7th Annual Student Art History Symposium
This half-day event highlights academic contributions made to the history and interpretation of art by emerging art historians from area colleges and universities.
Presentations
Augsburg College: Gabriella Granbeck, “René Magritte: Mysteries of the Mundane”
Minneapolis College of Art and Design: Benjamin Merritt, “Saintly Acts: Dürer, Leprosy, and Rituals of Exclusion”
St. Catherine University Clark Rock: “Is Cereal Soup? A Critical Analysis of Impressionism, Monet’s Japanese Bridge, and the Shortcomings of Taxonomic Classification in Early 20th-Century Art”
St. Olaf College: LaMar R. Gayles, Jr., “Splintering and Stunning: An African American Writing Desk”
University of Minnesota: Aleisha Barton, “A Manual Manifesto: The Rise of the Silkscreen Evangelist,” and Laurel Darling, “No Angel: Anne Brigman’s Reclamation of the Gendered American Landscape.”
University of St. Thomas: Samantha Wisneski, “The Politics of Pollution in Baatarzorig’s Smoke” and Gabriella Gillette, “Reframed: Paintings, Perception, and the Visitor Experience”
A reception will follow. To register, call 612.870.6323 or reserve online.