Cheekwood Announces Volunteer Opportunities for HART Students This Fall

The Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art recently announced volunteer opportunities for HART students this fall. These include several dates this month and next: September 23-24, assisting at a booth offering art activities at the TACA Fair in Centennial Park (shifts are 10-2 and 2-6 each day); October 3-7 and October 10, working at…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on September 14, 2016 in Events, HART, Student/Alumni, VRC

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HART Alumnus and Sculptor Alan LeQuire to Unveil Tennessee Women’s Suffrage Monument on August 26

Nearly a century after Tennessee became the 36th state—the last state needed—to ratify the 19th Amendment giving all women the right to vote, HART alumnus and local sculptor Alan LeQuire will unveil his large-scale public monument to suffragists on Women’s Equality Day, Friday, August 26. The formal ceremony will be held from 11 a.m. to…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on August 23, 2016 in Events, HART, HART in Nashville, Student/Alumni, VRC

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Vivien Fryd to Lecture on Early American Women Modernists at the Portland Museum of Art

Georgia O’Keeffe, Florine Stettheimer, Marguerite Zorach, and Helen Torr found space for creativity that was separate from their male counterparts.  Each created unique paintings, contributing to the evolution of experimental avant-garde works in Manhattan.  Vivien Fryd, professor of history of art, will examine the art and careers of these four pioneering artists and their contributions…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on July 11, 2016 in Events, HART, Lectures, VRC

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Fine Arts Gallery Exhibit Opening June 10 Explores Poetry and the Landscape Tradition

“Pastorals, Landscapes, and the Arcadian Vision,” on view at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery from June 10 through September 9, explores how artists  for centuries have rendered nature in a tranquil, idyllic form.  The exhibition, housed in Cohen Memorial Hall on the Peabody campus, features more than 50 paintings and works on paper from…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on June 7, 2016 in Events, Fine Arts Gallery, HART, VRC

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HART Majors and Minors and Their Families Honored at Graduation Reception

Kevin Murphy, chair of the History of Art department,  faculty, and staff honored our majors and minors and their families at the department’s annual reception for graduating seniors on Thursday, May 12, in the atrium of Cohen Memorial Hall. Following Murphy’s warm welcome and introduction of the faculty, awards were presented and outstanding students recognized…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on May 16, 2016 in Events, HART, Student/Alumni, VRC

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“Book as Art: Medieval Necessity and Modern Invention” Exhibit Curated by HART Students

Illuminated manuscript (literally “hand written”) books are arguably the most characteristic objects of the European middle ages. They preserved a culture’s visions, adventures, religious rituals, and hard-won knowledge in books that were entirely handmade simply because there was no alternative. Contemporary artists, working in a culture dominated by mass-produced books and digitized content, are revisiting…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on May 13, 2016 in Events, HART, HART in Nashville, Student/Alumni, VRC

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Department to Honor HART Graduates at May 12 Reception and Awards Ceremony

History of Art majors and minors and their families and friends are invited to attend the department’s reception and awards ceremony for our graduating seniors on Thursday, May 12, from 2 to 4 pm. The event will be held in the atrium of Cohen Memorial Hall on the Peabody campus, and awards will be presented…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on May 3, 2016 in Events, Fine Arts Gallery, HART, Student/Alumni

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HART Alumna Stephanie Storey to Talk About Her Debut Novel on April 19

HART alumna Stephanie Storey graduated cum laude from Vanderbilt in 1997 with a fine arts major (now history of art) and a passionate interest in Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Italian Renaissance.  Such an obsession, she claims, ultimately culminated in her debut art historical novel, Oil and Marble, recently published by Arcade/Skyhorse. Storey will…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on April 18, 2016 in Events, HART, Student/Alumni, VRC

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Rebecca VanDiver Convenes Panel on Diasporic Aesthetics at the University of Edinburgh

Rebecca VanDiver, assistant professor of history of art, convened a panel entitled “Diasporic Aesthetics: Towards a Definition” at the annual meeting of the Association of Art Historians held April 7-9 at the University of Edinburgh.  Although regularly understood to be the forced dispersal of individuals (often African-descended), in recent years the term ‘Diaspora’ has expanded…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on April 11, 2016 in Events, HART, Lectures, VRC

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Tyler Jo Smith to Address Greek Vases in Popular Culture in AIA Lecture on April 14

A specialist in ancient Greek vase painting, Tyler Jo Smith, associate professor of classical art and archaeology, University of Virginia, will deliver the final AIA lecture of the semester on Thursday, April 14, at 6:00 pm at the Nashville Parthenon.  In her lecture, “From Hamilton to Hercules:  Greek Vases in Popular Culture,” Smith will explore…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on April 11, 2016 in Events, HART, Lectures, VRC

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