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Art Professors Add STEAM to K-5 Science Learning

Assistant professors Celestia Morgan and Dr. Mina Kim were part of a UA team that presented “STEAM FEST for Green Energy” Family Night and Art Exhibition to Skyland Elementary schoolchildren in April. “STEAM FEST” was part of a study by UA faculty and graduate researchers to explore ways in which science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics (STEAM) can fit into 3rd- through 5th-grade curricula and to investigate student learning through an after-school program centered around fluid mechanics. The STEAM […]

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Jennifer Feltman Receives President’s Faculty Research Award in Arts and Humanities

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Associate Professor Dr. Jennifer M. Feltman is the 2023 President’s Faculty Research Award recipient for Mid-Career Scholars in the Arts and Humanities. Dr. Feltman received the award for distinguished research during a ceremony on Wednesday, April 19, in the Bryant Conference Center in Tuscaloosa. Dr. Russell J. Mumper, UA vice president for research & economic development said, “The faculty at UA do incredible things and make highly valuable contributions to better society and to advance the flagship. We are so […]

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UA Graphic Design Students Win Big at Tuscaloosa ADDYs

UA students in graphic design kept a winning tradition going at this year’s American Advertising Federation (AAF) Tuscaloosa’s annual ADDY awards ceremony, “Tuscaloosa’s biggest night in advertising.” In the student category, Julie White, a senior BFA major in graphic design, won the Gold ADDY in Book Design, for her rendition of Marshall McLuhan’s classic book, “The Medium is the Massage.” Josie Fuller, a BA major in interdisciplinary studies, won a Silver ADDY in Package Design; Cole Engelbrecht, a senior BFA […]

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UA Art Historian Awarded Grant to Study Notre Dame Cathedral’s Historic Sculptures

Although it may seem shocking to modern taste, the sculptures of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris were once painted using rich pigments made from azurite (blue), red ochre, yellow ochre, and copper oxides (greens and blue-greens). Some sculptures were even gilded with real gold. Over the centuries, the sculptures were repainted, sometimes in new colors. Now, researchers from The University of Alabama and Sorbonne Université in Paris will work together to digitally restore the sculptures’ historic colors in […]

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Art and Art History Interns Help Preserve Joe Minter’s African Village in America

This summer, five UA Department of Art and Art History interns spent four weeks cataloging the work of Birmingham artist Joe Minter as part of a project to document work by the artist, support the work’s preservation and make it accessible to the public. Three undergrads from historically black institutions, a Tuscaloosa native and Shelton State Community College graduate, and a student in UA’s School of Library and Information Studies master’s program were selected by Associate Professor Dr. Rachel Stephens […]

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