery on Monday, September, 28, 2015.

Schaefer presents at Duke University Conference

On September 11th, Visiting Assistant Professor Sarah Schaefer presented a talk titled “God in the Machine: Magic Lantern Slides and Modern Religious Pedagogy” at Duke University in Durham, NC.

ARTHIST 365 views Photography from UWM Art Collection

On Wednesday, September 16th, Visiting Assistant Professor Sarah Schaefer’s class, ARTHIST 365: History of Photography, viewed several photographs from the UWM Art Collection in the UWM Art History Gallery.

Tanya Tiffany to give Velázquez Lecture at MAM

Associate Professor Tanya Tiffany will be giving a lecture, “Making the Master: Diego Velázquez’s Early Paintings and the Culture of 17th-Century Seville” at the Milwaukee Art Museum on Thursday, October 8, at 6:15 PM.

Gorfinkel to present at Symposium in Montreal

Associate Professor Elena Gorfinkel will be giving an invited talk at the symposium “Humorous Disruptions: Laughter and Technologies in Feminist Film and Media” at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.

ARTHIST 760 Views Prints from UWM Art Collection

On Monday, September 14th, Visiting Assistant Professor Sarah Schaefer’s graduate colloquium, ARTHIST 760: Modern Print Culture: Objects and Audiences, had the chance to view prints from the UWM Art Collection.

2015-2016 Chancellor’s Awards

Congratulations to the 2015-2016 Chancellor’s Graduate Student Award recipients in the Department of Art History!