The public is invited to a panel discussion, “Interpreting Enslavement at Historic Sites,” Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at 6:00 p.m., central time (US and Canada). The discussion will take place via Zoom and is free and open to all but limited to the first 100 registrants. UPDATE: a video of the talk is now available:
Creating Access to Art and Visual Culture Through the Getty Vocabularies
Jonathan Ward, senior editor of the Getty Vocabulary Program, will present an introduction to the Getty Vocabularies, March 31 on Zoom, from 12:30 to 1;30 p.m. (CDT). The title of his talk is “The Getty Vocabularies: Access to Art History and Visual Culture Studies Through Multilingual Thesauri.” The Getty Vocabularies is a group of structured
Jacqueline E. Jung to Keynote UA-UAB Graduate Art History Symposium
Jacqueline E. Jung, associate professor in the department of the history of art at Yale University, will present the keynote address at the 26th Annual Graduate Student Symposium in Art History at UA on February 26, 2021. Prof. Jung’s talk from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. is titled, “Images of Africans in Gothic Art: Race and
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