STUDENT EXPERIENCES

As a part of the liberal arts tradition, art history's emphasis on historical knowledge, critical inquiry, and verbal and written articulation allows students to take a variety of career paths. Our students have become lawyers, teachers, corporate development officers, interior designers, and numerous other occupations.

Hear what some of our graduates have to say about the art history program at Texas Christian University:

"Art History opened up many doors for me both personally and professionally ... When people see TCU on my resume it generates a positive response--I'm proud to have been a student there and I am continually reminded of the benefits it has brought my career."

Rachel Blackburn, B.A. '89
Director, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City

"At many universities, art history majors pursue their studies isolated from other disciplines and even art objects themselves. In retrospect I think the best thing about my experience at TCU as an art history major ended up being the many connections I was able to make between my studies and other disciplines, from literature and music to philosophy and science. At the same time, taking studio art classes and having access to several outstanding museums ensured that my academic studies had a real connection to the ongoing process of making and displaying art."

Catherine Craft, B.A. '87
Independent scholar and curator

The museum experience component of TCU’s graduate program in art history is a wonderful, unique opportunity to make connections to Metroplex museums. From valuable internships that allowed me to apply the art history knowledge I learned in the classroom to courses held at museums that helped me learn their collections, my experience at TCU helped prepare me for my career at the Carter…in fact, it even helped me know that I wanted to work there! For someone who is seeking a museum career, TCU’s museum experience is a perfect fit.

                                                 Stacy Fuller, M.A. ‘03
                                                     Head of Education, Amon Carter Museum

Positions in the art world that have been held by graduates of the art history program include:

• Executive Director, The Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, Los Angeles
• Owner/Director, Norwood Gallery, Austin
• Professor of Art History, Texas A&M, Corpus Christi
• Director of Education, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
• Curator of Education, Kimbell Art Museum
• Curator of Academic Programs, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College
• Membership Manager, Nasher Sculpture Center
• Registrar, University of Minnesota Art Museum
• Assistant Curator, Visual Resource Collection, Arizona State University
• Reference Librarian, Photographic Archives and Special Collections, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles
• Development Office, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
• Director, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis
• Impressionist and Modern Art Specialist, Christie’s, New York
• Curatorial Assistant, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
• Curatorial Assistant, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
• Curatorial Assistant, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
• Curatorial Assistant, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
• Curatorial Assistant, Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
• Publications and Public Relations Assistant, Kimbell Art Museum
• Art Writer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
• Art History Teacher, Fort Worth Country Day School

• Boston University
• Brown University
• Case Western Reserve University
• Courtauld Institute, London
• Emory University
• Graduate Center, City University of New York
• Indiana University
• Royal Holloway College, Surrey, England
• Penn State University
• Southern Methodist University
• Tulane University
• University of California at Santa Barbara
• University of Chicago
• University of Delaware
• University of Illinois at Campaign-Urbana
• University of Kansas
• University of Maryland
• University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• University of Minnesota
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• University of North Texas
• University of Sussex, Brighton, England
• University of Texas at Austin
• University of Virginia
• Williams College

For information on careers available to art history majors see:

American Association of Museums
Career alternatives for art historians
Center for Museum Studies
College Art Association