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