[Exhibit] UWM Creates: Art and Artists’ Books by UWM Faculty, Staff, Students, and Alumni

“UWM Creates” is a retrospective of student/alumni- and faculty-created artwork spanning nearly 65 years from UWM Special Collections and the UWM Union Art Gallery Art Collection. These UWM artists used many different media to grapple with a wide variety of themes, creating a visual map of UWM art interest over the years.

Some works feature collaborations between students, faculty, and community members, indicating the various artistic relationships that have come from the University—relationships that persist long after these initial works. This UWM tradition of integrative making has encouraged new and diverse ways of thinking, a tradition that will continue for the next generations of makers.

The exhibition includes work by Kobena E. AlaKetu, Donald Bendel, Sean Bodley, Cynthia Brinich-Langlois, John Colt, Celeste Contreras, Stephanie Copoulos-Selle, Bailey Danz, Raoul Deal, Joe Friebert, Nina Ghanbarzandeh, George Goundie, Lane Hall, Caren Heft, Mary Theisen Helm, Steven M. Krueger, Nicolas Lampert, Dara Larson, Hunter Louis, Gregory Martens, Jessica Meuninck-Ganger, Ruth Milofsky, Lisa Moline, Steve Nelson-Raney, Robert von Neumann, Danny Pierce, Jessica Poor,  Nirmal Raja, Geo Rutherford, Evelyn Terry, Melissa Wagner-Lawler, Priscilla Weissenfluh, and Karen Wirth.

This is a joint UWM Special Collections/UWM Union Gallery exhibition co-curated by Special Collections Graduate Exhibitions Intern Teddy Lepley (Art & Design) and former UWM Union Gallery Director Emily Hankins (now the registrar at The Warehouse Art Museum, Milwaukee).

Hours are Monday-Friday, 8 am – 5 pm, or by appointment

For more information, call 414.229.4345 or email libspecial@uwm.edu