News
Creating Space to Curate
March 29, 2017
Justine Goode
Exhibition Initiative, Oberlin’s student-run curatorial organization, gives students from all disciplines the opportunity to curate art exhibitions featuring work created by their peers.
Chemistry and Conservation
March 8, 2017
Lilah Drafts-Johnson
Noalle Fellah ’16 is combining her passion for art history and chemistry as she pursues a PhD at New York University.
The Oberlin Archives Turns 50
September 27, 2016
Justine Goode
In celebration of its 50th anniversary, the Oberlin Archives looks back on its history.
Contemplating 'Time'
September 19, 2016
Justine Goode
As its centennial approaches, the Allen Memorial Art Museum reflects on how different artists and cultures have sought to capture the passage of time
Unbound Curiosity
May 12, 2016
Amanda Nagy
Studio art major Alice Shockey, a finalist in AICUO Excellence in the Visual Arts awards, studies spatial boundaries and her family’s history in the Holocaust.
Healing a Painful Past
October 23, 2015
Amanda Nagy
From 2006 to 2012, Oberlin students participated in an international effort to replicate an 18th-century Polish synagogue. A documentary about the project is screening around the world.
Oberlin Art Professor Awarded ACLS Collaborative Research Fellowship
April 2, 2013
Liv Combe
Assistant Professor of Art History Sarah Hamill has been awarded a 2013 Collaborative Research Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies. Hamill will co-author a study of the role of photography in shaping modern conceptions of art and history.
Art, Identities, and Museums
February 27, 2013
Liv Combe
Johnnetta Cole ’57 reflects on how she got from studying anthropology at Oberlin to being the director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art.
Protecting Libyan Archaeology
February 22, 2013
Amanda Nagy
Professor Susan Kane has been received he Society for American Archaeology’s Presidential Award for her work preserving Libyan archaeological sites and heritage during the country’s 2011 civil war.
The Art of E-Waste
February 1, 2013
Amanda Nagy
Electronic waste is everywhere. But where does it go? Julia Christensen has won the support of Creative Capital to make DIY video projectors out of scavenged e-waste.
