Olivia Turner, a 2021 MA graduate in art history, has accepted a full-time position as a curatorial assistant with the Meadows Museum in Dallas, Texas. The Meadows is the leading center in the U.S. for exhibition, research and education in the arts and culture of Spain and home to one of the largest and most
UA Art History Webinars in October
Love art history?! Take your pick of upcoming October webinars involving UA art history faculty! UA American art historian Dr. Wendy Castenell will be part of the first Crystal Bridges Museum Tyson Fellows Virtual Roundtable discussing “Re-presenting and Reckoning with Early American Art,” Oct. 12. Cloisters assistant curator Julia Perratore will present the 2021 International
UA American Art Historian to Join National Scholars Virtual Roundtable
Assistant Professor Wendy Castenell will join three other Tyson Think Tank Fellowship scholars of American art for a virtual roundtable on October 12 from 5:00 to 6:15 p.m.(CT) titled “Re-presenting and Reckoning with Early American Art.” The fellows will share their research, including new findings, and new ways of approaching early American art. The panel will
Art and Art History and Asian Studies Host Japanese Art Lecture
Julie Nelson Davis, professor of the history of art at the University of Pennsylvania, will present an online lecture, “The Art World of Ukiyo-e: The ‘Pictures of the Floating World’ in Context,” Monday, October 18, 2021, at 5:30 pm (CT) on Zoom. Click on this link to register. Dr. Davis is the author of Utamaro
Call for Papers Announced for UA/UAB 27th Symposium in Art History
The University of Alabama at Birmingham and The University of Alabama Joint Program for the MA in art history has scheduled the 27th Annual Graduate Student Symposium in Art History for Friday, March 4, 2022, 10:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. Hosted this year by UAB’s department of art and art history, the symposium will take
As Notre Dame is Secured, UA Art Historian Researches On-Site
Just a little more than two years since the devastating fire of April 2019, UA’s Dr. Jennifer M. Feltman, assistant professor of art history, was able to visit the Cathedral of Notre Dame to begin her hands-on research, which will contribute to the restoration of the historic building. On September 18, 2021, just a few
Forward Movement: Selections from the Collection of Johnny and Allison Howze
The Paul R. Jones Museum is proud to present the exhibition, Forward Movement: Selections from the Collection of Johnny and Allison Howze, from October 1 to December 3, 2021. There will be a closing reception on First Friday, December 3, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Face coverings are required in the gallery. Forward Movement brings
Cloisters Curator to Speak on Representing Medieval Spain
2021 International Center of Medieval Art, Forsyth Lecture (A Webinar) Julia Perratore, assistant curator of medieval art at The Met Cloisters will present an online lecture, “Representing Medieval Spain at The Met Cloisters,” October 14, 2021, at 1:00 p.m. CT / 2:00 p.m. ET. Follow this link to register for the Zoom lecture. Local Organizer:
UA Art Historian to Speak on Early Modern Female Makers
Join Dr. Tanja L. Jones for the launch of her new edited volume Women Artists in the Early Modern Courts of Europe and a Zoom talk with Jones and fellow scholars, Friday, September 24, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. CDT (19:00 PM Central European Summer Time). With Dr. Jones will be scholars and chapter contributors Catherine