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Art History Year-End Celebration
Art History Year-End Celebration

The Department of Art History

We are very grateful for the financial support of Campus Auxiliary Services that has made this important event possible. Please feel free to contact Art History Chair, Keely Heuer, at heuerk@newpaltz.edu or x3829 if you have any questions or if you wish to request accommodations.

Free

All Declared Art History students—Majors, Minors, and Early Education Concentrators in Art History—are Welcome!

Date
Time
Location

Wednesday, May 10th

4PM

Smiley Art Building Patio
facing the Library

Chemicals for the Collodian process, and a plate with image of a stool. Portrait of photographer Tom DeLooza
Tom DeLooza
Tintype Demonstration

Sponsored by the Department of Art History, with the generous financial support Campus Auxiliary Services.

Everyone is welcome to a fascinating demonstration of the tintype photographic process by photographer Tom DeLooza from preparation of the plate, to exposure, to development, and fixing.

This event is organized by Professor Beth E. Wilson in conjunction with her History of Photography class.

If you have accessibility questions or need accommodations to fully participate, contact Prof. Beth E. Wilson at wilsonb@newpaltz.edu or x 3896 as soon as possible.

Icarus, 2012, by photographer Tom DeLooza from his Adventurer Series

Free

The demo should conclude at approximately 5:30PM.

Date
Time
Location

Thursday, April 27

3:30 PM

Old Library Building, Room 107C

Celebrating Our 5th Year! Multiple images from the MMA on a green background.
2023 SUNY New Paltz Undergraduate Art History Symposium

presented by the Department of Art History & The Art History Association

Greetings everyone!

I am so delighted to welcome you to the fifth annual SUNY New Paltz Undergraduate Art History Symposium, which has again exceeded our wildest expectations since the event’s inception by the SUNY New Paltz Art History Association in 2018.

The response to 2023’s call for abstracts was astounding, and the leaders of the Art History Association, who selected this year’s papers through a blind review process, had quite the challenge, ultimately doubling the number of papers that were accepted for the Symposium in 2022.

To accommodate so many worthy student-scholars, we doubled up the sessions during many of our usual time slots and added a fourth day to the event.

The Presenters’ pages have links to the individual papers on their respective day’s schedule. Session Recordings will be availalbe from the Symposium website at the end of April 2023.

Òur Keynote Speaker was Dr. Aaron M. Hyman, Assistant Professor of the History of Art at Johns Hopkins University. He works on northern European art and the art of the Spanish Empire from a global perspective, with a focus on the long seventeenth century. His first book, Rubens in Repeat: The Logic of the Copy in Colonial Latin America (2021) explores the transmission of northern European prints to the Spanish Americas and the varying ways colonial artists engaged these materials. His talk for the Symposium is connected to his current book project—Formalities: The Visual Potential of Script in Art of the Early Modern Spanish World—that discusses the unusual quantity of written words on works of art created from c. 1540-1700 across the transatlantic Spanish Empire. Dr. Hyman has received many prestigious fellowships and awards for his scholarship, and we were delighted to have him share his innovative and exciting work with us.

The Symposium would not exist without our wonderful student presenters and their incredibly supportive faculty, family members, and friends. I am so grateful to all of you for making it possible to celebrate so much scholastic achievement. I also wish to express my deep appreciation for our excellent student moderators and for Susan Smutny, who provides us with such spectacular technical support. We truly had a memorable weekend, filled with thought-provoking ideas, engaging discussion, and many new friendships!

With warmest wishes,

Professor Keely Heuer
Chair, Department of Art History
SUNY New Paltz

Date
Time
Location

Thursday, April 13 through Sunday, April 16, 2023

via Zoom

flyer for Keynote Address for the 2023 Symposium
Dr. Aaron M. Hyman
2023 Keynote Address: Peter Paul Rubens and the Matter of Material Waste

Presented by the Department of Art History & The Art History Association

Abstract:

Around 1608, Peter Paul Rubens produced an oil sketch of the face of a Black man, a head study that the Flemish artist would ultimately mobilize in a large painting of the Adoration of the Magi. To make the initial sketch, he reached for a sheet of merchant paper scrawled with a list of transactions—sums exchanged for goods received and shipped. It would be easy to wave this away as a case of simple, frugal reuse: the artist reached for what was at hand, readily and cheaply available. This talk, instead, argues that the sheet mattered quite a bit more and shaped not only Rubens’s aesthetic choices but also the thematic resonances that accreted around a figure that would play a large role in the artist’s career and pictorial imaginary.

