ART HISTORY FAST FACTS • Nearly 50 percent of our art history students go on to graduate school • Campus is within an hour drive of several art museums, including the world-renown Cleveland Museum of Art, Butler Institute of American Art and the Akron Art Museum Career Connection Some graduate schools our students have attended include: • University of Chicago • Stony Brook University • Harvard University • University of Michigan • Cornell University • Princeton University • Art Institute of Chicago Some organizations our alumni have worked or currently work at include: • Christie’s Auction House • The Museum of Modern Art • Sotheby’s • Cleveland Paper Conservancy • Akron Art Museum • American Greetings
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN • Interdisciplinary classes have included offerings such as “Bohemians and Rebels: Art and Literature of the Romantic Age,” “Architecture and Jazz,” which is taught in New Orleans, and “Artifacts, Institutions and Ideology of Japan,” which is taught in Japan. STUDY ABROAD Gain a better understanding of the processes used by artists by examining Michelangelo’s “David” in Florence, Italy. Reflect on the impact that Buddhism has on art by visiting Kyoto, Japan. Go on a “culture hunt” at the famous Louvre in Paris, France to see if you can find any “non-French” art. Get inspired by the Taj Mahal in India, one of the “seven wonders of the world.”
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ART HISTORY FAST FACTS • Nearly 50 percent of our art history students go on to graduate school • Campus is within an hour drive of several art museums, including the world-renown Cleveland Museum of Art, Butler Institute of American Art and the Akron Art Museum Career Connection Some graduate schools our students have attended include: • University of Chicago • Stony Brook University • Harvard University • University of Michigan • Cornell University • Princeton University • Art Institute of Chicago Some organizations our alumni have worked or currently work at include: • Christie’s Auction House • The Museum of Modern Art • Sotheby’s • Cleveland Paper Conservancy • Akron Art Museum • American Greetings
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN • Interdisciplinary classes have included offerings such as “Bohemians and Rebels: Art and Literature of the Romantic Age,” “Architecture and Jazz,” which is taught in New Orleans, and “Artifacts, Institutions and Ideology of Japan,” which is taught in Japan. STUDY ABROAD Gain a better understanding of the processes used by artists by examining Michelangelo’s “David” in Florence, Italy. Reflect on the impact that Buddhism has on art by visiting Kyoto, Japan. Go on a “culture hunt” at the famous Louvre in Paris, France to see if you can find any “non-French” art. Get inspired by the Taj Mahal in India, one of the “seven wonders of the world.”
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MAJORS
WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH AN ART HISTORY DEGREE? You could become: • a gallery/museum director • a curator • an exhibit designer • an art teacher • an art lawyer • an art therapist • an art critic • an art insurance agent • an art writer/editor • an artists’ agent GELBKE FINE ARTS CENTER Approximately 26,000 square feet, the Gelbke Fine Arts Center is a former factory renovated in 2007 by famous Cleveland architect, Richard Fleishman. The facility features: • individual studio work spaces • a 60-seat amphitheater • gallery for students and visiting artists • digital art lab • small art history seminar room • printmaking facility • ceramics facilities with gas and wood kilns • traditional darkroom
Learn more: www.hiram.edu/art-history
FACULTY MEMBERS WITH A PH.D.
90%
Accounting and Financial Management Applied Computer Science Art History Biochemistry Biology Biomedical Humanities Chemistry Communication Computer Science Creative Writing Economics Education Licensure Educational Studies English
Environmental Studies Integrative Exercise Science French History Management Mathematics Music Neuroscience Nursing Philosophy Physics Political Science Psychology Religious Studies Sociology Studio Arts Spanish Theater Arts
Your next steps Apply online at admission.hiram.edu. Questions? Contact the Office of Admission at
[email protected], or 800.362.5280.
MAJORS
WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH AN ART HISTORY DEGREE? You could become: • a gallery/museum director • a curator • an exhibit designer • an art teacher • an art lawyer • an art therapist • an art critic • an art insurance agent • an art writer/editor • an artists’ agent GELBKE FINE ARTS CENTER Approximately 26,000 square feet, the Gelbke Fine Arts Center is a former factory renovated in 2007 by famous Cleveland architect, Richard Fleishman. The facility features: • individual studio work spaces • a 60-seat amphitheater • gallery for students and visiting artists • digital art lab • small art history seminar room • printmaking facility • ceramics facilities with gas and wood kilns • traditional darkroom
Learn more: www.hiram.edu/art-history
FACULTY MEMBERS WITH A PH.D.
90%
Accounting and Financial Management Applied Computer Science Art History Biochemistry Biology Biomedical Humanities Chemistry Communication Computer Science Creative Writing Economics Education Licensure Educational Studies English
Environmental Studies Integrative Exercise Science French History Management Mathematics Music Neuroscience Nursing Philosophy Physics Political Science Psychology Religious Studies Sociology Studio Arts Spanish Theater Arts
Your next steps Apply online at admission.hiram.edu. Questions? Contact the Office of Admission at
[email protected], or 800.362.5280.
