Art History in Arts of the Americas (AHAA) < 闪播福利库 of Arkansas

Art History in Arts of the Americas (AHAA)

Rachel Debuque
Director of the School of Art
Studio and Design Center
479-575-5202

John Blakinger
Program Director of Art History
贰尘补颈濒:听johnrb@uark.edu

Jennifer Greenhill
Director of Graduate Studies and Museum Partnerships
贰尘补颈濒:听greenhil@uark.edu

Degree Conferred:
M.A. in Art History in Arts of the Americas (AHAAMA)

The Master of Arts in Art History in Arts of the Americas is a two-year residency program conducted in partnership with the Crystal聽Bridges Museum of American Art and specializing in the arts of the Americas.聽

Educating students in a multivocal and inclusive art history, the program aims to give students the interdisciplinary training and robust work experiences that they will need to thrive with an M.A. degree in industries that value visual literacy, creativity, communication, collaboration, and research. The program prepares students for top Ph.D. programs in art history, but also facilitates other trajectories for those seeking to contribute to the arts and society with an M.A. degree.

The program offers a solid grounding in art鈥檚 complex global histories while providing a specialty in arts of the Americas. This specialized field was chosen for a variety of reasons, including the geographical location, the growing and world-class resources in American art, broadly conceived, and the commitment to leveraging these resources to expand access to the arts, which is seen as essential to building better futures in society as a whole. The curriculum is organized around six key themes that are deemed essential to understanding both the arts of the Americas and the social impacts of creative practice, historically and in the present. These six themes include environment, heritage, power, circulation, structures and systems, and identity and community.

Requirements for M.A. in Art History in Arts of the Americas

The Master of Arts in Art History in Arts of the Americas is a two-year program conceived in collaboration with the Crystal聽Bridges Museum of American Art. The program offers a solid grounding in art鈥檚 complex global histories while providing a specialty in arts of the Americas. This specialized field was chosen for a variety of reasons, including the geographical location, the growing and world-class resources in American art, broadly conceived, and the commitment to leveraging these resources to expand access to the arts, which is seen as essential to building better futures in society as a whole.聽The curriculum is organized around six key themes that are deemed essential to understanding both the arts of the Americas and the social impacts of creative practice, historically and in the present. These six themes include environment, heritage, power, circulation, structures and systems, and identity and community.聽

The program covers the cost of tuition and provides a generous stipend to all admitted students, providing a fully funded pathway toward a wide range of careers in the arts. Educating students in a multivocal and inclusive art history, the program aims to give students the interdisciplinary training and robust work experiences that they will need to thrive with an M.A. degree in industries that value visual literacy, creativity, communication, collaboration, research, and other skills. The program prepares students for top Ph.D. programs in art history, but also facilitates other trajectories for those seeking to contribute to the arts and society with an M.A. degree.

Application to the Degree Program:

Application for admission is a two-step process. Each applicant must:

at the 闪播福利库 of Arkansas.
Submit the following to the School of Art :
1. A personal statement explaining motivation for pursuing graduate research in art history (in general and at the 闪播福利库 of Arkansas), personal and career goals, and relevant qualifications and experiences.
2. A writing sample demonstrating preparedness for advanced research in art history (15-20 pages). The writing sample should be a piece of scholarly writing that demonstrates the student's research and writing skills, analytical abilities, and capacity for original argumentation. The writing sample should read as a complete piece of work (and not an incomplete section of a larger text). Students may attach up to five additional pages of illustrations and/or bibliography.
3. Curriculum vitae or r茅sum茅.
4. Three letters of recommendation addressing the applicant's preparedness for graduate education. The application is not considered complete until all recommendation letters are received.聽
5. A pdf of unofficial transcripts from all previous colleges and universities attended. Successful applicants will have an undergraduate degree in art history, or significant coursework in art history or a related discipline relevant to art history and/or the arts of the Americas focus of the program. Relevant work experience will also be considered as preparation for graduate work in art history.

