Viola Moten Ratcliffe (BA 2008, art history) has been named the 2022 interim director of Bib & Tucker Sew-Op in Birmingham, Ala., a nonprofit organization that teaches sewing and related
Flourishing in the Heart of Woods Quad
The UA Department of Art and Art History is pleased to announce the newest addition to the Woods Quad Sculpture Garden. The eight-foot-tall cast bronze crescent of camellias (Alabama’s state
Photo Exhibition Features Insight into Meditative Practice
Harrison Galleries in Tuscaloosa will host a solo exhibition of photography by Associate Professor Christopher Jordan opening Friday, November 5, 2021. The public is invited for a First Friday opening
SMGA Portrait Exhibition Celebrates Human Experience
UPDATE! Due to unexpected repairs, our exhibition True Likeness will close at 12 noon on Thursday, January 13, 2021. We invite you to come soon to see this incredible collection
New Alum Appointed Curatorial Assistant at Meadows Museum
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
Art Alumna Wins Creator Labs Photo Fund Award
Alumna Arielle Gray has been selected along with 19 other artists from around the country to receive a Creator Labs Photo Fund award. The artists were announced on Aperture’s website
Art & Art History October Faculty Accolades 2021
Dr. Wendy Castenell published an essay about the nineteenth-century portrait “Ashur Moses Nathan and Son” by French painter Jules Lion, for the catalog for the Louisiana Purchase Auction at Neal
UA’s Jones Museum Awarded Grant from State Arts Council
Paul R. Jones Museum was awarded a grant by the Alabama State Council on the Arts (ASCA) for the 2022 exhibition season. The grant will support three exhibitions in the
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