Art History Professor Emeritus Pierre du Prey co-authors award-winning book

Congratulations to Queen's Art History Professor Emeritus Pierre du Prey and co-author Anatole Tchikine, who received the Elisabeth Blair MacDougall Award from the Society of Architectural Historians for their book, Francesco Ignazio Lazzari's Discrizione della villa pliniana: Visions of Antiquity in the Landscape of Umbria (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collections, 2021).

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Department Head Norman Vorano interviewed on "The Unfinished Print" podcast

The latest episode of Andre Zadoroznky's popular podcast, The Unfinished Print -- a deep dive about the art of Japanese woodblock printing or mokuhanga -- features an interview with Dr. Norman Vorano, Head of the Department of Art History & Art Conservation. Prof. Vorano discusses "Inuit Printmaking and Mokuhanga: the Value of Old Traditions".

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Congratulations, Art History 3-Minute Thesis competitors!

Last week the Department held its Art History Three-Minute Thesis Competition, with guest judges Adrian Kelly (Office of Research Services) and James Fraser (Associate Dean, graduate, FAS). Congratulations to all speakers, particularly the top five:

  • Hailey Chomos
  • Ariel Lacombe
  • Madeleine Dempster
  • Annelies Verellen
  • Caroline Cotter

Cotter and Verellen will participate in the Queen's University-wide 3MT competition finals on March 22, 2023. Congratulations to our amazing students!

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Art History Ph.D. student awarded SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship

Ph.D. student Béatrice Cloutier-Trepanier has been awarded a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship, to continue her research on American painter Lee Lozano. Cloutier-Trepanier is supervised by Prof. Jen Kennedy, and her postdoctoral project is tentatively titled, "Lee Lozano in (Feminist) Conversations", exploring Lozano's connection to emergent transnational and queer feminisms through her relationships with Yoko Ono and Yvonne Rainer, respectively. Congratulations to Béatrice on this competitive award!

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Gallery: Pamela H. Smith's hands-on workshop with Art History and Art Conservation grad students

From March 2-3, 2023, the Department of Art History and Art Conservation welcomed Pamela H. Smith, Seth Low Professor of History and Director of the Center for Science and Society at Columbia University, for a weekend of events co-sponsored with the Department of History. Graduate students of Art History and Art Conservation took part in Hands-On History: Exploring Secrets of Craft and Nature in your Kitchen. Select images are found below; click to enlarge each image.

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BFA Fine Art Print Sale at the ARC

Start Date

Tuesday February 28, 2023

End Date

Thursday March 2, 2023

Time

10:30 am - 3:00 pm

Location

Queen's University Athletics and Recreation Centre

After two years of COVID, the BFA Fine Art Print Sale is back in-person at the ARC. Come by to view and purchase amazing impressions that BFA Fine Art students have made in the print media classes offered at Queen's University.

Show your support for the BFA program Fine Art students! 100% of sales goes back to BFA students and 4th Year BFA Exhibition fundraising.

BFA Fine Art Print Sale at the ARC

 

New immersive undergraduate course offered jointly by Departments of History and Art History & Art Conservation

The Departments of History and Art History & Art Conservation are jointly offering a new, immersive course available to undergraduate students in the 2023 Summer Term: From Confinement to Cultural Heritage: Digital Preservation and the History of Kingston Penitentiary.

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