The Major
The art and the history of art major is organized into two distinct programs: The History of Art and The Practice of Art.
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We offer introductory to advanced courses in art history and studio practice that enable our students to develop artistic awareness, historical understanding, critical faculties and practice in the visual arts.
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Eli Marsh Gallery
Our gallery displays a variety of student and visiting artist exhibitions throughout the academic year.
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Artist Studios
Our students share large, light-filled studio spaces for painting, printmaking, sculpting, photography, video and design.
Arts at Amherst
Together, Amherst’s dynamic arts programs foster a lively environment for the multidisciplinary study, creation and presentation of the arts.
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Current Courses
ARHA 105
Space and Design
Description
Through a series of experimental projects that build on each other, this hands-on design studio will foster innovation as it guides students through the development of conceptual architecture.
ARHA 207
Talking with Beads
Description
This course draws on the over 75,000-year usage of beads ranging from umbilical amulets to abacuses to rosaries to lukasa to Zulu love letters.
ARHA 278
Art + Code
Description
By writing code to generate text and graphics, students will explore the qualities intrinsic to artistic expression with computers such as nonlinearity, indeterminacy, glitch, and emergence.
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