Events:

Every year, we hold a variety of activities for members, and many that you can bring your non-AHA friends to as well! 

Upcoming 2009-2010 events:

Please check back soon! We are currently scheduling our coming events.

2008-2009 Past events:

September 17, 2008 at 4-8pm in the GSU's Metcalf Hall
Fall Activities Expo
Come visit us at the Fall Activities Expo where you can meet the
officers, sign up for our mailing list and learn more about our
organization!


September 23, 2008 at 7pm in CAS Room 214
Annual Fall Meeting
Officers will introduce themselves and discuss the activities we're
planning for this semester. You'll also have a chance to meet other
members and suggest activities, career advising sessions, or lectures
you'd like the AHA to host. Refreshments will be served and a $5
membership due will be collected.

October 16, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Viewing of the James Castle Film
The Assistant Producer of the film will speak.
Visit: http://www.foundationstaart.org/

October 21, 2008 at 6:00 pm
Art Law Society's Panel on Nazi Art Looting
This session will address how museums and galleries are addressing the
problems associated with Nazi looted art. The panel will feature arts
professionals, including speakers from Sotheby?s and the MFA.

October 20,2008 at 7:00pm
October Meeting
At our second meeting, we will announce updates, have dues collection
for those not already paid, and sell New York City trip tickets. New,
interested students are welcome!

October 22, 2008 at 4:15pm
Architecture Walking Tour of the Back Bay Area
BU Professor Keith Morgan will lead a walking tour of the Back Bay
area. Come and learn about the fantastic architectural history of your
neighborhood.
Meet in front of CAS 302

October 31, 2008
Professor Lecture @ MFA
BU Professor Hilda Westervelt will lecture at the Museum of Fine Arts
on their collection of Greek art.
Meet at the MFA side "Fenway" entrance.

November 1, 2008 at 7am
Annual New York City Trip
For $25, students receive round-trip bus fare and entrance into the
Guggenheim Museum. Students had a chance to explore the city on their
own and see the diverse art scene of the Big Apple!

December 2, 2009 at 7:00pm in CAS 303B
Art History Grad School Advising Session
Are you thinking about grad school next year?
The Art History Association is sponsoring a Grad School Advising Session with speakers to address what options art history majors have for grad school.

The speakers include BU art history faculty, current BU art history
grad students, and a BU law student who studied art history as an
undergrad. Come find out if grad school is right for you and what the
admission process is like.

December 5, 2008 at 5:00pm in CAS 222
Film Screening: Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Art History Association will be showing the film "Girl with a Pearl Earring."
This film, adapted from a work of fiction by author Tracy Chevalier, tells a story about the events surrounding the creation of the painting "Girl With A Pearl Earring" by 17th century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer. Little is known about the girl in the painting, it is speculated that she was a maid who lived in the house of the painter along with his family and other servants, though there is no historical evidence.


Spring New York City Trip with a Visit to the Cloisters
April 4, 2009 at 7:00am
For $25, students receive roundtrip bus fare and entrance into the Cloisters Museum and Gardens. Professor Deborah Kahn will speak on the art and architecture. The chartered coach will then take the group into the City. Students will have the chance to go to the Met, admission included with the Cloisters admission.

MFA Visit to “Venetian Renaissance” Exhibition

April 15, 2009 at 7:00pm at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

AHA will subsidize special exhibition tickets for a “Venetian Renaissance” exhibit at the MFA.

Remember: The AHA welcomes art history majors as well as non-majors, so
encourage your friends to join you!

2007-2008 events:

Wednesday, April 9, 2008 in CAS rm. 303A @ 7 p.m. - Undergrad Symposium
Students can give a run-through of their seminar presentations or present other papers. Listeners can give feedback about ideas. And the best part - we can have a glimpse into what's going on in BU Art History Academia!
Please e-mail aha@bu.edu if you'd like to participate.


Thursday, March 27 @ 6pm IN GSU 320-321 - Movie Night
A FREE, relaxing evening filled with good people, PIZZA, and Pollock!
Please join the AHA as we bring you Pollock, the 2000 film directed by Ed Harris, who also played the manic-depressant artist.
Click here to read more about the film.


Nov. 2007 -Annual NYC Trip
For $20, students recieved round-trip busfare and entrance into the Guggenheim Museum and Metropolitan Museum of Art. Students had a chance to explore the city on their own and see what other museums, galleries, and great food the Big Apple has to offer!


Sept. 2007 - Annual Fall Meeting
Officers will introduce themselves and discuss the activities we're planning for this semester. You'll also have a chance to meet other members and suggest activities, career advising sessions, or lectures you?d like the AHA to host. Refreshments will be served!
Remember: the AHA welcomes art history majors as well as non-majors, so encourage your friends to join you!


Sept. 2007 - Activities Expo
Come visit us at the Activities Expo where you can meet the officers, sign up for our mailing list and learn more about our organization!

2006-2007 events:

April 2007 – Annual NYC Trip
For $20, participants received round-trip bus fare, admission to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of Art, and had the opportunity to explore the art, restaurants, and life of the Big Apple.

April 2007– Nichols House Museum Catalogue Tour
AHA members received a “behind the scenes” look as the Nichols House catalogued their entire inventory.  Carrie Supple provided a lesson on how to catalogue items in a museum and members were then able to test their skills by cataloguing a museum item and comparing their review with the actual one. Members then took a tour of the museum.

Sept. 2006– Annual Fall Meeting
Officers introduced themselves and ideas for the year; members had the chance to meet one another and offer suggestions to the officers for what they’d like to see the AHA do.

Contact Us with a trip to a gallery opening or museum exhibition, or a fun mixer that you would like the AHA to organize.