Edna Carlsten Art Gallery

Permanent Collection

The Permanent Collection of the Department of Art and Design serves as a resource for students and faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, for the extended community of Stevens Point, the state of Wisconsin and the Midwest.

Check out some of the items in our permanent collection:


 Dorothy & Jacque Vallier Early American Pressed Glass Goblet Collection

Arguably the premiere pressed glass goblet collection in the country, this collection was given to the university in 1984 and contains over 1,000 individual goblets and 100 additional glass articles. Displayed in cases that span the exterior walls of the gallery, the Vallier Collection enables students, scholars, collectors, as well as community members to experience the extraordinary breadth of this special collection. It is one of the truly unique treasures here at UW-Stevens Point.

 Golay Print Collection

Given to the Department by Janice and Jean-Pierre Golay, this collection features prints by nationally known artists including: Robert Cottingham, Emmi Whitehorse, Robert Stackhouse, and Karen Kunc. Prints from this collection are regularly exhibited in the Carlsten Gallery.

 Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Portfolio

This collection was made possible by a generous gift from Richard and Myrna Schneider.


 William C. Bunce Artists' Book Archive

This collection, devoted to honoring the traditions of artist books, was made possible through a donation by the estate of Bill Bunce, the late director of the Kohler Arts Gallery at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. The collection is currently housed in the University Library.


 Susan Murphy Piotrowski Ceramics Collection

This collection is of student ceramic works was established in 1979 in memory of former student, Susan Piotrowski. It documents the development of ceramics by UWSP students from 1979 to the present.


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