Art History and Museum Professions

In New York City, the fine art industry earns yearly revenues approaching a billion dollars. Art of every variety is exhibited and sold hither, in countless museums, galleries, and auction houses. FIT's campus is steps from Chelsea's bustling gallery scene, a short ride from the Metropolitan Museum of Art; renowned museums and cultural institutions are in achieve. Nosotros partner with many art galleries and organizations, giving yous unparalleled opportunities to engage with professionals behind the scenes. You'll explore where art meets issues of ideals, politics, social justice, and sustainability. And you'll discover the wide range of career paths in this multifaceted field.

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This interdisciplinary major draws on FIT'south strengths in art history, communication, business, technology, and design. With hundreds of museums, art institutions, galleries, and archives nearby, ample opportunities exist to engage with professionals in the field. You'll learn how art collides with social justice, how to interact with curators and the press, and nigh the many opportunities that exist in the art field—while experiencing it all immediate in Manhattan. Students are also encouraged to use for the George T. Dorsch Endowed Scholarship .

If you take an AAS from FIT, you are eligible to apply to the bachelor's in Art History and Museum Professions. More virtually eligibility for this program.

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Arts, civilization, museums, careers … With the metropolis serving as your extended campus, yous'll proceeds a perspective on the subject that few others will take.

The neat thing about studying fine art in New York City is being able to actually meet, in person, so many of the works by artists I've studied in my courses.

Marissa Klein Visual Arts Management '10

Marissa Klein

Students have interned at the Museum of Modern Art, Asia Society, The Drawing Middle, National Museum of the American Indian, and Alice Austen House. Graduates have worked at Sotheby's, MoMA, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, the Grey Art Gallery at New York University, and various Chelsea contemporary fine art galleries. Their roles include noncuratorial positions in collections management, development, information technology, public relations, rights and reproductions, and special events.

Beyond Graduation

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Our kinesthesia members are specialists in fine art history, have worked in museums, and are well continued to fine art professionals. They are active in social commentary and understand where the arts meet culture. Come across more than Fine art History and Museum Professions faculty.

Justine De Young

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Chair of the History of Fine art department, Dr. De Young specializes in the intersection of art and fashion, teaching courses on modern fine art and fashion history. Her enquiry and writing interests also include 19th- and 20th-century art and literature, visual and material civilisation, and modernism.

Rachel Baum

Rachel Baum

Dr. Baum has been a member of the section since 2012. She is a specialist in mod and gimmicky art, new media, and cultural and disquisitional theory. Dr. Baum teaches subjects across many fields and periods, with an emphasis on social and economic history, politics, and identity.

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The Art History Insider weblog features essays written past students and faculty in the program.

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Guests: Ann Macy Roth, Higher of Arts and Science New York University  and Majdolene Dajani, Chester Dale Fellow, Ancient Near Eastern Art at The MET

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Guests: Ann Macy Roth, College of Arts and Scientific discipline New York University  and Majdolene Dajani, Chester Dale Fellow, Ancient Near Eastern Fine art at The MET

Moderated by Jennifer Miyuki Babcock and Alexander Nagel