Art & Art History Department
Daniel E. Coslett, visiting assistant professor of Art and Art History, and two colleagues have recently produced an anthology, "Rethinking Global Modernism: Architectural Historiography and the Postcolonial," that collects developing scholarship outlining a new decentered history of global…
A similar dynamic, in which the museum is utilized by an artist as an instrument capable simultaneously of discipline, coerced revelation, and strategic opacity, is activated in Chris E. Vargas’s Museum of Transgender Hirstory and Art (MOTHA), founded in 2013. Across his work,…
WWU Assistant Professor of Art Ryan Kelly recently spoke about his artwork with Ben Carter, curator of the "Tales of a Red Clay Rambler" podcast. Links to the interview are below.
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…This fall, Western is launching a new minor in Museum Studies. The Museum Studies Minor examines the intersections of art with the public sphere in practical and theoretical terms, with a commitment to explore the social dimension of museums. Grounded in art history, the interdisciplinary minor…
Western’s Art 306 class, led by Professor of Art Cara Jaye, have submitted their class work to the Penticton Art Gallery in Vancouver, British Columbia, and joined the international group of artists participating in the gallery’s “You Are Not Alone” COVID-themed exhibition.
“With the…
Art History Professor Jimena Berzal de Dios recently published "Chthonic Restitutions: Madness and Oblivion" in SubStance, a journal of Johns Hopkins University Press.
Abstract: This essay theorizes madness as a chthonic emplacement to dishevel existentially insufficient and…
MOTHA was founded as a conceptual museum in 2013 to highlight trans art and history and engage critically with how transgender people are gaining entry into institutions that have historically excluded them. Initially I didn’t conceive of MOTHA as a real place because it didn’t seem possible to…
MOTHA was founded as a conceptual museum in 2013 to highlight trans art and history and engage critically with how transgender people are gaining entry into institutions that have historically excluded them. Initially I didn’t conceive of MOTHA as a real place because it didn’t seem possible to…
Western Libraries is pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 - 2020 Western Libraries Undergraduate Research Award. Three awards are given annually to Western Washington University undergraduate students in recognition of their excellence and originality in creating research papers for…
Stroll in the sun and soak in some art during August’s First Friday’s Art Walk. On the first Friday of every month, local galleries, wineries and bars welcome the art curious to enjoy free shows, usually during happy hour. Below are a few highlights.
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