Lilly Lee and Damarys Rodrigues (class of '24) at the Tate Gallery, London, in Professor Morse-Jones' study abroad class, Nineteenth...

Lilly Lee and Damarys Rodrigues (class of '24) at the Tate Gallery, London, in Professor Morse-Jones’ study abroad class, Nineteenth-Century European Art

Sita Moses ('23) prepares to host indigenous artifact critical analysis program in Pannell Gallery during the Fall 2022 Valaria Tate...

Sita Moses ('23) prepares to host indigenous artifact critical analysis program in Pannell Gallery during the Fall 2022 Valaria Tatera exhibition, Justice

Etaf Jumaa (class of '26) studying the prints of Mahsa R Fard in a Fall 2022 exhibition in Benedict Gallery

Etaf Jumaa (class of '26) studying the prints of Mahsa R Fard in a Fall 2022 exhibition in Benedict Gallery

Taylor Shaw (class of '22, currently in graduate school at UCLA) presenting at the Tate Gallery, London, in Professor Morse-Jones' s...

Taylor Shaw (class of '22, currently in graduate school at UCLA) presenting at the Tate Gallery, London, in Professor Morse-Jones’ study abroad class, Nineteenth-Century European Art

Art History. Engage with the visual arts right here on campus and around the globe.

Art History

The art history program provides students with an understanding of art and architecture in their social, political, and cultural context.

Students will be introduced to the means by which art can be critically observed, intelligently analyzed, and knowledgeably discussed. Inherently interdisciplinary, the study of art history involves the study of not just art and history, but also religion, philosophy, literature, music, anthropology, among others. Rooted in research, exploration of art history deepens academic skills that are fundamental to the liberal arts.


Art History Events

Artist, Auz Miles talks about her exhibition, The Water Dancers, in the Vaulted Gallery. An artist reception will be held from 7 to 7:30 p.m. in the Vaulted Gallery where you can see her art; the artist talk will be in the Reahard Learning Gallery from 7:30-9:00 p.m.

Miles’ artwork is a series of large-scale paintings and mixed-media works examining the relationship between Black women and their families and communities. Her paintings and murals capture unseen moments of women in dialogue with ancestry and exploring their genuine selves despite the confines of societal bounds. Each installation is based on memories, spoken testimonies, and conversations that explore the relationships between Black women.

Professor Tracy Chapman Hamilton presents Redrawing Boundaries: Documenting, Visualizing and Mapping Medieval Gender.

The paths of medieval women are the focus of recent Sweet Talks event

Researching and mapping medieval women artists and patrons.

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