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Sarah Estrela

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Bio

Education: BA, 2015, Wheaton College, Norton, MA; MA, 2018, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL; Ph.D. ABD, Northwestern University. 

Curatorial Experience: Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange Across Medieval Saharan Africa, 2018, Block Museum of Art, Evanston, IL (Graduate Fellow); Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica, December 2024, Art Institute of Chicago (Curatorial Research Associate). 

Publications: Artforum, New City Brazil. 

Awards: Liz Warnock Summer Research Grant; COSI Mellon Curatorial Research Fellowship, Art Institute of Chicago; SSRC Dissertation Proposal Development Program; Barbara Smith Shanley Graduate Travel Fellowship.

Courses

Title Department Catalog Term

Description

This course surveys developments in nineteenth and twentieth century art and architecture. Particular emphasis is placed on theoretical and critical issues, as well as the historical, intellectual, and socioeconomic changes that are reflected or addressed in the works of artists and architects. Note: ARTHI 1001 (or its equivalent) is recommended as a prerequisite for ARTHI 1002.

Class Number

2448

Credits

3