Among the first cohort of the new Monuments Men and Women for the 21st Century Force is FSU Art History Phd student Sonia Dixon, a captain in the U.S. Army Reserves. She joins an elite team tasked with training and supporting soldiers to protect cultural property from destruction or damage during armed conflict.

Join us on October 22 at 4pm for a virtual Visiting Scholar Lecture. Museum professional Stephanie Johnson-Cunningham will present “Lessons in Equity from Culturally Specific Museums.” Johnson-Cunningham is the co-founder and creative director of Museum Hue; a United Nations Human Rights fellow; and recipient of the Americans for the Arts 2019 American Express Emerging Leader Award.

Art History PhD students Sonia Dixon, Britt Hunter, and Sarah Mathiesen are co-chairing and presenting a panel on Thursday, 9/17 at the (virtual) 3rd annual Diversity and Inclusion in Research and Teaching Symposium put on by DIRECTO at Florida State University.

Associate Professor Michael D. Carrasco and colleague Joshua D. Englehardt have received a $249,850 collaborative research grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

During her year as Scholar-in-Residence at Magazzino Italian Art in the mid-Hudson region of New York, Dr. Tenley Bick leveraged her experience in conducting virtual interviews with contemporary artists in Italy to address the intersections between art, anti-racist activism, and race politics in pandemic-era Italy.

Dr. Patricia Rose passed away on August 27, 2020 at the age of 91. Beloved sister to Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Smith, aunt to Jimbo Smith, Anne Selvey, and Tricia Willis, great-aunt