Welcome to Art and Art History at Georgetown!
The Department of Art and Art History invites all students to explore the worlds of creating, interpreting, and exhibiting art, which has always stood near the heart of human culture and inquiry. Our students and faculty pursue creative work and research to illuminate art’s history and future with rigor, nuance, and imagination.
Our disciplines deeply embody Georgetown University’s dedication to creating and communicating knowledge. Art can articulate and interpret ideas about ourselves, communities, histories, beliefs, politics, and environments in ways that are exceptionally direct. Students work with objects, make things, and grapple with forms and ideas across time and geography. Visual literacy and cultural awareness are essential to informed, reflective, and effective engagement in the modern world.
The Department offers a BA in Art (Studio Practice) and in Art History, and a Master of Arts in Art and Museum Studies. Each year we welcome more than 600 students in a great variety of courses, ranging from Animation through Zen Buddhist Art. All of our classes are small enough to allow for intensive instruction and wide-ranging discussion.
Our students and faculty regularly study and work in Washington’s extraordinary museums and galleries, including our own Maria and Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery and Lucille M. and Richard F.X. Spagnuolo Gallery.
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Jaynelle Hazard Appointed Director of Georgetown University Art Galleries
June 20th, 2024
The Georgetown University College of Arts & Sciences is excited to announce the appointment of Jaynelle Hazard as the new director and chief curator of the Georgetown University Art Galleries. …
Art History alum Dr. Christine Slobogin to present talk “Art, Humor, and Gender in the Second World War Plastic Surgery Ward.”
March 29th, 2023
Join the Art & Art History Department and the Medical Humanities Initiative at Georgetown University on April 11th, 2023 at 5:00 pm in Walsh room 495 for a talk by Art History alum Dr. Christine…
31st Annual Misty Dailey Awards — Now accepting applications!
February 27th, 2023
Applications for 2023 are open! The deadline is 12 noon on Wednesday, April 19th, 2023. Applications are now open for the 31st Annual Misty Dailey Awards! The Art and Art History Department,…
Xin Zheng (C’23), Art History major, awarded the Makeba Clay Diversity Fellowship at The Phillips Collection
October 20th, 2022
Xin Zheng (C’23), senior Art History and History double major, was just awarded the Makeba Clay Diversity Fellowship at The Phillips Collection. Zheng was the single fellow chosen for this…
