This Public Works seminar gives participants a chance to learn about successful approaches and strategies for pitching their academic work to public audiences. In honor of the Department of Art History’s Centennial Celebration, three alumni will share their perspectives on developing digital and public humanities projects from historical research. Together, they will work with participants to pitch and develop ideas for potential projects based on their research interests and expertise. Moderated by Anna Andrzejewski, Professor of Art History.
Seminar participants are asked to bring in a sample of their scholarship in the form of working abstract or “pitch” for an exhibition, public program, lecture, or digital humanities project.
Graduate students from all departments with interest in the public humanities and community engagement are encouraged to RSVP. RSVPs are required and seats are limited. To join, please send an email with your name and affiliation to: weindling@wisc.edu. Light refreshments will be available.
This seminar is part of a series of events from September 19-20, 2024, which will focus on “Bringing Art History to Public Audiences,” in honor of the Centennial of the Department of Art History. This series is supported by the Anonymous Fund and the Deans Office, College of Letters & Science. Key Approaches to Pitching Public Humanities Projects is sponsored by the Department of Art History, Center for the Humanities, and the Center for Design and Material Culture.
Seminar Facilitators
Sarah Fayen Scarlett (Ph.D., 2014), Associate Professor, Michigan Technological University: Sarah Fayen Scarlett is Associate Professor of History at Michigan Technological University where she co-directs the Keweenaw Time Traveler project, an interactive online historical atlas for Michigan’s Copper Country whose data-rich deep map engages “Citizen Historians” with the people, places, and stories of the region’s changing landscape. Her recent book _Company Suburbs: Architecture, Power, and the Transformation of Michigan’s Mining Frontier_ (2021, University of Tennessee Press), focuses on the spatial, material, and experiential aspects of historic domestic landscapes to explore relational social identities. Former curator at the Chipstone Foundation, she brings to her current work a background in material culture studies and progressive museum practice. She holds a PhD from the Buildings-Landscapes-Cultures program in the University of Wisconsin—Madison’s Art History department (2014); an M.A. from the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture at the University of Delaware (2000); and a B.A. in American Studies from Yale University (1998).
Emily Pfotenhauer (M.A. 2006), Grant Writer for Taliesin Preservation and Independent Grants Strategist: Emily Pfotenhauer completed an M.A. in Art History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a certificate in Material Culture Studies in 2006. As the Charles Hummel Fellow for the Chipstone Foundation, she created the Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database in collaboration with the Wisconsin Historical Society. For almost 14 years, she worked with Wisconsin Library Services (WiLS), leading community-driven state, regional, and national digital initiatives including Recollection Wisconsin, the Mukurtu Midwest Hub for Native Nations, and IMLS Community Memory cohorts. She currently serves as the grant writer for Taliesin Preservation and as an independent grants strategist for libraries and non-profit organizations.
Marsely Kehoe (M.A. 2006, Ph.D. 2012), Indepdendent Scholar: Marsely Kehoe is an independent scholar working in higher education grants administration, and she directed Hope College’s digital humanities research program from 2017- 2020. Her research considers early modern Dutch material and visual culture in the colonial context, and she is the author of _Trade, Globalization, and Dutch Art and Architecture: Interrogating Dutchness and the Golden Age_ (2023). She is co-leader of the Dutch Textile Trade Project.