Art History Gallery

What is Art History at Regis University?

Art history at Regis University is grounded in social justice. We celebrate the ways that art and visual culture express diversity while honoring the connections we all share in our drive to be creative beings—beings that desire to materialize and communicate our own inner worlds and our shared worldviews. Ultimately, we understand and teach the history of art, throughout time and across the globe, as a way to celebrate the human condition in all of its manifestations. Art history at Regis University also supports and welcomes interdisciplinary interests and collaborations. Many art history courses are cross-listed with the core curriculum and other departments across campus. This gives students the opportunity to double-major or minor if they wish.

What will I study?

Art history at Regis University is a global adventure and students will encounter art, architecture, and other forms of visual culture from places as diverse as ancient Egypt, Classical Greece, Imperial Rome, Renaissance Europe, Asian traditions, and Indigenous cultures across the Americas. Students can also take thematic courses in Modern Art and the Age of Invention; Global Contemporary Art--Identity and Society; Race Gender and Art; and the Art of Borderlands. Our art history program also focuses heavily on local artistic practices and cultures native to the Denver and greater Colorado region. We offer courses dedicated to Chicanismo movements, the art and archaeology of the American Southwest, contemporary Native American art, and Latin American art history.

What will I do in art history while at Regis and beyond?

If you study art history at Regis University, you will undertake both traditional research as well as digitally-based research projects. These include opportunities to research and write an undergraduate thesis paper featuring your own original research, options to publish your writing in our University’s e-Journal, possibilities for projects that utilize virtual reality headsets so you can visit museums and sites anywhere in the world, and opportunities to create web-based story maps through ArcGIS StoryMap software—software used by many major museums.

Speaking of museums, you will visit several in the Denver area during your time at Regis, with many opportunities to volunteer or intern. As a major part of your art history experience, you will also be making art! Art history majors and minors can select from a range of Studio art courses in the department including drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, and several others. Additional experiential learning options include opportunities to research and guest lecture in Regis University’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, an Institute focused on continuing education and adult learning in our local community. There’s no better way to learn art history and to get others excited about it than to teach it yourself.