As part of the major in Art History students are regularly involved in writing honors theses during their senior year; collaborating on curatorial projects at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum and with both the Chu-Griffis Asian Art Collection and the Wetmore Print Collection; and working with individual faculty on selected topics for independent research.
Recent Honors Theses Topics
- The Animalization of Spirituality in the Works of Franz Marc (2014)
- Xu Bing and the Redefined Chinese American Art (2014)
- Revolutionary Art from China, South Africa and Tunisia (2013)
- Identity Politics and Cultural Policy in Contemporary Senegalese Art (2011)
- Exhibiting Italian Futurism (2008)
Recent Exhibition Projects (Student/Faculty Collaborations)
- Spirits of the Forest, People of the Herd (Lyman Allyn Museum, 2014)
- Sub Urbanisms: Casino Company-town, China-town (Lyman Allyn Museum, 2014)
- Chinese Paintings by 20th-Century Masters (Chu Griffis Reading Room, 2014)
- Revolutionary Art from China, South Africa and Tunisia (Shain Library, 2013)
- Japanese Woodblock Prints (Cummings Arts Center, 2013)
- Pop Goes the Easel: Pop Art and its Progeny (Lyman Allyn Museum, 2012)
- Connecticut College: Portraits of the Presidents (Blaustein Humanities Center, 2012)
- Architecture and Society on New London's State Street (Lyman Allyn Museum, 2005)
- The Nut Museum: Visionary Art of Elizabeth Tashjian (Lyman Allyn Museum, 2004)
Recent Independent Projects
- Ethnic Minorities in Modern Chinese Art (2014)
- Sensorial Experiences with Food and Art in Museums (2014)
- Performing Race and Gender in Experimental Art (2013)
- Connecticut College Arts Marketing Strategy Proposal (2013)
- Dali: The Artist and the Self-Designed Home (2012)
- Diego Rivera's Water, Source of Life Mural and Tlaloc Fountain (2012)
- Museums as Utopian Spaces (2011)
- The Role of Women Curators and Museum Founders (2011)