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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Jing Zhuge to Examine Role of the House in Late Imperial China in September 1 Lecture

Architectural historian Jing Zhuge, associate professor in the School of Architecture, Southeast University, Nanjing, will present a lecture on Thursday, September 1, from 12:15-1:30 pm in Buttrick Hall 123. The title of her lecture is “Identity, Morality and Domesticity: A Merchant’s House in 16th- and 17th-century North China in The Plum in the Golden Vase.”…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on August 30, 2016 in HART, Lectures, VRC

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Architectural Historian Jing Zhuge to Address Historic Preservation in China in August 31 Lecture

Jing Zhuge, associate professor in the School of Architecture, Southeast University, Nanjing, will present a lecture on Wednesday, August 31, from 9:10-10 a.m., in Cohen Memorial Hall 324. Her lecture is entitled “Historic Preservation in China: Interest Chains and Value Judgments.” Historic preservation is a global issue of pressing concern. Her presentation, sponsored by the…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on August 30, 2016 in HART, Lectures, VRC

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Christopher Johns Receives Chancellor’s Award for Research at Fall Faculty Assembly

Christopher Johns, Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Professor of History of Art, received the Chancellor’s Award for Research at the Fall Faculty Assembly on August 25. Johns was recognized for his book The Visual Culture of the Catholic Enlightenment (Penn State University Press, 2014), a culmination of many years of painstaking archival research. The…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on August 29, 2016 in HART, VRC

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Restoring Humanity: The Interconnectedness of Life Is Illustrated in Shimmering Glass Tiles

It has been 47 years since Ben Shahn’s mosaic Peabody—1968 was dedicated in the Hobbs Human Development Laboratory on what was then the campus of George Peabody College for Teachers. The effort to commission Shahn, an artist well known for his advocacy for the poor, was spearheaded by Susan Gray, professor of psychology, emerita, and…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on August 25, 2016 in HART, 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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Millie Fullmer Appointed Curator and Director of HART Visual Resources Center

Millie Fullmer is the new curator and director of the History of Art Department’s Visual Resources Center, having served as assistant curator since August 2015 and more recently, interim director. “This is an auspicious moment for Millie to take over the directorship of the VRC,” said Kevin Murphy, chair and professor of history of art….

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on July 28, 2016 in HART, 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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Millie Fullmer Reflects on Her Lazenby Library Fellowship at Cheekwood

Beginning in January of this year I embarked on a part-time, six-month fellowship as part of a historic initiative to reinstate Cheekwood as an American country era estate.  A furnishing plan was created for the purpose of researching and reviving interior elements of the residence as they were originally intended by the Cheek family and…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on July 4, 2016 in HART, HART in Nashville, VRC

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