About Dr. Hyman

Dr. Hyman, Assistant Professor of the History of Art at Johns Hopkins University, works on northern European art and the art of the Spanish Empire from a global perspective, with a focus on the long seventeenth century. His first book, Rubens in Repeat: The Logic of the Copy in Colonial Latin America (2021) explores the transmission of northern European prints to the Spanish Americas and the varying ways colonial artists engaged these materials. His talk for the Symposium is connected to his current book project—Formalities: The Visual Potential of Script in Art of the Early Modern Spanish World—that discusses the unusual quantity of written words on works of art created from c. 1540-1700 across the transatlantic Spanish Empire. Dr. Hyman has received many prestigious fellowships and awards for his scholarship, and we were delighted to have him share his innovative and exciting work with us.

Date
Time
Location

Saturday, April 15

10:00AM

via Zoom

Flyer for Dr. Laura Filloy Nadal talk with Maya figurine depicted
Dr. Laura Filloy Nadal
Artistic Creativity and Divine Representations in Maya Art

Art History Association Spring Lecture Series

The Art History Association is pleased to announce the continuation of its spring lecture series, which focuses on Latin American and Latinx visual and material culture. On Monday, April 3rd at 7 PM in LC 104, Dr. Laura Filloy Nadal, Associate Curator of the Arts of the Ancient Americas at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, will discuss her current exhibition at the Met in her talk, "Artistic Creativity and Divine Representations in Maya Art." 

In Maya art, the gods are depicted in all stages of life: as infants, as adults at the peak of their maturity and influence, and as they age. The gods could perish, and some were born anew, providing a model of regeneration and resilience. Created by masters of the Classic period (A.D. 250–900) in the spectacular royal cities in the tropical forests of what is now Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico, these landmark works highlighted in this talk evoke a world in which the divine, human, and natural realms are interrelated and intertwined. 

Dr. Filloy Nadal recently joined the staff of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A renowned expert in the visual culture of Mesoamerica, she was previously a senior conservator and researcher at the Museo Nacional de Antropologia in Mexico City, where she studied the cultural biography of objects - how they were made and used, and what they mean. She earned her MA and PhD in archaeology at the University of Paris, Panthéon-Sorbonne. 

Following the talk will be a reception in Dr. Filloy Nadal's honor. All are welcome to attend the talk, and we hope that you will share this announcement with your students and all those whom you feel would enjoy this event. 

If you have any questions or need accommodations, please do not hesitate to contact me at heuerk@newpaltz.edu or at (845) 257-3829. We hope to see you at this celebration of ancient Mesoamerica!

Date
Time
Location

Monday, April 3

7:00PM

Lecture Center 104

shadowy image of group of people standing and talking at a reception
Department of Art History
Networking Soirée

for Art History majors. minors, and concentrators to polish their networking skills!

Art History is hosting a Networking Soirée for art history majors, minors, and concentrators, this Thursday, March 30th in the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art Lobby from 7:00-8:30PM!

This event is meant to help our students get over their jitters about talking to folks they do not know and to learn how to make meaningful connections with others that will help them achieve their future goals.

We encourage art history students to bring a friend with them (who does not have to be an art history major/minor/concentrator) to participate. Socialize and polish your networking skills with wonderful colleagues from across the campus., It should be a truly delightful event!

No Audience

RSVP not required, but please only Art History declared students and a guest.

Date
Time
Location

Thursday, March 30th

7:00-8:30PM

Lobby of the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art

Event image for Careers in Art History, SUNY New Paltz, NY
Careers in Art History 2023

Department of Art History, SUNY New Paltz, Chair, Keely Heuer

All current and prospective students are welcome to Careers in Art History 2023, an annual virtual panel discussion with young alumnx of the Art History Department at SUNY New Paltz.

