Art Education and Art History
The Department of Art Education and Art History in the College of Visual Arts and Design is committed to enhancing students’ understanding of contemporary and past visual art forms. Within and between its comprehensive degree-granting programs, the department provides students and faculty with the opportunity to examine global artistic production, relevant technologies, critical methods, learning theories and innovative approaches to pedagogy and knowledge acquisition.
The Department of Art Education and Art History offers the following degrees in Art Education:
- Art Education: Visual Art Studies (B.F.A., M.A., Ph.D.)
- Art History (B.A. and M.A.)
- Interdisciplinary Art & Design Studies [Open Track or Arts Management Track] (B.A.)
The department also offers a graduate academic certificate in Art Museum Education.
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Contact Us
Department of Art Education and Art History
College of Visual Arts and Design
1155 Union Circle #305100
Denton, TX 76203
aeah@unt.edu
940-565-4777
Department head: Mickey Abel
Student accomplishments
Jena Jones, Sarah Shivers, Rachel Hister - Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies Workshop
Medieval Art History M.A. students Jena Jones, Sarah Shivers, & Rachel Hiser were accepted to the Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies Fall Research Methods Workshop for Early-Career Graduate Students. The workshop, titled “Introduction to Medieval Studies at the Newberry” was held on Nov 7th in Chicago at the Newberry Library..png?itok=i70VhQuS)
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Alumni accomplishments
Art History MA alumna Annette Becker returns to the Spencer Art Museum
Congratulations to Art History MA alumna Annette Becker. Annette has accepted a position as Assistant to the Director of the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas. While an undergraduate at KU, she had worked there as Education Department Assistant.
