Friday, April 4, 2025 - 2:00pm to 5:00pm
202 Frick Fine Arts
Research Presentations
Frick Fine Arts Cloister
Creative work displays
HAAARCH, presented by the Department of History of Art & Architecture and the Architectural Studies Program, is the annual celebration of undergraduate research, creative work, and achievement. See the complete program below for more details.
Poster design by Louise Matthews.
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Honors Thesis Presentations
202 Frick Fine Arts
2:00-3:15 pm
Moderator: Melissa Eppihimer
Sarah El-Hefnawy
“George Grosz’s ‘Siegfried Hitler’ as an Antithesis to Nazi Art”
Advisor: Josh Ellenbogen
Shelby Kim
“The Construction of Women as Tool: Virgin, Woman, Witch”
Advisor: Andrea Maxwell
Mercedes Perez-Shillington
“Not Just Baptized, But Bloodied: The Holy Violence of St. Agatha’s Breasts”
Advisor: Andrea Maxwell
Layne Shaffer
“Breaking the Mold: How Jack Youngerman’s Forms Found Space Outside the West”
Advisor: Alex Taylor
Emma Whittaker
“On the Mend: Reimagining Gee’s Bend Quilts Within and Beyond Museums”
Advisor: Gretchen Bender
Special Research Projects
202 Frick Fine Arts
3:15-3:30 PM
Anuja Kumbhardare
“Seeing Sita's ‘Suicides in Early-Modern and Contemporary Ramayana Art”
Advisor: Mrinalini Rajagopalan
Architectural Studies Presentations
Frick Fine Arts Cloister
ARC 0201 | Foundation Studio
Brayden Heiges
Ryan Luper
Ryan Luper
Cassie Prentiss
Lucas Trevino
ARC 1201 | Design Studio 1
Abigail Grychowski
Sarah Satcho
Hanssy Vasquez
Hannah Whisman
ARC 1202 | Design Studio 2
Patrick Diamond
Noah Pankiewicz
Rebecca Schaaf
Seth Soderquist
Leah Vereb
ARC 1203 | Design Studio 3
Klara Gurbuz
Klara Gurbuz
Benji Kaplan
Kiran Nwakanma
ARC 1204 | Design Studio 4
Tate Agnew
Kendall Ahrens
Sezer Benoit Savci
Demetrius Keyes
Priya Sayu
Special Research Projects
Frick Fine Arts Cloister
Lindsey Kenny (HAA 1021: Inside the Museum)
Heather Hershberger The Commentary (Museum St. Program)
Abigail Burthe, Priya Sahu, Christopher Scott (ARC 1138: Black Built America)
May Martin (ARC 1182/HAA 1011: Pittsburgh Neighborhoods)
HAA 1001: Special Topic: Art History-Theory and Practice of Renaissance Perspective
Sezer Benoit-Savci, Nathan Kreger “A Project on Adaptive Reuse in Pittsburgh’ South Oakland through Design Interventions”
Art History Club, Frick Fine Arts Cloister
American Institute of Architecture Students, Frick Fine Arts Cloister