About this Event
In celebration of the Haggerty’s 40th anniversary, we're headed back to the Haggerty Museum of Art on the Marquette University campus! Uptown Society invites you to an enriching afternoon of exploration as we delve into the captivating world of art.
📸 Featured Exhibition: Visual Legacies: Photographs by Ellie Lee Weems
Visual Legacies showcases the work of Ellie Lee Weems (1901–1983), who spent over 50 years capturing the lives of African American residents in Jacksonville, Florida. From studio portraits to everyday moments, his photography preserves the rich history of his community. The exhibition highlights Weems’s contributions to African American visual culture and the evolving art of photography. Curated by Dr. Rikki Byrd in collaboration with Weems’s family, it features selections from the Auburn Avenue Research Library and the Ellie Lee Weems Family Collection.**
🖼️ Bonus Exhibition: The Big 4-0, Vol. 2: New Views of the Collection
The Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University presents The Big 4-0, Vol. 2: New Views of the Collection, a refreshed exhibition celebrating its 40th anniversary. Opening in spring 2025, this installation reimagines the museum’s lower galleries with rarely seen works and collection favorites like Keith Haring and Salvador Dalí. Featuring over 40 artists—including Andy Warhol, Louise Nevelson, and Man Ray—this exhibit explores themes of chance, personal biography, commercial printing, and post-war creation. Curated by Dr. Kirk Nickel, Vol. 2 offers fresh research, conservation efforts, and a deeper look into modern and contemporary art.
🖼️ Bonus Exhibition: Michelle Grabner: Under the Sink
Milwaukee-based artist Michelle Grabner highlights the often-overlooked labor of custodial work in this installation featuring everyday cleaning objects cast in materials like bronze and porcelain. Created in Kohler’s MakerSpace, the exhibit includes silver-leafed trash cans, sculpted brooms, and commercial sinks, celebrating sanitation workers and their tools' design. Grabner, a renowned artist, curator, and professor at SAIC, has explored domestic themes for over 30 years, with major curatorial projects including the 2014 Whitney Biennial and Sculpture Milwaukee.
🖼️ Bonus Exhibition: Parallel Play: The Art of Science & the Science of Art
Parallel Play explores the connection between art and science through Marquette’s cross-disciplinary course, Creative Problem Solving. Co-taught by Dr. Deanna Arble (Biological Sciences) and Lynne Shumow (Haggerty Museum of Art), the class helps STEM students embrace creativity in problem-solving. Featuring artwork from the Haggerty’s collection, the exhibit mirrors the scientific method—clarify, ideate, develop, and implement—highlighting the shared processes of rejection, revision, and discovery in both art and science.
Note: The Haggerty Museum of Art is open to the public, and this event is a fantastic opportunity to discover the artistic treasures within Marquette Campus. We look forward to sharing this memorable experience with you!
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Haggerty Museum of Art, 1234 West Tory Hill Street, Milwaukee, United States
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