Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Foulger Award – applications now available

The Foulger Travel Bursary Awarded annually, on the recommendation of the Director of the School for Studies in Art and Culture, to deserving undergraduate or graduate students in the Art History program.  The purpose of this fund is to assist with the costs of travel and accommodation for research or conference trips related to... More

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Student Volunteer Opportunity

Where do art and violence intersect? The Ottawa Coalition to End Violence Against Women (OCTEVAW) is seeking an art history student in a volunteer capacity to conduct research to locate examples of art created by survivors of gender based violence.  The examples of the art will be shared on The Canvass project for OCTEVAW... More

Monday, October 20, 2014

Visiting the Islands ~by Helena

This past Tuesday, it was finally time for our first out-of-town trip, where we went to the nearby islands of Torcello, Burano, and Murano. We met up with our two Italian professors and the rest of the Warwick students bright and early to catch the vaporetto, or Venetian waterbus, to Torcello. Arriving in Torcello... More

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Venice Week Two ~by Katie

Since last week was mainly orientation, this week was our first actual week of school here in Venice. Although there are five of us Carleton students here, three of us are in the ‘Art in Venice and Northern Italy 1100-1600’ class, while the other two are in the ‘Exhibiting the Contemporary’ class. Therefore, our... More

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Film Screening – Invite to SSAC

The AHGSS (Art History Graduate Students Society) will be hosting a free film screening event on Wednesday, October 15th, 2014 from 7-10pm in SP100. We will be screening Alexander Sokurov’s Russian Ark (2002). Please see the Film Screening Poster and the following link for the YouTube... More

Monday, October 6, 2014

First Week in Venice ~by Kira

Our first week in the Warwick University Venice Art History program involved orienting ourselves with a few of the city’s library facilities. Many of the libraries are accessible to the public, making them a great resource not only for Italian students, but students studying abroad, as well as visitors to the city with an... More

Thursday, October 2, 2014

Carleton Newsroom: Terry Smith Headlines as First Sotheby’s Residency in Curatorial Studies

Read the CU Newsroom article about the inaugural Sotheby's Residency in Curatorial Studies: newsroom.carleton.ca/2014/09/25/terry-smith-headlines-first-sothebys-residency-curatorial-studies/... More

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Fall Flavours Bake Sale!

Be sure to bring some cash and stop by the fourth floor of the St. Patrick's Building on Wednesday, October 8th, for some delicious baked goods with all your favourite fall flavours! Organized by the Art History Graduate Students Society, 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. All proceeds go to funding the Art History Graduate... More

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Two Views on the Postcolonial

featuring three workshops and a keynote lecture presented by FASS Distinguished Visiting Professors Francoise Lionnet (UCLA) and Shu-mei Shih (UCLA and Univ. of Hong Kong). October 14 and 15. Full details in the attached  PDF:  Lionnet Shih... More

Monday, September 22, 2014

Inaugural Sotheby’s Residency in Curatorial Studies with Terry Smith

Terry Smith, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory at the University of Pittsburgh is coming to Carleton University on September 24th and 25th!  Please join us in welcoming him to the Inaugural Sotheby’s Residency in Curatorial Studies for the following events: A public lecture “Thinking Contemporary Art;... More

Monday, September 15, 2014

Venice – Getting Ready ~by Laura

The prospects of this adventure are nothing short of euphoric; however, the intensity of the promised bliss mirrors the intensity of the required to-do lists before arriving in Venice. While musing excitedly over Venice and all of her charms, the following items had to be taken care of: Passport and NEXUS card. I have... More

Friday, September 12, 2014

Gothic Dreams

Students who have taken certain of my courses will know that I have rather more than a passing interest in the 19th-century architect, designer, critic and theorist AWN Pugin. That’s why September 26th and 27th are very big days in my calendar. Pugin is remembered for many things, but his profound impact as a... More

Friday, September 12, 2014

Failure in Architecture

The next speaker in the occasional HTA Guest Speaker Series will be Professor Timothy Brittain-Catlin of the Kent School of Architecture, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK. Tim is a distinguished scholar, innovative thinker, wonderful writer, and exceptionally nice person. I am very excited that he is coming to Carleton. Tim’s talk, drawn from... More

Friday, September 12, 2014

There Will Be Popcorn

We’re inviting everyone who likes architecture to join us for the HTA noon-hour film series, which will take place on one Friday of each month during the academic year. They’ll be very casual events – we’ll gather at noon, Michael Windover will make popcorn (with butter), we’ll watch the film, chat about it, then... More

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Register for REGISTERED!

