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Fall 2009 Courses

Art 109: Modern Art

Art 206: Art Theory & Criticism

For fun: Vik Muniz on TED

Witt Art History Award Instructions

Resources in Art History for students

Student Survey

Peer Review checklist for research papers

Jeremy Jordan's research paper

Alicia Guerra's research paper

Web Gallery of Art

World Images Portfolio

Art:21 artist videos

Regional Art Museum Websites:

California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Lincoln Park

University of California, Berkeley Art Museum

Contact

Elaine O'Brien, Ph.D.
Professor of modern and contemporary
art history and criticism
Department of Art
College of Arts and Letters
Curriculum Vita

Office: 190 Kadema
Hours: W 6-7, T 1:30-2:30
Phone: (916) 278:5704
Email: eobrien@csus.edu
Mailing address:
CSU, Sacramento
6000 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95819-6061

Bruce Conner teardrop
Bruce Conner Teardrop Angel, 1974.
Di Rosa exhibition, Altered States

Professor O'Brien offers a survey of early modern to contemporary art for general education students as well as a sequence of undergraduate and graduate courses in art theory and criticism, and the history of the art and visual culture of the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries with a focus on the art of the Americas and contemporary global culture. She is currently editing a non-Western modern art anthology textbook and lectures widely on subjects in her area of expertise.
Art History Events:

Save the dates:
Public preview screenings of two episodes of Art21, the award-winning PBS series

Art in the 21st Century 2008: Episode: “Compassion”
Date: 10/07/09
Time: 6pm
Place: Solano Hall room 2002

Art in the 21st Century 2008: Episode: “Transformation”
Date: 10/14/09
Time: 6 pm
Place: Solano Hall room 2002

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Art History Student Achievement: Congratulations!

Stacy Wong (2010) Special Masters in Art History is an intern at the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission. She has curated an exhibition at the Sacramento International Airport Art Gallery in Terminal B.  The exhibition, titled "Poetry by Fire:  Japanese Tea Ceremony Ceramics,"  will run from August 12th through October 30th.  

Jeremy Jordon
(2009) BA double major, Art History and Art Studio, won two 2009 Witt scholarship awards for superior work in both fields. Read Jeremy's award winning art history paper, "Salvador Dalí: The Founder of the 'Fake,'" available on this page (see link on left). Jeremy is beginnning his first year of graduate studies at Sac State in art practice.

Julia Beckner (2008) is the Programming Manager for Downtown Sacramento Partnership, directing an impressive range of cultural events for the city. Click here for a description of what she's doing as well as opportunities for art and art history students.

Kristina Schlosser (2006) is the co-curator of Fresh Young Things: New Talent from Northern California, an exhibition of emerging artists at JayJay Gallery, Sacramento,
July 8 – August 8, 2009. Click here for Sacramento Bee review. Kristina is in the MA program in art history at UC Davis.

Teresa Whitney (2007) is completing the MA program in art history at Florida State University, Tampa.

Tatiana Reinoza Perkins (2006) completed the MA program in art history at the University of Texas, Austin. This spring she is curating the exhibition, Tradition and Technology in Print, at the Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento

Rebecca Crowther (2009) Special Masters in Art History & Photography graduate is Assistant Archivist at the Center for Sacramento History

Heather Mosqueda Brown (2006) completed her MA in Art History at the Courtauld Institute of Art in 2008. She is currently getting training in conservation at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco.

Jena Peterson (2008) Special Masters in Native American art and Museum Studies is now working for the California State Park Archives

Kim Thompson (2008) Special Masters in Asian Art and Museum Studies is now teaching part-time at Heald college in Roseville



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