Imaging Team Replicate Ancient Mesoamerican Artifacts for Gallery Exhibit

When the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS) installed a new, state-of-the-art PET/CT scanner in early 2018, the team imagined a wide range of research opportunities — but none of them involved imaging artifacts for an art gallery exhibition. This spring the VUIIS partnered with Vanderbilt’s Fine Arts Gallery to scan and create replicas…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on June 7, 2019 in Digital Humanities, Events, Fine Arts Gallery, HART, News, Student/Alumni, Technology, VRC

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Student-Curated Gallery Exhibit Features Ancient Mesoamerican Artifacts

Held in conjunction with the celebration of our 2019 HART graduates was the opening reception for a student-curated exhibition entitled Refuting “Noble Savages:” Reflections of Nature in Ancient Mesoamerican Artifacts. On view through September 13, the exhibit features a collection of ancient Latin American artifacts curated by undergraduate students as part of a semester-long course (Exhibiting…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on June 7, 2019 in Digital Humanities, Fine Arts Gallery, HART, News, Student/Alumni, Technology, Vanderbilt University, VRC

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Sheri Shaneyfelt Leads Denver Commodore Classroom in Study of Leonardo da Vinci

The Denver Museum of Nature & Science provided the perfect setting for a May 2019 Commodore Classroom featuring Sheri Shaneyfelt, principal senior lecturer of the history of art and director of undergraduate studies, and the current exhibit Leonardo da Vinci: 500 Years of Genius. Shaneyfelt joined the Denver Vanderbilt Alumni Chapter on May 19 to…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on June 5, 2019 in Events, HART, Lectures, News, Student/Alumni, Vanderbilt University, VRC

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Matthew Worsnick Awarded Fellowship at the Wolfsonian-Florida International University

Matthew Worsnick, assistant professor of the practice of art history, was recently awarded a residential fellowship at the Wolfsonian-Florida International University, Miami Beach, for the summer of 2020. The fellowship program supports projects from a wide range of academic fields to promote scholarly research on The Wolfsonian’s collection. Fellowships are awarded for full-time research at the…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on June 5, 2019 in HART, News, Vanderbilt University, VRC

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Rebecca VanDiver Named a Nancy Weiss Malkiel Scholar

Rebecca VanDiver, assistant professor of African American art, has been named one of ten Nancy Weiss Malkiel Scholars for 2019 through the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. The Malkiel Scholars Award, funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is given to junior faculty whose research focuses on American history, politics, culture, and society, and who are…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on June 5, 2019 in HART, News, Vanderbilt University, VRC

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HART Majors and Minors Honored at Graduation Reception

Betsey Robinson, associate professor and acting chair of Vanderbilt’s History of Art department, and HART faculty and staff honored our majors and minors and their families at the department’s annual reception for graduating seniors in the atrium of Cohen Memorial Hall. Following Robinson’s warm welcome and introduction of the faculty and staff, awards were presented…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on June 4, 2019 in Events, Fine Arts Gallery, HART, News, Student/Alumni, Vanderbilt University, VRC

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