A&S Alumna’s Unique Journey Turns Love for Literature into Career in Art

Humanities students often get asked what they plan to do with their degrees. The answer turns out to be “anything and everything.” Vanderbilt humanities graduates work in finance, lead nonprofits, and run their own companies. Lucy Mensah, who graduated from Vanderbilt with a Ph.D. in English in 2016, is one of the students drawing on…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on February 7, 2017 in HART, Student/Alumni, VRC

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Betsey Robinson Among Participants in January 25 Roundtable on Classical Legacies

The Robert Penn Warren Center for Humanities sponsors a premodern cultural studies seminar that is hosting a Roundtable on Classical Legacies on Wednesday, January 25, at 4 pm in Buttrick 123. Refreshments will be provided. Planned in partnership with Vanderbilt’s newly re-organized Program in Classical and Mediterranean Studies, the roundtable assembles experts from the Vanderbilt…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on January 24, 2017 in Events, HART, VRC

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Downing Grant Applications Due February 6 for HART Undergraduate Research and Travel

Vanderbilt’s History of Art students are encouraged to apply for a spring 2017 Downing grant by Monday, February 6. 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 advanced seminars, or in upper-level “W” (writing) courses. These…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on January 23, 2017 in HART, Student/Alumni, VRC

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Expert on Nazi Looted Art to Present Lecture on Tuesday, January 24

The aftermath of Nazi plunder during Hitler’s regime, especially during World War II, still lingers more than 70 years later. Efforts to find looted art and return it to its rightful owners continue on both sides of the Atlantic. David Glasser, chairman and executive director of the Ben Uri Gallery and Museum of Art in…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on January 20, 2017 in Events, HART, Lectures, VRC

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Leonard Folgarait Shares His Expertise in French Art and Architecture with Alumni in Houston and Paris

The Houston Museum of Fine Arts provided the perfect setting for a recent Commodore Classroom. Leonard Folgarait, Distinguished Professor of History of Art, joined the Houston Vanderbilt Chapter to discuss the work of Edgar Degas and to tour the museum’s exhibit Degas: A New Vision. Beverly Barrett, BS’97, who keenly recalls taking Folgarait’s Modern Architecture…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on January 18, 2017 in Events, HART, Lectures, Student/Alumni, VRC

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Marilyn Murphy’s Exhibition Opens January 19 in Fine Arts Gallery with a Surreal Twist on Reality

In honor of Department of Art professor and artist Marilyn Murphy, who retires this year after 37 years of teaching, the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery will feature many of her oil paintings and drawings in an exhibition entitled Marilyn Murphy—Realism Subverted. The opening reception is Thursday, January 19, from 4:30 to 6:30 pm in the…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on January 16, 2017 in Events, Fine Arts Gallery, HART, Lectures, VRC

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Vivien Fryd to Lecture on the Art of Red Grooms On View at the Brooks Museum of Art

The Memphis-area Vanderbilt Alumni Club has invited Vivien Fryd, professor of history of art, to lecture on the art of artist Red Grooms, currently on view at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. The event is scheduled for Saturday morning, January 7, including a guided tour of the exhibition. Grooms’s treatment of New York City…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on January 6, 2017 in Events, HART, Student/Alumni, VRC

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Kevin Murphy Addresses the Skyscraper and Future of Urban Development

George Washington had Mount Vernon. Thomas Jefferson had Monticello. Now President-elect Donald Trump has his eponymous Manhattan skyscraper, Trump Tower. Our first and third presidents saw their plantations as both productive and symbolic of American identity that was rooted in the land itself. President-elect Trump looks out from his tower onto a dense, dynamic cityscape…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on December 7, 2016 in HART, VRC

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Vivien Fryd to Lecture on Andy Warhol’s Prints at the Portland Museum of Art

The Portland-area Vanderbilt Alumni Club has invited Vivien Fryd, professor of history of art, to lecture on Andy Warhol’s prints currently on view at the Portland Museum of Art. The event is scheduled for Saturday, December 10, and the exhibition, Andy Warhol: Prints from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation, is…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on December 5, 2016 in Events, HART, Lectures, Student/Alumni, VRC

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Christopher Johns to Present Conference Paper on Johann Joachim Winckelmann at New York University on December 8

Christopher Johns, Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Professor of History of Art, will present a paper on December 8 titled “Winckelmann at the Villa Albani: Sculptural Display and the Politics of Patrimony in Enlightenment Rome.” The two-day conference, “Johann Joachim Winckelmann and the Transalpine Fantasy of Modern Paganism,” is being held at New York…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on December 5, 2016 in Events, HART, Lectures, VRC

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