The University of Alabama and the University of Alabama, Birmingham Joint Program for the MA in Art History announces The 26th Annual Graduate Student Symposium in Art History Hosted virtually by The University of Alabama Keynote address: “Race and Representation in Gothic Art” Jacqueline E. Jung Associate Professor in the History of Art, Yale University
Art and Art History Hosts Visiting Scholar from China
From August 2019 to February 2020, the department was host to a visiting scholar, Professor Yang Zeyu. Professor Yang is a senior lecturer at the Department of Chinese Painting at the School of Art of the Qingdao Agricultural University, which fully funded his fellowship. He has been conducting research under the supervision of Dr. Doris
Art Lecture: Meditations on Ink: Identities and Expressions in East Asia
Dr. Aida Yuen Wong will present a public lecture, “Meditations on Ink: Identities and Expressions in East Asia,” on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019, at 6:30 pm in the Great Hall, Ferguson Center. Dr. Aida Yuen Wong is the Nathan Cummings and Robert B. and Beatrice C. Mayer Chair in Fine Arts, Professor of Fine Arts,
William Paul Thomas: Breathin’ Different
William Paul Thomas: Breathin’ Different Exhibition: October 24 – December 12, 2019 Artist Lecture: Wednesday, October 23, 205 Smith Hall, 5 pm Opening reception: Thursday, October 24, 5-7 pm The Sarah Moody Gallery of Art presents the work of artist William Paul Thomas in an exhibition titled Breathin’ Different. Thomas will give a public lecture
Artist Iva Gueorguieva to Speak at UA
Tuscaloosa. — Visual artist Iva Gueorguieva will deliver a public lecture Tuesday, March 5, 2019, at 7:00 p.m. in Gorgas Library 205 on UA campus. A native of Bulgaria, Iva Gueorguieva lives and works in Los Angeles. Gueorguieva’s current abstract paintings and sculptures, on display in a two-person exhibition at Sophia Contemporary in London, “investigate
Catherine Zuromskis to Keynote Art History Symposium at UA
Tuscaloosa. – Dr. Catherine Zuromskis, associate professor of fine art at RIT, will present the keynote address at the 24th Annual Graduate Student Symposium in Art History at UA on March 1, 2019. Zuromskis’ talk at 4:15 p.m. is titled, “Feeling History: Evidence, Affect, and the Visual Culture of the Kennedy Assassination.” The symposium, a shared production of the departments of
Acclaimed Atlanta Artist To Speak at UA
Artist and educator Larry Walker will offer a presentation on his six decades of artwork and experiences in the art world as part of the Paul R. Jones Lecture Series, Tuesday, February 26, 2019, in the AIME Building on UA campus. Walker’s art has been featured in over 200 exhibitions, including a two-part retrospective – Larry Walker: The
Artist and Composer Ben Vida to Visit UA
Tuscaloosa. —The Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series and Sonic Frontiers are proud to present renowned visual artist and composer Ben Vida in two appearances. Vida will deliver a public lecture Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, at 7:00 p.m. in Gorgas Library 205 and give a performance Thursday, Feb. 21, 7:30 p.m. at the Recital Hall
Master Printer to Give Gallery Talk on Julie Mehretu Exhibition
Tuscaloosa – In conjunction with the Alabama native Cole Rogers is a co-founder of Highpoint Center for Printmaking. As the center’s artistic director and master printer, he has worked with Julie Mehretu since 2004 to develop the print project that became the current exhibition. From 1995–2000 Rogers was print shop director and printmaking coordinator at Minneapolis