Elise Armani (BFA ’17) discusses her path from Minneapolis to New York, what's next on her to-do list, and the importance of mentors along the way to discovering your passion.

The Department of Art History is pleased to offer a wide variety of courses in spring 2021.

Starting in Spring 2021, the Department of Art History will offer an undergraduate minor in Museum and Curatorial Studies.

Summer 2020 News & Highlights from Art History

Maggie Schuster is currently in her second year PhD program at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her research focuses on Mughal architecture commissioned by royal women. A highlight of her undergrad experience was receiving funding from UROP (Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program) to create an exhibition and symposium with her metal casting class. She appreciates that “many of the art history faculty were extremely helpful in both the application writing process and throughout the course of the project.”

Nastasya Kosygina currently attends a PhD program in visual studies at the University of California, Irvine. She focuses on the art and archaeology of the late antique Near East and eastern Mediterranean. She says, "[the department] shaped the way I think about material culture… and contributed to my writing and argumentation style.”

Four graduates from the Department of Art History give us a look at the unique interests that led them to their respective graduate programs. They share stand out moments from their undergraduate major, as well as how the department prepared them for advanced academia.

Art History major, Isabella Gold, worked with Professor Michael Gaudio on a research project titled "The North Country, 1600-1900."

After being closed for ten years, Executive Director Kristin Makholm and Curator Laura Wertheim Joseph are leading the Minnesota Museum of American Art into the next decade. “It's really about bringing new voices, telling new stories, bringing out hidden narratives that maybe have been neglected or passed over in the past,” Makholm says.