Art History and Architectural Studies

Authors

Location

PAC, Booth Media Lab

Start Date

23-4-2025 10:00 AM

End Date

23-4-2025 1:00 PM

First Advisor

Jennifer McIntire

Second Advisor

Amy Finstein

Third Advisor

Patricia Johnston

Department

Art History

Description

10:00-10:35 A.M. | The Arts of Modern China
Faculty Mentor: Jennifer McIntire
Lauren Reilly '25 Cai Guoqiang: Loss, Hope, and Impermanence
Dominic Scurfield '25 Exploring Yang Yongliang's Warning about China's Industrialization
Abigail Kellogg '25 Transcending Temporal and Cultural Restraints: The Messages Behind Zhang Hongtu’s Six-Pack of Kekou-Kele

10:35-10:55 A.M. | The City Before the Highway: Worcester's Urban History
Faculty Mentor: Amy Finstein
Emma Crain '25
Luca Frost '27

11:00 A.M.-12:10 P.M. | Contemporary Artists Confront the Climate Crisis: Roundtable
Faculty Mentor: Patricia Johnston
Gillian Atienza '27
Grace Donahue '25
Anna Hagan '27
Nora Kelly '27
Cecilia Kvochak '27
Veronica Safryn '26
Livia Smolizza '25
Eliza Sullivan '25
Connor Villarin '25
Audrey Wang '25

12:15-12:55 P.M. | Art History and Architectural Studies Capstone Presentations
Faculty Mentor: Patricia Johnston
Nathan Howard '25 Materializing Newport’s Maritime Wealth: The Goddard-Townsend Family and Their Furniture
Karen Phan '25 Beyond the Exhibit: Museums Addressing their Colonial Legacy
Livia Smolizza '25 Brushstrokes of Nationalism: Gino Severini’s Path from Futurism to Abstraction
Erin Melley '25 Innovations in LED (Light, Education, Design)