Betsy Fahlman
Biography
Betsy Fahlman is a professor of art history at Arizona State University, where she has taught since 1988. She did her undergraduate work at Mount Holyoke College, and graduate work at the University of Delaware, where she earned her master's and doctoral degrees. A specialist in American Art, her interests include public art, American modernism, the New Deal, industrial archeology and the art history of Arizona. Her books include "Kraushaar Galleries: Celebrating 125 Years" (2010), "New Deal Art in Arizona" (2009), "Wonders of Work and Labor: The Steidle Collection of American Industrial Art" (2008), "James Graham & Sons: A Century and a Half in the Art Business" (2007), "Chimneys and Towers: Charles Demuth’s Late Paintings of Lancaster" (2007) and "Guy Pène du Bois: Painter of Modern Life" (2004).
Education
- Ph.D. University of Delaware 1981
- M.A. University of Delaware 1977
- B.A. Mount Holyoke College 1973
Research Interests
A specialisrt in Euro-North American art history, Professor Fahlman's research spans the late nineteenth century to 1945. She has strong interests in women artists, American modernism (including the history of photography), the relationships between American Art and industry, and the art history of the American Southwest (including Arizona).
Publications
Kraushaar Galleries: Celebrating 125 Years (New York: Kraushaar Galleries, 2010).
New Deal Art in Arizona (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2009).
Fahlman, Betsy and Eric Schruers, Wonders of Work and Labor: The Steidle Collection of American Industrial Art (University Park, PA: Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum and Art Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, 2008; distributed by Pennsylvania State University Press).
Chimneys and Towers: Charles Demuth's Late Paintings of Lancaster (Fort Worth, Texas: Amon Carter Museum, 2007).
James Graham & Sons: A Century and a Half in the Art Business (New York: James Graham & Sons, 2007).
“The Art Spirit in the Classroom: Educating the Modern Woman Artist,” in Marian Wardle, ed., American Women Modernists: The Legacy of Robert Henri, 1910-1945 (Provo, Utah, Museum of Art, Brigham Young University in association with New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2005), 93-115, 245-246.
“The Engines of Art: The Railroad as Cultural Icon,” Railroad Heritage, no. 14 (2005): 5-11 (Proceedings of the "Iron Icon: The Railroad in American Art." symposium held at the John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library, University of Missouri, St. Louis).
Guy Pène du Bois: Painter of Modern Life (New York: James Graham and Sons, 2004 and New York: The Quantuck Lane Press [a Norton subsidiary], 2004).
Courses
| Spring 2022 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| ARS 250 | History of Photography |
| ARS 340 | Art in America |
| ARA 484 | Internship |
| ARS 484 | Internship |
| ARS 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ARS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ARS 584 | Internship |
| ARS 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ARS 592 | Research |
| ARS 595 | Continuing Registration |
| ARS 599 | Thesis |
| ARS 690 | Reading and Conference |
| ARS 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ARS 792 | Research |
| ARS 795 | Continuing Registration |
| ARS 799 | Dissertation |
| Fall 2021 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| ARA 484 | Internship |
| ARS 484 | Internship |
| ARS 485 | Women in the Visual Arts |
| ARS 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ARS 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ARS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ARS 584 | Internship |
| ARS 585 | Women in the Visual Arts |
| ARS 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ARS 592 | Research |
| ARS 595 | Continuing Registration |
| ARS 599 | Thesis |
| ARS 690 | Reading and Conference |
| ARS 692 | Research |
| ARS 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ARS 792 | Research |
| ARS 795 | Continuing Registration |
| ARS 799 | Dissertation |
| Summer 2021 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| ARS 250 | History of Photography |
| ARA 484 | Internship |
| ARS 484 | Internship |
| ARS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ARS 595 | Continuing Registration |
| Spring 2021 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| ARS 250 | History of Photography |
| ARS 340 | Art in America |
| ARA 484 | Internship |
| ARS 484 | Internship |
| ARS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ARS 584 | Internship |
| ARS 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ARS 592 | Research |
| ARS 595 | Continuing Registration |
| ARS 599 | Thesis |
| ARS 690 | Reading and Conference |
| ARS 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ARS 792 | Research |
| ARS 795 | Continuing Registration |
| ARS 799 | Dissertation |
| Fall 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| ARS 250 | History of Photography |
| ARA 484 | Internship |
| ARS 484 | Internship |
| ARS 485 | Women in the Visual Arts |
| ARS 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ARS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ARS 584 | Internship |
