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Art History
Offered in:
SAVANNAH

Careers

Art historians view the world through the history of its art and seek to preserve art as a source for understanding the world and its cultures. Visual sensitivity, knowledge of history, training in research methods and writing skills are developed through the study of art history.

Architectural conservationist
Art appraiser
Art lawyer
Art librarian/archivist
Art publisher
Artist representative

Arts educator
Arts organizational consultant
Collections manager
Corporate art curator
Freelance writer/art critic

Government employee
Historic site supervisor
Historical societies director
Preservationist
Professor (requires M.A./Ph.D.)

SCAD graduates are in demand at the United States' most recognized companies. Each year, more than 175 companies and organizations visit SCAD to meet and recruit our students and alumni. More than eight out of 10 SCAD 2008 alumni surveyed had been placed in jobs in their fields or had been admitted to graduate school within six months of graduation.

Some employers of SCAD art history alumni

Addison Wesley Longman Inc.
Allianceart.com
Art Institute of Atlanta
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale
Georgia College & State University

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New Orleans Museum of Art
Sotheby’s
Telfair Museum of Art
Winthrop University

Contact Art History

arthistory@scad.edu
admission@scad.edu
Hong Kong/Savannah/eLearning: 800.869.7223 or 912.525.5100
Atlanta: 877.722.3285 or 404.253.2700

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Events

Winter Quarter Begins
Jan. 04, 2010
"Critical Aesthetics in Contemporary Art" by Juli Carson, Ph.D.
Jan. 13, 2010

News

Nov. 02, 2009
Ivy Hall lectures feature SCAD professors
Oct. 08, 2009
SCAD Museum of Art presents “A Warhol Trio"
Sep. 16, 2009
SCAD announces art history guest lectures
Jul. 24, 2009
Virginia Kiah portraits at SCAD Museum

Recognition

Grix awarded SECAC travel grant
Art history graduate student Eleanor Grix received the Gulnar Bosch Travel Award from the Southeastern Conference of Art Colleges. A panel of distinguished faculty members and the director of the annual conference, where Grix will present her research, selected her for the award.
Patricia Butz to present paper at AIA
Art history professor Patricia Butz, Ph.D., will present her paper "Hellenistic Identity and the Dedication of the Lichas, Son of Pyrrhus, the Achamanian" at the annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America.
Anthony Mangieri to present paper at AIA
Art history professor Anthony Mangieri, Ph.D., will present his paper “The Art and Archaeology of Dress: Figured Textiles in Greek Vase-painting” at the annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America.
Dziedzic present paper at art conference
Alumna Erin Dziedzic (M.A., art history, 2006) will present her paper "Memory and the Artist Self Portrait" at the annual meeting of the Southeastern College Art Conference in Mobile, Ala.

Art History Offered in:SAVANNAH