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Please join us for these events, or stop by any day to view the current art installation in the Kalscheur Family Foundation Community Education Room.
May 2020
Thur. May 21, 6pm
Pandemic: Spanish Flu in WI (Virtual Event)
Join Dr. Kurt E. Leichtle on Thursday, May 21 at 6:00pm for a closer look at the Flu Pandemic of 1918 in Wisconsin--from the comfort and safety of your own home! This VIRTUAL EVENT is a first for the Mount Horeb Area Historical Society; an initiative born of the very same COVID-19 self-isolating measures that also helped halt the wildfire spread of the Spanish flu.
This event is FREE, but registration is required to obtain the meeting weblink (or choose to join by phone via call-in number and access code). Email dudelhoven@mthorebhistory.org (please include “5-21 Pandemic Virtual Event” in the subject line) or call 608-437-6486 to sign up today.
For those of us living through it, the widespread and devastating effects of the novel coronavirus global pandemic feel completely unprecedented.
But historians can’t help but see parallels and similarities between today’s pandemic and the Spanish flu that circled the planet over a century ago, infecting roughly 1 in 3 and responsible for as many as 50 million deaths.
The Flu Pandemic of 1918 caught the world by surprise, was magnified by the simultaneous intensity of World War I, and changed medicine and culture.
Dr. Leichtle will focus on the events and effects of the Spanish flu pandemic in a world context and translate that back to events in Wisconsin. He will also ask us to consider how 1918’s experience can inform our reactions to and defenses against the current pandemic—what lessons can history teach us?
Kurt E. Leichtle is a History Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin River Falls, where he taught for almost three decades. Dr. Leichtle’s career has moved between public history and academic history. Before UWRF, he was Site Manager of the Gibbs Farm Museum, Ramsay County Historical Society of Saint Paul, Minnesota, and he currently serves as the Interim Executive Director of the North Star Museum of Boy Scouting and Girl Scouting in North Saint Paul, Minnesota. He has published two books, "Crusade Against Slavery: Edward Coles, Pioneer of Freedom," with Bruce Carveth, and "The Wisconsin Story," a 4th grade textbook. He regularly presents on historical topics and has published articles in various journals.
For more information, call 608-437-6486 (leave a voicemail with your contact information) or email mthorebhistory@mhtc.net.
Pandemic: Spanish Flu in WI (Virtual Event)
Join Dr. Kurt E. Leichtle on Thursday, May 21 at 6:00pm for a closer look at the Flu Pandemic of 1918 in Wisconsin--from the comfort and safety of your own home! This VIRTUAL EVENT is a first for the Mount Horeb Area Historical Society; an initiative born of the very same COVID-19 self-isolating measures that also helped halt the wildfire spread of the Spanish flu.
This event is FREE, but registration is required to obtain the meeting weblink (or choose to join by phone via call-in number and access code). Email dudelhoven@mthorebhistory.org (please include “5-21 Pandemic Virtual Event” in the subject line) or call 608-437-6486 to sign up today.
For those of us living through it, the widespread and devastating effects of the novel coronavirus global pandemic feel completely unprecedented.
But historians can’t help but see parallels and similarities between today’s pandemic and the Spanish flu that circled the planet over a century ago, infecting roughly 1 in 3 and responsible for as many as 50 million deaths.
The Flu Pandemic of 1918 caught the world by surprise, was magnified by the simultaneous intensity of World War I, and changed medicine and culture.
Dr. Leichtle will focus on the events and effects of the Spanish flu pandemic in a world context and translate that back to events in Wisconsin. He will also ask us to consider how 1918’s experience can inform our reactions to and defenses against the current pandemic—what lessons can history teach us?
Kurt E. Leichtle is a History Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin River Falls, where he taught for almost three decades. Dr. Leichtle’s career has moved between public history and academic history. Before UWRF, he was Site Manager of the Gibbs Farm Museum, Ramsay County Historical Society of Saint Paul, Minnesota, and he currently serves as the Interim Executive Director of the North Star Museum of Boy Scouting and Girl Scouting in North Saint Paul, Minnesota. He has published two books, "Crusade Against Slavery: Edward Coles, Pioneer of Freedom," with Bruce Carveth, and "The Wisconsin Story," a 4th grade textbook. He regularly presents on historical topics and has published articles in various journals.
For more information, call 608-437-6486 (leave a voicemail with your contact information) or email mthorebhistory@mhtc.net.
