Welcome to the Kalamazoo College Department of Art and Art History. We offer majors and minors in both Studio Art and Art History. Please visit our pages to learn more about our programs, faculty, and studios.
In an ever-increasingly visual world, art and art history cultivate essential critical looking skills that allow students to better navigate and respond to their communities, both local and global. Courses in the department take advantage of the interdisciplinary nature of the liberal arts experience, and we encourage students to interweave their personal and academic interests with artistic expression and research across visual cultures. Many classes have no prerequisites and are open to all students; while more advanced courses provide training for those interested in postgraduate study of studio art or art history. Senior projects can provide internships and other opportunities for experiential learning in the context of the arts: commercial art, arts management, museums and galleries, or professional studio practice. In every case, our goal is to enrich students’ experience of their visual world and to develop the necessary analytical and communication skills in order to thrive upon graduation.
News & Announcements
Art & Art History Department Show (& Dinner)!
Our Post Bacc Fellow, Jacob, and Gallery Assistant, Natalie, have been hard at work getting the Art & Art History Department Show together — and it opens on Friday, May 3rd!
“Hogan-Minded”: Race and Place in Georgia O’Keeffe’s Southwest
Thursday, April 11, 6:00 – 7:00pm | Kalamazoo Institute of Arts. In a talk drawing on his dissertation research, Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow Dr. James Denison will argue that past interpretations of Georgia O’Keeffe’s New Mexican paintings have obscured her engagement with Southwestern Indigenous cultures…
Call for Submissions: Art & Art History Department Show
Current art students are invited to participate in the Art + Art History Department Art Exhibition, which will take place at the Kalamazoo College Community Studio (KCCS) during spring quarter. The show is open to all students majoring or minoring in art, and all students are encouraged to submit something!