As I mentioned in my first entry, one of the functions of this blog is to keep students informed of upcoming events and activities related to the program. They’re coming thick and fast this fall, so this is the first of several entries I’ll be doing over the next few days. At 6:30 PM... More

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Introduction – Venice 2014 ~by Laura

My name is Laura. I am another Carleton student. I am someone you would pass on campus. I am definitely someone you would see in St. Pat’s, or in the AVRC. I was savouring my university experience at Carleton and delighting in as much Art History as I could find. In the forefront of... More

Monday, September 8, 2014

Curatorial Studies lecture and seminars!

Inaugural Sotheby's Residency in Curatorial Studies lecture and seminars with Terry Smith, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory, University of Pittsburg. September 24 and 25. Full details in the attached PDF... More

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Welcome!

Hello, and welcome to the first installment of the HTA Supervisor’s blog! Full disclosure: I’ve never blogged before, and it’s all something of an experiment for me. But believe it or not, I’m not doing it just because I like the sound of my own voice. I have a couple of concrete objectives for... More

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Rising Star: Alexandra Nahwegahbow

Alexandra Nahwegahbow is featured in a recent article in Urban Native Magazine. Alexandra graduated with a Master of Arts in Art History in 2013, and is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Cultural Mediations program of the Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art and... More

Monday, May 5, 2014

MA candidate’s presentation at Oxford

Presenting at Oxford by Andrew Gayed, read the full letter on our Faculty News site... More

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Summer Job!

Audio-Visual Collections Assistant, working in the Audio-Visual Resource Centre, 11 weeks, 35 hrs a week. Full details here: YCW Student Summer Job Posting Apply now!... More

Friday, April 11, 2014

MA Concentration in Digital Humanities

New! MA in Art History with a concentration in Digital Humanities. Art History, in conjunction with a new collaborating MA in Digital Humanities, offers a program designed to add value to the existing MA in Art History by offering courses focused on the rapidly growing field of digital humanities. More details and links on... More

Thursday, March 6, 2014

Adventures in Art History – pt 7

Reflections on Art, Party, and Business Last semester I took a Business course – something I never thought I’d do. It was a Selected Topics in Management seminar, with the selected topic being “Managing the Arts.” I was apprehensive about this course, despite having signed up for it months in advance. I had registered... More

Thursday, February 13, 2014

HTA Blog #1

Experiencing Architecture at the NGC Hello!  Welcome to the blog for the History and Theory of Architecture program at Carleton.  My name is Tristan Crawford, I’m in my third year of the HTA program and I’ll be updating the blog throughout the 2014 winter semester whenever a critical mass of relevant and reportable thoughts... More

Monday, December 2, 2013

Adventures in Art History – pt 6

The Art of Preserving Art Last week I had the opportunity to visit the Library and Archives Canada Preservation Centre in Gatineau. It was a class trip for my Topics in Canadian Art course and I wasn’t really sure what to expect. I kept wondering, what exactly is being preserved? Which is a silly... More

Saturday, November 2, 2013

Adventures in Art History – pt 5

Fourth Year So Far October has come to a close. What have I done with the past two months? The question – an ambitious one – remains unanswered. In my last post I wrote rather resolutely about plunging into the profound depths of academia never to resurface again until mid-December. While I kept to... More

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Adventures in Art History – pt 4

Back to School The end of summer came as suddenly as did the realisation that I had woken up eight minutes before my 8:30am class on the first week of school. I was off to an excellent start. Adjusting to a new schedule can be difficult; for most people, including myself, the beginning of... More

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Adventures in Art History – pt 3

How Practical is a Practicum? – April 3, 2013 You’ve heard people talk about it and maybe even though about doing it yourself, but what exactly is a practicum? According to Carleton’s Art History Department, a practicum is “a unique opportunity to work on-site in one of the capital’s major art museums or cultural... More

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Adventures in Art History – pt 2

Field Trippin’ – March 20, 2013 As an Art History student, most – if not all – required courses are image-based. To understand what is represented by an artwork and to be able to study its formal properties, we must look at it. Every day, we see both new and familiar works of art... More

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Adventures in Art History – pt 1

This is the first edition of our new “Art History Student Blog.”  As the snow melts and days get longer we are extremely happy to present fresh new ideas.  Thanks to Leona for getting the season underway! March Madness and Kent Monkman – March 12, 2013 March is stress month – as an Art... More

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