Julia May

Associate Professor of Art History; Curator of Earlham Art Collection

Programs/Departments

• Art
• Japanese Studies
• Museum Studies

Degrees

• Ph.D., Virginia Commmonwealth U
• M.A., Virginia Commmonwealth U
• B.A., Radford University

Contact Info

Campus Mail
Drawer 37

Phone
765-983-1403

E-mail
mayju@earlham.edu

Office
Runyan Center

Office Hours
Tuesdays, 1 - 2:30 and by appointment

Selected Courses

Art: Context and Meaning African Art Art of the American Southwest Art of the Pacific Rim Art of the Americas Australian Aboriginal Art History of Craft Twentieth Century Art

Research Projects

"Salvation or Seduction? Understanding Marcus Mote's Shipwreck at Sea, 1883" in progress. A to Z: Famous Artists in the Earlham College and Richmond Art Museum Collections. Richmond, IN: Richmond Art Museum, 2008. Friends and Neighbors: Works and Lives of the Artisans. Richmond, IN: Richmond Art Museum, 2006. “Sacred Receptacle and Sign of the Gods: Human Hand Imagery in the Art of the American Southwest,” Anthanor XVII (1999): 17-23. Guide to the Edward L. Ruhe Archival Collection. Charlottesville, VA: The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, 1999

Professional Memberships

College Art Association