Work in the classroom, museum, and studio is designed to explore the historical and cultural meanings of works of art, to intensify visual perception of formal and expressive means, and to encourage insight into a variety of technical processes involved in the production of art, architecture, film, and design across a broad chronological and geographical range.
Area Directors
Art History: Alexander Nemerov
Art Practice: Enrique Chagoya
Film and Media Studies: Pavle Levi
Undergraduate Programs
The Department of Art & Art History offers the BA degree in Art History, Art Practice, and Film and Media Studies. We also offer a BAS in Art Practice and Computer Sciences as a Joint Major.
Directors of Undergraduate Studies
Art History: Jody Maxmin
Art Practice: Xiaoze Xie
Film and Media Studies: Usha Iyer
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Graduate Programs
The Department of Art & Art History offers the PhD degree in Art History and the MFA degree in Art Practice and Documentary Film and Video.
Directors of Graduate Studies
Art History: Richard Meyer
Art Practice: Paul DeMarinis
Documentary Film and Video: Jamie Meltzer
