Art

Organization Description

The St. Mary’s Art and Art History Department provides a diverse, collaborative, and integrated curriculum in the different aspects of art and art history.

240-895-4250
Montgomery Hall 141
A contemporary art gallery features abstract artworks on display. Large colorful abstract paintings occupy central white walls, with smaller pieces arranged on surrounding walls. The space has a wooden floor and modern overhead lighting.

Department Leadership

Sue Johnson

Sue Johnson

Professor of Art

Department Chair

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240-895-4250

Latest News

Artwork by Professor of Art Sue Johnson in Solo Exhibition in D.C.
The Curiouser No. 16 from Symmetrical Bodies, 2023, acrylic and wax painting with image transfer on paper mounted on wood panel, 7 x 5 inches. Artwork by Sue Johnson.

Professor of Art Sue Johnson's "Symmetrical Bodies" artwork will be the solo exhibition at gallery neptune & brown in Washington, D.C. through… View more

Lee Capristo

April 14, 2025, 4:44 p.m.

Professor of Art Sue Johnson Shows Work in Georgia
Sue Johnson artwork for Museum of Arts and Sciences Collective Concerns
Sue Johnson, professor of art, is exhibiting 15 works from her recent project, “Hall of Portraits from The History of Machines” in COLLECTive… View more
Lee Capristo

Dec. 29, 2024, 8:09 p.m.

Students get exclusive tour of local sculpture garden and museum
Students sitting around an outdoor sculpture at Annmarie Garden

 

Several St. Mary’s College of Maryland students got an exclusive tour of Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center in Calvert… View more

Gretchen Phillips

Dec. 6, 2024, 3:49 p.m.

LiveWell Expands in Second Year
Yoga class stretching

LiveWell, a day dedicated to health and wellness activities for the SMCM community, was held for the second time on Wednesday, Oct. 30. With… View more

Chuck Steenburgh

Nov. 6, 2024, 9:22 a.m.

Associate Professor Tristan Cai has Solo Exhibiton in Greece
Image from Imagined Spectres exhibition

Associate Professor of Photography Tristan Cai opened a solo exhibition, "Imagined Spectres," at the Ionion Center for the Arts and… View more

Chuck Steenburgh

Aug. 19, 2024, 11:32 a.m.

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Active Announcements

Nature lovers! Summer ART course: ART 240 Nature Journal Sketchbook - Fulfills ENST, Climate & Public Health/Environmental Health Inquiries and LEAD Arts requirements
Four nature-themed sketchbook pages, featuring butterfly illustrations, a watercolor painting with paint palette, detailed mushroom sketches, and a page on moss and fungi, with notes and labels.
Enjoy nature & art
Sue Johnson

April 11, 2025, 5:11 p.m.

On View - ART 390 The Artist Naturalist “Like Gessner” Project Book Display
Four artworks are displayed: a typed page, a colored drawing of people, a detailed owl illustration, and a schematic diagram for attaching pigeon whistles.
On the First Floor of the Hilda C. Landers Library
Amanda VerMeulen

April 2, 2025, 5:21 p.m.

Summer ART courses -- photo, drawing, painting, printmaking, book arts, digital media art and art history - Register now!
Summer ART courses fulfill the LEAD Curriculum (Arts and Humanities categories), ENST and Asian Studies - no previous art experience needed!
Sue Johnson

March 26, 2025, 11:22 a.m.

Upcoming Events

ART 390 The Artist Naturalist “Like Gessner” Project Book Display, Through April 18
Assorted illustrations and a diagram on a table, including a stylized owl, colorful historical scene, and instructions for attaching a pigeon whistle.

On view now on the First Floor of the Hilda C. Landers Library for the ART 390, The Artist Naturalist, “Like Gessner” project book… View more

April 4 – 18, 2025, All Day

Artist Talk: Holly Hughes and Kylie Heidenheimer, April 16
Paintings and two women

Wednesday, April 16, 4:45 - 5:45 p.m., Glendening Annex

ARTIST TALK: Holly Hughes and Kylie Heidenheimer… View more

April 16, 2025, 4:45 – 5:45 p.m.

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