Teaching European Art in Context

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Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, 1632–1675),
Girl with a Pearl Earring, ca. 1665,
oil on canvas, 17½ x 15 inches,
Mauritshuis Collection.
A rare traveling exhibition of masterpieces of Dutch art featuring works by Vermeer, Hals, Rembrandt, and others will visit the United States in 2013 while the collection's home at the Mauritshuis in the Netherlands undergoes renovation. The exhibition, "Girl with a Pearl Earring: Dutch Paintings from the Mauritshuis" makes just three stops in the U.S. and will be on view at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia, beginning in June 2013. The Council of Independent Colleges has the good fortune of an unusual partnership with the High Museum to take advantage of this opportunity and is pleased to announce a seminar for faculty members who teach art history at CIC colleges and universities on "Dutch Art, Patrons, and Markets" to be held in conjunction with the exhibit. The goal of the seminar is to strengthen the teaching of art history to undergraduates at smaller colleges and universities.

This seminar is made possible with the generous support of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
 

 Current Status

 
Full-time faculty members from CIC institutions who are art historians, studio artists, or faculty members who specialize in history, European studies, and related fields are eligible to participate if they teach art history. Up to 20 individuals will be selected for participation in the 2013 seminar.
 

 DATE AND LOCATION

 
The seminar will take place June 23-28, 2013 at the High Musuem of Art in Atlanta, Georgia.
 

 Costs

 
​There is no seminar fee. Lodging and most meals will be covered. Participants or their institutions will be expected to cover the cost of transportation to the seminar.
 

 CONTACT INFORMATION

 
Questions about the seminar should be directed to Stephen Gibson, CIC Director of Programs, at sgibson@cic.nche.edu or (202) 466-7230.
 

 Advisory Committee

 
​Gail Andrews, Director, Birmingham Museum of Art

Betsy Fleming, President, Converse College

Dorothy Kosinski, Director, The Phillips Collection

Ellen McCulloch-Lovell, President, Marlboro College

Amy Meyers, Director, Yale Center for British Art

David Pollick, Former President, Birmingham-Southern College

Philip Verre, Deputy Director, High Museum of Art

Daniel Weiss, President, Lafayette College

Stephanie Wiles, The Richard J. Schwartz Director, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University