Annemarie Sawkins, Ph.D., is an independent curator, art historian, and author born in Durham, England. Her most recent curatorial project is More on Less: The History of Burlesque in America from Lydia Thompson to Amber Ray at the Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI through July 5, 2015. She is also traveling Afghan War Rugs: The Modern Art of Central Asia and has curated exhibitions on modern Rookwood. In 2013, she wrote catalogue entries for More Love: Art, Politics and Sharing since the 1990s for the Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. From 1999 to 2012, she was a curator at the Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University, where she organized Lucinda Devlin: The Omega Suites (2010), Louise Bourgeois: Recent Works (2007), Eve Sussman: 89 Seconds at Alcazar (2005), Honoré Daumier: Political Caricaturist of the Nineteenth Century (2003), and Man Ray on Paper (2002). While at the Milwaukee Art Museum, 199799, Sawkins contributed to A Renaissance Treasury: The Flagg Collection of European Decorative Arts and Sculpture (1999).  A frequent juror and portfolio reviewer, Annemarie Sawkins has her M.A. and Ph.D. in Art History from McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

Photos

Content referencing Annemarie Sawkins

Villa Terrace Will Host 100 Events For 100th Anniversary, Charts Vision For Future
Entertainment: Stand-Up Comedy at Lakefront Brewery
Entertainment

Stand-Up Comedy at Lakefront Brewery

Plus: Wrestling, a TV show popup bar and an extra special ghost tour.

“Rediscovering Ruth Grotenrath: All Things Belong To This Earth” Opens at the Warehouse Art Museum on Jan. 13, 2023
Press Release

“Rediscovering Ruth Grotenrath: All Things Belong To This Earth” Opens at the Warehouse Art Museum on Jan. 13, 2023

Exhibition celebrates the renowned artist’s 50-year career with over 90 works of art

Exhibit Captures Olmsted’s Huge Legacy

Exhibit Captures Olmsted’s Huge Legacy

Villa Terrace offers maps, plans, posters, photographs dramatizing the impact of famed landscape architect in Milwaukee.

Milwaukee Taiko Group Hibiki Giving Free Japanese Drum Performance Aug. 27 Outside The Warehouse in Support of Art Japan: 2021-1921 Exhibition
Art Japan: 2021-1921 Exhibition From The Warehouse Collection Opens July 9
Press Release

Art Japan: 2021-1921 Exhibition From The Warehouse Collection Opens July 9

Exhibition features modernist wood block prints of Tsukioka Kogyo and includes sculpture made in 2021 / Show includes special homage to the artist Toko Shinoda, who died in March 2021 at age 107

Free Virtual Version of On The Nature of Wisconsin Art Exhibit Launched Online
Press Release

Free Virtual Version of On The Nature of Wisconsin Art Exhibit Launched Online

Lovers of Wisconsin art and nature can take solace in this feature exhibit from anywhere via this virtual experience

The Warehouse’s 2020 Schedule Kicks Off Jan. 17 With Exhibition Celebrating Wisconsin Artists
Press Release

The Warehouse’s 2020 Schedule Kicks Off Jan. 17 With Exhibition Celebrating Wisconsin Artists

New Exhibit Features Works Centered on Nature by Wisconsin Artists in Collection