The application deadline is January 15 for fall admission. The application portal on will close after 11:59 p.m. (Central Standard Time) on January 15. It is recommended that applicants submit their applications at least two weeks prior to the deadline to allow ample time for the submission of letters of recommendation.

Requirements for the Degree

A total of 12 courses (36 graduate credit hours) from the following:

Five courses (15 credit hours) in core courses:
础搁贬厂听60003	Art History's Histories: Critical Historiography and Methodology	3
础搁贬厂听60403	Art History Practicum	3
础搁贬厂听60103	Immersive Travel	3
础搁贬厂听60203	Graduate Art History Writing Workshop	3
础搁贬厂听60303	Art History Qualifying Paper	3
Five courses (15 credit hours) must be selected in one or more of the six themes listed below, which are fundamental to understanding the arts of the Americas in a global context. Students are required to touch on each one of these six themes in coursework by the end of their second year in the program. Although most courses will address multiple themes, each course may count for no more than two themes. Students may petition to have up to two courses outside of art history count toward the theme requirement.		15
Environment Theme
This theme speaks to land, nature, climate change, resource extraction, migration, space, empire, region, territory, stewardship.
础搁贬厂听61003	Seminar in Spatial Practices in Mesoamerica and New Spain
础搁贬厂听62103	Seminar in Visual Legacies of the American West
础搁贬厂听62203	Seminar in Monuments and Public Space
础搁贬厂听63103	Seminar in Contemporary Native American Art
Heritage Theme
This speaks to ancestral lineages and legacies, invented traditions, the life of objects and ideologies, questions of authenticity, materials and making.
础搁贬厂听62003	Seminar in Art and Artifice of Americana
础搁贬厂听62103	Seminar in Visual Legacies of the American West
础搁贬厂听62403	Seminar in Mining Museums
础搁贬厂听63103	Seminar in Contemporary Native American Art
础搁贬厂听66403	Seminar in Imagining Africa
Power Theme
This theme speaks to rights issues, social and political imbalances and inequities, race relations and racism, imperialism and national building, colonization and decolonization.
础搁贬厂听62103	Seminar in Visual Legacies of the American West
础搁贬厂听62203	Seminar in Monuments and Public Space
础搁贬厂听62403	Seminar in Mining Museums
础搁贬厂听63003	Seminar in Culture Wars: Politics, Protest, and Activism in the Arts
础搁贬厂听63103	Seminar in Contemporary Native American Art
础搁贬厂听66503	Seminar in Cross-cultural Artistic Production in the Atlantic World
Circulation Theme
This theme speaks to the movements and migrations of peoples, objects, and ideas across space and time; transculturation and globalization; value and mobility; markets.
础搁贬厂听62003	Seminar in Art and Artifice of Americana
础搁贬厂听62303	Seminar in Making and Unmaking the "Modern
础搁贬厂听62403	Seminar in Mining Museums
础搁贬厂听63103	Seminar in Contemporary Native American Art
础搁贬厂听66403	Seminar in Imagining Africa
础搁贬厂听66503	Seminar in Cross-cultural Artistic Production in the Atlantic World
Structures and Systems Theme
This theme speaks to institutions and the mechanisms that organize and legislate experience; systemically maintained social privileges and oppressions; systems of signification; intersections between art and science.
础搁贬厂听61003	Seminar in Spatial Practices in Mesoamerica and New Spain
础搁贬厂听62003	Seminar in Art and Artifice of Americana
础搁贬厂听62303	Seminar in Making and Unmaking the "Modern
础搁贬厂听62403	Seminar in Mining Museums
础搁贬厂听66503	Seminar in Cross-cultural Artistic Production in the Atlantic World
Identity and Community Theme
This theme speaks to identity formation, individual subjectivities, intersectionalities, kinship networks, social world making, community protocols, imagined and real communities.
础搁贬厂听61003	Seminar in Spatial Practices in Mesoamerica and New Spain
础搁贬厂听62203	Seminar in Monuments and Public Space
础搁贬厂听62203	Seminar in Monuments and Public Space
础搁贬厂听63003	Seminar in Culture Wars: Politics, Protest, and Activism in the Arts
础搁贬厂听66403	Seminar in Imagining Africa
础搁贬厂听66503	Seminar in Cross-cultural Artistic Production in the Atlantic World
Elective Courses
Two graduate courses (six graduate credit hours) that address material outside the program's key themes or emphasis on the Americas. These may be specialized seminars or courses that fall outside of art history in allied areas including (but not limited to): African and African American Studies, Anthropology, Architecture, Art Education, Business and Entrepreneurship, Classical Studies, Communication, Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, English, Environmental Sciences, Gender Studies, Graphic Design, History, Journalism and Strategic Media, Latin American and Latino Studies, Political Science, Sociology and Criminology, or Studio Art. May include 5000-level courses.		6
Total Hours		36

