UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI SUCCESS

JMU Art History graduates have….

Taken graduate degrees at…

• American University
• Bard Institute of Decorative Arts
• Boston University
• Cambridge University
• Case Western Reserve University
• City University New York
• Columbia Teachers College
• Emory University
• George Washington University
• Georgetown University
• George Mason University
• Goldsmith’s College (Univ. of London)
• Hunter College
• Marymount University
• Rutgers University
• Southern Methodist University
• Syracuse University
• University of Texas, Austin
• University of Arizona, Tucson
• University of Virginia
• University of South Carolina
• University of Southern California, Los Angeles
• University of Florida
• University of Toronto (Canada)
• Virginia Commonwealth University
• Williams College
• Yale University

Found entry level positions as…

• Assistant Professor, Meso-American Arts, Univ. of Little Rock, AR.
• Curator, Renaissance/ Baroque Art, Columbia Museum of Art, S.C.
• Assistant, Wechler’s Auction House, Washington, D.C.
• Arts Investment officer, Citicorp Bank, New York, NY.
• Arts Fundraiser, Bryn Mawr College, P.A.
• Curatorial Assistant, Keith Lippert Gallery, Washington, D.C.
• Curatorial Assistant, The Octagon Museum, Washington, D.C.
• Academic Advisor, Fulbright Commission, Brussels, Belgium
• Director, International Children’s Festival, Wolftrap Center, Washington, DC.
• Founder & Director, Asia Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
• Asst. Director, Very Special Arts Gallery, Washington, DC.
• Associate, Medicine Man Gallery, Tucson, AZ.
• Executive Director, Herndon Arts Council, Herndon, VA.
• Assistant, Public Relations/ Publicity, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
• Arts Appraiser/ Insurance Adjuster, Arts Insurance Firm, Washington, DC
• Asst. Loans Officer, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC.
• Librarian staff, Archives of American Art, Washington, D.C.
• Assistant, Dept. of Education, Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.
• Curatorial Assistant, Newark Museum, Newark, N.J.
• Assistant, Photo Resources Office, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond,VA.
• Slide Curator, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA.
• Curatorial staff, University of Maine Art Museum, Portland, ME.
• Assistant, Educational Programs, Marietta Cobb Museum, Atlanta, GA.
• Adjunct Lecturer, Tate Museum, London, England
• Lecturer, Syracuse Study Abroad, Florence, Italy
• Asst. Manager, Wespermann Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
• Registrar, Barry Friedman Gallery, New York, NY.
• Asst. Registrar, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY.
• Intern, Phillips Art Collection, Washington, DC.
• Gallery Assistant, Studio Art Gallery, Georgetown, DC.
• Assistant Curator, Muscarelle Museum, Williamsburg, VA.
• Assistant Curator, Honolulu Art Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii.
• Assistant/ Public Relations, Charles Dickens House, London, England
• Research Assistant, Skinner Auction House, Boston, MA.
• Curatorial Assistant, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
• Staff member, Visitor Services, VA. Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
• Humanities Coordinator, St. Margaret’s School, MA.
• Public Events Assistant, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC.
• Paralegal Assistants, Washington Law Firms
• Lawyers, various Washington Law Firms
• Arts Consultant, Wentworth Gallery, Washington, DC.

Graduate Alumni Success

Recent JMU graduate students have held internships or positions at the Hirshhorn Gallery, the American Museum of Indian Culture in Washington, and Hollins University Art Gallery. They have worked in the field of museum study and arts insurance. Graduates have gone on for doctoral work at Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Virginia, Williams College, the University of Delaware and Bard College. Other graduates now hold full-time and adjunct teaching positions at institutions throughout the state of Virginia.