- Art history students learn the history, theory and criticism of art and gain experience in its practice. Through required courses in drawing, design and color theory, they gain insight on the creative process.
- Savannah's many cultural institutions, house museums and art galleries offer internship opportunities for art history students to gain firsthand experience preserving and working with art.
Galleries and Exhibitions College galleries in Savannah, Atlanta and Lacoste provide changing exhibitions of work by well-known and emerging artists.
Learning Resources
- The SCAD Museum of Art in Savannah provides students with direct encounters with works by major artists, offering an artistic, educational and cultural resource for students, faculty and the region. Significant museum exhibition and study collections include nearly 4,500 items.
- The Earle W. Newton Center for British and American Art houses a significant collection of British and American paintings, drawings and prints from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
- SCAD's Walter O. Evans collection is renowned as one of the finest collections of African-American art in the United States. The collection surveys the entire range of African-American art from the 19th century through the late 20th century and includes works by Robert S. Duncanson, Mary Edmonia Lewis, Elizabeth Catlett, Jacob Lawrence, Romare Bearden and others.
Biennial Art History Symposiums
Careers • art book publisher
• art critic
• curator
• art conservator
• educator
• museum development officer
• museum registrar
• historic site supervisor
• museum exhibition designer
• fine art librarian
• arts administrator
• art dealer
| • art consultant
• art historian
• auction house administrator
• corporate art curator
• art appraiser
• artist representative
• collections manager
• consultant to museums/galleries/dealers/collectors
• freelance writer/art critic
• preservationist
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SCAD alumni are employed by top companies and organizations: • Addison Wesley Longman
• Allianceart.com
• Art Institute of Houston
• Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
• Conrad Weiser School District
• Georgia Historical Society
• Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Minneapolis Institute of Arts
• New Orleans Museum of Art
• Ray Ellis Gallery
• Sotheby's Telfair Museum of Art
• The Manassas Museum System
• Winthrop University
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