Congratulations to Professor Allison Morehead! Her book, Nature's Experiments and the Search for Symbolist Form is a finalist for the First Book Prize from the Modernist Studies Association!

Art History's own Ron Spronk has been recently featured in the New York Times, discussing his project, Inside Bruegel. 

Read the full article here: Peeling Back the Paint to Discover Bruegel’s Secrets

Professor Gauvin Bailey's class, Caravaggio & Artemisia, ARTH 451, recently took advantage of our connection with the Agnes Etherington Art Centre to learn about works related to their course. Using the David McTavish Art Study room, with a guest lecture by Dr. Jacquelyn Coutré, Bader Curator/Researcher of European Art at the Agnes, the students viewed work by Elisabetta Sirani, Adam Elsheimer, and Guido Reni. Sirani's work is the first work by a historical European woman artist to enter the Agnes' collection and Reni was her father's teacher.

Last month, Art History faculty and graduate students accompanied Steph Roy of Northern Survey Supply to St. Mary's Cathedral here in Kingston. Mr. Roy demonstrated the use of Leica scanners to map the interior of the cathedral. This technology is typically used in mining and industrial applications. 

Last week, the Art Conservation program hosted Chris Stavroudis as the 2019 Margaret A. Light Visiting Scholar in Art Conservation. Mr. Stavroudis demonstrated a variety of techniques using his Modular Cleaning Program. The Modular Cleaning Program (MCP) is a systematic approach he developed to assist with cleaning artworks. The MCP consists of a series of concentrated stock solutions and a computer database which may be adapted for the creation of liquid, emulsified and gelled cleaning agents.

Dr. Allison Morehead moderated a discussion with Dr. Leslie Topp last year and it's now available as a podcast from the CFRC Podcast network! Click this link to listen!

Are you looking for industry experience? Apply for the Undergraduate Student Summer Research Fellowships (USSRF) which provide a unique opportunity to acquire industry-ready skills and prepare for further education. Deadline is March 1st, 2019 at 4pm.  Read more about how to apply.

Congratulations to Sarah Alford, Ph.D., 2018 and Lisa Binkley, Ph.D., 2016!

Ms. Alford has recently accepted a position as Assistant Professor in Craft History and Theory in the School of Critical and Creative Studies at the Alberta University of the Arts (formerly the Alberta College of Art and Design). Ms. Binkley has just accepted a tenure-stream position in the history of the North American continent in the Department of History at Dalhousie University.

We're so pleased to congratulate you on your exciting new positions!

On Friday March 29th, students in Dr. Allison Morehead's class, ARTH 324: French Art and Its Reception, 1855–1912, had a special tour of the current exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario, with Dr. Caroline Shields, curator of Impressionism in the Age of Industry.

Congratulations to Professor Una D'Elia, recent recipient of the W.J. Barnes Teaching Award for her outstanding teaching of course ARTH 120!  The Barnes is student nominated and student selected. It is presented annually "to a deserving member of the Faculty of Arts and Science who has made a significant contribution to teaching."