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
The Art History Program is pleased to announce Art History majorEmma Kendall ’24 will be awarded the James E. Lieber Internship Fund to help support her summer work with the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance. Established in 2019 by James E. Lieber ’84, and awarded by the Art History Program, the Lieber Art History Internship Fund … Read more
We would like to congratulate Art History major Valerie Gottridge on securing a Peter A. Krueger Internship at The Cooper Hewitt Museum. Valerie will be working with the curatorial team in the Department of Product Design and Decorative Arts, which houses 39,000 objects from antiquity to the 21st century. As they develop a new exhibition … Read more
Art History Majors Gabby Farina ’23, Sarah Hale ’23 and Mim Pomerantz ’23 recently presented their Senior Talks in the History of Art. They were also joined by University Major Heddy Parker who presented her talk on the development and redevelopment in San Francisco’s Fillmore / Western Addition. This was the students final public presentation … Read more
Understanding China in the Age of the Unequal Treaties Around November, I was offered the exciting opportunity to curate a show for the College of East Asian Studies. The result was the exhibition, “Understanding China in the Age of Unequal Treaties” which is currently in the CEAS gallery. All works included are from the College … Read more
Art History honors candidates recently presented the spring installment of their senior colloquium. This is a critical time for our seniors to receive feedback and guidance from their peers and faculty as they move to finalize their theses. Gabby Farina ’23 “Imagining The Alhambra: Gender, Ornament, and Representational Space“ Since the fall colloquium, my thesis … Read more
John T. Paoletti Travel Research Fellowship “Using funds from the John T. Paoletti Travel Research Fellowship, I traveled to New York and the Boston area to conduct research in person at the Morgan Library, the New York Public Library’s Spencer Collection, Wellesley Library, and Harvard’s Houghton Library. Over the course of one week, I viewed … Read more
Welcome to the Art History Program’s new blog – Student Spotlight! This is a platform to share art history news, celebrate the achievements of our students past and present and stay connected! Feel free to reach out and share your updates to: splage@wesleyan.edu. We can’t wait to share the spotlight with you!