Welcome to the
Department of Art and Art History
The Department of Art and Art History at the University of Rhode Island provides a comprehensive program that offers undergraduate degrees in both Studio Art (BFA and BA) and Art History (BA) and a broad liberal arts education through studies within the college.
The Department of Art and Art History employs four art historians and eight full-time studio artists, several of whom have established national and international reputations. The studio art faculty regularly exhibit their work in galleries and museums across the country. 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.
Students are given the opportunity to obtain 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 trips to well-known 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.
Visiting Artists
The Italo Scanga Visiting Artist Fund was established with a donation from A&AH alumna Katherine Scanga and the Italo Scanga Foundation. Italo Scanga was an internationally renowned sculptor who taught at the University of Rhode Island.
Hasan Elahi | 2009
Sandro Del Rosario | 2009
Albert Chong | 2008
Nina Katchadourian | 2007
Holly Laws | 2007
Gregory Coates | 2006
Kurt Ralske | 2006
Now! Spotlight
Hasan Elahi's work has been presented in numerous exhibitions at venues such as the Centre Georges Pompidou, Sundance Film Festival, Kassel Kulturbahnhof, The Hermitage, and at the Venice Biennale. Elahi will give a presentation that will be open to the public on October 12, 2009, from 3:30 to 4:45pm in Lippitt Hall, Room 402 on the Kingston campus.
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The Visual Arts Sea Grant Program of Rhode Island was established in 1988 to encourage New England professional visual artists to address the issue of the environment of the ocean and its coastal communities.
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