April 3, 2018
Author: Jane DeRose Evans
Renaissance rocks! Temple University stood out at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America recently held in New Orleans. At least ten current faculty, graduate students and alumni were in the juried program or attended the conference: Tracy Cooper, Bethany Farrell, Elizabeth Duntemann, and Jasmine Cloud are seen here at the Italian Art Society reception; also participating as session organizers and/or speakers were Erin Downey, Margaret Morse, Art DiFuria, Sophia McCabe, Aliza Benjamin, and Cate Wallace.
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April 2, 2018
Author: Jane DeRose Evans
Dr. Christa DiMarco (MA 2007; PhD 2015) and Dr. Sarah Iepsen (PhD 2013) cop-organized the conference and presented papers. Also presenting at the conference were Art HIstory Alumna Dr. Suzanne Singletary (PhD 2006), Dr. Alice Price (PhD 2014), Dr. Whitney Kruckenberg (PhD 2014), and Dr. Erin Lehman (PhD 2014), Lily Scott (PhD program), Rebecca McEwen (MA anticipated 2018), and Constance Booth (PhD program).
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March 28, 2018
Author: Jane DeRose Evans
Dr. Mariola Alvarez has curated a show, International Construction - Gallery 2, showcasing works by Julio Marino and Ana Vizcarra Rankin. The show is at the Da Vinci Art Alliance. Opening is April 4 at 6 PM.
For more information: www.davinciartalliance.org/internationalconstructivism
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March 19, 2018
Author: Jane DeRose Evans
Erin Riley-Lopez will be speaking on, "Gender in Contemporary Art from the 70s Feminisms to Today's Queer Cultures" at the ICA 's Coffee & Conversations series, Sunday, April 1st, at 2 PM. The lecture is part of the show Tag: Proposals on Queer Play and the Ways Forward,
For more information, see http://icaphila.org/programs/9101/coffee-conversation-roleplay-gender-in...
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February 28, 2018
Author: Jane DeRose Evans
Julie McGinnis Flanagan will be using the grant to travel to Venice for research on her dissertation.
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January 10, 2018
Author: Jane DeRose Evans
Monica Anke Hahn (PhD candidate, Art History), has been awarded an NEH-Global Book Histories Initiative Scholarship to take a future Rare Book School course. The RBS is an "institute supporting the study of the history of books and printing and related subjects. Students study the history of written, printed, and digital materials with leading scholars and professionals in the field. At various times during the year, RBS offers about 30 five-day courses on topics concerning old and rare books, manuscripts, and special collections. The majority of courses take place in Charlottesville, but courses are also offered in New York City, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Bloomington, New Haven, and Washington, DC." http://rarebookschool.org/
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January 8, 2018
Author: Jane DeRose Evans
Will Schwaller (PhD candidate, Art History) has been selected for the Getty Library Research grant.
He will also be co-leading a session at the February College Art Association meetings in February 2018.
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December 16, 2017
Author: Jane DeRose Evans
Dr, Amy Gillette (PhD, 2016), now working at the Barnes Foundation, will present, with Dr. Jack Hinton (PMA) a talk, “A study close at hand of these fine examples of Gothic decoration”: the collecting, interpretation and display of the Taylor collection of English medieval woodcarvings". CONF: Collecting Medieval Art (New York, 27 Jan 18).
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December 13, 2017
Author: Jane DeRose Evans
Dr. Therese Dolan was honored by the Dept. of Athletics and the Office of the Provost for her outstanding service to Temple University, at the half-time of the men's basketball game against St. Joe's, Dec. 9 (Temple won, too).
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November 27, 2017
Author: Jane DeRose Evans
Christa Dimarco (MA 2007, PhD 2015), Associate Professor in the Division of Liberal Arts, The University of the Arts presented on “Baudelairean Facture in Van Gogh's Paris-period Portraits” Whitney Kruckenberg (PhD 2014), Adjunct Associate Professor of Art History, Northern Virginia Community College presented on “Style as Artifice in the Works of Mary Cassatt”Suzanne Singletary (PhD 2006), Associate Dean, New Academic Initiatives and Graduate Studies at Jefferson University presented on "Le Culte de nocturne: Baudelaire and le style moderne"Professor Therese Dolan presented on “Enivrez-vous: Manet’s Old Musician and Baudelaire’s Du vin et du hachisch”
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