Mission and Core Values
The mission of TimeFrame - UNG Art History Club is to provide opportunities for UNG students to engage in activities and network in the fields of art history, art education, art curation, and collections management.
TimeFrame welcomes student members from all walks of life--all social backgrounds, ages, races, ethnicities, genders, and religions. We celebrate all lifestyles as long as everyone is respectful of everyone.
TimeFrame defines art and art history broadly, to include traditional fine arts in two and three dimensions, crafts, digital arts, commercial arts, performance arts, and architecture. Art may be created in any and all media. All persons who call themselves artists or whom others call artists can be artists. All expressions which anyone regards as artistic can be art. All persons who study art made by others can be art historians, art critics, art curators, art dealers, and art collectors.
Activities
TimeFrame activities emphasize professional development and networking. They include:
◉ presentations of special interest art and art history topics by students, faculty, and guest speakers
◉ debates on contemporary art world topics
◉ opportunities for focused scholarly research (undergraduate research) in art history, art education, art curation, and collections management
◉ curatorial opportunities for students (student-curated exhibitions)
◉ service at campus art events and exhibitions
◉ community outreach activities in art education (educating in the arts through community partnerships)
◉ group visits to collections, museums, artists' studios, and galleries
Activities typically take place on campus, both in person and virtually. Students from all campuses are invited. Faculty advisors support students intellectually, as well as in the areas of networking, activity planning, and organization.
TimeFrame participants typically meet every two to three weeks, on a weekday, in Hansford Hall, room 209 (or in a nearby location), at the noon hour (12-1 pm). A virtual option is offered for students who wish to participate at a distance. Refreshments are served. Everyone is welcome and everything is free.
Our History
TimeFrame was first founded in February 2020 by Dr. Ana Pozzi Harris and Dr. Elissa Ferguson. These educators and art historians wanted to spread their love for the discipline of art history and to encourage students to pursue it beyond the classroom.
Then, with the COVID-19 pandemic, activities came to a halt and stopped for three semesters. Eventually, activities resumed with renewed energy in Spring 2022.
Our first student executive board was elected on October 5th, 2022. Then in December, the board applied for official recognition as a campus group and was approved by the UNG Student Government Association in January 2023.
Our second and current executive board was elected on April 19th, 2023, and will remain through the end of Fall 2023.
Review our Club Officers/Contact page to get to know us, and join us for upcoming events!