| ARS 585 | Women in the Visual Arts |
| ARS 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ART 592 | Research |
| ARS 592 | Research |
| ARS 595 | Continuing Registration |
| ARS 599 | Thesis |
| ARS 690 | Reading and Conference |
| ARS 692 | Research |
| ARS 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ARS 792 | Research |
| ARS 795 | Continuing Registration |
| ARS 799 | Dissertation |
| Summer 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| ARS 250 | History of Photography |
| ARA 484 | Internship |
| ARS 484 | Internship |
| ARS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ARS 595 | Continuing Registration |
| Spring 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| ARS 340 | Art in America |
| ARS 456 | Intro to Museums |
| ARA 484 | Internship |
| ARS 484 | Internship |
| ARS 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ARS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ARS 584 | Internship |
| ARS 592 | Research |
| ARS 595 | Continuing Registration |
| ARS 598 | Special Topics |
| ARS 599 | Thesis |
| ARS 792 | Research |
| ARS 795 | Continuing Registration |
| ARS 799 | Dissertation |
| Fall 2019 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| ARS 250 | History of Photography |
| ARS 484 | Internship |
| ARA 484 | Internship |
| ARS 485 | Women in the Visual Arts |
| ARS 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ARS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ARS 584 | Internship |
| ARS 585 | Women in the Visual Arts |
| ARS 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ARS 592 | Research |
| ARS 595 | Continuing Registration |
| ARS 599 | Thesis |
| ARS 692 | Research |
| ARS 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ARS 792 | Research |
| ARS 795 | Continuing Registration |
| ARS 799 | Dissertation |
| Summer 2019 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| ARS 250 | History of Photography |
| ARA 484 | Internship |
| ARS 484 | Internship |
| ARS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| Spring 2019 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| ARS 250 | History of Photography |
| ARA 484 | Internship |
| ARS 484 | Internship |
| ARS 498 | Pro-Seminar |
| ARS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ARS 584 | Internship |
| ARS 591 | Seminar |
| ARS 595 | Continuing Registration |
| ARS 599 | Thesis |
| ARS 792 | Research |
| ARS 795 | Continuing Registration |
| ARS 799 | Dissertation |
| Fall 2018 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| ARS 250 | History of Photography |
| ARS 340 | Art in America |
| ARA 484 | Internship |
| ARS 484 | Internship |
| ARS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ARS 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ARS 595 | Continuing Registration |
| ARS 599 | Thesis |
| ARS 692 | Research |
| ARS 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ARS 792 | Research |
| ARS 799 | Dissertation |
| Summer 2018 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| ARS 250 | History of Photography |
| ARA 484 | Internship |
| ARS 484 | Internship |
| ARS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| Spring 2018 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| ARS 250 | History of Photography |
| ARS 456 | Intro to Museums |
| ARA 484 | Internship |
| ARS 484 | Internship |
| ARS 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ARS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ARS 584 | Internship |
| ARS 598 | Special Topics |
| ARS 599 | Thesis |
| ARS 690 | Reading and Conference |
| ARS 692 | Research |
| ARS 792 | Research |
| EPD 799 | Dissertation |
| ARS 799 | Dissertation |
| Fall 2017 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| ARS 340 | Art in America |
| ARS 394 | Special Topics |
| ARS 484 | Internship |
| ARA 484 | Internship |
| ARS 485 | Women in the Visual Arts |
| ARS 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ARS 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ARS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ARA 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ARA 584 | Internship |
| ARS 584 | Internship |
| ARS 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ARS 592 | Research |
| ARA 592 | Research |
| ARS 599 | Thesis |
| ARS 690 | Reading and Conference |
| ARS 692 | Research |
| ARS 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ARS 792 | Research |
| EPD 799 | Dissertation |
| ARS 799 | Dissertation |
| Summer 2017 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| ARS 250 | History of Photography |
| ARA 484 | Internship |
| ARS 484 | Internship |
| ARS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ARS 584 | Internship |
Presentations
Professor Fahlman teaches ARS 250: History of Photography, ARS 340: Art in America, ARS 485/585: Women in the Visual Arts, and ARS 456.598: Introduction to Museums. She has taught semninars on Public Art, the New Deal, and The New Woman Artist: Gender and Modernity, 1900-1945. She also runs an art history internship program.
Consulting
2016-Present: Adjunct Curator of American Art, Phoenix Art Museum.
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