Additional Requirements for the Degree:

Language Proficiency: Reading proficiency in a minimum of one world language (other than English) is required. Proficiency should be demonstrated before the student's second year in the program by one of these means:
- Passing a translation exam offered by the World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Department at the 闪播福利库 of Arkansas or by special arrangement in cases when the relevant language translation exam is not offered;
- Receiving a grade of B or higher in a reading knowledge course taken at Global Campus at the 闪播福利库 of Arkansas or at another approved institution; or
- Having an undergraduate major or minor in a world language.
Students will be required to write a self-assessment at the end of each semester, summarizing the ways in which they have explored one or more themes in their courses and research projects during that term. Self-assessments will be evaluated by an Art History faculty committee.聽
Comprehensive Examination: A 20-minute public presentation, adapted from the Qualifying Paper, fulfills this requirement, in addition to a one-hour oral defense of the project, demonstrating comprehensive knowledge of the student's research area and methodologies explored in the Qualifying Paper. By the beginning of Year 2, the student will assemble an Advisory Committee (comprised of the QP adviser and two graduate faculty, one of which may be outside of Art History) to provide guidance on the QP and evaluate the comprehensive exam.

Students should also be aware of the Graduate School requirements for .

Graduate Faculty

Andree, David, M.F.A. (State 闪播福利库 of New York), B.F.A. (Minneapolis College of Art and Design), Teaching Assistant Professor, 2015.
Andree, Kara聽M., M.F.A. (State 闪播福利库 of New York at Buffalo), B.F.A. (Minneapolis College of Art and Design), Instructor, 2016.
Blakinger, John, Ph.D., M.A. (Stanford 闪播福利库), B.A. (Wesleyan 闪播福利库), Associate Professor, Endowed Chair in Art History, 2020.
Brown, Kathy, Ph.D. (闪播福利库 of Houston), M.A. (Eastern Michigan 闪播福利库), B.A. (Wilberforce 闪播福利库), , Endowed Assistant Professor of Art Education, 2023.
Cai, Danqi, M.F.A (闪播福利库 of Tennessee), B.F.A. (Maryland Institute College of Art), Assistant Professor, 2023.
Callander, Adrienne, M.F.A. (Rutgers 闪播福利库), B.A. (Reed College), Assistant Professor, 2017.
Callander, Neil, M.F.A. (Rutgers 闪播福利库), B.F.A. (Indiana 闪播福利库 at Bloomington), Associate Professor, 2017.
Cassiano Alverez, Renata, M.F.A. (闪播福利库 of Massachusetts-Dartmouth), Instructor, 2019.
Chioffi, David聽Charles, M.A. (Wesleyan 闪播福利库), B.F.A. (The Rochester Institute of Technology), Professor, 2013, 2019.
Drolen, Rebecca, M.F.A., B.A. (Indiana 闪播福利库, Bloomington), Associate Professor, 2015, 2023.
Edwards, Vincent聽A., M.F.A. (Herron School of Art and Design), B.F.A. (Indiana 闪播福利库), Instructor, 2016.
