2026 UVU Art History Symposium

"Art and Environment”"

Thursday, February 26, 2026
Fulton Library Auditorium

10:00 a.m.

Welcome and Introduction
Katherine Jackson, Assistant Professor of Art History, Utah Valley University
10:10 a.m.

Keynote Address: “You and I are Earth”
Elpitha Tsoutsounakis, Director, Field Studio Geontological Survey

Environments of Science and Technology

11:00 a.m.

“Sexuality, Power, and Repression in the Works of Juan Batlle Planas”
Savannah Allen, Undergraduate Student, Utah Valley University
11:15 a.m.


Anna Cline, Undergraduate Student, Utah Valley University
11:30 a.m.

“Butterflies and Hyacinths: The Artistry of Maria Sibylla Merian and Painting the Feminine”
Emma Thomas, Undergraduate Student, Art History, Utah Valley University
11:45 a.m.

Q&A

12:00 – 12:45 p.m. Lunch Break

Environments of Cultural Production

12:45 p.m.


Emily Swan, Undergraduate Student, Utah Valley University
1:00 p.m.

“Portraiture and Power in the Court of Isabella d’Este”
Ashley Savage, Undergraduate Student, Utah Valley University
1:15 p.m.


Dana Anquoe, Alumni, Utah Valley University
1:30 p.m.

Q&A

Architectural Environments

1:45 p.m.


Joshua Bushman, Undergraduate Student, Utah Valley University
2:00 p.m.

“The Spiritual Architecture of the Mosques of Nur al-Din”
Aubrey Gallafent, Undergraduate Student, Utah Valley University
2:15 p.m.


Nathaniel Wells, Undergraduate Student, Utah Valley University
2:30 p.m.

Q&A

2:45 – 3:00 p.m. Break

Environments of Social Identity and Contest

3:00 p.m.

“Picasso’s Girl Before a Mirror and the Cultural Environments of Womanhood”
Jenny Rock, Undergraduate Student, Brigham Young University
3:15 p.m.


Brittany Lund, Undergraduate Student, Utah Valley University
3:30 p.m.

“Song Dong – Performing Futility”
Hannah Singleton, Undergraduate Student, Utah Valley University
3:45 p.m.

“Remapping the Borderlands: Jackie Am"
Cuauhtemoc Sandoval, Graduate Student, University of Utah
4:00 p.m.

Q&A
4:15 p.m.

Event Conclusion

 

If you have questions about the symposium, please contact Dr. Charlotte Poulton at . For more information about the Art History program at UVU, please go to the Art History Page.