Widener Gallery
Widener Gallery is Trinity College’s premiere exhibition space of contemporary art by local, national, and international artists addressing global concerns. Directed by the Studio Arts Program, scholarly curation at the gallery engages with critical issues through the works of invited visiting artists and selections from the Trinity College Art Collection. Located on the ground floor of the Austin Arts Center, Widener Gallery is free and welcomes the public.
WIDENER GALLERY IS CURRENTLY CLOSED FOR INSTALLATION
UPCOMING EXHIBITION
Milwaukee 1980
November 16, 2026 – February 24, 2027
(Closed November 25 – 29 & December 15 – January 24)
Public Reception: November 19, 4 – 6 pm
Milwaukee 1980 is an exhibition of photographs by Bud Glick featuring the Mexican American and Puerto Rican Communities of the city at that time. From posed portraits at home, to moments on sidewalks and front stoops, the exhibited images offer defining glimpses of the traditions and values of families, neighbors and friends in these communities.
Connection, between photographer and subject, as well as subject and viewer, is central to Glick’s practice. Inviting viewers to look closely and reconsider preconceived notions, the artist seeks “to make work that is honest about my perspective, grounded in connection, and capable of expanding how we see one another and the world we share.”
Glick began the Milwaukee series as a photography student with an assignment to photograph his neighborhood and a desire to connect with the wider world via people from other cultures and histories. In our current moment, this desire is even more relevant than it was 46 years ago, and Glick intends the photographs to stand as a refutation of bigotry. He says, “While art does not exist separately from the unique time it was created or the person who created it, it can enlighten the present and help us make decisions about the future.”
Milwaukee 1980 is the most extensive exhibition to date of this body of work, a precursor to Glick’s acclaimed Chinatown project, which was recently acquired in its entirety by Yale University’s Beineke Library.
About the Artist:
Bud Glick received a BA in History from the University of Wisconsin and an MFA in Photography from Brooklyn College. For over four decades, he has worked as a commercial photographer, photojournalist and documentary photographer. While pursuing a freelance photography career, he has also focused on personal projects in documentary photography, been widely published, and in 2018-2019 had a major solo exhibition at the Museum of Chinese in America in New York. Glick’s photographs are in the collections of the Yale Beineke Library, Museum of Chinese in America, New York Public Library, Latino Arts – United Community Center, Milwaukee, WI., and numerous private collections. Glick has taught photography at numerous colleges and universities and is currently Visiting Professor in the Practice of Fine Arts at Trinity College.
Widener Gallery Hours: Monday–Friday, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. and by appointment
Widener Gallery will be closed during Trinity’s Thanksgiving and winter breaks, November 25 – 29 & December 15 – January 24.
For more information, contact
Lisa Lynch, [email protected], 860-297-5237 Or
Tracy Quigley, [email protected], 860-297-5232
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