(Featured photo above: Students attending the Art History Open House.) Events organized by the Art History Majors Committee in November gave students a chance to explore their favorite field of study, including taking a close look at rarely displayed artworks. In addition, two of our very own art history graduates, Valerie Gottridge ’25 and Emma Flaherty ’24, connected with … Read more
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
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
(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
(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
(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
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
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
It’s in the bag! The Art History Majors Committee wrapped up the year on a sweet note with the distribution of custom-made merch for our majors. The mood was a relaxed one at the Art History Commons on the evening of Thursday, May 15, as art history majors found the perfect reason to step away … Read more
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