Student Art Works
Areas of Concentration
Art Studio
Art History
University of Rhode Island
105 Upper College Road, Suite 1
Kingston, RI 02881-0820
Telephone: (401) 874-5821
E-mail: Artdept@etal.uri.edu
About Us
The Department of Art and Art History at the University of Rhode Island provides a comprehensive program that offer undergraduate degrees in both Studio Art (BFA and BA) and Art History (BA).
All students must fulfill the Basic Liberal Studies requirements of the College of Arts and Sciences, so they receive a broad liberal arts education in addition to their major. The Department of Art and Art History has a full-time faculty of eight studio artists and four art historians in addition to several adjunct instructors. The studio art faculty regularly exhibit their work in galleries and museums, and several have established national and international reputations. The art historians are well-known for their scholarly publications, lectures, and presentations at national and international conferences. Some faculty hold joint appointments with programs in Women's Studies, Film Media, and African and African-American Studies.
Our classes are small, and there are many opportunities for informal discussion with faculty. Students have opportunities for off-campus internships in digital media design, photography, advertising, television, film, museums, galleries, preservation and historical societies, and with commercial companies. The Department also hosts visiting artists and art historians as well as field trips to New York City to visit museums and galleries. In addition to our academic programs, the Fine Arts Center Galleries present exhibitions of contemporary art, lectures by artists and critics, and other special events.
News
President's Excellence Award Recipients for 2008
Emily Bibb in Art
Samantha Henneberry in Art History
2008 Honor's Program Presentations
Samantha Henneberry "Modern Leonidas, Honor, Discipline and Sacrifice: Ancient Sparta in an American
Military Context", paper and multi-media installation
Lucy Sumners "Aids Art: Activism on Canvas"
Valerie Kitchin "Chrysallis", an experimental film
Visualizations 2008: College of Arts and Sciences Student Film Festival
Valerie Kitchin, 1st Place in Experimental Film category
Amy Miller, 2nd Place in Narrative/Open
Peter Simons, 2nd Place in Experimental
Graduating Seniors and Alumnae Art and Art History Majors going to graduate schools
Samantha Hennberry UC-Berkeley, PhD program in Classical archaeology
with full scholarship
Katie Guida Pennsylvania State University, Ph.D program in Art History
(Renaissance) with Teaching Assistantship
Tara Dawson New York University, MA program in Museum Studies
Fain Robert '05 University of Arizona, PhD program in Art History (Modern)
with Teaching Assistantship
Kerry Boccher '07 Roger Williams University School of Law with Fellowship
(waitlisted at Suffolk U, BU, and Fordham U Law Schools)
Emily Bibb '07 New York University, MA program in Museum Studies
Ben Lueck '06 University of California, Berkeley, MA program in Architecture
Sarah Lueck '06 California College of the Arts, MA program in Architecture
Sam Peck University of North Carolina, Greensboro, MFA program
Kirk Snow '04 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MFA program
Ian Sexton, Emerson College, MA program in Visual and Media Arts
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