Since its establishment in 2008, the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art at The University of Alabama continues to enable Mr. Jones’ vision of bringing art to the community
Oh The Places You’ll Go: Recent UA Art History Graduates
UA art history alumnae are studying and working in prestigious programs and positions at home and around the world. Here is an update on just a few of them: Sophia
UA Art Historians Host International Graduate Student Symposium
Graduate students from colleges and universities around the United States and across the globe will participate in the 28th Annual Graduate Student Symposium, in-person and via Zoom, March 31, 2023.
Pioneering Art and Ecology Curator to Speak at UA
Pioneering curator Patricia Watts will give a public lecture, “Some Kind of Nature: Art and Ecology,” on Wednesday, October 12, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. in Garland Hall 203 on The
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
Art History Alumna at the National Park Service: a ‘Full Circle Moment’
UA alumna Shannon Walsh, who earned her MA in art history in 2020, is about to begin a new job with the National Park Service as the visual information specialist
Lecture: Empty Columns are a Place to Dream
Artist and writer Ric Kadour will give an in-person lecture Tuesday, March 8, 4-5:30, in the Student Center 3107. Titled, “Empty Columns are a Place to Dream: Monuments as Community
Art Grad Student Leads Exhibition Team at Transportation Museum
Ashlee René Thompson, an MFA candidate in painting set to graduate in May 2022, is also working on her museum studies certificate while at UA. As part of the certificate
Jamey Grimes Named to Faculty Post in Art & Art History and Museums
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,