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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…

PhD Candidate Peter Smyth Views Exhibition in Paris
In November 2024, graduate student Peter Smyth traveled to Paris to visit the exhibition “Comics, 1964-2024” at the Centre Pompidou. The exhibition featured original comics pages and comics…

PhD Candidate Asia Adomanis Views Artworks in New York City
In September 2024, graduate student Asia Adomanis traveled to New York to attend the opening reception of the Legacies: Asian American Art Movements in New York City (1969-2001) exhibition at…

PhD Student Christy Sher Studies Classical Japanese in Kyoto, Japan
PhD student Christy Sher immersed herself in a six-week Classical Japanese studies program in Kyoto, Japan in June and July 2024, preparing for her dissertation research. During her stay, Christy…

PhD Candidate Schuyler Black-Seitz Conducts Research in D.C. and New York
In August 2024, PhD candidate Schuyler Black-Seitz traveled to Washington, D.C. and Bard College in New York to conduct dissertation research. In D.C., Schuyler visited the Archives of American…