ART HISTORY
Art History course work spans Ancient to Contemporary Art and includes Architecture, Photography, Film, and Visual theory.
These requirements represent the current Art Department policy. Please check the University Bulletin of the year you declared your major to confirm policies that apply to you.
The department offers two majors, art history and studio art, each requiring a minimum of thirty hours. A minor in either art history or studio art requires a minimum of fifteen hours. Students may major in one field and minor in another by earning a minimum of thirty-nine hours in art, of which at least twenty-four hours must be in the major field and at least twelve hours in the minor field
Art Dept Schedule
Leigh Ann Hallberg and Paul Bright
Rowe Arts Gallery
Recent Works"
March 19th, 5 - 7pm
Hallberg and Bright will give short gallery talks at 5:45pm
UNC Charlotte
Howard Finster & Victor Faccinto
A Million Words, a thousand pictures
Thursday, Feb. 23
Hanes Art Gallery
Scales Fine Arts Center
Exhibition Opening Reception: 5 - 7pm.
Douglas Fordham will speak
The Limits of Cultural Exchange:
British Artists in 18th-Century India
Monday, February 6, 5:30 P.M
Scales Fine Arts Center, Room 102
A reception will follow.
Strictly Academic 2
reception is Thursday, February 2nd
5:30 to 7:30 PM
Womble Carlyle Gallery
251 N. Spruce Street, W-S
"Next to the Last Resort"
A show of Bodies and Objects
Thursday 12/8; 6 30- 8pm
Art Annex 2012” 505 Baity St.
(off Deacon Blvd. behind Last Resort)
Faculty Forum
Morna O'Neill
"The Art Market as Art History:
The Case of Hugh Lane (1875-1915)."
Thurs. (12/1) 5:30, Scales 102
Joel Tauber
Nominated - International Green Award
Joel Tauber
featured new book
"Erratic: Visual Impact in Current Design."
"Searching for The Impossible: The Flying Project"
START Gallery
All Wet
Prof. John Pickel's Darkroom Photo Class
Reynolda Village
Nov 8 - 23
Alix Hitchcock: New Work
Artworks Gallery
564 N. Trade St, W-S,corner of 6th
Nov. 4, 7 - 10pm
Page Laughlin: Hidden Worlds
Lamar University
Beaumont, TX
Sept 23 - Oct 21
Rudy Shepherd: Heroes and Villains
Annual WFU Art Alumni Exhibition
START Gallery
Sept 27 - Oct 15
WFU Art Department Party
Scales Lobby
Wed, Oct 5, 6-7:30pm
Art Dept DC trip
Fall Break!
October 21-22
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Welcome Back!!
Art Dept. Open House
August 30th
1:00-3:00 pm
Hanes Gallery
Scales Fine Art Center
TRANSFORMING RACE
ART EXHIBITION
Thursday, May 19, 2011
6—8 PM
Liberty Arts Center
526 N. Liberty Street
FREE and OPEN to the public
Margaret Supplee Smith
Faculty Forum Lecture
Architecture Matters
Tuesday April 12th,
SFAC, Rm 102, 5:30-7pm
Recption to follow
Alix Hitchcock
Eleanor & Egbert Davis Gallery
Sawtooth School for Visual Art
N. Spruce St, W-S, NC
Again, Tuesday March 29th,
opening reception is April 8, 5-7pm
2011 WFU Student Exhibition
April 14 – May 16
Opening Reception: April 14, 5- 7pm
Miles Orvell
Historian of Modern American Culture
Monday March 28th, 2011
5:00 PM, Scales Rm. 102
Again, Tuesday March 29th,
5:30 PM, Reynolda House
Start GAllery
"Loose Change"
Painting 2&3 Exhibition
Opening Reception
Tues. March 29 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Christina Kirouac
Milton Rhodes Downtown Art Center
Thursday March 24th, 2011
5:30 - 7:30 PM
Start GAllery
March 15 - March 26
Constructing Art
Solo Exhibition: Leigh Anne White
Opening Reception
Tues. March 15 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
March 3 - Dr.Margaret Supplee Smith
will discuss American ski resorts as “cultural landscapes"
in the new Welcome/Admissions Center
reception from 4:00-4:30 and the program starts at 4:30.
Art Info Session
Wednesday, March 2
6:00 Scales Lobby
Start GAllery
March 1 - March 12
Naked Generation
elections from Sculpture Fabrication
Opening Reception
Tues. March 1 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
WFU Art Department
Faculty and Staff Exhibition
Opening on February 17th from 5-7 pm
Hanes Gallery SFAC
Corner of the Room
Selections from Professor Hallberg's
Intro. to Drawing class
Opening Reception: Tues. Feb. 1 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Start Gallery
Thursday, Jan 20, artist Edward Rice will speak in Room 9 at 1 pm
Reception in Scales Lobby for his exhibition of paintings,
and for Los Suenos: prints of Goya, Miro, and Picasso, 4-6pm.
