Art and Art History

Explore the Department of Art and Art History

The Department of Art and Art History provides an integrated studio and art history experience. Through the study of history, critical analysis, materials, techniques and contemporary art practices, we encourage you to construct meaning, understand multiple perspectives, employ differing academic disciplines and unravel the complexities of creativity. Our department is committed to fostering an education that inspires you to innovate, while honoring the traditions of the past and the techniques of the masters. Our alumni go into the workforce employing creative and critical thinking that ultimately manifests in a diverse scope of professional careers. From authors to teachers, designers to business owners, we are proud of the imaginative successes of our former students.

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Apr

CANCELED: IMPACT: Senior BA and BFA Exhibition

Jul

Art Camp

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Art Camp

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Programs of Study

Undergraduate

Minors

Graduate

Painting (M.F.A.)

Department News & Announcements

Ivo van der Graaff: "The Fortifications of Pompeii and Ancient Italy" - book review; https://www.strategypage.com/bookreviews/1876

Exhibitions

Kim Ferreira, BFA '02: Untold Tales, Feb 7 - Mar 1, Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH>
John Jacobsmeyer, BFA '86: The Alligator Pit Recoded, Faculty sabbatical exhibition, Feb 27 - Mar 22, New York Academy of Art, NY, NY

Wildcats

Tejas Moses '20

Fine Arts Major

A native of Dublin, N.H., Tejas Moses came to UNH because he wanted to maintain his relationships to people and places he had before college, while feeding his desire “for challenge and adventure and bliss.” Those and “a really good financial aid package” that included a prestigious Hamel...

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Wildcats

Tejas Moses '20

Fine Arts Major

A native of Dublin, N.H., Tejas Moses came to UNH because he wanted to maintain his relationships to people and places he had before college, while feeding his desire “for challenge and adventure and bliss.” Those and “a really good financial aid package” that included a prestigious Hamel...

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Alumni

Tara Lewis (Misenheimer) '92

Studio Art Major | Art Instructor and Artist

Describe what you are currently doing for work and how you got to this point. I teach art at Phillips Exeter Academy, where I have been an instructor in painting, printmaking and photography. I have been working there for almost 20 years. Prior to that, I worked at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston...

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Alumni

Tara Lewis (Misenheimer) '92

Studio Art Major | Art Instructor and Artist

Describe what you are currently doing for work and how you got to this point. I teach art at Phillips Exeter Academy, where I have been an instructor in painting, printmaking and photography. I have been working there for almost 20 years. Prior to that, I worked at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston...

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Alumni

Matt Patterson '03

Studio Art Major | Self-Employed Artist

Matt's recent trip to Madagascar has inspired him to create artwork featuring the endangered radiated tortoise.

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Alumni

Matt Patterson '03

Studio Art Major | Self-Employed Artist

Matt's recent trip to Madagascar has inspired him to create artwork featuring the endangered radiated tortoise.

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Wildcats

Megan Cooper '19

Art History and Geography Majors

Megan Cooper has either attended or worked at sleepaway camps more summers of her life than not. These experiences instilled in her “a love for environments created for kids to be themselves, grow, explore, create, and gain confidence and independence.” Such a childhood can also produce the kind of...

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Megan Cooper '19

Art History and Geography Majors

Megan Cooper has either attended or worked at sleepaway camps more summers of her life than not. These experiences instilled in her “a love for environments created for kids to be themselves, grow, explore, create, and gain confidence and independence.” Such a childhood can also produce the kind of...

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Alumni

Denise Brown ’76

Art and Business Self-Designed Major | Artist and Author

My advisor and my favorite professor was John Hatch. He was one of UNH's greatest art professors. He was always very helpful and supportive of my self-designed major. It has been a career I have enjoyed all of my working life.

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Alumni

Denise Brown ’76

Art and Business Self-Designed Major | Artist and Author

My advisor and my favorite professor was John Hatch. He was one of UNH's greatest art professors. He was always very helpful and supportive of my self-designed major. It has been a career I have enjoyed all of my working life.

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