Advice for High School & New College Students Wanting to Major in Art History
I have received a lot of emails recently from high school students or new college students wondering how to approach the study of art history. This is a response I wrote to those who emailed me using Tumblr. My goal…
“Help! My parents don’t want me to major in art history.”
One of the most frequent emails I get from aspiring art history majors is something along the lines of, “I fell in love with art history and want to major in it, but my parents want me to pursue something…
Q&A: Do you have any tips for studying AP Art History independently?
A reader asks for advice on how to study AP art history independently, as their school does not offer it.
A Space Alien Triumphs.
Today, I want to talk about triumph and the people who help us become who we are. One of the major people in my life who took a chance on me and believed in me passed away a couple years…
Art History as a General Education Requirement
Few high schools teach art history, and when they do, the course is often an AP Art History course, designed for rigorous study. Solely teaching AP Art History excludes the majority of students in most schools who may not have…
Boring History.
As my husband was driving me to work this morning, I was thinking about a recent article I read in the NY Times that reported on extremely low history test scores from American elementary and high school students. Less than…
