A Dream Comes True with Internship at MALBA

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(Rewritten from a first-person account by Maggie Leeming. All photos provided by Leeming.) The halls of the Museum of Latin American Art in Buenos Aires (MALBA) beckoned in the fall of 2024, when Maggie Leeming ’26 did her study abroad program. Drawn by the museum’s unique position in the world of modern Latin American art and its impressive collection, Leeming found herself visiting MALBA more often than any other museums in the … Read more

Welcome Back!

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(Featured photo: Art History majors committee co-chairs Annie Hedgepeth (left) and Adrian Peoples checking out the new table and reading chairs in the Art History Commons.) Welcome back, Art History majors and minors! We hope your first weeks of school have gone well. As you charge ahead with your studies in the fall semester, take … Read more

Congratulations Class of 2025!

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Graduating seniors and their loved ones (pictured below) filled the Gribble Room in Olin Library with laughter and happiness on Saturday May 24, at the Art History Reunion and Commencement Reception for our majors and minors. In her toast message, the Art History Program Director, Professor Claire Grace, shared our graduates’ reflections of their favorite memories … Read more

Small in Size, Mighty in Message: Numismatics Exhibition by Student at Olin

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Twelve enlarged framed images of coins greet visitors on the second-floor balcony of Olin Library, each one displaying a different face and telling a story from as long as two thousand years ago. Curated by Art History and History double major Cian Mesch ’25 as part of his senior capstone in history, the exhibition Empire … Read more

Senior Talks in Art History 2025

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After a full year of research and hard work, Art History honors students concluded their remarkable journey with the completion of their senior theses, which all received High Honors, and a public presentation at Boger Hall well attended by faculty and students. Art History honors candidates Valerie Gottridge ’25, Emily Petersdorf ’25, Chloe Schaeffer ’25, … Read more

Art History Senior Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Spring 2025

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April 8, 2025: The Art History Program is proud to announce that senior Sophie Raiskin-Wood (pictured) has been elected into Wesleyan University’s Gamma Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, Spring 2025. Congratulations Sophie! In total, 84 Wesleyan seniors have been elected in Spring 2025. They will be honored at an induction ceremony on Saturday, May 24, 2025, … Read more

Medieval Manuscripts Seminar Organizes Olin Exhibition

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Article and photos by Joseph Ackley Since early December, visitors to Olin Library have had the opportunity to view Medieval Manuscripts in Facsimile, an exhibition researched and organized by the Fall 2024 seminar students of ARHA 312: Medieval Manuscripts, taught by Professor Joseph Ackley.  Decorated manuscripts, which rank among the most sophisticated works of medieval … Read more

Field Trip to Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

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(All photos by Valerie Gottridge) The Art History Majors Committee recently organized a field trip to the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford to view a collection of rarely seen European drawings and attend a public lecture. According to the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, it has acquired a diverse group of nearly 1,250 … Read more

Art Immersion Career Trek Offers Insights into Museum and Art Gallery Careers

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Featured photo (above): Student Vansh Kapoor ’26 (back row, second from right) and Gordon Career Center Associate Director Pam Grande (front row, fifth from right) with participants outside the Whitney Museum of American Art. (photo provided by Pam Grande) An Art Immersion Career Trek in New York City two months ago gave student Vansh Kapoor … Read more