Art and Archaeology Department
Professor: Jennifer Ross
Professor Emeriti: Frederick Bohrer, Anne Derbes, Alexander Russo, Joyce Michaud, Martha Bari
Associate Professor: April Jehan Morris (chair)
Assistant Professors: David Hixson (visiting), Chaz Martinsen (Visiting, Director of the Ceramic Arts Graduate Programs)
Gallery Director: Bonnie Kern
The Department of Art and Archaeology offers a range of studio art, art history, art education, archaeology and anthropology courses that prepare the student for graduate study or for a career in various professions. In addition to concentrations in art history, archaeology, studio art and art education, the department also offers four minors, three graduate programs, and contributes to the graduate program in the Humanities.
Art and archaeology faculty are active professionals who frequently participate in conferences, symposia, archaeological projects and regional, national and international exhibitions. The department is closely linked to the community of Frederick and to the cultural centers in Washington, D.C., Baltimore and New York. Invitational art exhibits are held throughout the year in Hood’s Hodson and Whitaker Art Galleries, bringing to campus professional work from a variety of artists and representing a wide range of media from fine arts to computer-generated art. In addition, the galleries provide space for a variety of exhibitions of student work.
Facilities: Art and archaeology classes are held in the newly renovated Tatem Arts Center, which has studios for design, ceramics, drawing, painting, photography and printmaking. Seniors with a studio art concentration are provided a studio space apart from the classrooms, with 24-hour access. A darkroom houses black and white developing equipment for film. A computer lab provides classroom and workspace for digital photography, digital art and photojournalism. The archaeology laboratory in Tatem offers space and equipment for artifact storage and study. The ceramic arts facility consists of a handbuilding/sculpture studio, a wheel room, lecture area, plaster mixing room and cone-6 glaze lab, kiln room with a variety of electric kilns, five full-size and three test kilns. The Hodson Ceramic Studios provide studio space for graduate students, a graduate-level classroom and a cone-10 glaze lab. Gas-fired kilns are located in the kiln yard outside the Hodson Ceramic Studios.
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