The Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art offers exemplary preparation for careers in the academy, museums, and associated fields in the history of art. Its goal—through course work, internships, and travel—is to forge intellectuals committed to debate, inquiry, and scholarship about art. No matter their later training and career choices, graduates typically credit their two years in Williamstown as a defining scholarly and professional experience.


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This Is Killing Me, MASS MoCA

 

CURRENT STUDENT CURATED EXHIBITIONS

Exhibition and related projects by students typically include installations at WCMA, MASS MoCA, and the Clark. 

This Is Killing Me, organized by Diana Nawi ’09, brings together eight artists who in their diverse practices make palpable a distinctive sense of unease about their identities as artists and the creation of their work.

Life Cycles: An African Journey Through Art, organized by Gillian Pistell '11 with Lisa Corrin, features art objects from the museum’s permanent collection that represent the general African belief that life is a cycle through several stages as opposed to a linear progression from birth to death.



MORE ABOUT STUDENT CURATED EXHIBITIONS

PROGRAM NEWS

Charles W. ("Mark") Haxthausen, the former director of the Williams Graduate Program in the History of Art, has received the prestigious Distinguished Teaching of Art History Award from the College Art Association (CAA).

The Graduate Program welcomes Michael Cole as the Robert Sterling Clark Visiting Professor in the History of Art. A specialist on Renaissance art, Michael will spend the year at Williams, teaching several graduate courses and participating in program events.