News
Saturday, July 28th
Students in Professor Jason Kuo's spring class, under his direction, have curated an exhibition at the Brentwood Arts Exchange, Transient Identity: Figure & Form. Drawing on the work of three artists, Lorenzo Cardim, Victor Ekpuk and Wilfredo Valladares, students have curated an exhibition that explores the transient nature of identity through a range ofart in a variety of media.
Sunday, July 15th
Dr. Ashley Lazevnick has been awarded the University of Maryland - Phillips Collection post-doctoral fellowship for academic year 2018-2019. Dr. Lazevnick, who recently completed a dissertation at Princeton University on the use of the term "precision" in art criticism, poetry. philosophy, and science in the early-twentieth century, will expand her project this year while at the University of... [more]
Monday, July 2nd
The Department of Art History and Archaeology and the Michelle Smith Collaboratory for Visual Culture are delighted to announce the appointment, effective July 2, of Christian "Chris" Cloke as Associate Director of the Michelle Smith Collaboratory.
Thursday, May 17th
Dr. Adrienne L. Childs and Dr. Susan H. Libby, both of whom earned their PhDs in the Department of Art History and Archaeology, have together edited The Black Figure in the European Imaginary, the catalogue of an exhibition of the same name at the... [more]
Tuesday, May 8th
Abigail "Abby" Upshaw has been named an Outstanding Graduate Assistant for 2018, an award given by the Graduate School that recognizes the top 2% of the over 4000 administrative, research, or teaching assistants on the campus at the University of Maryland. The award recognizes and honors her for her outstanding contribution to the teaching of undergraduate students and the creation of... [more]
Thursday, April 26th
The Department is happy to welcome Caroline (Carrie) Blevins, who is our new Academic Programs Specialist. Be sure and stop by the main office to say "hi"!
You can read more about Carrie here http://arthistory.umd.edu/staff/Caroline%20Blevins
Welcome Carrie!
Wednesday, April 25th
The Department is very pleased to announce the hiring of two scholars of American art history, each with a particular focus on African American art and visual culture. Dr. Jordana Moore Saggese, who will join the Faculty as Associate Professor this fall, focuses on expressions and theorizations of blackness, particularly in visual culture of sport. You can read more about her announcement here... [more]
Monday, April 23rd
For 2018-2019, Professor Emerita Renée Ater has been awarded three fellowships in support of her digital project, Contemporary Monuments to the Slave Past: Race, Memorialization, Public Space, and Civic Engagement. The fellowships include: NEH-Mellon Fellowship for Digital Publication (2018); a Getty Research Institute Scholar's Grant (Fall 2018); and a Smithsonian Institution Senior... [more]
Friday, April 6th
Jonathan Walz (PhD 2010), director of curatorial affairs and curator of American Art at The Columbus Museum is Columbus, Georgia, will be co-curating a major retrospective on Alma Thomas, who is best-known for her abstract compositions created while she lived in Washington DC... [more]
Tuesday, February 13th
The Department is honored to announce the establishment of the biennial Marjorie S. Venit Memorial Lecture in Ancient Mediterranean Art History and/or Archaeology. Made possible by a generous provision by Dr. Venit, who sadly passed away in 2017, and her family, this lecture series will bring to campus distinguished scholars to discuss their work and issues in the Ancient Mediterranean world. The... [more]
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