The spring/summer issue of The Loupe — our once-a-semester in-print encapsulation of news and activities in the UA Department of Art and Art History — is here! The spring/summer issue
First UA Art Camp a Legendary Success
Graduate students, faculty, staff, and alumni made our first UA Art Camp an overwhelming success. Campers signed up for one of four media areas led by expert faculty or staff
UA-Designed #GetVaccinated Billboards Pop Up Around Alabama
Poster designs created by Assistant Professor Jonathan Cumberland are posted on roadside billboards and other public locations around four Black Belt counties in west Alabama. Cumberland designed a series of
Art and Art History Interns Help Preserve Joe Minter’s African Village in America
This summer, five UA Department of Art and Art History interns spent four weeks cataloging the work of Birmingham artist Joe Minter as part of a project to document work
What We Did on Our Summer Study Abroad: Italy
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
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
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
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
Art & Art History April Faculty Accolades 2022
Wade MacDonald, assistant professor of ceramics, was accepted to a one-month artist residency at Zentrum für Keramik, the Center for Ceramics, in Berlin, Germany, for the month of May. MacDonald