Congratulations alumni entering graduate programs in the fall 2013 semester!

We are excited for UE archaeology and art history alumni who are entering graduate programs this fall semester: Ben Ollestad (Ball State University Anthropology), Hilary Waltz (Indiana University Art History), Kelly Goodner (University of Leicester, UK Museum Studies), Michael Koletsos (University of Arizona Classical Archaeology) and Kevin Kay (Cambridge University, UK Archaeology). Good luck to all!

Student Elizabeth L. at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art

Earlier this year I decided that I wanted to gain some experience in museum work.  Having come across an internship opportunity a year ago, I decided to search for it again.  Lo and behold it was there!  I applied and the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art (at the University of Oklahoma) in Norman, OK offered me a position in the Education Department, and I took the opportunity without hesitation. The museum has quite a few excellent programs that are free to the public.  They also have a fantastic permanent collection featuring Native American Art and French Impressionism, so I was really excited to get involved with as much as possible.

 

 

I have been working mostly with two different programs:  Art Adventures and Sooner Museum Quest.  Art Adventures is intended for preschool aged children.  This program consists of a weekly story and art project, and we also offer gallery guides that have pieces in the museum that relate to the week’s story.  My main job with this program is to make the gallery guides, so I get to wander around the museum until I find what I want, which I quite enjoy!  Sooner Museum Quest is a program aimed at underprivileged groups in the Oklahoma City and Norman areas.  The groups in this program spend the morning at the Fred Jones and the afternoon at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, also in Norman.  The program this summer is centered around Pablo Picasso’s Woman in Studio which is currently on loan to the museum.  The groups are taken on an Elements of Art Tour and they also get to make a monochromatic painting. 

When I have extra time, I have also been putting together a docent packet for a color tour starting in the fall called Over the Rainbow.  I’ve really enjoyed working on it because I get to do research, so it’s a nice change of pace.  I also do various miscellaneous tasks, such as making a catalog of all of the children’s books that the museum owns or stuffing envelopes.  Overall it has been a wonderful summer so far, and it’s going fast!  I’m learning quite a lot and I definitely know now that I am headed in the right direction.  I hope to have an opportunity in the future to do another internship here, perhaps in the Curatorial Department. 

Summer 2013 Plans

The Department of Archaeology and Art History is very pleased to announce the summer plans of its Archaeology, Art History and Classical Studies majors:

Alexandra C., Children’s Museum of Indianapolis Internship, IN
Morgan D., Jezreel Expedition, Israel
Elizabeth F., Poggio Civitate (Murlo) Field School, Italy
Travis J., Binchester Project Excavations at Roman Vinovium, United Kingdom
Kayla K., Jezreel Expedition, Israel
Carissa K., Educational Programs Assistant, Angel Mounds State Historic Site, IN
Sam K., Jezreel Expedition, Israel
Elizabeth L., Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art Internship, Norman, OK
Katie M., Jezreel Expedition, Israel
Ashley M., Jezreel Expedition, Israel
Ben O., Jezreel Expedition, Israel
Korine P., the University of Southern Indiana’s Fort Ouiatenon Excavations, IN
Amy R., Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library Volunteer, TX
Marley R., Courson Archaeological Research Field School, TX
Dorothy S., Registrar, Newburgh Museum, IN
Mike S., Jezreel Expedition, Israel

Art History Internship Award Winner Announced

The Department of Archaeology and Art History is pleased to announce the winner of our first Art History Internship Award: Art History major Elizabeth Long. Elizabeth will receive $500 to support her summer internship experience at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art in Norman, OK. Congratulations, Elizabeth!

Congratulations May 2013 graduates!

Fourteen students graduated with degrees in Archaeology, Art History and Classical Studies on Saturday May 4, 2013.

Some of our 2013 graduates at the senior picnic last week.

They include Alexandra Cutler, Abigail Di Giorgi, Elizabeth Frost, Molly Hodgen, Kevin Kay, Samantha Kimsey, Lena McLaughlin, Samantha Miller, Benjamin Ollestad, Marley Rardin, Katy Schmidt, Dorothy Sibrel, Hilary Waltz, and Emily Williams. Congratulations to all!

Shirley Schwarz Prize Winners Announced

The Department is pleased to announce the winners of the 2013 Shirely Schwarz Prize for Research in Art History: May 2013 graduates Kevin Kay (archaeology) and Hilary Waltz (art history). Kevin's paper is entitled "Dissociative Cognition and Transcendental Sociality in Chauvet Cave" and Hilary's paper is "The Vanishing Savage? 19th Century American Attitudes Toward Natives and the Work of George Catlin." Both will attend graduate school in fall 2013: Kevin will begin the MPhil program in Archaeological Research at Cambridge University, UK and Hilary will enter the MA program in Art History at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. Congratulations Kevin and Hilary!

Archaeology and Art History Majors Present at NCUR

Three of the twelve UE students who presented their research at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) held April 11-13 in LaCrosse, Wisconsin were archaeology and art history majors!


Alexandra Cutler: “Scams and Shams: The Importance of Forgeries in Archaeology.”

Samantha Miller: “Evolution of the Villanovans to the Etruscans Through a Transition in Societal Beauty.”

Hilary Waltz: “The Savage Indian? 19th Century American Attitudes Toward Natives and the Work of George Catlin.”

Congratulations to these May 2013 graduates!