Thank you for your interest in our graduate program in art history.
For the last 40 years, our MA program in art history has prepared
a relatively small but steady stream of outstanding students
for careers in teaching, research, and museum work. Our
MA graduates are employed in museums, galleries, and a whole
range of other arts and cultural organizations around the world.
Additionally, about one third of our MA graduates have either
gone on to other schools for doctoral degrees or remained at
Tulane to pursue the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. with a concentration
in art history. Interdisciplinary Ph.D.s have been pursued
with the departments of anthropology, business, and history.
A Ph.D. in Latin American Studies with a concentration in art
history is also available. New in 2004 is a joint Ph.D.
in art history and Latin American studies; this is an ideal
program for those interested in Latin American art.
Because our graduate program is relatively small, students work
closely with the professors. It is not unusual, for example,
for professors to help students develop seminar papers into
conference presentations and publishable articles. Additionally,
students are involved with the visiting lecturers who come throughout
the academic year. The Sandra Garrard Memorial Lecture,
in particular, brings a noted figure in contemporary art to
Tulane to lecture and to meet with students in a seminar setting.
An active graduate student association has its own resources
for bringing speakers to campus. Advanced graduate students
often have the opportunity to teach as instructors in Tulane's
University College evening courses.
The art history program is housed in the Joyce Frank Menschel
Art History Wing of the Woldenberg Art Center. Ours is
a splendidly renovated building with excellent facilities, including
a computer lab and office space for the graduate students in
art history. In addition to the 1,600 sq. ft. Carroll
Gallery (dedicated to faculty and student shows and to smaller
exhibitions), the Newcomb Art Gallery sponsors three or more
temporary exhibitions a year, accompanied by symposia, lectures,
and workshops. Internships are available in the Newcomb
Art Gallery; graduate students may also develop and curate their
own exhibitions.
Financial support is available in the form of Teaching Assistantships
and Fellowships (now with $15,000 stipend) accompanied by tuition
waivers and contribution toward Tulane's health insurance policy.
Modest funds are also available for travel to present scholarly
papers and do research. Other travel grants (through the
Center for Latin American Studies) cover graduate fieldwork
or archive research in Latin American art. Applications
for financial aid should be received by February 1.
Online applications
are available through the Graduate
School . In addition to the materials required for
the application (transcripts, GRE scores, statement of purpose),
we request a sample of your written work (e.g., term paper or
thesis).
