ARTHIST 720 Visits UWM Special Collections

Graduate students in Richard Leson’s ARTHIST 720: Colloquium in Medieval Art and Architecture: Women and the Book visited UWM Special Collections to view medieval manuscript facsimiles as well as sixteenth and seventeenth century original manuscripts on March 2, 2015.

ARTHIST 720 Visits Haggerty Museum of Art

Graduate students in ARTHIST 720: Colloquium in Medieval Art and Architecture: Women and the Book visited the Haggerty Museum of Art on Monday, February 23, 2015.

Severson Attends Newberry Library Conference

Jordan Severson, a third year graduate student and Advanced Opportunity Program Fellow, attended the 2015 Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference at the Newberry Library in Chicago January 22-24, 2015.

Rhyner Organizes Panel at CAA Conference

Stephanie Rhyner, a second year graduate student and teaching assistant, went with graduate students Anna Kupiecki and Leigh Wilcox, to the 103rd Annual College Art Association (CAA) Conference in New York from February 11 – February 14, 2015.

Anderson uses Hayes Award to Research in DC and Philly

Graduate student Cortney Anderson is currently writing her thesis on Mary Cassatt, her paintings and pastels of women performing needlecraft (particularly that of her sister in the painting Lydia at a Tapestry Frame), and their engagement with Medievalism.

“American Beauty” opens at the Charles Allis

American Beauty: Nineteenth Century Landscapes opened at the Charles Allis Art Museum on Friday, February 13, 2015.

Kupiecki and Murphy Intern at MOWA

Graduate students Anna Kupiecki and Jackie Muprhy helped Andrea Waala, the Museum of Wisconsin Art’s (MOWA) registrar, accession three Tom Uttech paintings into the museum’s collection.

“Reflections on a Collection” Opens in UWM Art History Gallery

Reflections on a Collection: The UWM Icons Revisited Fifty Years Later opened in the UWM Art History Gallery on Thursday, February 5, 2015.

Dürer and Cranach on View for Undergraduate Students

This week Assistant Professor Kay Wells’ ARTHIST 102: Renaissance to Modern Art and Architecture discussion sections visited the UWM Art History Gallery to view works from the UWM Art Collection.

Sims Installs Exhibition in Art History Gallery

Graduate Student Laura Sims has been working hard in the UWM Art History Gallery all week painting walls, moving pedestals, and installing art for her upcoming exhibition Reflections on a Collection: Revisiting the UWM Icons Fifty Years Late