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Broadening the Arts Umbrella

April 28, 2021 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, English, Art, Art History and Archaeology, University of Maryland Art Gallery, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

New initiative expands offerings; unites arts, STEM and social justice.

Making Space for Black Art in Academic Art History

February 25, 2021 Art History and Archaeology

Through her teaching, research and beyond, Jordana Moore Saggese is working to undo the ‘colonialist and white supremacist logic’ that has pervaded the field of art history.

Professor Jason Kuo edits volume of essays on Chinese calligraphy and painting

February 18, 2021 Art History and Archaeology

Professor Jason Kuo recently published a volume of essays he edited that pays homage to and clarifies the critical role played by a generation of post-World War II scholars in shaping American understanding of Chinese calligraphy and painting.

Maryl B. Gensheimer Receives 2020 Arlt Award in the Humanities

February 10, 2021 Art History and Archaeology

The historian of Roman art and archaeology was honored for her 2018 book that analyzes the decoration of the ancient Baths of Caracalla.

Gabrielle Tillenburg curates exhibition Past Process at Strathmore Hall

January 24, 2021 Art History and Archaeology

Gabrielle Tillenburg curates exhibition Past Process at Strathmore Hall

Under direction of Dr. Jordana Moore Saggese, BLACKNESS centered for first time ever in current edition of Art Journal

January 20, 2021 Art History and Archaeology

As the current Editor-in-Chief of the Art Journal Dr. Jordana Moore Saggese has just released the very first issue in the 80-year history of the journal focused explicitly and exclusively on BLACKNESS.

CAA

Three Undergraduates Selected for Digital Poster Session at 2021 CAA Conference

January 15, 2021 Art History and Archaeology

Three undergraduates in our Department have distiguished themselves with submissions to the 2021 Annual Conference of the College Art Association (CAA) that were accepted for a digital poster session during the February 10-13 meeting.

ARTMargins Online

Raino Isto, as part of Editorial Collective, edits special online issue of ARTMargins dedicated to Art and Race in Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe

January 12, 2021 Art History and Archaeology

As part of the ARTMargins Online editorial collective, Dr. Isto has just completed a two-month sequenced release of articles the group edited in a special issue dedicated to Art and Race in Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe.

Professor Jordana Moore Saggese receives ISRCA award from University Provost

December 16, 2020 Art History and Archaeology

Congratulations to Dr. Jordana Moore Saggese for receiving from the Provost an IRSCA award

The Washington Post

Patricia Ortega-Miranda curates online exhibition of the digital work of Glenda León, which is reviewed in the Washington Post

August 04, 2020 Art History and Archaeology

Patricia Ortega-Miranda, a PhD student in the Department who is a Graduate Assistant in the University of Maryland Art Gallery, has curated a fasc