Centennial Events

Image of fireworks going off on the UW Memorial Union Terrace
Photo by Jeff Miller / UW–Madison

February 6 and 7, 2025 – Transforming Curatorial Practice in the 21st Century
Co-sponsored by the Chazen Museum of Art

  • Lecture by Linde B. Lehtinen, Thursday, February 6, 5:00 p.m., Chazen Auditorium followed by a reception in the Chazen Lobby from 6:00-7:30 p.m available on YouTube live

  • Grad Student Workshop, Friday, February 7, 12:00 – 1:30pm, Hagen Room. This is a professional development workshop/lunch with graduate students & prospective students. Advanced registration required.
  • “Transforming Curatorial Practice” Panel Discussion Friday, February 7, 4:30 pm, Chazen Auditorium and available on YouTube live. The panel will be moderated by Katherine Alcauskas (Chazen) and Prof. Jill Casid, and feature distinguished alumni participants:
    • Marcela Guerrero (Ph.D. 2015), DeMartini Family Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art
    • Linde B. Lehtinen (Ph.D. 2014), Philip D. Nathanson Senior Curator of PhotographyHuntington Library
    • Drew Sawyer (B.A. 2004, Ph.D. (2015) from Columbia University), Sondra Gilman Curator of Photography, Whitney Museum of American Art

 

February 13, 2025, 4:30 PM – 6:00PM Art History Centennial Reception at the College Art Association’s Annual Conference

New York Hilton Midtown, 4th Floor, Lincoln
CAA 113th Annual Conference

 

March 6 and 7, 2025 – Howard S. Schwartz Memorial Lecture

  • Lecture by Prof. Suzanne Preston Blier, Allen Whitehill Clowes Professor of Fine Arts and of African and African American Studies, Harvard University, Thursday, March 6, 2025, Elvehjem Building
  • Grad Student Workshop, Friday, March 7, 2025

 

April 3 and 4, 2025 – Campus Art Museums as Learning Labs
Co-sponsored by the Chazen Museum of Art and the Center for Design and Material Culture

 

September 25-26, 2025 – Official Centennial Celebration (please join us!)

  • We invite you to join us as we celebrate our past achievements and reimagine how the department can remain on the cutting edge as we enter our next century.
  • A formal program will be distributed in summer of 2025.
  • For questions or more information, please email avandrzejews@wisc.edu.
  • Please consider supporting our Centennial Campaign.

 

Art History@100: Rethinking the Past, Shaping the Future
A two-day symposium

  • This two-day symposium consists of one-hour panel discussions on a variety of topical themes tied to the department’s teaching and research. It draws on voices of past and current faculty, our esteemed alumni, current graduate students, and our illustrious partners/collaborators at UW and beyond.

 

Thursday, September 25 – 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.

  • Race, Gender, and Identity; Transformative Art Histories
  • Return to the Object (Material/Sensory turn)
  • Beyond the Art History Degree: Alumni Voices

 

Friday, September 26 – 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

  • Transforming the Canon: Reimagining the Art History Curriculum
  • Interdisciplinary Collaborations on Campus & Beyond
  • Digital Humanities, Collections, and Practices

 

Open House with Faculty, Staff & Students

There will be formal programs as well as informal stations where alumni and friends can engage in lively conversation with faculty, staff, and students.

 

Friday, September 26 – 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Art History Offices & Classrooms, Chazen Museum of Art & Kohler Library

 

PAST EVENTS

September 19 and 20, 2024 – Making Art History for Public Audiences
Co-sponsored by the Center for the Humanities, the Center for Design and Material Culture, and the Department of Design Studies

  • Grad Student Workshop, Thursday, September 19, 4:00 p.m., Center for the Humanities
  • Panel Discussion, Friday, September 20, 10:00 a.m., Elvehjem L150 with Marsely Kehoe, Independent Scholar; Emily Pfotenhauer, Taliesin Preservation; and Sarah Fayen Scarlett, Michigan Tech available on YouTube live
  • Lecture by Dr. Marsely Kehoe, Friday, September 20, 4:00 p.m., Elvehjem L150 available on YouTube live