Congratulations to all the winners!
Awards for Excellence in Art History (undergraduate)
Outstanding student in Art History: Tia Welch
Outstanding student in Art History and Religious Studies: Carlos Rivas
Outstanding student in Art History and Administrative Studies: Casey Lee
Tomas Rivera Award: Jane Arney
The Barry Neil Zarakov Memorial Scholarship (undergraduate)
The Department of the History of Art proudly announces Loreley Bower as the Barry Neil Zarakov Memorial Scholarship recipient for Spring 2008. Currently a junior, Loreley plans to continue her scholastic pursuits to the graduate and doctorate levels.
2009 Catherine Lees Causey Memorial Award (undergraduate or graduate)
Dr. Faya Causey, a UCR Alumna, established the in memory of her mother, Catherine Lees Causey, also an alumna of the Art History Department MA program. Dr. Causey feels that this gift is a worthy way to celebrate her mother's life and passion for Art History. Students are awarded the Award because their work represents innovation, creativity and a courageous approach to the field of Art History and its relation to areas in the humanities. The History of Art Department is pleased to announce dual recipients for 2009: graduate students Julianne Johnson and Megan Blythe.
The Richard C. Carrott Memorial Fund Award (undergraduate or graduate)
The Department of the History of Art proudly announces graduate student Amanda Cook as the recipient of the Richard C. Carrott Memorial Fund Award. The award will greatly enhance Cook's thesis "Kneller Is To Smith As Reynolds Is To MacArdell?: The Relationship Between Portrait Painting And Mezzotint In Eighteenth-Century England." Cook will give a presentation of her findings in Fall 2009.
Outstanding Teaching Assistant for The Department of Art History (graduate)
The History of Art Department is pleased to honor graduate Megan Blythe as our outstanding teaching assistant for 2008-2009.
The Barbara B. Brink Travel Award (graduate)
The Department of the History of Art proudly announces Melinda Brocka as the recipient of the Barbara B. Brink Travel Award. The award will support Brocka's research for her thesis entitled "Thinking Inside The Square: The Trafalgar Square Fourth Plinth Project." Mindy will conduct research in London during the summer and give a presentation of her findings in Fall 2009.
Maxwell H. Gluck Fellowships (graduate)
The Gluck Fellows Program of the Arts is the premier arts outreach program at the University of California, Riverside. Each year, the Gluck Fellows Program of the Arts provides fellowships to exceptional UC Riverside undergraduate and graduate students to conduct arts-related presentations, performances, and workshops in schools, residential facilities for elderly care and community centers. Participating departments include Art, Creative Writing, Dance, History of Art, Music, and Theatre, as well as the Sweeney Art Gallery and the UCR/California Museum of Photography.
The Department of the History of Art proudly announces graduate student Amanda Cook as the recipient of the Gluck Fellowship for Summer 2009. Academic-year Gluck fellows included: Melinda Brocka, Amanda Cook, Conley Entwistle, Juli Johnson, Kaycee Olsen, Elizabeth Spear and Natasha Thoreson.http://arthistory.ucr.edu/news_events/student/index.html
