>> Museum Fellows Program

RISD offers courses in the History of Art, Architecture, and Visual Culture spanning a wide range of media, time periods, and and critical perspectives. Courses on topics as diverse as Museum Culture, Landscape in American film, Architecture and Urbanism of Berlin, or African Women Artists are available. The College offers a 27-credit undergraduate and a 36-credit graduate Concentration in Art History designed for students who wish to complement their studio major with in-depth studies in Visual Culture: art history, theory, criticism and museum studies. The undergraduate art history concentration can be completed within a 4- or 5-year degree program and requires a total of 51 credits in Liberal Arts. The graduate concentration requires a semester and a Wintersession beyond the MFA studies. All RISD BFA and MFA candidates are eligible to undertake a concentration in Art History and Visual Culture. The concentration coordinator in Art History and Visual Culture can provide program specifics. Contact Professor Paola Demattè (pdematte@risd.edu) or call 401- 454 – 6267.

Undergraduate Concentration in History of Art and Visual Culture Distribution Requirements
I. Two courses (6 credits):
    - History of Art & Visual Culture 1
    - History of Art & Visual Culture 2 (Topics)
II. Two courses (6 credits) from any of the following:
    - Contemporary Art History and Criticism
    - Methodology and Historiography
    - Philosophy of Art and/or Sociology of Art, Aesthetics
III. Three courses (9 credits) from any three of the following categories:
    - Prehistory through Medieval
    - Renaissance through 1800
    - 19th and 20th centuries
    - Asian, African, Islamic, or Indigenous Arts of the Americas
IV. Two courses (6 credits) from either of the following categories:
    - Area courses or Studio/Art History team taught courses
    - Museum studies, Museum/Art History
    - Category II or III

Graduate Concentration in Art History and Visual Culture
Distribution Requirements
I. One course (3 credits), Methodology and Historiography
II. One course (3 credits), Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics
III. Three courses (9 credits) from any two of the following:
    - Prehistory through Medieval
    - Renaissance through 1800
    - 19th and 20th century
    - Asian, African, Islamic, or Indigenous Arts of the Americas
IV. Three courses (9 credits) from at least two of the following:
    - Contemporary Art History and Criticism
    - Area courses or Studio/Art History team-taught courses
    - Museum studies, Museum/Art History team-taught courses
    - Advanced area studies
V. Two courses (6 credits), any category
VI. Six-credit Thesis supervised by a faculty member in the History of Art and Visual Culture Department.

DEPARTMENT HEAD

Mary Bergstein
Department Head
Professor
Phone: 401-454-6271
mbergste@risd.edu

FULL-TIME FACULTY

Bolaji Campbell
Associate Professor
Phone: 401-277-4870
bcampbel@risd.edu
http://faculty.risd.edu/bcampbel

Paola Demattè
Assistant Professor
Phone: 401-454-6267
pdematte@risd.com
http://faculty.risd.edu/pdematte/web/

Daniel Harkett
Assistant Professor
Phone: 401-277-4858
dharkett@risd.edu

Leora Maltz-Leca
Assistant Professor
Phone: 401-454-6261
lmaltzle@risd.edu

Susan Ward
Professor/Sabbatical WS10-SP10
Phone: 401-454-6265
slward@risd.edu

LECTURERS

Tulay Atak
Lecturer
Phone: 401-454-6572
tulay_atak@sciarc.edu

Christina Connett
Lecturer
Phone: 401-454-6571
cconnett@aol.com

Michelle Duncan
Lecturer
Phone: 401-454-6572
mduncan@risd.edu

Robert Emlen
Lecturer
Phone: 401-454-6572
robert_emlen@brown.edu

Katharina Galor
Lecturer
Phone: 401-454-6572
katharina_galor@brown.edu

Marcin Gizycki
Senior Lecturer
Phone: 401-454-6572
mgizycki@risd.edu

John Hendrix
Lecturer
Phone: 401-454-6572
jhendrix@rwu.edu

Mallica Kumbera Landrus
Lecturer
Phone: 401-454-6572
mkumbera@risd.edu

Winnie Lambrecht
Senior Lecturer
Phone: 401-454-6266
wlambrec@risd.edu

Mimi Leveque
Lecturer
Phone: 401-454-6572
mimileveque@msn.com

Maurizia Natali
Senior Lecturer
Phone: 401-454-6572
mnatali@risd.edu

Margo Nishimura
Lecturer
Phone: 401-454-6572
mnishimu@risd.edu

Peter Nulton
Lecturer
Phone: 401-454-6736
pnulton@risd.edu

Austin Porter
Lecturer
Phone: 401-454-6572
austinp@bu.edu

Mariah Proctor-Tiffany
Lecturer
Phone: 401-454-6736
mariahpt@gmail.com

Shax Riegler
Lecturer
Phone: 401-454-6736
shax@shaxriegler.com

Pascale Rihouet
Lecturer
Phone: 401-454-6571
prihouet@risd.edu

Gemma Rodrigues
Lecturer
Phone: 401-454-6572
gfrodrig@afas.harvard.edu

Colin Root
Lecturer
Phone: 401-454-6572
croot@bu.edu

Michele Hayeur Smith
Lecturer
Phone: 401-454-6572
michelehs@yahoo.com

Nathaniel Stein
Lecturer
Phone: 401-454-6266
nathaniel_stein@brown.edu

Agnieszka Taborska
Lecturer
Phone: 401-454-6572
agtab@hotmail.com

Jonathan Tavares
Lecturer
Phone: 401-454-6587
jtavares@risd.edu

Elena Varshavskaya
Lecturer
Phone: 401-454-6572
varrav@sbcglobal.net