Thank You!
With full hearts, I and the Symposium team extend our deepest gratitude to all the talented Student-Scholars who made the 2025 SUNY New Paltz Undergraduate Art History Symposium a brilliant success! Enormous thanks also go out to their faculty mentors, academic departments, families, and friends who support these bright, young art historians and encourage them in their endeavors! They all have very bright futures!
I’d also like to thank our Keynote Speakers, Dr. Sharon Stocker & Dr. Jack L. Davis of the University of Cincinnati, whose enthralling presentation on their discovery of the grave of the Griffin Warrior at Pylos, Greece, knocked us all out!
We also hosted an amazing group of a dozen faculty and administrators from Art History Graduate Programs from the US, UK, Canada, and Israel, who participated in a panel discussion and Q&A for dozens of undergraduates who aspire to further their educations past the bachelor’s degree. Thank you to all of them!
This enormous event could not have happened without the enthusiastic, dedicated efforts of the SUNY New Paltz Art History Association E-Board and membership, who not only gave hours of their time selecting from over 400 submitted abstracts, but also prepped for and moderated all of our sessions!
A number of young alumnx even pitched in as hosts when we needed to run three sessions concurrently. Thanks to Abi Rosenthal, Ben Kuhn, Em Hines, Jocelyn Thornton, and Shay Steuart. Having served as moderators in past symposia, I am thrilled they were willing (and brave) to come back to help us out!
Finally, Susan Smutny and I are so very grateful for the wonderful work of Graphic Design BFA candidate, Kristen Sauer, of Prof. Amy Papelias’ Design Lab class. She provided designs for our new instagram, as well as our Keynote flyer, Zoom banner, and even our IG profile pic and accompanying highlight images.
I look forward to our 8th Symposium scheduled for Wednesday, April 8th, through Sunday, April 12th, 2026.
Save the Dates and I hope you will join us next year!
With heartfelt gratitude,
Keely Heuer
Founder and Organizer
Professor Keely Heuer
Faculty Organizer and Chair, Department of Art History
