
The Major
The art and the history of art major is organized into two distinct programs: The History of Art and The Practice of Art.
Learn MoreWe offer introductory to advanced courses in art history and studio practice that enable our students to develop artistic awareness, historical understanding, critical faculties and practice in the visual arts.
The art and the history of art major is organized into two distinct programs: The History of Art and The Practice of Art.
Learn MoreOur gallery displays a variety of student and visiting artist exhibitions throughout the academic year.
Learn MoreOur students share large, light-filled studio spaces for painting, printmaking, sculpting, photography, video and design.
Together, Amherst’s dynamic arts programs foster a lively environment for the multidisciplinary study, creation and presentation of the arts.
Learn MoreExplore new perspectives in the critical analysis of African verbal and visual arts, and examine the epistemological process of understanding cultural symbols, visualizing narratives, and verbalizing sculptures or designs.
Explore key tenets of sustainable design discourse and how they materialize in practice. Then examine sustainable design in relation to issues such as inequality and marginality.
Through works by such artists as Goya, Picasso, Dalí, Dreyer, Wilder and Almodóvar, explore how evil has been imagined as an array of monstrous creatures and plagues.
The Department of Art and the History of Art and the Program in Film and Media Studies hosted a conversation between photographer Jess Dugan and curator Mary Statzer. Dugan and Statzer that ranged from whether art can help during difficult times, the artistic process, and the collaboration between artist and curator.
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