AHVCS Forum, Art History Program, University of Nevada, Reno

04/13/2024

AHVCS Student Research Forum - today at 1-5pm. See posters and schedule for details. Free event.

04/04/2024

Join us next Saturday, April 13, 1-5pm for the AHVCS Student Research Forum. Guest alumni speakers: Tanya Gayer, keynote talk via Zoom, and in-person panel discussion the Bonnie Blair Lacy and Alberto Garcia Rodriguez. Free event. Spread the word.

11/14/2023

Thrilled to be co-hosting an art writing symposium on "Writing Never Written" at the Nevada Museum of Art on Friday, December 1st. We have a fantastic roster of presenters - full schedule to be posted later this week. It is a ticketed event, which includes lunch. Please pre-register here:

When we talk about writing in and for the Arts, we rarely consider the content that never gets written. Inspired by the book, Photographs Never Taken, a compelling collection of short essays by photographers who retell the stories that underlie the images they never made, this one-day symposium cons...

04/14/2023

Join us tomorrow for the AHVCS Student Research Forum at UNR. Noon-5pm in Room 153 Church Fine Arts Building. Eight students will be presenting their research. Dr. Daniel Enrique Pérez, Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, will be presenting the keynote talk. Come for the whole event or just a panel. It's going to be fantastic!

See full schedule below:

Noon – 12:30 Welcome, Introduction, and Reception

Dr. Brett M. Van Hoesen, Associate Professor and Area Head of Art History

12:30-12:50 Keynote Talk

"Fierce Mariposa Warriors in Visual Culture and Social Justice Movements"
Dr. Daniel Enrique Pérez, Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, College of Liberal Arts and Associate Professor of Chicanx and Latinx Studies

12:50-1:15 Question and answer + discussion

1:15-1:30 Break

1:30-2:30 Student Research Panel I

"The Eames Dream: Credit and Authorship in 20th Century Art"
Alexander Batter

"The Magical World of Laurel Burch Designs"
Dalen O’Bryan

"Non-Experienced Pasts: An Examination of Nostalgia in Contemporary Art and Culture"
Luke Rizzotto

2:30-3 Break

3:00-4:00 Student Research Panel II

"Comparison Essay Between Alice Neel and Georgia O’Keeffe"
Maria Mazurowski

"Q***r Weimar Germany: Philosophies, Codes, and Lesbianism in Canvas and Film"
Autumn Loewen

"Charlotte Salomon: An Exploration into Processing, Coping, and Living through Art"
Ashlan Gardella

4-4:15 Break

4:15-5 Student Research Panel III

"Women of Dada and the Figure at Play"
Taryn Trapani

"The Secret Lives of the Readymade: Q***r Possibilities in Marcel Duchamp’s 'Why Not Sneeze, Rrose Selavy?'"
Kit Ortega

03/08/2023

Our position for Assistant Professor of Art History (Art of the Americas) is still open for applications until March 15, 2023. If you know of qualified candidates, please direct them to the job call (available now also via CAA).

Assistant Professor, Art History Job; Location: Nevada; Full Time job in University of Nevada, Reno Company;

03/08/2023

Deadline for student submissions for the 2023 AHVCS Student Research Forum is this Friday, March 10. See details here:

11/29/2022

Just a quick reminder of tonight’s film screening, “Fold Crumple Crush: The Art of El Anatsui.” The AHVCS Forum is hosting the event in CFA 153, 6-7:30pm, with a short introduction by local early-childhood arts educator, Heike Rael, who teaches kids the creative and environmental benefits of working with repurposed and recycled materials. Heike is currently partnering with Urban Roots on a large-scale plastic bottle cap project for kids. She has also worked with Patagonia, Washoe County Schools, and Thursday Farmer’s Market on a range of sustainable, community-based art projects.

The film on El Anatsui’s work runs about 50 minutes. Hope to see you there!

Film screening, “Fold Crumple Crush: The Art of El Anatsui” (2013) with introductory conversation with local early childhood arts educator Heike Rael, who specializes in repurposed and sustainable materials.

11/01/2022

Tonight! 6pm at the Wells Fargo Auditorium. Join the AHVCS Forum and the John & Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art for a film screening of “Edo Avant Garde,” a beautiful film by director Linda Hoaglund. If you missed the exhibition last spring of “Thirty-six Views of Japanese Art,” guest curated by Dr. Brett Van Hoesen, this film will rekindle some of that content. Free and open to the public. Parking available on first floor of Brian Whalen Parking Garage.

Film runs 80 mins with short intro by Dr. Brett Van Hoesen.

06/03/2022

Looking for something fun to do next Friday at noon? Come join Dr. Brett M. Van Hoesen for an Art Bite lecture, "Lessons from Picasso's Ceramics" at the Nevada Museum of Art. Free for students & members. $15 for non-members.

In conjunction with the current NMA exhibition, "Picasso in Clay: Selections from the Robert Felton and Lindsay Wallis Collection."

Dr. Brett M. Van Hoesen, Associate Professor and Area Head of Art History at the University of Nevada, Reno, explores three key lessons in conjunction with Picasso’s ceramics: the importance of playfulness, the necessity for experimentation, and the culture of collaboration. Program support and fr...

05/05/2022

Join us tonight at 5:30pm at the
John & Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art for a very special guest lecture by Amsterdam-based paper conservator Maria Montcalm. Free event. In conjunction with the exhibition, “Thirty-six Views of Japanese Art.”

04/19/2022

Join the AHVCS Forum tomorrow night for screening of “Sisters with Transistors;” 2020 feature documentary narrated by Laurie Anderson.

Free event. 6:30pm, Wednesday, April 20, Wells Fargo Auditorium, Knowledge Center, UNR