Art History Professor Allison Morehead traveled to London, UK, in June 2024 to meet with a team from the Munch Museum, Oslo, and architects from Nissen Richards, who have been commissioned to design Professor Morehead's exhibition, Edvard Munch and the Medicalization of Modern Life. The team was keen to study Nissen Richards' various projects in London and to visit institutions that creatively combine displays of art with other objects of visual and material culture.

Congratulations to Fine Art students Breanna Gordon (BFA '20) and Valerie Letts (BFA '24) on their incredible accomplishments this year!

It’s a real pleasure to welcome Dr. Aaron Shugar, our new Bader Chair in Art Conservation (Analytical Imaging). With his wealth of experience and knowledge, he will be a wonderful addition to the program, department and Queen’s community. Conservation science student Katelin Hallchurch interviewed Aaron in the spring of 2023, just before joining Queen’s.

Queen's M.A. student Annelies Verellen has just returned from Belgium, where she spent an illuminating 10 days in the Flemish Art Collection's summer course, Study of the Arts in Flanders - The Age of Rubens.

Congratulations to Queen's Art Conservation alumni who attended the Canadian Association for Cultural Property's 28th Annual Conference in Victoria, B.C.! Presentations were given by Sally Kim (M.A.C. '19) on soft sculptures, and by Jonah Halili (M.A.C. '23) on the drying behaviours of modern oil paints. Additionally, Robin Canham (M.A.C. '22) received the CAC's Emerging Conservator Award.

Supported by the valuable contributions of Queen's Ph.D.

Currently on through May 20 at Union Gallery: check out Creating Desire Lines: Pathways to a Counter Education, the exhibition curated by the students of ARTH 420/868: Art and Activism. Creating Desire Lines is inspired by the radical pedagogy Blueprint for a Counter Education (Maurice Stein and Larry Miller, 1970).

Congratulations to Queen's Master of Art Conservation alumna Sally Gunhee Kim (M.A.C. '19), who is the recipient of not one, but two awards from the American Institute for Conservation!

After an intensive search, the Bader Chair in Art Conservation position has been awarded to Dr. Aaron Shugar. Dr. Shugar -- currently the Mellon Foundation Professor in the Art Conservation Department at the State University of New York, Buffalo State University -- holds a Ph.D.