Giving
Thank you for considering a gift to the Department of Art and Art History. Your support directly strengthens the creative and intellectual life of our community, providing students and faculty with opportunities to explore, create, and contribute in ways that extend far beyond the classroom.
You can donate to our programs via this secure online form and you can select one of the established art and art history funds listed below. Donors may choose to support one of three funds, each advancing a distinct part of the department’s mission—from recognizing excellence in student writing, to providing immersive learning experiences in New York City, to bringing students into direct contact with artists, scholars, exhibitions, engaging architecture and regional works of art and exhibitions.
Janet Berlo Prize for Excellence in Writing
This fund supports an annual award presented at commencement to recognize rigorous research, trenchant investigation and its application to exceptional writing in art and art history. Named in honor of Janet Berlo, who developed and taught the writing course for our majors, the award celebrates the essential role that clear, thoughtful, and persuasive writing plays in the study and practice of art.
Art New York Fund
This fund supports Art New York, the department’s immersive semester-long program that places students in the center of New York City’s art world. Through internships, studio and museum visits, meetings with artists and arts professionals, and direct engagement with the city’s extraordinary cultural resources, students connect their academic work to professional experience and contemporary artistic practice. Gifts help make these opportunities possible and accessible to all our students.
Art and Art History Enrichment Fund
This flexible fund supports experiential learning beyond the classroom, including field trips to museums, workshops, galleries and exhibitions, artists’ studios, and other sites, as well as visits to campus by artists, historians, curators, critics, and other scholars. This engagement gives students opportunities to engage directly with works of art and with the people who make, study, interpret, and present them. It enriches both our curriculum and the intellectual life of the department.