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Archaeologists have completed initial documentation of more than 230 works that are between 1,500 and 4,200 years old Courtesy of Shumla Archaeological Research and Education Center
Archaeologists working on the Texas-Mexico border have documented more than 230 ancient Indigenous pictographs and narrative murals that could soon disappear due to natural and human causes. There is “an urgent need to expediently document as many sites as possible before they are lost forever”, says the archaeologist and artist Carolyn Boyd, who founded the Shumla Archaeological Research and Education Center, the non-profit organisation that oversees the Alexandria Project, a $3m initiative to locate and preserve the ancient rock art of the Rio Grande region, which is under threat from increased flooding, as well as drug cartel activity.
Nicholls professor hopes to make art more relevant to non-art students
A Nicholls State University professor hopes to make art and its study more accessible to those in other fields of study.
Dr. Ashley Busby said at a recent conference she does not believe art history has to put non-art majors to sleep.
Such was the discussion of a panel she presented at the Southeast College Art Conference hosted by Virginia Commonwealth University. The research came from her paper, “The Upper Level Fine Arts Survey: Interdisciplinary, Contemporary, and Thematic Approaches.”
Busby discussed two 300-level courses during the virtual panel, “The Art History Survey: How to Keep the Material Engaging for YOU.” One is a Nicholls Online cultural heritage art survey course, and the second a face-to-face art and science course.