Useful Facts about the Department
Summary
The Department of Art and Art History provides an innovative, energetic, and interdisciplinary learning environment that focuses on academic excellence in the areas of art history and studio art. We provide specialized education for majors and minors in our department, as well as offer general enrichment to students working within the broader context of a university-wide liberal arts curriculum. Our introductory-level courses aim at developing in students a lifelong appreciation for the visual arts from a global perspective. Our upper-level curriculum continues this goal while also preparing students for graduate study or for positions within the art world, including museum administration, publishing, communication arts, and design.
By the Numbers: UA’s Department of Art and Art History
- Undergraduate majors: almost 200 in art history and studio art
- Graduate majors: 26 in art history and studio art
- 19 faculty — 8 in art history and 11 in studio art
- 4 affiliated galleries: Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, Sella-Granata Gallery,
- Paul R. Jones Museum and The University of Alabama Gallery at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, in downtown Tuscaloosa
- 2 collections: the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art at The University of Alabama and the Permanent Collection of the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art
- Notable UA Art Alumni and Faculty
Events and Exhibitions
- Annual Graduate Student Symposium in Art History
- BFA majors exhibitions
- Graduate student thesis exhibitions (MFA and MA)
- Biennial Faculty Exhibition
- Paul R. Jones Museum and Collection (year-round)
- Sarah Moody Gallery of Art Permanent Collection exhibitions
- Visiting Artists and Lecturers Program (year-round)
Contact Information
Department of Art and Art History
The University of Alabama
307 Garland Hall
Box 870270
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0270
(205) 348-5967
(205) 348-0287 (fax)
Rachel Dobson
Communications Specialist, Visual Resources Curator and Webmaster
(205) 348-1893
art@ua.edu
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