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Lecture/presentation

‘You Belong Here’ Exhibition Celebration

Join us for an unforgettable evening celebrating 'You Belong Here: Place, People, and Purpose in Latinx Photography'.

The event begins at 5 p.m. with an enriching discussion in the Chazen Auditorium between exhibiting artist, Star Montana and Darcy Padilla, UW-Madison professor, documentary photographer, and photojournalist. This conversation offers insights into the importance of photography within Latinx art, shedding light on the importance of visibility and belonging.

Reception to follow. Chazen Museum of Art. 5-7:30 p.m. Cost: Free to attend. Information: 263-2246, jprey@chazen.wisc.edu

Working to Create Home in Latinx Photography: A Talk by Theresa Delgadillo

Join Professor Theresa Delgadillo for a talk inspired by the exhibition You Belong Here: Place, People, and Purpose in Latinx Photography. This program considers the mythos of the "ideal immigrant" to query portrayals of labor, home, and belonging in Latinx photographic self-representation.
Free and open to the public. Space is limited – advanced registration is encouraged. Walk-ins are welcome as capacity allows. Chazen Museum of Art. 5-6 p.m. Cost: Free to attend. Information: 263-2246, jprey@chazen.wisc.edu

Japanese Painting Circa 1500: A Time of Upheaval and Innovation

Please join the Department of Art History for a symposium on Japanese Art History, "Japanese Painting Circa 1500: A Time of Upheaval and Innovation," which will take place on Friday, April 12th, 2024.

Participants will include: Shimao Arata (Gakushūin University), Steffani Bennett (UW–Madison), Yukio Lippit (Harvard University), Melissa McCormick (Harvard University), Gene Phillips (UW–Madison), and Aaron Rio (The Metropolitan Museum of Art). L140 Conrad A. Elvehjem Building. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Information: 263-2340, arthistory@ls.wisc.edu

‘Art of Enterprise’ Exhibition Celebration

5–6 p.m. Chazen Auditorium
Lecture, Walter S. Melion, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Art History, Emory University

6–7 p.m. Mead Witter Lobby
Light refreshments and continued conversation with Walter Melion and Art of Enterprise curator James Wehn Chazen Museum of Art. 5-7 p.m. Cost: free. 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

Lifting the Veil: a Conversation on Race and the Museum Now

Bridget R. Cooks, Ph.D. (Professor of Art History and African American Studies at UC Irvine and author of Exhibiting Blackness: African Americans and the American Art Museum (University of Massachusetts Press, 2011) joins Janine Yorimoto Boldt, Ph.D. (Associate Curator of American Art at the Chazen Museum) and UW students to facilitate a vital dialogue around Sanford Biggers’s sculpture Lifting the Veil on our reckoning with the institution and its objects.

Registration required. Chazen Museum of Art. 9:30-11 a.m. Information: jprey@chazen.wisc.edu

Celebrating Indigenous Perspectives: Honoring Truman Lowe

Join contemporary artist, musician and professor, John Hitchcock, in conversation with art scholar and first full-time curator of Native American Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dr. Patricia Marroquin Norby. They will discuss the legacy of artist, Truman Lowe, and his sense of advocacy and support of indigenous artists.
Auditorium, Chazen Museum of Art. 5:30-6:30 p.m. Information: jprey@chazen.wisc.edu

Photography, An Art of Relation: Histories from Senegal

A lecture by Dr. Giulia Paoletti, assistant professor of art history at the University of Virginia.

5 - 6 PM Chazen Auditorium | Photography, An Art of Relation: Histories from Senegal Lecture
6-7 PM Chazen Lobby | Light Refreshments & continued conversation with Giulia Paoletti & Insistent Presence curator, Margaret Nagawa

This talk explores photography as an art of relation through the work of contemporary artists such as Ibrahima Thiam, Serigne Ndiaye, and Malick Welli. Auditorium, Chazen Museum of Art (Also offered online). 5-7 p.m. Cost: free. Information: jprey@chazen.wisc.edu

The Family Album on Display

In conjunction with the current exhibition Insistent Presence: Contemporary African Art from the Chazen Collection, the Chazen welcomes independent curator and writer, Serubiri Moses Auditorium, Chazen Museum of Art. 5:30 p.m. Cost: free. Information: jprey@chazen.wisc.edu