Field Trip Explores American Modernism in Architecture

Featured photo above: (Back row) Ray Huang (third from right), Kellyn Guzman (second from right) and eight other students joined the tour led by the Glass House educator Dr. Sarah Churchill (front row, first from left). Tucked away in a town near the state line where Connecticut meets New York is an iconic structure where modern … Read more

Open House and Graduate School Alumni Panel!

The Art History Majors Committee has organized two Friday events in November and all are welcome! First-year students and sophomores interested in art history will get to meet some of our majors at the noontime Open House in the Art History Commons on November 7 and find out more about the program. Students considering graduate … Read more

PGC Internship Fuels Passion for Accessibility in the Arts

(Rewritten from a first-person account by Eden Porter. All photos provided by Porter.) Eden Porter‘s first art history course at Wesleyan was intriguing, and she was blown away by how much her classmates already seemed to know about the fascinating content. Putting in effort to excel in her art history courses, Porter’s confidence and passion … Read more

Welcome Back!

(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

Medieval Manuscripts Seminar Organizes Olin Exhibition

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