July 2020
Thur. July 16, 6:30pm - 8pm
Wisconsin in Watercolor: Life & Legend of Paul Seifert
Join us on Thursday, March 19, 2020 at 6:30pm in downtown Mount Horeb at the Driftless Historium (100 S 2nd St) as Joe Kapler shares his research on folk artist Paul Seifert and his enigmatic life that informed Kapler's 2018 book "Wisconsin in Watercolor."
The vistas and views of the Driftless have inspired humankind for centuries.150 years ago, German immigrant, farmer and civic leader Paul Seifert felt the same artistic forces. His primitive and highly-sought after works capture the newly settled Southwestern Wisconsin landscape in detailed simplicity.
Mr. Kapler is Lead Curator in the Wisconsin Historical Society's division of Museums and Historic Sites. He has produced numerous major exhibitions, including WHS's 2014 exhibit on Seifert's art, "Wisconsin in Watercolor: The Farmscapes of Paul Seifert." Kapler holds a master’s degree in American history from Marquette University and a master’s degree in museum studies from Eastern Illinois University. He spent three years at the Public Museum of Grand Rapids (Michigan) and joined the staff of the Wisconsin Historical Society in 2001.
This presentation is facilitated by the Wisconsin Historical Society Speakers Bureau.
Book sale and signing to follow.
And while you are here, check out "Within the Driftless by Kathy Hofmann & Ron Lutz II," a limited-run fine arts and photography installation now showing in the Special Exhibits Gallery.
Wisconsin in Watercolor: Life & Legend of Paul Seifert
Join us on Thursday, March 19, 2020 at 6:30pm in downtown Mount Horeb at the Driftless Historium (100 S 2nd St) as Joe Kapler shares his research on folk artist Paul Seifert and his enigmatic life that informed Kapler's 2018 book "Wisconsin in Watercolor."
The vistas and views of the Driftless have inspired humankind for centuries.150 years ago, German immigrant, farmer and civic leader Paul Seifert felt the same artistic forces. His primitive and highly-sought after works capture the newly settled Southwestern Wisconsin landscape in detailed simplicity.
Mr. Kapler is Lead Curator in the Wisconsin Historical Society's division of Museums and Historic Sites. He has produced numerous major exhibitions, including WHS's 2014 exhibit on Seifert's art, "Wisconsin in Watercolor: The Farmscapes of Paul Seifert." Kapler holds a master’s degree in American history from Marquette University and a master’s degree in museum studies from Eastern Illinois University. He spent three years at the Public Museum of Grand Rapids (Michigan) and joined the staff of the Wisconsin Historical Society in 2001.
This presentation is facilitated by the Wisconsin Historical Society Speakers Bureau.
Book sale and signing to follow.
And while you are here, check out "Within the Driftless by Kathy Hofmann & Ron Lutz II," a limited-run fine arts and photography installation now showing in the Special Exhibits Gallery.
dates to be announced
2020's "Student Spotlight" Artists
The Mount Horeb Area Historical Society and Driftless Historium are launching "Student Spotlight," an annual art show celebrating the talent of area youth. This program, developed in partnership with Mount Horeb High School art educators Anna King and Dana Showers, will provide an opportunity for young artists to gain experience producing and promoting a public art installation in a professional setting.
We are pleased to announce that Arianna Tweedy and Benjamin Jaramillo Nicholson have accepted our invitation to be featured in the 2020 inaugural "Student Spotlight" art show. They were selected from a pool of talented Mount Horeb student applicants.
Congratulations to these talented emerging artists!
Arianna and Benjamin will serve as the project managers of a six-week installation of their own works in the Historium’s Kalscheur Family Foundation Community Education Room. They will oversee planning, promotion and execution of the "Student Spotlight" art show and a related artist reception, including management of a related project budget.
Specific show dates and other details are forthcoming.
The Mount Horeb Area Historical Society and Driftless Historium are launching "Student Spotlight," an annual art show celebrating the talent of area youth. This program, developed in partnership with Mount Horeb High School art educators Anna King and Dana Showers, will provide an opportunity for young artists to gain experience producing and promoting a public art installation in a professional setting.
We are pleased to announce that Arianna Tweedy and Benjamin Jaramillo Nicholson have accepted our invitation to be featured in the 2020 inaugural "Student Spotlight" art show. They were selected from a pool of talented Mount Horeb student applicants.
Congratulations to these talented emerging artists!
Arianna and Benjamin will serve as the project managers of a six-week installation of their own works in the Historium’s Kalscheur Family Foundation Community Education Room. They will oversee planning, promotion and execution of the "Student Spotlight" art show and a related artist reception, including management of a related project budget.
Specific show dates and other details are forthcoming.