TCU Art History

Rounding out our second years, come along as we welcome the one and only Isa Blankers back to TCU! Isa was kind enough to take a moment to tell us about her recent internship with the Amon Carter Museum here in Fort Worth.

Returning for her thesis year, Isa is studying the work of Stephanie Syjuco, a Filipina American artist. Isa’s thesis explores Syjuco’s artistic interventions in the U.S. Colonial Archive, particularly how she transforms photographic representations of Filipinos taken at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair into spectral images, subverting their original function as documentary tools for empire building. We are so excited to see how her research develops!

Wishing our three second year MA’s lots of luck as they head into their final semester! We are so proud of each of you and the scholarship you all are developing!

For this week’s , we had so much fun checking in with THE Abigail Sempebwa, a second year student in the MA program here at TCU. Abbey is in her thesis year, studying the Archangel Gabriel’s critical role in Renaissance Annunciation paintings.

Listen in as she discusses her summer internship at the Kimbell Art Museum, and what she’s been reading for her thesis!

Want to hear more from this incredible scholar? Follow for bite-sized lessons on art and history, her curatorial path, and current work in provenance.

This semester, TCU Art History students had the rare opportunity to step into museums, research centers, studios, and historic sites with the people who care for them every day. SITE Santa Fe’s 12th International Biennial: Once Within a Time, meetings on Museum Hill, time with Cara Romero in her studio, a visit to the Indian Arts Research Center, a day in Abiquiú at the O’Keeffe House & museum—each and every moment offered something meaningful and impactful.

Our fall trip to Santa Fe was an experience we will carry with us for a long time, reaffirming our department’s collective commitment to encountering art directly and learning from those who shape its past, present, and future. Thank you to everyone who made this trip possible & to the Santa Fe community for welcoming us with open arms💜

For this week’s , join us in welcoming Hannah Chock, the final memeber of our first year MA cohort!

Hannah recieved her undergraduate degree from Southwestern University, where she double-majored in studio art and art history. She has worked for Studio Cassio in Rome, Italy, and at present works in the education department for a local art museum.

While at TCU, Hannah is interested in studying the depictions of holy bodies in Western art and how those bodies generate visual languages of oppression and liberation.

For this week’s , meet another incredible addition to our first year cohort, Anly Do! 

Anly completed her undergraduate degree in art history, with a minor in anthropology, at UNT. She has worked for the Global Art Innovator Club as a researcher, and presently works as a grant writer at a contemporary gallery in Dallas.

At TCU, Anly’s MA research focuses on object agency and the material culture of objects along the Silk Road. Looking ahead, she hopes to pursue a PhD and a path toward archival and collections management.

This semester, you can find her scanning slides in the VRL or creating posts for the TCU Art History Department’s social media!

For this week’s , please join us in welcoming Laura Smith to our MA program!

A Tenessee native, Laura graduated from the University of Tenesee, Knoxville, where she studied art history and french. While at TCU, Laura is interested in studying 18th Century French Art. When she isn’t reading for class, Laura likes to sew and quilt.

Welcome, Laura!

For this week’s , we are delighted to introduce Megan Brimijoin, another one of our fantastic first-year MA students in art history!

Megan completed her undergraduate degree in art history and photography at the College of Sante Fe. She has worked for the Morning Star Gallery, ARTWORK international, and the Klaudia Marr Gallery in Santa Fe. While at TCU, she is interested in exploring performance and body art.

Happy Halloween! The Moody North Gallery is showing some spooktacular works from our undergraduate art honors students to get you ready for a thrilling, chilling weekend.

Don't miss the TCU Artist Collective exhibition, closing on Wednesday!

Artists (In order of images): Annabelle Garcia, Caya Crum, Caya Crum, Charley Gonzales, Kirstin Williams, Logan Michael, Charley Gonzales, Annabelle Garcia.

Georgia O’Keefe House and Georgia O’Keefe painting

The MAs are in Santa Fe! Stayed tuned for updates!

Kicking off our first , we are excited to welcome Tori Gentry to the TCU art history department as a first year MA student! A first generation college student, Tori completed her undergraduate degree in art history and musuem studies at the University of Texas at Austin. In addition to her studies in Austin, she studied abroad in Siena, Italy. 

Tori has worked for the Thomas Hoccleve Archive Project, Texas Archaeological Research Laboratory, and UT’s public arts program, Landmarks. Last summer, she worked for the Harry Ransom Center at UT, one of the nation’s top archival research institutions. Moving forward, she is interested in museum community engagement and exhibition programming. 

She can be spotted around campus snapping pictures for the Moudy North Gallery’s social media page,

Moudy north is the best because things are always happening!