The study of art at the university level, embedded in the ideals of a liberal arts education, allows students to develop both their creativity and their critical faculties through visual media. Visual and Media Arts Practice and Art History have separate curricula, but links between the two, and other disciplines, are encouraged.
Welcome to the 20th anniversary issue of Digital America. Digital America is both a class and an arts journal in the Department Art and Art History. For each semester for the past ten years, students have come together to curate, edit, and publish compelling and innovative works of art in the digital space.
Faculty Highlights
- Softić Exhibited
Tanja Softić, Tucker-Boatwright Professor of Art and Art History, exhibited in the print installation "When We Meet Again, You Will Not Know Me" in the exhibition Edge Effect at the Wurks Gallery as part of the 2024 Southern Graphics Council International Annual Conference.
- Drummond Featured in Exhibition
Jeremy Drummond, associate professor of art, presented his film “Dark Holler” as part of the exhibition What Does the Land Know?
- Keaton Awarded
G.M. Keaton, adjunct lecturer of art and art history, was awarded a fellowship for New and Emerging Media from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Visual Arts Fellowship Program.
- Szymańska Awarded Tenure and Promotion
Agnieszka Szymańska was awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor of art history. Szymańska specializes in the architecture and painted decoration of late antique Egyptian monasteries, and whose technical expertise includes working directly on archeological sites with conservation professionals and archeologists.
- Baughan Published
Elizabeth Baughan, associate professor of classics and archaeology and art history, published the article "Forms and Functions of Beds and Couches in Etruscan and Anatolian Tombs" in a book she co-edited, Etruria and Anatolia: Material Connections and Artistic Exchange.
- Nelson Awarded Tenure & Promotion
Brittany Nelson was awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor of photography and extended media. Dr. Nelson is an expert on 19th century photography, and her work combines 19th century
photographic chemistry and science fiction to explore themes of loneliness, isolation, and
distance within the queer community. - Williams Awarded Fellowship
Sandy Williams IV, assistant professor of art, was awarded a 2023-24 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Visual Arts Fellowship. Learn more.
- Nelson has Solo Exhibition
Brittany Nelson, assistant professor of photography, presented her work in a solo exhibition, Meet Me At Infinity, showing at Fotogalleriet, in Oslo, Norway. Read more.
- Calvillo Published
Elena Calvillo, associate professor of art history and chair of the Department of Art & Art History, published the chapter "Friendship, Medium and the Diverging Lives of Sebastiano del Piombo and Michelangelo" in Sebastiano del Piombo and Michelangelo: The Compass and the Mirror.
- Baughan Awarded
Elizabeth Baughan, associate professor of classics and archaeology and art history, was awarded a Samuel H. Kress Grant for Research And Publication in Classical Art And Architecture by the Archaeological Institute of America, for the co-edited book (with Lisa C. Pieraccini, UC Berkeley), Etruria and Anatolia: Material Connections and Artistic Exchange forthcoming with Cambridge University Press.
Bronze Pour Demonstration
Feature Stories
Events
- Timothy Morton, "The War Against the Holy Spirit of Life: Some Countermeasures."Sep124:30 PMTimothy Morton is Rita Shea Guffey Professor of English at Rice University. Both an acclaimed specialist in British... Continue reading
- 17th UR African Film WeekendSep20All DaySouth African Films... Continue reading
- 17th UR African Film WeekendSep21All DaySouth African Films... Continue reading
- Faculty & Staff Research SymposiumSep279:00 AM - 6:00 PMPlease join us for the second University of Richmond Faculty and Staff Research Symposium!... Continue reading
- Cary Wolfe, “What Species is Multispecies Justice?”Oct024:30 PMCary Wolfe is Bruce and Elizabeth Dunlevie Professor of English at Rice University, and Founding Director of the... Continue reading
- Family Arts Day!Oct201:00 PM - 4:00 PMJoin us for Family Arts Day! Free hands-on art activities for families (most appropriate with children under age 12),... Continue reading
- “An afternoon with Ruth Ozeki.”Oct234:30 PMRuth Ozeki is an American-Canadian author, filmmaker, and Buddhist priest. She is Professor Emerita of English... Continue reading
- Artist LectureNov206:00 PM - 8:30 PMArtists Guillermo Galindo and Richard Misrach present a lecture titled "Border Cantos: The Collaboration" about their... Continue reading
- "Art as a Vehicle for Change: a Conversation with Cathy Park Hong" with Chad Shomura.Jan234:30 PMCathy Park Hong is professor and Class of 1936 Chair in the College of Letters and Sciences at the University of... Continue reading
- Kyla Wazana Tompkins, “Deviant Matter: Ferment, Intoxication, Jelly, Rot.”Jan304:30 PMKyla Wazana Tompkins is professor and chair of the Department of Global Gender and Sexuality Studies at Buffalo... Continue reading
Resources
Contact Us
Mailing Address:
Department of Art and Art History
451 Keller Road
University of Richmond, VA 23173
Phone: (804) 289-8272
Department Chair: Elena Calvillo
Visual and Media Arts Practice Coordinator: Jeremy Drummond
Academic Administrative Specialist: Miriam Blackmon