Students can explore their career options with five alumnx who will share their experiences, accomplishments, and caveats during an informal, moderated discussion. A Q & A session will follow.

The Zoom meeting begins on Thursday, March 23, at 7:00 PM. Registration is required; use the QR code belor or go to the link on this page to register.

Our 2023 Careers Panelists are:

  • Gabriel Chalfin-Piney '18 Arts Administrator, Organizer, & Artist, Chicago Area
  • Sarah Fisk '14, Inventory Control Coordinator, UOVO Art Storage, Brooklyn
  • Ameya Grant '18, Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (MSc) and History of Art and Archaeology (MA) Dual Degree Student at The Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts-NYU
  • Emily Koller-Apelskog '15, Fellows Program Coordinator, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
  • Elva Rivera '16, Tattooer, Artist, Educator, & Organizer, Poughkeepsie

Student comments from a past Careers in Art History Panel:

  • "It was very nice how intimate the event was. Awesome to be able to network beforehand."
  • "More, More, More...please & Thank you!"
  • "Very refreshing and innovative!"
  • "It was definitely inspirational hearing the stories and careers of the alumni. It made me feel even more driven to pursue my passion of AH.

QR code to Register for Zoom | Careers in Art History 2023

Register

Free and Open to All including Prospective Students!

Zoom closed captioning enabled for this event.

Date
Time
Location

Thursday, March 23

7:00 PM

Virtual via Zoom

AHA Lecture by Dr. Indych-López | Marías, Pachucas, Cholas: Judy Baca's Chicana Tough Girls
Dr. Anna Indych-López
Marías, Pachucas, Cholas: Judy Baca's Chicana Tough Girls

The Art History Association Spring Lecture Series

The Art History Association is pleased to announce the start of its spring lecture series, which focuses on Latin American and Latinx visual and material culture. We are kicking things off with a fantastic virtual talk by Dr. Anna Indych-López, Professor of Art History at the CUNY Graduate Center at 6:30 PM on Thursday, March 2nd via Zoom (Registration Required).

Dr. Indych-López’s talk, "Marías, Pachucas, Cholas: Judy Baca’s Chicana Tough Girls," will focus on Las Tres Marías, a performative work for the first known group exhibition of art made by Chicanas, held at the Woman’s Building in Los Angeles. In the nearly life-size mixed-media triptych, she invoked the figures of the pachuca (the 1940s Mexican American woman zoot suiter known for her distinctive style and resistance) and the chola (her 1970s streetwise counterpart).

Dr. Indych-López is a renowned scholar of modern and contemporary art among Latin American, U.S., transatlantic, Afro-diasporic, and Latinx networks. Her work investigates art in the public sphere, especially in Mexico, as well as Latinx and U.S.-Mexico borderlands contemporary art, focusing on cross-cultural intellectual and aesthetic exchanges, the polemics of realisms, and spatial politics.

All are welcome to attend the talk, but Zoom registration is required. Please register for the Zoom meeting with this QR code or click the link above. We hope to see you at this celebration of Chicana culture!

Indych-Lopez Judy Baca Talk: Zoom QR Code to Register

Register

If you have any questions or need accommodations, please contact Art History Chair, Keely Heuer, by email, heuerk@newpaltz.edu, or call (845) 257-3829. Zoom Live Transcription (Closed Captions) will be enabled during this talk.

Date
Time
Location

Thursday, March 2, 2023

6:30 PM

via Zoom (Registration Required)

a woman in Peruvian traditional dress weaving thread
Kathy Brew
Following the Thread

Co-Sponsored by Art History & Latin American, Caribbean & Latinx Studies with support from Campus Auxiliary Services.

Following The Thread (2021, 22") provides a critical view of the delicate balance Indigenous communities of fabric makers face as they struggle to maintain age-old artisanal practices in a globalized market economy. Filmmaker Kathy Brew will give a presentation after the screening. A reception will follow the event. For questions and to request accommodations, please contact Chair of Art History, Keely Heuer heuerk@newpaltz.edu (845) 257-3829.

