2023 Ettinger Book Artist Series Lecture: Karen Wirth

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 …

Exhibit: Body Bound

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.

Exhibit: Barry Moser — A Thief Among Angels

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 …

UWM Authors Recognition Ceremony

The Libraries and the Graduate School are co-sponsoring a celebration honoring UWM faculty and staff whose published monographs and recordings have been added to the UWM Authors Collection during the two years since the previous ceremony in 2021. Faculty and …

True Librarian — Interviews with UWM Libraries Staff: Max Yela

Max Yela has led UWM Libraries’ Special Collections–the premier public collection of rare books and special printed materials in southeastern Wisconsin–since 1994. The collection consists of over 100,000 printed items from the 15th century to the present, covering a wide …

[Exhibit] The Dürer Letters Project

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 …

Great Books Virtual Roundtable Discussion

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 …

Great Books Virtual Roundtable Discussions

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 …