Anime artist Mistuhiro Arita will conduct a special workshop on Wednesday, March 25 in 2004 WJB beginning at 12:30pm. In addition to designing Pokémon cards for the past 23 years, Mr. Arita has been involved with artwork and concept design for numerous anime, video game and collectible card game franchises. After a short presentation about his work, Mr. Arita will do a live drawing demonstration, conduct a Q&A session and sign autographs.

Alumna Jennifer Feltman has been awarded a Whiting Public Engagement Seed Grant for her project “Experiencing Gothic: A VR Cathedral for Middle School Students.” She is partnering with an international team of teachers and digital media experts to build a virtual reality experience of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame at Reims in France and incorporate it into middle-school media arts classes in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

This January, graduate students Rachel Carlisle, Britt Hunter, and Emily White presented research at the Newberry Library’s Center for Renaissance Studies annual graduate student conference. The 2020 Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference brought together graduate students from across the nation specializing in the medieval and Renaissance periods.

This spring, undergraduates in the Art History Museum Object class under the direction of Professor Dr. Kyle Killian are developing the exhibition Off Kilter: An Exploration of Contemporary Form, to open Friday, April 3 at 5 pm in the WJB Gallery.

Art History Assistant Professor Tenley Bick, who is currently on research leave as Scholar in Residence at Magazzino Italian Art in Cold Spring, NY, will travel around the country this spring to present lectures and chair a conference panel, and is also hosting a lecture series on Arte Povera at Magazzino.

The FSU Department of Art History was once again well represented at the College Art Association (CAA) Annual Conference, as Art History professors, graduate students and alumni presented papers and chaired sessions. The conference was held February 12–15 in Chicago, IL. CAA is the primary professional association of artists and art historians in the United States.

Congratulations to Art History doctoral student Leah Sherman on her promotion to Associate University Librarian! Leah is the Visual and Performing Arts Librarian for Florida State University Libraries and President of the Arts Library Society of North America Southeast Chapter.

Art History graduate students Sarah Mathiesen, Britt Hunter, and Abigail Youngblood make their mark in research conferences at Florida State University and around the country this spring.

This spring, Art History doctoral student Julia Kershaw is co-organizing "Brazil in Perspective," a bi-weekly series which brings together a multidisciplinary group of FSU faculty and students to explore the many facets of the country's dynamic and evolving history.

Art History MA student Olivia Morris is organizing an LGBTQ+ Film showcase, coming this April to the Askew Student Life Center. With an emphasis on women and non-binary directors, this showcase is an exploration of the joy of chosen family. On April 4, five shorts and a feature length film will show how queerness can create, support, and sustain ties of kinship. Free & open to the public.

Professor Stephanie Leitch will convene an international group of scholars in Wolfenbüttel, Germany, this summer for a graduate course on the history of the printed book, hosted by the Herzog August Bibliothek.

Indigenize Climate Justice is a decolonial intervention project by Art History MA students Chase Van Tilburg, Olivia Morris, and Savannah Elliott, designed to bring the work of Indigenous activists Allen Salway and Tokata Iron Eyes to the attention of the FSU community through a digital exhibition and sticker campaign. These activists fight to collapse the structures of inequality harming our planet, through creative and subversive methods. Ideally, this intervention will amplify these passionate indigenous voices.