Wednesday, August 24, 2011

PAST: ART: Art History lovers event "Ninth Annual AU–GWU Graduate Art History Symposium" at AU - SAT, Sept 24th from 9:00am - 5:00pm, Free

Ninth Annual AU–GWU Graduate Art History Symposium
Saturday, September 24th
9:00am - 5:00pm
Free

Join MA students from American University and George Washington University as they present current art historical research covering a range of periods, from ancient to contemporary. Lunch box lunches will be provided.

Note: Picture above is from a blog post written by Catherine Southwick (one of the students who will be presenting at this symposium) about her trip to Paris. Claude Monet's The Argenteuil Bridge (1874) Musee d'Orsay.


I got a pdf which I can't link to with more details so here is some more info:

Presenters, in order of presentation (starting at 9:30am)

Nichole Rawlings (AU)
“Female Sexuality and Death in the Work of Hans Baldung Grien”

Caranine Smith (GWU)
“Finding Faith in the Art of Fitz Henry Lane”

Emily Mendonca (GWU)
“Seasons of Color: Thomas Cole’s Application of William Oram and George Field’s theories in The Voyage of Life”

Elizabeth Holland Searcy (GWU)
“Campaign for Victory: Trauma and Desegregation in Jacob Lawrence’s War Series”

Emily Heap (AU)
“Mr. Ono and Mrs. Lennon: Redefining Binaries in Ono’s Early Half-a-Room”

Courtney Tompkins (AU)
“Marisol’s Art of the 1960s: An Alternative Pop Idiom”

Noelia Irizarry (GWU)
“Villains and Martyrs: Revolutionary Posters from Puerto Rico’s Taller El Alacrán”

Catherine Southwick (AU) (click her name to read her blog post about her Paris trip!)
“The ‘Renovation Blockbuster’: Scholarly Show or Storage Solution?”

American University - Katzen Arts Center - Room 112 (according to the official invitation)
(though online it says Kogod School of Business 223 - which I think is an error)
4400 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Metro: Tenleytown and take the free AU shuttle to the Katzen Center, if driving, you can park in the Katzen garage for free on weekends

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