Taking a short break from their busy schedules, Art History majors and minors bonded with faculty over a festive lunch on December 6, Friday to celebrate the end of the semester and the upcoming holiday season. The annual Art History Holiday Lunch is “always one of my favorite events”, said Co-Chair of the Majors Committee … Read more
Working with wood, egg, and earth, our art history and art studio students had an exciting opportunity to join an internationally renowned artist on an art installation on campus earlier this fall. Through a curatorial practicum offered by the Art History program, 22 students attended a welcome and organizational meeting with the artist, Bright Ugochukwu … Read more
November 6, 2024: The Art History Program is proud to announce that senior Valerie Gottridge (pictured) has been elected into Wesleyan University’s Gamma Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, Fall 2024. Congratulations Valerie! In total, 15 Wesleyan seniors have been elected in Fall 2024. They will be honored at an induction ceremony on Wednesday, December 4, 2024 … Read more
The Art History Program is pleased to announce four Art History majors will be receiving the John T. Paoletti Travel Research Fellowship, which is awarded yearly to members of the junior class. Valerie Gottridge ’25, Emily Petersdorf ’25 & Sophie Raiskin-Wood ’25 The purpose of the fellowship is to fund research related to an honors … Read more
We are excited to announce that Art History Major Sophie Raiskin-Wood ’25 has been accepted into the Smithsonian Because of Her Story Internship Program. This admired program aims to provide interns with the platform to share a diversity of women’s voices from the past and present and empower and inspire people from all walks of … Read more
Internship at the Florence Griswold Museum, Summer 2022 “This past summer, I had the privilege to work as a Curatorial Intern for Associate Curator Jennifer Stettler Parsons at the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, CT. Since I aspire to be a curator at an art museum when I enter the professional world, working in … Read more