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Macalester College Art Department
Art Building, Room 139
(651) 696-6279
1600 Grand Ave., St. Paul, MN 55105
Full Time Faculty Part Time Faculty Staff

Christine Willcox - (Chair), Painting
Stanton Sears -Sculpture, 3D Design, Drawing
Joanna Inglot - Contemporary, Mod. Art History
Winston Kyan
-Asian Art History
Kristin Lanzoni-Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Renaissance Art
Ruthann Godollei -Printmaking, Sr. Seminar

Gary Erickson -Ceramics
Pritika Chowdhry-Fibers
Tiffany Johnson Bidler
-Intro to Visual Culture (Principles of Art)
Megan Vossler-Drawing

Lois Eliason-Art History I


Mark Holte, Technical Supervisor
Jill Gebhardt, Dep't. Coordinator
Greg Fitz, Gallery Curator
Chris Schommer, Visual Resources

Courses:
Click links for more information on-line. Not all classes are offered every year. Current course listings are at the Academic Information webpage.

Studio Art:

  • 130 Drawing I
  • 132 Fibers
  • 234 Painting I
  • 235 Sculpture
  • 236 Printmaking
  • 237 Ceramic Art, Handbuilding
  • 238 Ceramic Art, Wheel Throwing
  • Topics 194-07 Drive-by Drawing
  • Topics 194 Experimental & Artists' Video (same as HMCST 194)
  • 334 Figure Painting
  • 366 2-D Design
  • 367 3-D Design
  • 369 The Mural, Not offered 09/10
  • 370 Drawing II
  • 371 Painting II
  • 372 Sculpture II
  • 373 Printmaking II
  • 378 Fibers II
  • 374 Ceramic Art II
  • 488 Art Studio Senior Seminar
  • 490 Art Apprenticeship
  • 624 Internship
  • 634 Preceptorship
  • 614 Independent project
  • Art History:

  • 149 Introduction to Visual Culture (aka Principles of Art)
  • 160 History of Art I (same as Classics 160)
  • 170 Chinese Art and Culture (same as ASIA 170-01)
  • 171 Japanese Art and Culture (same as ASIA 171-01)
  • Topics 194-01 Arts of the Islamic World
  • Topics 194-03 Egyptian Art (same as Classics 194-03)
  • 252 Gender, Sexualities, and Feminist Visual Culture
  • 257 The Image in 20th Century China
    (same as ASIA 257)
  • 259 Romanticism, Realism, and Impressionism
  • 261 History of Art II
  • Contemporary Art
  • 263 20th Century Art History
  • 265 Renaissance Art.
  • 270 Art & Religion Along the Silk Road
  • 375, Race, Class, Etnicity & Gender in American Art
  • 394 The Buddhist Body
  • 487 Art History Methodology Seminar
  • 604 Tutorial
  • 624 Internship
  • 634 Preceptorship
  • 614 Independent project

    Many Art Studio and History students study abroad. Majors should discuss appropriate programs with advisors including which semesters to leave campus. Macalester-approved study away programs can be found at the International Center website.

  • Members of Stan Sears' 3-D Design and Sculpture classes joined in the creation and burning of a Viking Ship on the shores of the Mississippi River, Fall 2007. (Photo by Julie McEathron-Lohmann). Here is a link to a video of Art & Fire'09



    Prof. Inglot and 20th Century Art class at MoMA, NYC, Dec. 2006, (One: Number 31, 1950, by Jackson Pollock)

    Visiting Artists have included Barbara Kruger, Coco Fusco, Hanneline Rogeberg, Michael Mazur, Mark Dion, Catherine Opie, Camille Billops, Kara Walker, John Hitchcock, June Wayne, Duane Hanson, Mike Konopacki, Michael Krueger, Wing Young Huie, Endi Poskovic, Dorothy Akpene Amenuke, Wang Dong Ling

    Visting Scholars have included Stuart Gibson, UNESCO; Maxwell K. Hearn, Metropolitan Museum; Matthew Welch, MIA

    Janet Wallace Fine Art Center Gallery
    Information: 651 696-6416

    Click here for a link to artwork by Senior Art Studio Majors 2009.

    Arts & Events Calendar

    Mission Statement: The Macalester Art Department provides students the opportunity to create and study works of art. Art making involves the examination, transformation and communication of individual and collective human experiences into visual form. Art History studies the tangible documentation of culture and provides a window into the history and philosophy of many societies, past and present. The Art Department offers majors with emphases in Art History and Studio Art. All of our students learn through both observation and hands-on practice. The Department serves the campus and the community at large through our gallery exhibition program, which makes a broad range of aesthetic experiences available. A Macalester Art degree prepares students for graduate study in Art or Art History and forms the foundation for professional practice in the Arts. The nonmajor is offered the basis for a lifetime appreciation of the Arts. Macalester Art students find and create roles for themselves in which they serve their communities through the practice of Art, its presentation, documentation, interpretation, appreciation and conservation.

    Art Alumni

    Link to Days of Change & Exchange

    Former Faculty of Note:
    Professor Emeritus Anthony Caponi
    Donald D. Celender
    Jerry Rudquist - Retrospective at Groveland Gallery
    Gabriele Ellertson
    Bill Saltzman
    Professor Emeritus William Donovan


    Macalester College

    Lonely Naps, (at top) by Anda Saylor, '06
    Coffee Pot by J. Guerrero '01
    June 2009 / Art Department / Macalester College

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