Gepher, Henry, M.F.A (PennWest Edinboro), B.S.E. (Millersville 闪播福利库), Assistant Professor, 2023.
Greenhill, Jennifer, Ph.D. (Yale 闪播福利库), M.A. (Williams College), B.A. (闪播福利库 of California, Los Angeles), Professor, Endowed Chair in Art History, 2020.
Hapgood, Thomas聽Layley, M.F.A., B.A. (闪播福利库 of Arizona), Associate Professor, 2005, 2012.
Hernandez, Gaby, M.F.A. (闪播福利库 of Florida), B.A. (Universidad de Costa Rica), Endowed Associate Professor of Graphic Design, 2021.
Hogan, Adam聽S., M.A, M.F.A (Washington 闪播福利库 in St. Louis), Assistant Professor, 2014.
Hulen, Jeannie, M.F.A. (Louisiana State 闪播福利库), B.F.A. (Kansas City Art Institute), Professor, 2002, 2018.
Jacobs, Lynn聽Frances, Ph.D., M.A. (New York 闪播福利库), B.A. (Princeton 闪播福利库), Distinguished Professor, 1989, 2016.
Kandora, Acadia, M.F.A. (闪播福利库 of Arkansas), B.F.A. (Shepherd 闪播福利库), Instructor, 2022.
King, Sam, M.F.A. (Indiana 闪播福利库 at Bloomington), B.F.A. (闪播福利库 of Tulsa), Associate Professor, 2011, 2022.
Lane, Marty聽Maxwell, M.G.D. (North Carolina State 闪播福利库), B.F.A. (闪播福利库 of Illinois at Chicago), Associate Professor, 2014, 2019.
LaPorte, Angela聽M., Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State 闪播福利库), M.A. (Arizona State 闪播福利库), B.S. (La Roche College), Professor, 1998, 2016.
Lee, Oh聽Mee, M.A. (闪播福利库 of Oregon), Instructor, 2019.
Levenson, Abra, Ph.D., M.A.(Princeton), B.A. (闪播福利库 of California, Berkeley), Assistant Professor, 2018.
Lopez, Linda聽Nguyen, M.F.A. (闪播福利库 of Colorado-Boulder), B.F.A. (California State 闪播福利库-Chico), Associate Professor, 2012, 2023.
McConnell, Mathew聽S., M.F.A. (闪播福利库 of Colorado-Boulder), B.F.A. (Valdosta State 闪播福利库), Associate Professor, 2011, 2016.
McMahon, Bree, M.A., B.A. (North Carolina State 闪播福利库), Assistant Professor, 2018.
Mitchell, Marc聽E., M.F.A. (Boston 闪播福利库), Associate Professor, 2014, 2019.
Place, Alison聽L., M.F.A (Miami 闪播福利库), Assistant Professor, 2017.
Posnak, Adam, M.F.A (Louisiana State 闪播福利库 and A&M College), Instructor, 2010.
Pulido Rull, Ana, Ph.D., M.A. (Harvard 闪播福利库), B.A. (National Autonomous 闪播福利库 of Mexico), Associate Professor, 2012, 2018.
Schulte, Christopher聽M., Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State 闪播福利库), M.A., B.A. (闪播福利库 of Northern Iowa), , Endowed Associate Professor of Art Education, 2019.
Slone, Ryan聽B., B.F.A (闪播福利库 of Arkansas), Instructor, 2001.
Springer, Bethany聽Lynn, M.F.A. (闪播福利库 of Georgia), B.A. (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State 闪播福利库), Professor, 2006, 2022.
Sytsma, Janine聽A., Ph.D. (闪播福利库 of Wisconsin-Madison), M.A. (闪播福利库 of Denver), B.A. (Arizona State 闪播福利库), Assistant Professor, 2016.
Turner, Aaron, M.F.A. (Rutgers State 闪播福利库), B.A. (闪播福利库 of Memphis), Assistant Professor, 2016, 2021.
Yoon-Ramirez, Injeong, Ph.D. (闪播福利库 of Arizona), , Endowed Associate Professor of Art Education, 2017.