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Prof. Kris Paulsen Publishes Article on Images of Mars
Prof. Kris Paulsen published an article on satellite and rover images of Mars and artistic reinterpretations of NASA’s data in the “Sense” issue of LA+ Interdisciplinary Journal of Landscape…

History of Art Department Newsletter Now Available Online
The History of Art Department's annual newsletter is now available in an accessible format on the department's website. Released each fall, newsletters bring together stories about the people of…

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…

Prof. Sam Aranke wins MLA book award
Associate Professor Sam Aranke has won a major award from the MLA (Modern Language Association) for her book, Death’s Futurity: The Visual Life of Black Power, published last year. The award is…

Professor Kris Paulsen Publishes Essay on AI in the New Issue of October
A new essay on Artificial Intelligence by Prof. Kris Paulsen appears in the new issue of October. Edited by Pamela M. Lee and Michelle Kuo, the issue features short essays on Art and Machine…

Professors Aranke and Jones Contribute to Driskell Center Exhibition
Professors Aranke and Jones, co-conveners of the Samella Lewis Initiative, are featured contributors to the exhibition “Dewey Crumpler: Life Studies” now on view at the David C. Driskell Center…

Professor Kris Paulsen Contributes Essay to New Book on Photographer Debi Cornwall
Professor Kris Paulsen contributed an essay, “Simulating Citizenship,” to a new book on Debi Cornwall, Model Citizens. Cornwall’s new body of work takes “the United States as a case study into a…

Professor Karl Whittington Publishes Chapter in Volume on Water in the Middle Ages
Professor Karl Whittington has published a chapter in a new edited volume on water in the Middle Ages. The book is part of an intended four-volume series on “The Elements in the Medieval World:…
