Please join us for a conversation in Special Collections at UWM's Golda Meir Library on Tuesday, April 11 at 4:30 p.m. to learn about Indigenous art, culture, and stories with artist and knowledge bearer, Pat Northrup (Dakota), and American Indian …
From artist’s books and sculpture to installation and public art, Minneapolis artist and educator Karen Wirth will talk about how books, reading, and language are the common denominators in her work. A professor emeritus at the Minneapolis College of Art and …
Materials in this exhibit, curated by graduate intern Teddy Lepley, have been drawn from Special Collections' Book Arts Collection.
The second Asia in Conversation for spring 2023 will take place on Friday, April 21 at 2 p.m. via Zoom. Max Yela, Head of Special Collections, UWM Libraries, will be in conversation with Nimal Raja, independent artist and curator in …
Anne Sexton Consorting With Angels (1963) Crossing the Atlantic (1965) 45 Mercy Street (1974) Maxine Kumin Morning Swim (1962) How It Is (1974) The Archaeology of a Marriage (1978) Ruth Fainlight To See the Matter Clearly (1968) The Wild Hunt (1973) Friend’s Photos (1997) No expertise or prerequisites are …
William Shakespeare Henry V (ca. 1599) No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected text. Any version of the text may be used to prepare for discussion, but for your convenience a link to an …
A. A. Milne Winnie the Pooh (1926) Chapters 1-5 No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected text. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ZOOM SESSION If you think you will be attending the session, please send …
Aeschylus The Eumenidies (458 BCE) Verse translation (2018) by David Mulroy No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected text. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ZOOM SESSION If you think you will be attending the session, …
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 …