Vivien Green Fryd (Ph.D. 1985) published “Against Our Will: Sexual Trauma in American Art Since 1970” with the Pennsylvania University Press (2019).
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PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGAGEMENT
PhD candidate Fernanda Villarroel was selected in a national competition to represent UW-Madison in the Humanities Without Walls Summer Pre-Doctoral Workshop, summer of 2019, coordinated by The Center for the Humanities. She’ll join a cohort …
Art History Remembers Frank Horlbeck
Frank R. Horlbeck passed away peacefully on January 14, 2019, only two weeks short of his 95th birthday. He is being mourned and remembered by family, friends and former students around the United States, as …
Exhibition class spotlighted in News
Visiting Professor Alarcon, 2018-19
A big welcome to Prof. Carolina Alarcon, who has joined the department during the 2018-19 year to teach Renaissance art. A recent Ph.D. (Florida State University), Carolina’s research investigates the state of the art of …
New Online Course COMING SOON
Faculty News: Professor Anna Andrzejewski has received an online course development grant to support development of a new online offering, “History of Wisconsin Architecture.” This will help support the department’s expanding offerings in architectural history …
Professor Anna Andrzejewski awarded for teaching excellence
Congratulations to Professor Anna Andrzejewski for receiving the Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award! Awarded annually since 1973, the award honors faculty for their teaching excellence. This year’s recipients will be recognized during a ceremony at 5:00pm …
Drewal exhibition ranked #4 in LA!
Best of 2018: Our Top 15 Los Angeles Art Shows Hyperallergic’s Los Angeles-based contributors share their top exhibition choices of the year. “Striking Iron: The Art of African Blacksmiths,” with lead curator Tom Joyce and …
Drewal exhibition ranked top ten!
Holland Cotter, art critic of the New York Times just rated this year’s exhibitions and “Striking Iron: The Art of African Blacksmiths” (of which Professor Drewal is one of five curators, and an author in the …
Jessica A. Cooley presents “Disability and the Biggs Museum, An Introduction”
Jessica A. Cooley will deliver an invited lecture this Saturday at the Biggs Museum of American Art in celebration of their 25th year anniversary. Her presentation, “Disability and the Biggs Museum, An Introduction” will draw …