Jamey Grimes has been appointed assistant professor of art in The University of Alabama’s department of art and art history. He will begin the new position on August 16, 2021, teaching sculpture courses and a course in museum studies each year. “We are very happy to have Jamey join us in this new capacity,” said
Alumna Uses Museum Works in Cutting-Edge Program to Teach K-12 Art
A career in art history can offer an unexpected variety of options. Alumna Emee Hendrickson has followed a path that led from medieval and Renaissance art to training museum docents to developing curricula about museum collections for elementary and high school students. At UA, Hendrickson earned a BFA in printmaking and painting in 2013, and
Photo Alum Wins Gay Burke Fellowship, Presents Solo Show
Alumna Joi West will present a solo exhibition at Paperworkers Local in Birmingham featuring works from their ongoing Southern Faces Project. They began the long-term project in 2012 to document the LGBTQIA+ community in Alabama. Joi West’s Southern Faces Project is supported with grants from the Alabama State Council on the Arts and the National
Spring/Summer Loupe Features Murals, Music and More
The spring/summer issue of The Loupe – our once-a-semester encapsulation of news and activities of the students, faculty and alumni in the UA Department of Art and Art History — is out! The cover story of this issue features a unique mural project headed up by Chair and Professor Jason Guynes for a downtown Tuscaloosa hotel.
Oh the Places You’ll Go! Where UA Art & Art History Grads Are Headed This Fall
UA art and art history students have been accepted to prestigious programs around the world: Sommer Hallquist (BA 2018): PhD program in the history of art, Trinity Hall, Cambridge University Serena D’Alessandro (BA 2019): MA program in the history and criticism of art, Florida State University Arielle Gray (BA 2019, major: studio art, minor: art
UA Artist Explores Black Father-Son Relationships
The newest installment of Celestia Morgan’s Dear Black Son (DBS) portrait project has been posted to a billboard towering over a busy freeway in downtown Birmingham, Alabama’s Southside neighborhood. Morgan’s monumental work, which displays the bold letters, “COME HOME SAFELY,” and bears the hashtag #dearblacksonproject, appears over the Red Mountain Expressway, officially known as the
COVID Enables Lessons for Alumna in Museum Best Practices
Despite COVID restrictions this year, art history alumna Hailee Singleton was able to work in a learning-intensive job that will help her in the next steps in her career. Singleton, who received the BA in art history and history from UA in 2018, recently got the news that she has been accepted to the Master
Art History Leads to Wide Variety of Careers
The undergraduate art history program at UA teaches skills that can lead to a wide variety of careers. Critical thinking, visual literacy, in-depth research, strong writing, public speaking and communication skills, attention to detail, are just a few examples. As a result, many of our undergrads have gone on to careers that you might not
UA Alumna Awarded Prestigious Prize from Museum of Contemporary Photography
UA photo alumna Alayna Pernell has won the Snider Prize from Columbia College Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP). The Snider Prize is a purchase award given to emerging artists in their final year of graduate study. Sponsored by Lawrence K. and Maxine Snider, it is part of MoCP’s ongoing commitment to support new talent