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

Fourth Floor Exhibition Gallery, Golda Meir Library

“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 …

[Exhibit] Winds of Change: How Cartographic Representations of Wind Evolved Over Time

American Geographical Society Library, Golda Meir Library 2311 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Detail of Wind and Current Chart of the North Atlantic by M.F. Maury, 1850. This exhibit draws from the collections of the American Geographical Society Library to illustrate how the representation of wind on cartographic objects evolved as scientific knowledge …

[Exhibit] Native American Literature from Special Collections

Daniel M. Soref Learning Commons, Golda Meir Library

To commemorate Native American Heritage Month, this exhibition presents selections from the Native American Literature Collection in Special Collections, one of the largest such collections in the upper Midwest. The exhibition, curated by Special Collections graduate intern Olivia Hickner, will …

Susan Firer On Her Work, Her Papers, Her City

American Geographical Society Library, Golda Meir Library/Online

In this talk esteemed Milwaukee poet and UWM Adjunct Associate Professor Emerita Susan Firer introduces us to her professional papers recently donated to the UWM Archives and how they speak to her personal history and the history of Milwaukee. This …

Chancellor’s Study Break

Daniel M. Soref Learning Commons, Golda Meir Library

Visit with UWM Chancellor Mone and his cabinet, and enjoy free donuts and beverages Monday, Dec. 12, from 9 to 10 p.m. at the Golda Meir Library!

[Exhibit] The Dürer Letters Project

Daniel M. Soref Learning Commons, Golda Meir Library

In fall 2022 three different sections of Art & Design Lecturer Mary Roley's ART 109: 3D Concepts class engaged in The Dürer Letters Project. Students were asked to study and create a three-dimensional version of the letters designed by 16th-century …

[Exhibit] “Blossom & Wilt”: Queerness Under Fascism

Daniel M. Soref Learning Commons, Golda Meir Library

Created by UWM alumnus Vince Tripi, ""Blossom & Wilt": Queerness Under Fascism" was originally displayed at 2022 Pridefest. This 9-panel exhibit examines the birth of the modern gay and trans identities in 1850s Germany, the rise of fascism, and queer …

Great Books Virtual Roundtable Discussion

Online

Chinua Achebe The Madman (1972) The Voter (1965) The Sacrificial Egg (1959) No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected texts. Any version of the texts may be used to prepare for discussion, but for your convenience …

Exhibit: Jody Williams’ Flying Paper Press

Special Collections, Golda Meir Library

Quintessential Questions, Jody Williams An exhibit of artist's books created by Jody Williams and published by her Flying Paper Press in Minneapolis.  

Exhibit: Celebrate Black Music

Daniel M. Soref Learning Commons, Golda Meir Library

A selection of books, recordings, and other materials, drawn from the UWM Libraries collections,  focused on the contributions of Blacks to music. A reading list on Black music as well as more information about the exhibit and links to listening …