In the Peruvian Andes, textiles are omnipresent in the lives of indigenous people; they are both eminently practical and stunningly beautiful as generations of weavers have applied their creativity to invent techniques and designs found nowhere else in the world. Textiles still form a powerful part of identity. But this identity is at risk. Indigenous people still face racism on a daily basis. And a globalized market economy that produces cheap, machine-made products destroys respect and interest in the hand-made. Infringement on the intellectual rights of native peoples only makes this worse.

The Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco (CTTC) was established by Andean weavers and their supporters to aid in the survival of Cusqueñan textile traditions and to provide support to the indigenous people who create them. This short film presents some of the communities affiliated with the Center and includes special celebrations and ceremonies, rituals with the animals (llamas and sheep), natural dying processes, weaving and knitting demonstrations, and much more.

Free

Contact:
Art History
Department
1 Hawk Drive
New Paltz, NY 12561
mornings only:
(845) 257-3875

Date
Time
Location

February 23, 2023

7:00 PM

Lecture Center 104

Woman with brown hair, looking solemn, next to a daguerreotype of her great-great-great grandfather, an enslaved man named Renty
Tamara Lanier (Feb 9 Only)
Free Renty: Lanier V. Harvard, A Two-Day Event

Co-Sponsored by the Departments of Art History & Black Studies, with the support of Campus Auxiliary Services

Film Screening, Faculty-Led Discussion (February 8)
AND
Presentation by Tamara Lanier (February 9)

The Departments of Art History and Black Studies are pleased to invite you to an inspiring two-day event highlighting Tamara Lanier’s ongoing struggle to force Harvard University to cede possession of daguerreotypes of her great-great-great grandfather, an enslaved man named Renty. These early photographs, commissioned in 1850 by a Harvard professor to support his racist conclusions regarding the “superiority” of the white race, are emblematic of America’s failure to acknowledge fully the cruelty of slavery and the ongoing issues of racism and white supremacy today. On February 8th at 7 PM, we will offer a screening of the documentary film Free Renty: Lanier v. Harvard (2021, 95"), which was featured at prestigious film festivals across the country in 2022 and outlines Ms. Lanier’s story. This screening will be accompanied by contextualizing commentary from faculty representatives of the Department of Art History and Black Studies. On February 9th at 7 PM, we will have the pleasure of hearing from Ms. Lanier herself, who will give an in-person talk on what has happened in her case against Harvard since the filming of the documentary. Her presentation will be followed with a reception. Both events will be held in LC 104.

We are very grateful for the financial support of Campus Auxiliary Services that has made this important event possible. Please feel free to contact Art History Chair, Keely Heuer, at heuerk@newpaltz.edu or x3829 if you have any questions or if you wish to request accommodations.

Free

"The question is, who owns the rights to the violence of the past? Is it the victim or the perpetrator?"

— Tamara Lanier

Date
Time
Location

February 8 & February 9

7PM (both dates)

Lecture Center 104 (both dates)

Portrait of Dr. Renée Ater and artwork shaped as a dwelling
Dr. Renée Ater, Provost Visiting Professor, Director of Africana Studies, Brown University
Memoryscapes of Slavery:
The Slave Dwelling as Remains and Commemorative Object

The Art History Association and the Department of Art History are very pleased to announce a virtual address on April 7th at 7 PM by Dr. Renée Ater, Provost Visiting Professor and Director of Africana Studies at Brown University, entitled Memoryscapes of Slavery: The Slave Dwelling as Remains and Commemorative Object.

This talk is the inaugural keynote address of the annual SUNY New Paltz Undergraduate Art History Symposium. The Symposium comprises eleven sessions over the three subsequent days, Friday, April 8th through Sunday, April 10th. The SUNY New Paltz Undergraduate Art History Symposium is the largest event of its kind in the United States, featuring talks from nearly one hundred students representing eighty collegiate institutions located across the globe.

The Symposium website schedule page to register for all other sessions as well as the Keynote, may be reached at  https://tinyurl.com/2022SNPUAHS-Session-Register.

Register

Registration Required,
Free and Open to the Public

Date
Time
Location

Thursday, April 7th

7pm

Virtual via Zoom, registration required

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