From February 12 to February 15, a number of faculty members, graduate students, and one undergraduate major attended the College Art Association's 108th Annual Conference in Chicago, IL. For four days, attendees visted the conference's book fair, attended a variety of paper panels, participated in workshops, and networked with fellow art historians and museum professionals. Many attendees also visited nearby cultural institutions, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Photography, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.

On December 7, 2019, Prof. Childs delivered a talk "Gauguin in Colonial Tahiti: Dream, Reality and Encounter" at the National Gallery, London, on the occasion of their exhibition "Gauguin: Portraits" which is at the museum until January 26, 2020.  She also presented on the exhibition to a group of Washington U alumni in London, on that same trip.

In September Professor John Klein gave the paper "Shchukin as Incubator: Decoration and Patronage" at an international conference on the Russian collector Sergei Shchukin, held at the Pushkin State Art Museum, Moscow.

Dr. Ila Sheren will be giving a talk, "Human, Nonhuman, Both or Neither? Bear 71 as Border Crosser" at the New Media Caucus Symposium at the University of Michigan on September 20: https://events.umich.edu/event/63626. 

In April 2019, Professor William Wallace received the Graduate Student Senate Outstanding Faculty Award, and Curator of Visual Resources Betha Whitlow received the Graduate Student Senate Outstanding Staff Award. These awards are nominated and voted on by graduate students to recognize contributions to their life and work on campus. Ph.d. Candidate Lindsay Sheedy presented Professor Wallace with his award, while M.A. student Holly Chen presented Betha with her award. 

Lindsay Sheedy, Betha Whitlow, William Wallace, and Holly Chen

Professor Klein’s new book, Matisse and Decoration, was published by Yale University Press. You can see a short page-turn video here.

Currently, Professor Angela Miller is teaching the seminar "The City in American Arts and Popular Culture, 1910-1940" at Missouri Eastern Correctional Center in Pacific, MO.  She has joined a widening group of faculty participating in the Prison Education Project, launched in 2014 and sponsored by Washington University.  Find out more about PEP here.