UA Department of Art and Art History Assistant Professor Melissa Yes is exhibiting a collaborative multimedia project, Finches, currently on view at the Gadsden Museum of Art. On Saturday, August 20, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m., the Finches artists will present a dance performance inside their installation at the museum, featuring “movement interviews”
Melissa Yes Named Assistant Professor of Digital Media at UA
Melissa Yes has been appointed assistant professor of art in The University of Alabama’s Department of Art and Art History. She will begin the new position on August 16, 2022, teaching courses in digital media. Yes is an intermedia artist working primarily in video and installation art. Her studio practice considers American myths and attitudes,
Digital Media – Graphic Design BFA Seniors Unveil Thesis Show
The University of Alabama’s Department of Art and Art History presents the 2022 Senior BFA Thesis Exhibition – Digital Media/Graphic Design, April 20-25, 2022, in the Sella-Granata Art Gallery, in Woods Hall on UA campus. In this exhibition, five seniors whose primary concentration is digital media with a graphic design track present their final thesis
Digital Media Alumna Lands Marketing Position
Recent alumna Sarah Fields (BA 2020, studio art with a focus on digital media) recently contacted the department of art and art history to let us know what’s been going on in her life since she graduated. Fields wrote, “I work as a marketing assistant for Cheree Berry Paper & Design in St. Louis, a
BFA Grad Takes MBA Route to Reach Her Dream Goal
Recent grad Alyssa Hochstetler, who earned a BFA in 2020, concentrating in painting and digital media, is now finishing up an MBA that focuses on marketing, and she’s looking toward a future in art. She is in the Create Path to the MBA program, studying strategic management and marketing. She also works in the Paul
BFA Senior Show: Life Inside a Computer – The Digiscape
The University of Alabama’s Department of Art and Art History presents Welcome to the Digiscape, the Bachelor of Fine Art degree exhibition of senior Alexis Hawthorne, December 6-10, 2021, in the Sella-Granata Art Gallery, 109 Woods Hall, on UA campus. There will be a closing reception, Friday, December 10, at 4:00 p.m. Alexis Hawthorne’s primary
UA Art & Art Newsletter Announces New Masthead Design
The UA Department of Art and Art History is excited to announce a new masthead design for our monthly newsletter. It was created in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator by Britt Guynes, a senior BFA major in digital media and sculpture. Guynes explained that he took photos in the center of Woods Quad: sky, flowers and
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 Awards Studio and Art History Degrees in 2020-21
The academic year 2020-2021 has been challenging, to say the least, and we’re proud of our graduates for pushing through to earn their degrees. We wish them all the best as they move into the next part of their life journey. Degrees are cumulative over summer and fall 2020, and spring 2021. Bachelor of Arts,