Dr. Christine Sperling, Chairperson and Professor of Art History

Our Mission

The Department of Art and Art History provides an intellectual and creative environment in which students reach their potential as emerging artists and art historians. Our program cultivates in each student a considered and articulated understanding of the visual arts within the context of history and contemporary culture. We provide a broad foundation of experiences that embrace traditional practices as well as current approaches to the study of art. Students graduate from our program socially engaged, aesthetically conversant and devoted to a life in the visual arts.