DePaul Gnome Hunt!

February 20, 2019 mmarnell Department Information, DePaul Gnome Hunt, Events DePaul Gnome Hunt, DePaul University, student involvement, Vincent van Gogh

The Second Annual DePaul Gnome Hunt is almost here! From February 25th through March 1st gnomes from 150 DePaul departments and student organizations will be hidden on the Loop and Lincoln Park Campuses (including our little dude, Vincent van Gnome!). If you find one of these gnomes, return them to the Office of Student Involvement and you’ll win DePaul gear, a Chartwell’s giftcard, or more.

If you find Vincent van Gnome, please take a picture with him and update us on how he’s doing! We can’t wait to see what he’s up to in his travels!

a small garden gnome painted to resemble Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night standing in front of books on a shelf — Vincent van Gnome checking out the art history books in our awesome student library!

a small garden gnome painted to resemble Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night standing near a picture of Starry Night in a book — Vincent van Gnome admiring his painting

a small garden gnome painted to resemble Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night standing as if looking at a picture of Starry Night in a book — He really likes that painting!

a small garden gnome painted to resemble Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night standing on a copy of a recreation of Defiant Prisoner by Michelangelo — Vincent van Gnome saying goodbye to one of his big brothers (a recreation of *Defiant Prisoner* by Michelangelo)

Student Symposium and Essay Prize!

February 12, 2019February 12, 2019 mmarnell Department Information, Events, Student Resources art history, DePaul University, student symposium, student work, symposium, University

Every year, the Department of History of Art and Architecture puts on a Student Symposium and Essay Prize and this one is extra special, as this year is our 10 year anniversary as our own department!

Student Symposium

In previous years, the Student Symposium was open to all students who had taken a 200 or 300 level HAA class. However, we have changed things a little this year. As a way to showcase the culmination of work for the students in our HAA 390: Senior Capstone class, the only students who will be presenting at the symposium will be our capstone students. However, everyone is welcome to attend the symposium! The capstone gives our students a chance to refine and expand a paper that they have previously written. It also gives our students a chance to work on a topic that they are interested in researching more in depth, as well as creating a paper that they can use for graduate school applications. Anyone who attends the symposium will have a chance to hear the final work of our students, learn about what our current students are working on, and get an idea about the depth and breadth or our department research.

Essay Prize

Still want to take part in the Student Symposium, but aren’t in the Senior Capstone? No problem! Submit your paper for our annual paper prize! If you have a paper from 290 or any 300 level HAA course taken between Winter Quarter 2018 and Fall Quarter 2018 your paper is eligible. The annual paper prize comes with a monetary prize and the possibility that it will be published in the Creating Knowledge journal (if you’re interested in reading past winning papers, check out past Creating Knowledge publications!). If you apply to the essay prize, you must attend the symposium.

We’re taking applications for both now. You can find more information by visiting our departmental web page or emailing me at mmarnell@depaul.edu.

We can’t wait to hear and read all of the wonderful papers!

Upcoming in HAA!

January 16, 2019 mmarnell Department Information, Events academic, art, art history, Art Institute of Chicago, Career Planning, Chicago, DePaul University, events, University

We hope that everyone had a lovely first week of classes! All of our classes have been wonderful so far and everyone here is very excited for the rest of the quarter!

We have a few events in February (which seems to be approaching faster than it should be!) that I want to mention so that you can save the date!

The first event, taking place on Tuesday, February 5th at 5:30 is “The Fate of Art in Vienna during the Nazi Era”, a talk by Dr. Victoria Reed, who is the Monica S. Sadler Curator for Provenance at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. This event is offered through the law school, but is co-sponsored by many departments, including our own! This should be a fascinating talk for anyone interested in provenance research or art law.

The very next night will be our annual History of Art and Architecture Career Night! This event will have both Dr. Joanna Gardner-Huggett, the chair of HAA, as well as Margaret McGee-Newton from the Career Center answering questions about careers options with a major or minor in art history, how the DePaul Career Center can help you as you explore those options, and other questions you may have. You’re more than welcome to attend, even if you aren’t sure if art history is the thing for you!

The final one is that Saturday, February 9th (talk about a busy week!). This one isn’t at DePaul, but is at one of our partner institutions, the Art Institute of Chicago. JAM or Jobs at Art Museums is open to students as well as faculty and staff of area universities It’s a full day of career-focused programming at AIC and will include a museum careers panel, breakout sessions with museum staff, and information on internships and job opportunities (as well as a reception!). You can find more information here. After learning about some awesome jobs at the HAA Career Night earlier in the week, you can get a more in-depth look at career opportunities at art museums as well as gain networking with other students, faculty, and staff from nearby institutions.

We can’t wait to see you at these amazing events!