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Congratulations to our 2019 MA graduates!

August 7, 2019

Jacob Emmett started his job at the Cleveland Museum of Art as an Assistant Registrar this June. Kate Hublou, currently the Center for American Art Summer Silver Fellow at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, will start as Research Associate in European Decorative Arts at the Art Institute of Chicago at the...

“Beast or Monster? Animals in the Medieval World”

June 19, 2019

Save the Date! Dr. Elizabeth Morrison Wednesday, August 14, 6:00 p.m. Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art Explore animals both real and imaginary in the Middle Ages with Elizabeth Morrison, senior curator of the Department of Manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Although Europeans in the medieval era were familiar with domesticated...

Erin Benay Promoted to Associate Professor

June 17, 2019

Congratulations to Erin Benay who was promoted to Associate Professor effective July 1! Professor Benay, an expert in Italian Renaissance and Baroque art, explores the ways in which early modern objects are manufactured, how they move through space and time, and in what ways they contribute to the production...

Medieval Abstraction in Cleveland and Princeton

June 5, 2019

This academic year concludes with a pair of successful events, held in Cleveland and at Princeton. On May 13, Professors Elina Gertsman and Vincent Debiais led a graduate student workshop on issues of studying medieval abstract art. Participants included Aimee Caya, Angelica Verduci, Nikki DeLuca, Reed O'Mara, Alex Kaczenski,...

Primary Source Reveals All: Attributing Astrid

May 9, 2019

By Kate Hublou When the CMA’s textile conservator, Robin Hanson, unrolled a warm-toned textile with leaves, I was immediately intrigued. While I had been looking at other Swedish modern textiles for some time, I was struck by how different this design looked. The textile features a subdued color palette of...

Professor Gertsman Wins the Diekhoff Mentoring Award

April 28, 2019

Professor Elina Gertsman's exceptional mentoring has been acknowledged very publicly by Provost Vinson! Dr. Gertsman is the recipient of the 2019 John S. Diekhoff Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring. The John S. Diekhoff Mentoring Award is presented to two full-time faculty members who make exemplary contributions to the...

William Harper Lecture

April 14, 2019

World-renown artist William Harper gave a fascinating lecture on campus, on April 8, 2019, to a packed crowd. He explained some of the vast array of global sources that he uses for inspiration for his work, and discussed aspects of his working practice. Professor Henry Adams gave a scintillating...

Civil Engineering/Pre-Architecture Graduate heads to graduate architecture program

April 14, 2019

We are proud that 2017 alumna Meghann McMahon will be attending the Graduate School of Architecture at the University of Virginia this coming fall. Meghann graduated with a double major in Civil Engineering and Pre-Architecture. What is particularly notable about this is that the programs are in two different...

Assistant Professor Eunyoung Park

April 5, 2019

Assistant Professor Eunyoung Park is a finalist for the John S. Diekhoff Award for Distinguished Graduate Student Teaching. Congratulations to Professor Park — what an honor to receive this nomination during one’s first year in the department!

Lauryn Smith Selected for the Rijksmuseum and Netherlands Institute of Art History Summer School Program

March 31, 2019

Lauryn Smith, a third-year doctoral student in early modern Dutch and Flemish art, is one of fifteen emerging professionals who were selected to participate in the Rijksmuseum and Netherlands Institute of Art History (RKD) Summer School Program, “Northern Renaissance Art: Collections, Research, and Recent Developments.” Lauryn was awarded a...

Lauren Lovings-Gomez Awarded the Eva L. Pancoast Memorial Fellowship!

March 30, 2019

Lauren Lovings-Gomez, a second-year MA student in Art History and Museum Studies, has been awarded the Eva L. Pancoast Memorial Fellowship! This fellowship will enable Lauren to travel to England this fall to view the “Pre-Raphaelite Sisters” exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, as well as to visit additional...

Professors Erin Benay and Maggie Popkin nominated for prestigious undergraduate teaching and mentoring awards

March 29, 2019

The art history faculty at CWRU is deeply committed to undergraduate education, and this commitment has earned recognition for two departmental faculty members. Erin Benay, Climo Assistant Professor, has been nominated for the 2019 Carl F. Wittke Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, which honors faculty who have demonstrated excellence...

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Congratulations to our 2019 MA graduates!

“Beast or Monster? Animals in the Medieval World”

Erin Benay Promoted to Associate Professor

Medieval Abstraction in Cleveland and Princeton

Primary Source Reveals All: Attributing Astrid

Professor Gertsman Wins the Diekhoff Mentoring Award

William Harper Lecture

Civil Engineering/Pre-Architecture Graduate heads to graduate architecture program

Assistant Professor Eunyoung Park

Lauryn Smith Selected for the Rijksmuseum and Netherlands Institute of Art History Summer School Program

Lauren Lovings-Gomez Awarded the Eva L. Pancoast Memorial Fellowship!

Professors Erin Benay and Maggie Popkin nominated for prestigious undergraduate teaching and mentoring awards

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