The Department of Art History and Art offers opportunities to study art history, to participate in a broad range of studio offerings and to engage in pre-professional museum training. The Bachelor of Arts degree is granted in art history and in pre-architecture. In addition, the department offers graduate programs leading to the degrees of Master of Arts in art history, in art history and museum studies; and the Doctor of Philosophy in art history.
All art programs are considerably enhanced by close cooperation with and access to the facilities of cultural institutions located in University Circle, in particular The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Institute of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland.
The Cleveland Museum of Art/CWRU Art History Program has been in existence since 1967. The museum’s curators serve as adjunct faculty, and graduate research projects under their direction often result in exhibitions and publications. The museum Studies course and internships provide experience in curatorial practices, connoisseurship, conservation, design, and museum education, and the program has a history of producing leaders in the museum field. Graduate students are exposed to both traditional and newer theoretically based art historical approaches in classes taught by faculty renowned for their expertise in a diversity of fields.
News
Fall Undergraduate Research Showcase
The Department of Art History's Fall Undergraduate Research Showcase is happening this Friday!! The showcase will include presentations from three seniors in Art History, who will share their capstone research projects from this semester. All three of these students are members of the Art History Club and we would...
Creation and (Re)Birth Curatorial Talk
We were delighted to host the curatorial talk for the Creation and (Re)Birth Exhibition on November 14 to a full house! Co-curators Prof. Elina Gertsman and Dr. Gerhard Lutz talked about the concept of the exhibition and then focused on specific objects, with the all-important participation from Dr. Sonya Rhee Mace and three PhD students — Zoe Appleby, Rebekkah Hart, and Cecily Hughes. The repeat of the event, this time for the university audience, will take place on January 22. Since all the time slots for that event filled immediately, we are looking to find additional dates to accommodate all others who are interested — stay tuned for the announcement!
Worlds of Byzantium: Religion, Culture, and Empire in the Medieval Near East, co-edited by Prof. Elizabeth S. Bolman
We are delighted to announce the publication of Worlds of Byzantium: Religion, Culture, and Empire in the Medieval Near East, co-edited by Prof. Elizabeth S. Bolmanwith Scott F. Johnson and Jack Tannous! Although not yet available in hardcopy in the US, it can be accessed in its digital version here. Worlds of Byzantium offers a new...
50th Annual Cleveland Symposium: Moments, Intervals, Epochs
Please join us for the 50th Annual Cleveland Symposium, Moments, Intervals, Epochs: Time in the Visual Arts. This year’s symposium will take place at the Cleveland Museum of Art Lecture Hall on Friday and Saturday, November 22-23, 2024! Both as a physical dimension and a subjective...
Tracing Jewish Histories
Save the date for a two-day symposium titled Tracing Jewish Histories: The Afterlives of Medieval Hebrew Manuscripts, Judaica, and Architecture! Co-organized by Reed O’Mara and Laura Feigen, this symposium will take place in London at The Courtauld Institute of Art on May 19th and 20th. It will include scholars...
Congratulations to Alex Kaczenski on joining LACMA!
We are delighted to announce that Alex Kaczenski, a doctoral candidate in medieval art, just started her new position as the Assistant Curator of European Painting and Sculpture at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art! Alex joins LACMA from the Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, where she has been a curatorial assistant. LACMA’s vast European painting collection comprises works ranging from the twelfth to the early twentieth century. In her role as Assistant Curator of European Painting and Sculpture, Alex will be responsible for collection research and development through exhibitions, publications, and acquisitions.
Cosmic Ecologies Podcast released!
What divides the animal and the human? Do animals form families? What do images of animals in Hebrew manuscripts signify? Consider these questions and more in this episode of the Multicultural Middle Ages Podcast, sponsored by the Medieval Academy of America and produced by Jonathan Correa-Reyes, Logan Quigley, Will Beattie, Reed O’Mara, and Loren Lee. This episode features Elina Gertsman, David Shyovitz, Julie A. Harris, Sara Offenberg, and Beth Berkowitz in conversation with Reed. Click on the link to hear the episode on the Multicultural Middle Ages website or click here for the direct link on the podcast’s RSS feed.
Medieval Book Club Meeting: October 29!
Join us for our next book club meeting of the year to discuss the fabulous Laurus (Lavr), a tale of a young healer's journey towards Jerusalem through pestilence-ridden Europe, across temporal expanses and vast geographies. Redolent of medieval Russian folklore, the story explores questions of faith and loss, framed...
Doctoral Candidate Arielle Suskin participated in the American Numismatic Society’s Eric P. Newman Graduate Seminar in Numismatics
This summer, doctoral candidate Arielle Suskin participated in the American Numismatic Society's Eric P. Newman Graduate Seminar in Numismatics. Arielle researched a fascinating series of coins minted by leaders of the First Jewish Revolt against the Roman Empire (66-73 CE), which use agricultural imagery associated with the Jewish harvest...
