Leonard Folgarait to Explore “Edgar Degas: A New Vision” with VU Alums at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts

The Houston Vanderbilt Club is hosting an evening at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts with Leonard Folgarait, professor of history of art, as he explores Degas: A New Vision on Thursday evening, October 27, at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. On view through January 16, the exhibit offers the most significant international survey…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 26, 2016 in Events, HART, Lectures, Student/Alumni, VRC

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Elizabeth Moodey’s “Art of the Book” Student-Curated Exhibition Cited as Successful Collaboration with Vanderbilt Library

Elizabeth Moodey, associate professor of history of art, and her HART 2288 seminar students this past spring chose and researched the works in an exhibition, Book as Art: Medieval Necessity and Modern Invention, currently on view in the lobby of the Heard Library through March 2017. They investigated medieval and contemporary artists’ books to deduce…

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

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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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Applications Due September 30 for Downing Grants for HART Undergraduate Research and Travel

Vanderbilt’s History of Art students are encouraged to apply for a fall 2016 Downing grant by Friday, September 30. The department awards these Downing grants for travel to exhibitions and research centers to supplement academic instruction for HART majors who are in the Honors Program, in senior seminars, or in “W” (writing) courses. These grants,…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on September 9, 2016 in HART, Student/Alumni, VRC

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Downing Grant Supports Haley Brown’s Research on Post-Apartheid and Contemporary Photographers in Cape Town

This past summer I spent two incredible months in South Africa serving and learning from the country’s wonderful people. For the first six weeks, I had the privilege of participating in a Vanderbilt Office of Active Citizenship global service program where eleven Vanderbilt students worked at a primary school and care center in Port Elizabeth,…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on September 2, 2016 in 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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HART Graduate Anna Greene Researches Surrealism and Advertising at MOMA Through a Downing Grant

Over the past four years of my college career, one of the most fulfilling and rewarding experiences I had was receiving a Downing grant for undergraduate research travel.  Under the direction of Leonard Folgarait, professor of art, I was studying the relationship between Surrealist art and advertising—a paradox between an artistic movement rooted in a…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on June 28, 2016 in HART, Student/Alumni, VRC

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Stephanie Storey: To Succeed in Business, Major in Art History

I hear it all the time from high school and college students (and their parents):  to succeed, you must major in science, technology, engineering, or business.  Any other degree is a waste of time.  A frivolous hobby. And an art history degree?!  Completely useless.  The brunt of the joke.  Let me set the record straight: …

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on June 9, 2016 in HART, Student/Alumni, 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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