Archives' newest exhibit examines the WPA toy loan project in Milwaukee, which gained national recognition for its success and influenced communities in other states to start their own toy loan programs. From 1938 until 1941, children up to 16 years old could …
A thesis exhibition showcasing 20 books from Special Collections curated by Art History graduate student Rachel Allison. Image: JoAnna Poehlmann, Table of Contents, with Appendix, artist's book, Milwaukee, 1994.
In a distinguished career that spans five decades, Barry Moser has established himself as a premier book designer, a renowned children’s book illustrator, and one of the finest wood engravers of the 20th and 21st centuries. Drawn from both Special …
The UWM at Waukesha Library and the Organization de Lideres Latino Americanos (OLLA) student organization at the Waukesha campus are pleased to announce an art exhibit “Arte de Quilotoa: Ecuadorian Art in Response to the COVID Pandemic” that will be …
Materials in this exhibit, curated by graduate intern Teddy Lepley, have been drawn from Special Collections' Book Arts Collection.
The Underground Railroad was a network of routes and safe houses used by enslaved people to escape to freedom in the 19th century. Estimates vary wildly about how many people escaped slavery using the Underground Railroad – anywhere from 20,000 …
All three of the UWM Libraries' Distinctive Collections--American Geographical Society Library, Archives, and Special Collections--will have pop-up exhibits, drawn from their collections, celebrating Latinx Heritage Month, September 15 to October 14, 2023.
This exhibition examines the variety of human imagings about "what's out there." On display through October are 17th- 19th century conjectures on celestial bodies and mechanics; contemporary artist's books that ponder space and time; and speculative fiction from early science fiction and fantasy …
The UWM Union Art Gallery is presenting Swinomish and Tulalip photographer Matika Wilbur's exhibition "Seeds of Culture: The Portraits and Voices of Native American Women," November 16 through December 15. The exhibition is based on Wilbur's 2023 New York Tims Best Seller Project 562: …
The UWM at Waukesha Library is pleased to present "Shadows of Industrialization," a multi-media art exhibit by Milwaukee-based artist Barbara Miner. The photographic exhibit documents first-hand accounts of the deindustrialization of Milwaukee from the 1970s to the present through the …