Department of Art and Art History

Please contact us with any questions or concerns at
art-arthistory@georgetown.edu.

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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News

The 29th Misty Dailey Awards Ceremony

May 12th, 2021

On Thursday , May 6th , we celebrated our students at the 29th annual Misty Dailey Awards . Together with the Dailey Family , the Art and Art History Depart…

2021 Senior Art Majors Exhibition

May 10th, 2021

The Department of Art and Art History and the Georgetown University Art Galleries are proud to present the 2021 Senior Art Majors Exhibition on view through…

Public Dialogue: “What does it mean to be American?” | Wednesday, April 28, from 5:30-6:45 p.m. EST

April 23rd, 2021

The Maria & amp ; Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery and the Georgetown Humanities Initiative present : Looking for America brings people together from across t…

Humanities Round Tables: Careers in Art and Art History

April 22nd, 2021

In partnership with the Georgetown Humanities Initiative and the Cawley Career Center , Tuesday , April 27th from 4 – 5pm , the Department of Art & amp ; Art History i…