Academy Evenings with Michael Gordon

Academy Evenings with Michael Gordon

In his Academy Evenings talk at the Northwestern Mutual Art Gallery, entitled Milwaukee Labor History: Struggle, Strikes, and Survival, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee emeritus professor of history Michael Gordon discusses three eras in Milwaukee labor history,...
Tim Abler – Wisconsin Labor Exhibition Photographer

Tim Abler – Wisconsin Labor Exhibition Photographer

In 2007, the Wisconsin Arts Board’s Percent for Art program commissioned six photographers to create portraits of contemporary Wisconsin worker. These photographs by Dick Blau and Tim Abler (Milwaukee), David Heberlein (River Falls), John Shimon and Julie...
Immigration Here at Home

Immigration Here at Home

In Part II of the Wisconsin Academy’s special “Understanding Immigration” series of Academy Evening talks, Jose Olivieri, an immigration attorney with Michael Best & Friedrich in Milwaukee, discusses the impact of immigration—from Mexico and...