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
Lucy Bartholomee - "Collapsing Boundaries"
Art Education Ph.D. student, Lucy Bartholomee, won the 2015 Graduate Student Scholarly Writing Award with a paper she wrote in Dr. Paula Lupkin's Architecture seminar in conjunction with her work with Dr. Tyson Lewis' Phenomenology class, titled "Collapsing Boundaries."
Alumni accomplishments
Bevin Butler presented at Texas Medieval Association annual conference
Bevin Butler, Art History BA and MA alumna, presented at the Texas Medieval Association annual conference, which took place on the campus of UNT. She is pictured here with current Art History MA student LauraLee Brott.