Corner of the Room - StArt Gallery
Selections from Professor Leigh Ann Hallberg's Intro. to Drawing class
February 1 - February 12
Opening Reception: Feb. 1 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Start Gallery
"I See"
Selections from Professor John Pickel's Videography class
November 16 – November 27
Reception: Tuesday, November 16 / 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Works by Alix Hitchcock
Bernardin's Fine Dining at Zevely House on Tuesday, November 2nd
November 2 5:00-7:00 pm, Winston-Salem, NC
Three Decades of Work by Victor Faccinto
Lusie Ross Gallery, 511W 25th St. 307, NYC
20 Nov. - 15 Jan. luiserossgallery.com
Visiting Artist Charlotte Schulz will speak about her work
3pm on Thursday, Oct. 21 in Room 9
Her lecture will be followed by an opening reception
Professor Harry Titus will be giving a talk
"Building Ribbed Vaults at Auxerre Cathedral"
Wednesday, 10/27 at 5:30 pm in Scales 102
followed by a discussion and a reception
START Gallery
Defaced," a selection of works from Alix Hitchcock's Intermediate Drawing class
October 30. The hours are Tuesday-Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Jamé Anderson | WFU Art Alumna | Wed. Sept. 29, 3pm, Scales Rm 9
Jamé discusses graduate school in architecture at RISD
and her career as an architect and exhibit designer at the National Gallery in Washington DC
Tue., Sept 7, 6-8pm, START Gallery
Opening Reception
Water Soaked Chaff
Video works by alumna Betsy Rives
Alumni Talk: Betsy Rives
Mon, Sept 6, 12noon, Critique area, SFAC Ground Floor
Recent WFU ART graduate discusses the transition to graduate school in art and beyond - Lunches welcome
A Memorial Service for Peter Brunette will be held, Thursday, September 9 at 5:00 p.m. in Brendle Recital Hall at the Scales Fine Art Center. A reception will follow in the Scales lobby.
Jamie Anderson: Wednesday, September 29, 3:00 p.m. in room 9.
Jamie will talk about her professional experiences since WFU undergrad and graduate school at RISD, where she received her Architecture Degree.
She does museum and exhibition design at the National Gallery in Washington.
Nancy Hoffman will visit during the Painting with Paint exhibition to talk about the artists and the history of her gallery.
Hoffman Lecture: Sept. 27, 3pm, Room 102 SFAC Art Wing
The Art Department hosts an Open House during Orientation for Incoming Students
Monday, August 23
1:00-3:00pm | Scales Lobby & START Gallery
Our Dear Friend Peter Brunette has passed away
See the video from David Finn's
Transforming Race Project
START Gallery in the News
Read the article by Laura Giovanelli in the Winston-Salem Journal:
Student Hangout: Gallery gives WFU\'s young artists a space to call their own
Public Art in Chapel Hill: Finn’s Sculptural Climbing Wall
Requirements
The art history major requires at least, twenty-four hours in art history and six hours in studio art. Art History majors are encouraged to take a course in non-western art.
A minor in art history requires twelve hours in art history and three hours in studio art.
Students contemplating graduate study in art history should use German, French, or Italian to complete their foreign language requirement. Many courses in other departments supplement those offered in the art department and may be taken as electives.
• Art 103
• One course in Ancient, Classical, or Medieval Art
• One course in Renaissance, Baroque, or Eighteenth-Century Art
• One course in Modern Painting, Architecture, Photography, or Film
• Art 394: Issues in Art History
• One art history seminar
• Two studio art courses
• Electives
| FACULTY | ||||
| Name | Concentration | Office | Phone | |
| Bernadine Barnes | Italian Renaissance | 106 | 758-5303 | barnes@wfu.edu |
| John J. Curley | Modern and Contemporary | 105 | 758-5080 | curleyjj@wfu.edu |
| David Lubin | American Visual Art and Film | 104 | 758-6013 | lubin@wfu.edu |
| Morna E. ONeill | 18th/19th Century European Art | 110D | 758-3925 | oneillme@wfu.edu |
| Harry Titus | Ancient & Medieval Architecture | 107 | 758-5081 | titus@wfu.edu |
| Chanchal Dadlani | Islamic / South Asian Art and Architecture | 108 | 758-5079 | dadlani@wfu.edu |
| Margaret S. Smith | Emeritis |
n/a | n/a | smith@wfu.edu |
Contact:
Office Phone - 336.758.5310
Fax - 336.758.6014
Email - herrinmm@wfu.edu
Department of Art
Box 7232 Reynolda Station
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC 27109