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Prof. Karl Whittington and PhD Student Tony del Aversano Present at Clark Art Institute
Prof. Karl Whittington and PhD student Tony del Aversano presented research at a symposium at the Clark Art Institute on Friday April 11, 2025. The symposium, “Queer Palimpsests: Rewriting…

PhD Student Tony Del Aversano Presents at the Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies in Durham, North Carolina
In April 2025, PhD student Tony Del Aversano attended the 24th Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies, in Durham, North Carolina and co-hosted by Duke University and UNC Chapel Hill. There, he…

PhD Candidate Margaret Wilson Conducts Object Research in Nuremburg
Margaret Wilson, PhD candidate, recently visited Nuremberg, Germany, in order to conduct object research to further her dissertation project “Making and Breaking Enclosure: The Movement of Art…

PhD Candidate Liz Rae Heise-Glass Takes Research Trip to Southern California
Over the spring break, 2025, PhD candidate Liz Rae Heise-Glass took a fruitful research trip to southern California. Liz’s visit took her from the high desert where she conducted a studio visit…

PhD Candidate Asia Adomanis Visits the de Young Museum in San Francisco
This spring, PhD Candidate Asia Adomanis visited the de Young Museum in San Francisco to view Tseng Yuho’s Western Frontier (1964). The multi-panel mural is the focus of Asia’s third…

PhD Candidate Schuyler Black-Seitz Attends College Art Association’s Conference in New York City
In February 2025, PhD Candidate Schuyler Black-Seitz attended the College Art Association’s 113th annual conference in New York City. At the conference, Schuyler participated on a panel titled The…

PhD Candidate Keyu Yan Presents at the CAA Annual Conference in New York
On February 13, PhD candidate Keyu Yan presented a paper titled “Beijing to Hangzhou: Maryn Varbanov and the Significance of Mixed Media in Post-Mao China” at the College Art Association Annual…

PhD Student Sterling Nix Visits Anacostia Community Museum in Washington D.C.
PhD Student Sterling Nix attended the exhibition, A Bold and Beautiful Vision: A Century of Black Arts Education in Washington D.C 1900-2000, at the Anacostia Community Museum in Washington…

April Riddle Travels to Los Angeles to Conduct Dissertation Research
In November 2024, PhD candidate April Riddle traveled to Los Angeles to conduct dissertation research. At the Getty Research Institute, April spent time in the archives studying documents from the…