Thanks Friends of Art History (FOAH)

Thank you to everyone who donated to the Friends of Art History (FOAH).  Without your support, the following exhibitions and events would not have been possible. Please consider donating to the Friends of Art History to support more programming in… Read More

Murrell Interviews Art Museum Studies for Shepherd Express

Katherine Murrell, Lecturer for the UWM Department of Art History and an MA alumna, interviewed graduate students from Associate Professor Richard Leson’s ARTHIST 704: Introduction to Art Museum Studies II colloquium for her Shepherd Express show “Look at This.”

Folk Art Donors Visit the UWM Art History Gallery

On Tuesday, December 16, 2014, Linda Brazeau (Director, UWM Art Collection and Galleries), Christa Story (Curator, UWM Art Collection), and Katherine Murrell (Art History Lecturer) welcomed UWM Art Collection donors Jim and Beth Arient and Bob Vogele to the UWM Art History Gallery to see Extraordinary and Ordinary: Folk Art from the UWM Art Collection.

Jeff Jara and “The Problem with Folk Art”

On Thursday, December 4, 2014, MA graduate Jeff Jara gave a gallery talk in the UWM Art History Gallery in conjunction with Katherine Murrell’s “Extraordinary and Ordinary: Folk Art from the UWM Art Collection.”

Art Exposé: Katherine Murrell

On Tuesday, November 11, 2014, the UWM Art History Gallery hosted Art Exposé. Art Exposé is a monthly gallery talk that exhibits a selected object from the UWM Art Collection on the second Tuesday of every month from 1-2 PM.

Extraordinary and Ordinary: Folk Art from the UWM Art Collection Opening Reception

Extraordinary and Ordinary: Folk Art in the UWM Art Collection opened in the UWM Art History Gallery on Thursday, November 6, with remarks by curator Katherine Murrell and special guest speaker Jeff Jara.

Katherine Murrell installing Folk Art in the UWM Art Collection

Department of Art History Lecturer and MA graduate Katherine Murrell has been organizing and installing Extraordinary and Ordinary: Folk Art in the UWM Art Collection in the UWM Art History Gallery all week with the help of Linda Brazeau, Christa Story, and Nora Jimenez.