2024

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Students, Awards & Honors, Recognition & Accolades, Conferences & Symposia
The vigor of academic exchange
Students learn from their peers during an annual junior/senior symposium
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Lectures & Discussions
What is Japanese ‘traditional’ art?
Talk by visiting professor Pauline Ayumi Ota of DePauw University
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2023

Students at the Columbus Museum of Art
Field Trips
“Decolonizing the Museum” class visits the Columbus Museum of Art
The course critically examines the history and practices of museums, analyzing the move toward decolonizing museums in the U.S.
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Alumni
Mallory Cheng '19 joins Wisconsin Public Radio as host
Mallory Cheng '19 will join Wisconsin Public Radio as midday host and news producer for its new statewide podcast “Wisconsin Today.”
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Group photo of AHVC senior majors Adam Cohn, Ellie Blasko, Madeleine Hunt, and Betsy Wagner
Conferences & Symposia
34th Annual Junior-Senior Symposium Held
Art history and visual culture senior majors presented their research in progress.
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Piet Mondrian Cuadro II
Conferences & Symposia
34th Annual Junior/Senior Symposium
The 34th Annual Junior/Senior Symposium will be held Thursday, April 27, 2023
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Workshops & Info Sessions
Creative Career Match-up
A career fair for the arts brought together Denison students and creative professionals for an energizing and informative evening.
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Lectures & Discussions
Myroslava Mudrak on Ukrainian Art, War, and Politics
The Ohio State University's History of Art Professor Emeritus, Myroslava Mudrak, will speak in Bryant Arts room 305 on Friday, February 10, 2023.
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2022

Shizu Saldamando art
Visiting Artists
Vail Artist Shizu Saldamando Gives Artist's Talk
Shizu Saldamando, a Los Angeles based artist, spoke in AHVC-213 on November 7, 2022.
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Nannette V. Maciejunes ’75
Denison Magazine
‘I didn’t know I was an art kid’
As she prepares to retire from the Columbus Museum of Art, Nannette Maciejunes ’75 reflects on the path that led her there.
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Gabriela Ruiz
Lectures & Discussions
Vail Visiting Artist Gabriela Ruiz
The Art History and Visual Culture Program and Vail Visiting Artist Series presented an artist talk with Gabriela Ruiz.
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Elizabeth Sullivan, Ellie Blasko, Adam Cohn, and Betsy Wagner
Conferences & Symposia
2022 Junior/Senior Symposium
The 33rd annual Junior/Senior Symposium was held on April 28, 2022.
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Faculty
Faculty Spotlight: Prof. Karl Sandin
“Getting comfortable with the (frequent, recurrent) realization that 'everything I know is wrong' is crucial for a scholar.”
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2021

Awards & Honors
2021 President's Medalist: Shruti Shankar
Shruti Shankar, studio art BFA with a minor in art history and visual culture, was selected as a 2021 President’s Medalist.
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2020

Internships
Summer Scholars 2020
Summer scholar research projects completed in the art history and visual culture department in Summer 2020.
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2020 tenured professors
Faculty
Spring of 2020 newly tenured professors
Welcome to the Spring 2020 newly tenured professors at Denison University.
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Rachel Weaver '20
Students
Rachel Weaver '20: Senior Memory
Rachel Weaver '20 shares a reflection of her time at Denison.
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Art work by Laura Roosevelt '83
In the News
Exhibition by Laura Roosevelt '83 Builds on Iconic Photographs
"History American Pop" by Laura Roosevelt '83, great-granddaughter of Franklin and Eleanor, connects history and abstract art.
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2019

Jude portrait
Visiting Artists
Jude Tallichet Gives Artist's Talk
The renowned artist spoke in Dr. Joy Sperling's New Art Class on October 22, 2019.
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Exhibitions
Rendering the Invisible Visible
Professor Joy Sperling's class, Beyond the Museum: Exhibition Culture Today, holds exhibit at Mulberry House
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Juniors participating in symposium
Conferences & Symposia
Juniors Participate in Annual Symposium
AHVC Program's Class of 2020 takes part in annual symposium.
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Conferences & Symposia
30th Annual Senior Symposium
The Art History and Visual Culture Program held its 30th Annual Senior Symposium on Saturday, April 13, 2019, in Bryant Arts Center.
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