After a two-year wait, it was finally safe to travel to Europe again and in May, UA art and art history students and professors took a two-week study tour of Italy. They took courses taught by Associate Professor Dr. Tanja Jones in Italian art history and Professor Jason Guynes in painting and drawing. The group
UA Art Historian Recruits Kentuck Festival Volunteers
UA’s Department of Art and Art History has been fortunate to have a strong support staff of intelligent and inspired instructors who pass on their love of the study of art, as well as their enthusiasm for art in general, in introductory courses for the department. Alumna and full-time instructor Micah-Shea McKibben is one of
Take A Breather – See Some Art in West Alabama
Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, June 29, 2022. No First Friday in July, but there’s still First Saturday(!) and don’t miss Art Night next week! Thanks to Michi Meko and Bryan Hester for the image above. And thank you for continuing to support artists wherever you
Two Art Professors Juried into B22 Wiregrass Biennial
Professor Jason Guynes and Assistant Professor Holland Hopson with Assistant Professor Sarah Bryant of UA Book Arts were among 38 artists from around the Southeast who had work selected for B22: Wiregrass Biennial, which opens July 22 and will run through September 24, 2022, at the Wiregrass Museum in Dothan, Alabama. The jurors were Meredith
UA Art & Art History Displays 5,000+ Art Photos Online
Explore more than 5,000 images in the photo collections of the UA Department of Art and Art History’s Flickr.com platform. Two new albums of photos – taken by Bryan Hester of UA Photography – depict current exhibitions in the downtown Paul R. Jones Museum and UA Gallery (up through July 27, 2022). Most of the
UA Professor Part of 3-Artist Panel on Contemporary Photo
Assistant Professor Allison Grant will participate in an online panel conversation, “Photographic World-Building: Aimée Beaubien, Allison Grant, and Guanyu Xu,” on June 25 at 1:00 pm Central, 11 am Pacific Time, hosted by SF Camerawork in San Francisco. Registration is required. Grant said that she will be speaking about her project Unsoiled alongside SF Camerawork’s
UA Art History Major to Attend Trinity College Dublin
Anna Wallace Pitts (BA 2021, summa cum laude, double major: art history and studio art; minor: Blount Scholars Program) will attend Trinity College Dublin to pursue a Master of Philosophy in art history this fall. The program focuses on the history of Irish art and architecture, Pitts said, “which dovetails perfectly with my research interests
New Designer Remembers Her Professors
Rebecca DeLong (BA 2021, studio art) is a graphic designer at LPK, a design firm in Cincinnati. DeLong said, “I get to work with global brands spanning a wide variety of industries including food & beverage, technology, baby care, beauty, health and wellness, and more.” DeLong also runs her own freelance graphic design business that
UA Art Alumni Write Home About New Adventures
Congratulations to a few of our recent grads and alumni who are striking out into the world! Let us know what you’re doing! Ashlee René Thompson (MFA 2022) is currently working as a financial aid advisor at UA, and has been awarded an artist residency at ArtRez in Newnan, Georgia, in August. Her painting, Comfort