"CWAC Voices” Launched
We are pleased to announce the launch of CWAC Voices, an online journal for art criticism and exhibition reviews written in UChicago classes.
Bridget Madden Receives Outstanding Service Award
Associate Director of the Visual Resources Center, Bridget Madden, has been awarded the Outstanding Service Award from the Humanities Division. Madden provides support and resources not only to the Art History department, but to the entire humanities and arts community.
Roko Rumora wins Center for Curatorial Leadership Fellowship
Roko Rumora, Ph.D. student in ancient art, has been selected for the Center for Curatorial Leadership’s 2024 Mellon Foundation Seminar.
Arnie Campa wins Beinecke Fellowship
We are thrilled to share our junior art history major Arnie Campa has won a Beinecke Fellowship for graduate study following her BA work at UChicago. The program seeks to encourage and enable highly motivated students to pursue opportunities available to them and to be courageous in the selection of a graduate course of study in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
Natalie Jenkins wins T. Kimball Brooker Prize
Congratulations to Natalie Jenkins on being awarded this year’s T.
Christian Scheidemann Interviewed in Spike
We are happy to share that Christian Scheidemann, who teaches our Suzanne Deal Booth Conservation Seminar, is featured in Spike Magazine. This article provides a great overview of his conservation practice and work with contemporary artists.
Students Create Captions for OPC Archive, Collaborate on Accessibility Efforts
Initiated in 2007 by artist Tania Bruguera along with a committee of other University of Chicago members, the Open Practice Committee (OPC) invites artists, critics, and curators of contemporary art to address the campus community to explore the atmospheres and attitudes that make art contemporary.
Member Conversation: Four Chicago Artists
In this conversation, three curators—Mark Pascale, Art History PhD student Stephanie Strother, and Kathryn Cua—discuss the exhibition Four Chicago Artists: Theodore Halkin, Evelyn Statsinger, Barbara Rossi, and Christina Ramberg and explore how these four iconic artists shaped the visual culture of Chicago.
PhD Student Stephanie Strother Co-Curates Exhibition at the AIC
An exhibition co-curated by Art History PhD student Stephanie Strother, Four Chicago Artists: Theodore Halkin, Evelyn Statsinger, Barbara Rossi, and Christina Ramberg, is open now through August 26.
See AIC magazine interview with Stephanie Strother and Yechen Zhao here.