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Diane SmithDiane Smith

“My greatest joy as an art historian is working with young artists/designers and scholars.  I feel grateful every day that I have meaningful work.  Spending my days looking, talking and thinking about art. Does it get any better than this?”

Courses
Introduction to Art History II
20th and 21st Century Art History
20th and 21st Century Design History
19th Century French and American Painting
Early 20th Century American Painting
Approaches to Art History
Women’s Ways of Seeing: Art and Literature
African-American Art (Spring 2010)
Museum Studies
The Body and Photography

“The most important thing I learned as an undergraduate was that there is no such thing as historical objectivity.  As an art historian I always want to know the subjectivity of the historian. ‘Where do they stand in the stream?’”

Degrees
BE English Literature, Ohio University, 1971
MA Art History, University of Cincinnati, 1978

“I teach at the AAC because I love being in the classroom with the students. My goal is to pass on my wonderment, curiosity and knowledge of art history.  I enjoy and highly respect my colleagues. My community of educators care passionately about the AAC.”

Contact
(513) 562-6277, dksmith@artacademy.edu

“A current artist who really intrigues me is Ghada Amer. A feminist Egyptian?? Great work!!”

Current and recent research projects
“Artists at Work: WPA in Cincinnati”, 2 lectures 2008, 2009
“Knitting: The Anti-Spectacle”, Oct. 2008 NY, School of Visual Arts Conference, lecture
“Parable of the Sower: How’s Your Spiritual Hearing?” Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church, July 2008, lecture
“What does tolerance and acceptance look like?” Jan. 2009, lecture
Ongoing research projects include the History of the Art Academy of Cincinnati and the Semiotics of the Window in art.

“A current art historian who really intrigues me is Linda Nochlin.  She is an art historian who always has asked hard questions about silences and absences in art history.  She is a wonderful role model.”