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Curator Conversation

Curator Conversation: Nordic Utopia? with Ethelene Whitmire

Join us in the Garfield Gallery for a captivating Curator Conversation at the Chazen Museum of Art, featuring Professor Ethelene Whitmire, co-curator of the exhibition Nordic Utopia? African Americans in the 20th Century. This program offers a unique opportunity to delve into the rich narrative of the exhibition, exploring the intersection of Nordic culture and African American experiences throughout the 20th century.
Registration required. Chazen Museum of Art. 10 a.m. Information: jprey@chazen.wisc.edu

Curator Conversation: Nordic Utopia? with Ethelene Whitmire

Join us in the Garfield Gallery for a captivating Curator Conversation at the Chazen Museum of Art, featuring Professor Ethelene Whitmire, co-curator of the exhibition Nordic Utopia? African Americans in the 20th Century. This program offers a unique opportunity to delve into the rich narrative of the exhibition, exploring the intersection of Nordic culture and African American experiences throughout the 20th century.
Registration required. Chazen Museum of Art. 4 p.m. Information: jprey@chazen.wisc.edu

Curator Conversation: Nordic Utopia? with Ethelene Whitmire

Join us in the Garfield Gallery for a captivating Curator Conversation at the Chazen Museum of Art, featuring Professor Ethelene Whitmire, co-curator of the exhibition Nordic Utopia? African Americans in the 20th Century. This program offers a unique opportunity to delve into the rich narrative of the exhibition, exploring the intersection of Nordic culture and African American experiences throughout the 20th century.
Registration required. Chazen Museum of Art. 10 a.m. Information: jprey@chazen.wisc.edu

Curator Conversation: Art of Enterprise with James Wehn

James Wehn, Van Vleck Curator of Works on Paper, hosts an in-gallery conversation about Art of Enterprise: Israhel van Meckenem’s 15th-Century Print Workshop. As the exhibition's curator, Wehn will take a close look at selected works and a discuss van Meckenem's role in developing printmaking as a fine art.

Registration is required to attend. Chazen Museum of Art. 10-11 a.m. Information: jprey@chazen.wisc.edu

Curator Conversation: Art of Enterprise with James Wehn

James Wehn, Van Vleck Curator of Works on Paper, hosts an in-gallery conversation about Art of Enterprise: Israhel van Meckenem’s 15th-Century Print Workshop. As the exhibition's curator, Wehn will take a close look at selected works and a discuss van Meckenem's role in developing printmaking as a fine art.

Registration is required to attend. Chazen Museum of Art. 10-11 a.m. Information: jprey@chazen.wisc.edu

Curator Conversation: Insistent Presence with Margaret Nagawa

Join Margaret Nagawa, Ugandan artist and curator, in conversation with the exhibition, Insistent Presence: Contemporary African Art from the Chazen Collection. Through close looking, Margaret will share insights about contemporary African art and discuss selected works in detail.

Registration is required to attend. Chazen Museum of Art. 4-5 p.m. Information: jprey@chazen.wisc.edu

Curator Conversation: Insistent Presence with Margaret Nagawa

Join Margaret Nagawa, Ugandan artist and curator, in conversation with the exhibition, Insistent Presence: Contemporary African Art from the Chazen Collection. Through close looking, Margaret will share insights about contemporary African art and discuss selected works in detail.

Registration is required to attend. Chazen Museum of Art. 10-11 a.m. Information: jprey@chazen.wisc.edu

University Collections Panel

Academic staff from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s varied and rich collections will discuss the ways their holdings support interdisciplinary teaching. Confirmed panelists include Curator of Special Collections and History of Science Senior Lecturer Robin E. Rider, Chazen Museum of Art Chief Curator Katherine D. Alcauskas, Kohler Art Library Director Anna Simon, and UW Zoological Museum Associate Director & Curator of Osteology Laura Monahan. Wisconsin Idea, 1199, Nancy Nicholas Hall. 2-4 p.m. Information: abarrios2@wisc.edu

Director’s Conversation: Sifting & Reckoning

Chazen Director Amy Gilman, and Public History Project Director Kacie Lucchini Butcher, discuss the UW–Madison Public History Project and the work that went into creating Sifting & Reckoning: UW–Madison’s History of Exclusion and Resistance.

This project was “a multi-year effort to uncover and give voice to those who experienced and challenged exclusion on campus."

This conversation will occur in the Chazen Auditorium from 6–7 p.m. Live stream available. Auditorium, Chazen Museum of Art (Also offered online). 6-7 p.m. Cost: Free; registration required. Information: jprey@chazen.wisc.edu

Echoing Overseas: Curator in Conversation

Chi-Lynn Lin, PhD student and curator of Echoing Overseas, and Steffani Bennett, UW–Madison assistant professor and Joan B Mirviss Chair in Japanese Art will take a closer look at processes of artistic exchange in pre-modern and modern Asian art. Lin and Bennett will invite the audience to rethink issues of influence, originality, and agency.
Conversation: 6–7 p.m. (Chazen Auditorium)
Reception: 7–8 p.m. (Chazen Lobby) Auditorium, Chazen Museum of Art. 6-8 p.m. Cost: Free. Information: jprey@chazen.wisc.edu