Art & Architectural History, College of Charleston

Another fun day of art in the classroom. 💙

Admitted student day at CofC. Great turn out of new students coming in!

Illuminated letter art workshop: Part I

Great seeing manuscript pages at the Rare Book Room with the Early Italian Renaissance class. Thanks Mary Jo Fairchild!

Have study abroad travel plans for Spring or Summer 2024?✈️ Applications for the Jean W. Johnson Study Abroad Award are coming up! 👇

Find the updated link to the application in your email from Mrs. Diane (sent out on monday😁)!

“Celebrating research, scholarship, creative inquiry and community service”🙌📚

CofC EXPO 2024 will take place on April 18th, and student abstracts submissions from undergraduate and graduate students who have conducted mentored research projects are due by February 16th!

Find more information on guidelines and schedules by following this link: https://charleston.edu/academics/research/expo.php

If you are interested or planning on travel/study abroad, we have LOTS of scholarship funding available for the Spring, Maymester, and Summer 2024!🤩

Check out your email for more information from Miss Diane, this is where you will find the direct link to the application.

*ALL awards are determined by the ARTH faculty and are granted on the basis of scholastic achievement, quality of the application proposal, and promise of work in the field. (Please feel free to discuss your application with any member of the ARTH faculty before submitting your final draft)

🌟Course spotlight 4!🌟 Dr. Mazzone’s Modern Art course next semester will immerse you this style through the art, artists, viewers. You don’t want to miss this!😆

Register for ARTH 285: Modern Art for the Spring 2024 semester and broaden your perspective on this period. Check out our 100 & 200 level course list on our Instagram (@ arthcofc) for the full class description!

🌟Course spotlight 3🌟 Want to learn more about these images… and all things Italian Renaissance? Register for Professor Compton’s ARTH 370 Italian Early Renaissance Art!

Prof Compton will cover paintings, sculptures, and the master artists of 14th and 15th century Italy. Check out the last slide in this post for the class details.

✨Course spotlight #2✨ Next semester Professor Prakash is offering ARTH 212: Ancient Egyptian Art and Architecture!

This course will dive into ancient Egyptian material and visual culture from the Predynastic Period to the Late Period. Prof Prakash will explore the larger context of the art and architecture by examining ancient Egyptian culture, religion and history.

Check out the Spring 2024 course offerings post on our Instagram (@ arthcofc) for the full class description!

Interested in Gothic Art? Professor Streit has the class for you!🤩✨

ARTH 360: Gothic Art with Prof Streit is being offered next semester where you can learn all about these images here… and SO much more! Class info is on the last slide📚

Please join us for a Gullah-Geechee inspired supper with the Simons Medal of Excellence Award recipients Marion and Greg Werkheiser!

Marion and Greg Werkheiser are the founding partners of Cultural Heritage Partners, their firm dedicated to serving the US and global cultural heritage sector. They focus on heritage preservation, art antiquities, Indigenous heritage, and environmental and social governance.

Check out their website here to learn more about their work: https://www.culturalheritagepartners.com/firm/

This is a great opportunity to ask questions and advice as you look towards your future.

Don’t forget to RSVP to Diane by October 6 via email! We hope to see you there!

Upcoming events this week in celebration of our 2023 graduates! Family members are welcome to join. 🥳🎓

Celebrating our seniors Wednesday, May 10th! Join us for a reception on the second-floor landing at Harbor Walk West from 5-6:30 pm. Snacks and mocktails provided! 🤩

Join us ✨TONIGHT✨ for this lecture with Archeologist Emily C. Egan on ancient Mycenaean depictions of marine life!

"20,000 Leagues Under the Wine-Dark Sea," a lecture by Emily C. Egan (Univ. of Maryland), takes a deep “dive” into depictions of marine life in the art of Late Bronze Age Greece (ca. 1600–1100 BCE).

Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America - South Carolina Society, as well as the College of Charleston's Dept. of Art and Architectural History, College of Charleston Department of Classics, and the CofC Program in Archaeology.

Thursday, April 20 | Harbor Walk, room 217 | FREE and open to the public. Q&A and reception to follow. MORE INFO: https://go.activecalendar.com/cofc/event/art-history-lecture-20000-leagues-under-the-wine-dark-sea/

The final Art History Club meeting of the semester is fast approaching! Join us on Monday, April 24th in the garden at 12 Bull St. for snacks, art history t-shirts, and picking next year's leadership!

Students enjoyed a trip up to the Columbia Museum of Art this weekend led by Professor Mazzone and Professor Streit! We explored current exhibitions on Ascendant Women Artists in the Johnson Collection and Reverent Ornament of the Islamic world. What fun! 🤩

Who should own two early photographs of enslaved South Carolinians?

Should unethically obtained museum objects be returned to their communities of origin? Harvard is currently fighting Tamara Lanier in the courts to keep two early photographs of her enslaved South Carolina ancestors in its Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology collection. In an event sponsored by the College of Charleston's Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston, Ms. Lanier will give voice to her and her ancestors' story and its relevance for larger debates about the repatriation of artifacts, archives, race and justice.

Tuesday, March 21 | 5:30-7:00pm
Septima Clark Memorial Auditorium (CofC Education Center, rm118 - 25 Saint Philip St., Charleston)
FREE & open to the public

CofC SOTA's Mary Trent, Assistant Professor of Art & Architectural History, will coordinate the lecture response and Q&A.

FULL DESCRIPTION:
The Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston invites students, faculty, staff and members of the community to attend a public conversation about repatriation of artifacts, archives, race, and justice. The conversation features the story of Tamara Lanier, whose fight against Harvard University for images of her enslaved ancestors Renty and Delia has been covered by numerous national and international media outlets including the New York Times, Boston Globe, Guardian, and Democracy Now! The event is free and open to the public.

Lanier gives voice to her enslaved ancestors whose naked or partially clothed photographs were forcibly taken in 1850 outside Columbia, SC for a Harvard scientist, Louis Agassiz, who supported racist theories of polygenesis. Lanier's case foregrounds the need for legislation that protects the cultural property of descendants of chattel slavery in the United States. All are invited to witness Lanier's inspiring story about the importance of her family's history and its relevance to national discussions about slavery and reconciliation.

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Last week students embarked on an adventure-filled spring break study abroad experience in Mexico City led by professors Katie Hirsch and Marian Mazzone!

Building strong research skills 💪 Students in Art History 415 hit the stacks to find sources for final paper topics!

Last night, the College of Charleston celebrated the opening of the new Septima Clark exhibition in the Education Center. The portrait of Clark exudes wisdom and grace and illuminates her legacy as an activist, leader, and educator. This mural exemplifies the importance of commemorative art and its role in honoring and memorializing. We are thrilled to see this exhibition now open!

✨This Thursday✨ Feb 23rd, join us for the first Art History Club meeting of the semester! Movie night with snacks provided🍿 See y'all there!

Professor Marian Mazzone joins two artists in an NPR interview on art and artificial intelligence. Check it out!

Listener Picks: Art and artificial intelligence What does it mean for a machine to create a piece of art in minutes that would take the average human artist weeks to make?