In October, UA art and art history faculty brought home two of five Awards for Excellence from the annual conference meeting of SECAC, the second largest organization in the US
New Book by UA Art Historian Exposes the Artistic Concealment of Enslaved People
Associate Professor Dr. Rachel Stephens has published a new book, Hidden in Plain Sight: Concealing Enslavement in American Visual Culture, with the University of Arkansas Press. In the decades leading
Dr. Rachel Stephens’ Publication Explores ‘Art Justifying Enslavement’
Associate Professor Dr. Rachel Stephens‘ article, “Art Justifying Enslavement: The 1844 Silhouette of the Young Family of Natchez,” was published in March in Texas Gulf Historical and Biographical Record, the
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
UA Art Historian Awarded Top Fellowship
Dr. Rachel Stephens, associate professor of American art at UA, has been appointed an Ailsa Mellon Bruce Visiting Senior Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts
UA Professor Speaks on Confederate Artists and Imagery of the “Loyal Slave”
Associate Professor Rachel Stephens presents a talk, “Loyal Artists, Loyal Slaves: Confederate Artists in Civil War Richmond,” at Virginia Humanities in Charlottesville on January 21, 2020. In the years leading
Research at UA Wins Over Art History Student
Our Alumni Spotlight Series focuses on UA art alumni who are in the midst of an art career now, whether they are continuing with schooling or have taken their art
Art History Class Treated to Exhibit Tour by Museum Curator
This fall, Dr. Rachel Stephens took her graduate seminar students in American Portraiture (ARH 577) on a field trip to the Birmingham Museum of Art. The class visited the exhibition
Rachel Stephens Receives Educator of the Year Award
In November, for her efforts to teach students about the importance of nineteenth-century architecture. The society’s president, Ian Crawford, recognized Dr. Stephens for her work educating students about the history of