The UW-Milwaukee Art Museum was "established to house and administer the art collections of
the University and the exhibition programs in the Fine Arts Galleries, in the Art History
Galleries, and in the Museum Galleries in Vogel Hall." All of the art collections on campus
were to be moved to a renovated Vogel Hall that would become the University Art Museum.
However, due to budget constraints in 1980-1981, only a portion of Vogel Hall became
available for housing some of the art collections. At this time, the deans of the School of
Fine Arts and of the College of Letters & Sciences agreed that the UWM Art Museum
would become a separate entity that would administer all of UWM's art collections, but not
necessarily house everything in the same location. The museum opened to the public in
1983.
In 1996, the name of the University Art Museum was changed to the Institute for Visual
Arts, or inova for short; the mission of the new institute remained the same. In 2007, the
Institute for Visual Arts relocated to UWM's Kenilworth Building.
Directors of Constituent Galleries
Directors of Fine Arts Galleries
1975-1977 |
Fred Parker
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1977-1983 |
John L. Taylor
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Directors of Art History Galleries
1975-1978 |
Norman D. Ziff
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1978-1979 |
Alex Seltzer
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1979-1983 |
Mark Chepp
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Directors of the UWM Art Museum
1983-1986 |
Suzanne Foley
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1986-1987 |
Robert Hickok (Acting)
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1987-1989 |
Kent Anderson (Acting)
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1989-1997 |
E. Michael Flanagan
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Directors of the Institute for Visual Art
1997-2003 |
Peter Doroshenko
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2005-2012 |
Bruce Knackert (Acting)
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2012- |
Sara Krajewski
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