The Wriston Art Center Galleries
Discover the world-class galleries housing Lawrence’s acclaimed permanent collections as well as student art and exhibitions.
Expand your horizons
Bring the cultures you examine as an art history student into focus by visiting them through Lawrence’s London Centre and other study abroad programs.
The Chandler Senior Experience
Study culminates in Senior Seminar, a one-term course in which you’ll develop projects to produce your own original writing of art history.
As part of Senior Experience, students have been awarded grants allowing them to conduct research in Japan, Switzerland, Germany, San Francisco, Washington DC, and New York.
Recent Senior Experiences include:
- Re-sinicization: Contemporary Chinese Art in the Postcolonial Discourse
- Male Gaze or Male Graze? Considering the Tactile Nature of Rupert Carabin's 1896 Furniture Set
Art History Outcomes
From medicine to medieval studies, Lawrentians who study art history find satisfaction in a variety of careers and fields of advanced study.
On Any Given Day...
...discover an array of opportunities that await you at Lawrence University.
Art history professor Danielle Joyner, a scholar of medieval studies, is an active proponent of interdisciplinary teaching. The International Medieval Congress in Leeds, England, reinforced that.
Professor Beth Zinsli | Open Office
Lawrence students visit the office of Professor Beth Zinsli, Assistant Professor of Art History, Curator of the Wriston Art Center Galleries and Museum Studies Interdisciplinary Area Program Director.
