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Business - Program Portals Education - Faculty & Staff Portal Grad Studies - Faculty & Staff Portal Health Sciences - Elentra Law - QLaw Change password / Manage NetIDThe Art Gallery of Ontario has donated a fascinating triptych to the Art Conservation Study Collection. Conserved in the 1930s by George Stout, a key figure in the history of Art Conservation, Lamentation with Saints and Donors has arrived at Queen’s with detailed documentation showing a history of investigation into this somewhat bewildering object.
Date
Tuesday June 21, 2022Location
Ontario Hall 323Please join us for a pre-convocation reception on June 21, 11:00am to 12:30pm in Ontario Hall, room 323. Friends and family are welcome; light refreshments will be provided.
The 2022 Convocation Ceremony for Art Conservation (M.A.C.) and Art History (Ph.D., M.A., B.A.H, B.A.) is scheduled for Tuesday, June 21 at 3pm at the Leon's Centre. Graduate arrival time is two hours (2) prior to the ceremony, or 1:00pm. Guest seating limit is two (2) per graduate. Spring convocation ceremonies will also be livestreamed starting 15 minutes prior to each event.
Full details are available here.
Congratulations to our graduates of Art History and Art Conservation!
This month, Queen's M.A.C. student Robin Canham saw her article, "Practical Techniques for Creating Nanocellulose Film", published in the Journal of Paper Conservation. Canham's article focuses on best practices evaporation casting nanocellulose films.
Among the images selected for the People's Choice round of Queen's University's Art of Research Photo Contest is a photograph taken by Art History Ph.D. candidate Ben McHutchion. McHutchion snapped this photo of Helmut Heinze's bronze statue, Choir of Survivors, which has resided at England's Coventry Cathedral since 2012. The statue was donated by the city of Dresden, and captures the civilian casualties of WWII aerial bombing campaigns. McHutchion's photograph complements his research, including the international cultural exchange in times of war.
Art History Ph.D.
Art Conservation students Melissa Allen, Caroline Longo, and Antonia Mappin-Kasirer traveled this month to the Bader International Study Centre at Herstmonceux Castle, UK, to document, inventor
Art History M.A. alumna Olenka Horbatsch presented on "Metalwork Design Drawings from the Circle of Hans Holbein the Younger" as part of Capturing Holbein: The Artist in Context symposium at The Morgan Library & Museum in New York. The symposium was in conjunction with the recent Holbein: Capturing Character, the first major exhibition dedicated to Holbein the Younger in the US.
Date
Thursday May 26, 2022Location
The Ballroom, Herstmonceux Castle, BN27 1RNJoin the Bader International Study Centre for a special public lecture with Dr. Ruth Cereceda, ahead of Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee.
In the Ballroom of Herstmonceux Castle, Dr. Cereceda explores key fashion moments of royals — including King Charles I, Queen Victoria, and Princess Diana — and their influence on the fashion world.
Admission to the lecture is free, and those attending in person may stay for the drinks reception in the castle Ballroom.
For those joining remotely:
https://queensu.zoom.us/j/99035665278?pwd=Tm9jL2t3Rk5zOXp2aEVBdHZoaVFiQT09
Meeting ID: 990 3566 5278
Passcode: 875680
The next instalment of our Research Postcards series features Art History Professor Allison Morehead, who is currently at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Prof. Morehead illuminates the work she is doing in the context of her Munch and Medicine project, and the intersection of Edvard Munch and the history of women's fight for reproductive rights:
In the first instalment of our new summer series of Research Postcards, we connect with Prof. Gauvin Bailey in Aix-en-Provence, France. Prof. Bailey offers insight on the research he's currently doing for his newest book, and the fascinating intersection of architecture and the history of slavery: