Spotlight
Professor Emerita Vivien Green Fryd is the Lecturer for Two Smithsonian Journeys Tours
Sep. 5, 2024—Professor Emerita Vivien Green Fryd will be the lecturer for two Smithsonian Journeys tours this Fall. The first will be “The Life and Work of Van Gogh in France”, September 18-24, 2024, and the second, “A Stay in Holland: An Art History Journey from Vermeer to Van Gogh”, October 8-16, 2024.
Professor Emerita Vivien Green Fryd to discuss “Layers of Meanings in Benjamin West’s Neoclassical Venus and Cupid” at the Nashville Parthenon
Aug. 6, 2024—Professor Emerita Vivien Green Fryd will be presenting at the Nashville Parthenon’s next free Symposium: Layers of Meanings in Benjamin West’s Neoclassical Venus and Cupid, August 19th at 6 PM. During this presentation, Fryd will discuss American painter Benjamin West (1738-1820), including West’s Venus and Cupid (1765), which is part of the Nashville Parthenon’s permanent...
VanDiver on the Intersection of Visual Art and Social Justice
May. 28, 2024—Rebecca VanDiver, associate professor of art and architecture, discusses the work of Elizabeth Catlett, an African American printmaker and sculptor. VanDiver explores how art functions not only as a lens into society, but also as a cultural vehicle between the movement and the museum.
Crawford discusses her focus on performance art
May. 27, 2024—Hear from Jack Crawford, senior lecturer of history of art and architecture, about her focus on performance art between 1960-1990 and how she uses an interdisciplinary and intermedia approach in class.
Worsnick creates classes that research the Vaughn home
May. 26, 2024—The Vaughn home, an 1870s campus residence that inspired an extensive exhibit supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, was the subject of a number of classes created by Matthew Worsnick, assistant professor of history of art and architecture. “This was a student-led venture over multiple semesters. In each seminar, students identified and divided...