Adeniji, Adekunle

Adeniji, Adekunle

Adekunle Adeniji

Ph.D. Candidate

Art History Program

Major Fields of Interest: African art history, art criticism, post-colonial modernism in Africa, comparative/cross-cultural studies, and visual cultures 
Undergraduate Experience: Bachelor of Arts: Fine Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria (2009)
Graduate Experience: Master of Arts: African Studies (Visual Arts) University of Ibadan, Nigeria  (2014)
Dissertation Topic: Contemporary Stone Sculpting in Africa  
Supervisor: Dr. Juliana Ribeiro de Silva Bevilacqua 

Oatley, Sarah

Oatley, Sarah

Sarah Oatley

Ph.D. Candidate

Art History Program

Major Fields of Interest: Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century English fashion; print and material culture; early modern collage; scrapbooks and albums; gender and craft; gender and collecting practices.
Undergraduate Experience: B.A. Honours, Art History, University of Guelph (2019)
Graduate Experience: M.A. Art History, University of Guelph (2020)
M.A. Major Research Paper Title: “Pinned and Pasted: Fashion and Politics in Barbara Johnson’s Album, 1746-1823.”
Supervisor: Dr. Antonia Behan

Cézanne's Closet 2023

Start Date

Tuesday January 17, 2023

End Date

Saturday February 4, 2023

Time

11:00 am - 10:00 pm

Location

Union Gallery, 101 Union St.

Ticket sales are now open for Cézanne's Closet, the popular annual fundraiser for Union Gallery. Tickets are $100, and guarantee the ticket holder one of over 60 donated artworks, via lottery-style draw. This year's fundraiser includes a preview preview exhibition at Union Gallery, January 17-February 4, 2023, co-curated by Queen’s University Art History graduate students Cicely Haggerty and Anna Douglas. All are invited to view Cézanne’s Closet artworks in-person and a catalogue will be available online. All funds raised directly support Union Gallery's not-for-profit mission and programming, including exhibitions, artist opportunities, workshops and more. A live virtual event will close the event, February 4, 2023, 7:00-10:00pm.

Tickets are available here.

Cézanne's Closet 2023

 

Professor Emeritus J. C. Heywood (1941-2022), master printmaker, painter, and mentor to countless artists during his 32 years at Queen’s

Acclaimed printmaker J. C. Heywood died on 1 December 2022 in Montreal at age 81. From 1976 until his retirement in 2006, Professor Carl Heywood taught printmaking to Queen's students in the Bachelor of Fine Art program. He combined modesty with supreme assurance in the mastery of his technique. His gifts as a born communicator together with his great generosity of spirit endeared him to colleagues and aspiring artists at Queen's.

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Conlin, Rose

Conlin, Rose

Rose Conlin

Ph.D. Candidate

Art History Program

Major Fields of Interest: Early modern Art; Art in a global context; Dutch material culture; Natural history; Scientific illustration; Culture of curiosity; Knowledge networks and knowledge production
Undergraduate Experience: B.A. Art History (Honours), University of Guelph (2017)
Graduate Experience: M.A. Art History and Visual Culture, University of Guelph (2019)
M.A. Thesis Topic: “The ‘Spindle-Shanked Vesalius’: Simulating Dissection in the Anatomia Humani Corporis.”
Dissertation Topic: “Collecting Information and Producing Worldly Knowledge in Nicolaes Witsen’s Collection of Curiosities.”
Supervisor: Dr. Stephanie Dickey

Virtual Open House for prospective Art History graduate students

Date

Thursday December 15, 2022
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Location

Online

On December 15 at 6:00pm, prospective graduate students can attend the Queen's Art History program's virtual open house. Join faculty, student representatives, and the Art History Graduate Chair to discuss graduate studies and ask your questions. This open house is free to attend with registration. Please send any questions or concerns to Hailey Chomos, M.A. student and Art History Graduate Ambassador, at arthgradambassador@queensu.ca.

Queen's Art History faculty contribute to recent two-volume Cambridge University Press publication

A Queen's milestone: Professor Gauvin BaileyProfessor Matthew Reeve, and Emeritus Professor Pierre Du Preyare all contributors to the Cambridge Guide to the Architecture of Christianity, the two-volume magnum opus just published by Cambridge University Press (Cambridge: CUP, 2023).

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Prof. Juliana Bevilacqua leads museum professions training sessions in Nigeria

This month in Lagos, Nigeria, Art History Professor Juliana Bevilacqua led a training session for museum professionals, sponsored by the International Council for Museums (ICOM), the Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art, the Pan-Atlantic University, and ICOM Nigeria, with support of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution

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