New York (October 6, 2025) 鈥 The Frick Collection today announced the appointment of Dr. Aimee Ng as the museum鈥檚 next Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator. She will assume the post starting in November.
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Date
Friday October 3, 2025Location
Innovation ParkWe are very pleased to announce that Dr. Ashley Freeman will be at Innovation Park to give two talks on Friday, October 3, 1-2pm:
-鈥淎n Introduction to the Getty Conservation Institute鈥檚 Science Department" where she will include a brief highlight of the recently posted graduate internship opportunity (15 minutes)
-鈥淣avigating Climate Change: Acoustic Emission Monitoring for Adaptive Cultural Heritage Management鈥 (45 minutes)
Assistant Professor
Department of Art History and Art Conservation
Biography:
Dawn Cunningham examines medieval art through the lens of networks of exchange in which material objects play an active role. However, after encountering her first art forgery during graduate school, Cunningham realized that this type of crime is understudied and in dire need of attention. Thus, she also developed research interests in art forgeries and illusions by examining deceptive art from across time and from around the globe. Her recent research focuses on art forgery鈥檚 impact on our knowledge of history and various cultures as she seeks to expand our understanding of these specious objects as part of complex mercantile, legal, and artistic networks rather than as simple fodder for entertaining stories. Due to her interest in a broad range of topics and her background in continuing education, Cunningham enjoys engaging the community in discussions about art history to foster public dialogue about the discoveries and innovations made by scholars.
Courses Taught:
ARTH 120A Art in the West (Ancient to Renaissance)
ARTH 120B Art in the West (Renaissance to Contemporary)
ARTH 212 Medieval Art
ARTH 214 Renaissance Art Before 1500
ARTH 215 Renaissance Art After 1500
ARTH 307 Romanesque Art
ARTH 308 Gothic Art
ARTH 312 Quattrocento Painting
ARTH 391 Art Forgeries
Date
Friday December 5, 2025Location
Ontario Hall 210Date
Friday November 21, 2025Location
Stauffer Library - Room 014Facilitated by Cory Laverty, Art Librarian
Date
Friday November 7, 2025Location
Ontario Hall 210Facilitated by Professor Behan
Date
Friday October 24, 2025Location
Queen's Archives - Kathleen Ryan HallIntroduction to archives and archival research, facilitated by Nicole Kapphahn, Teaching and Outreach Archivist, 黑料吃瓜资源 Library and Archives.
Date
Friday October 3, 2025Location
Union GalleryExperiential learning on campus and career pathways in the arts, facilitated by Morgan Wedderspoon (Director, Union Gallery), Haley Sarfeld (Program Director, Union Gallery), and Paige Van Tassell (Curator, 4th Annual Indigenous Art Exhibition)
Date
Tuesday September 23, 2025Location
Ontario Hall 210MAC Candidate
Art Conservation Program
Stream: Treatment
Specialization: Artifacts
Areas of Interest: Textiles, pigments and dyes, traditional Japanese craftwork, preventive conservation, instrumental analysis
Hannah Lamport graduated cum laude in field with departmental high honours from Harvard College in 2023, where she received a Bachelor of Arts for a joint concentration in Chemistry and History of Art and Architecture. Her research explored the introduction of synthetic pigments in Meiji-era Japan and their effect on kimono production.
She spent two years with the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in New York, where she worked closely with the collections, conservation, and family & youth experiences departments. She was a key presenter at the IAMFA 2024 conference, where she spoke on the mitigation and treatment of TMP-ol efflorescence growing on display case objects.
