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DEPARTMENT OF ART AND ART HISTORY

PICTURING POMPEII FROM THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT TO THE VICTORIAN ERA

Speaker: T. BARTON THURBER, Ph.D., Curator of European Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
Art History Lecture
Wednesday, November 18th at 6 PM at 301 Williams Hall
Reception to follow
The systematic excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum beginning in the eighteenth century captured the imagination of scholars, visitors, and artists alike. The discovery of lavish residences and personal [...]

Tenth Roland Batten Lecture – SANITY SCENARIO: Emerging Design Strategies Toward a Sustainable Burlington

THE TENTH ANNUAL ROLAND BATTEN MEMORIAL LECTURE on Architecture and Design will be presented by Will Fleissig WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 28th at 6:00 P.M. in 301 WILLIAMS HALL at The University of Vermont with a reception to follow.
The lecture and reception are sponsored by the Roland Batten Memorial Fund, Truex/Cullens and Partners Architects, [...]

Aluan Arguelles: Life Turn on a Dime

Here is a link to an interview by VPR with the artist:
http://www.vpr.net/flash/audio_player/audio_player.php?id=29436

ART HISTORY GRADUATE SCHOOL INFORMATION SESSION

Wednesday, September 30th 5:30 to 6:30 in 308 Williams Hall

Thinking about graduate school in art history?  Please join us on Wednesday, September
30th from 5:30 to 6:30 in 308 Williams for an information session.  We will give tips on
improving your application and offer advice on how to decide where and when to apply.  We
will also answer [...]

JOE LEWIS: WELCOME TO JENA: PRINTS FROM THE FRONT

Exhibit is on display September 22nd until October 9th
The Francis Colburn Gallery
on the third floor of Williams Hall.
The Gallery is open Monday through Friday 9 AM to 4:30 PM.
VISITING ARTIST TALK:
WEDNESDAY SEPT 30, 6:00PM
301 Williams Hall, RECEPTION TO FOLLOW
“The theory of practitioner as change agent – establishing voice and place for diversity – is the [...]

VISITING ARTIST TALK: CORIN HEWITT

Visiting Artist Talk: Corin Hewitt
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 6:00 PM

301 Williams Hall
For more information on the artist, please read:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/03/arts/design/03chan.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print
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ARTISTS’ BOOKS: A DISCUSSION with MILDRED BELTRÉ AND JANE KENT

ARTISTS’ BOOKS: A DISCUSSION with MILDRED BELTRÉ AND JANE KENT
September 22, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Special Collections Reading Room
Bailey/Howe Library
University of Vermont
Printmakers, book artists, and University of Vermont professors Mildred Beltré and Jane Kent will talk about their work and share their perspectives on creating artists’ books.
Mildred Beltré was born and raised in New York City. [...]

2009 Art History Symposium

Wednesday, April 22 4 pm at 301 Williams Hall
Speakers: selected Art History Majors
Adrienne Perry: Yamato-e Traditions in Edo-Period Kosode Design
Claire McKnown: Supervising Street Sensibilities on the Intersection of the Curator, the Community and Graffiti
Lacey Walker: God’s Sexual Bait – Judith as Heroine in Renaissance Art
Daniel Weinberg: Lesbian Identity in the Paintings of Rosa Bonheur
Liza Cannon: [...]

Visiting Artist Talk: Allan deSouza – recent works

Wednesday April 15, 5:00 pm
301 Williams Hall
Artist Allan deSouza will discuss his recent photographic series and installation projects that examine architecture, the body, dislocation, landscape, memory and vision.
Allan deSouza is an artist born in Kenya, and is currently based in San Francisco. His photographs, texts, installations and performances examine in humorous, intimate and disquieting ways [...]

Eleonora de’Medici – Gonzaga and Personal Devotion: Towards New Layers of Meaning in The Visit of the Queen of Sheba to Solomon

Eleonora de’Medici – Gonzaga and Personal Devotion:
Towards New Layers of Meaning
in The Visit of the Queen of Sheba to Solomon
Speaker: Amy Cymbala
Wednesday, April 1st,2009 at 5:30 pm in 301 Williams Hall

Reception to follow

Amy Cymbala (UVM ’05) is a first-year Ph.D. student in the department of History of Art and Architecture at the University of Pittsburgh.  [...]

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