Maude Wahlman teaches traditional and contemporary African, African-American, Meso-American, and Native American art history, and American folk arts, as well as Arts Administration. She is also a faculty member for Black Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies. Her current research on African and African American protective charm traditions is for her 5th book.
The second edition of Wahlman’s book Signs and Symbols: African Images in African-American Quilts was published by Tinwood Books in 2001. She recently curated and wrote the catalog for “African Art, from the collection of Ray Lake” for the Northwest Missouri State University Art Gallery, and gave a lecture at the May, 2011 opening. In October, 2011, Dr. Wahlman gave a lecture on African American Quilters at the Mingei International Museum in San Diego, CA. Her traveling exhibit, “African-American Quilters,” was at the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center in Miami, Florida in 2006. She received the Louis T. Beneset Award for Career Achievement from the Alumni Association at Colorado College in 2004 and the Award for Distinguished Research from the Folk Art Society of America in 2003.
Degrees:
M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Art History from Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
M.A. in Anthropology from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
B.A. in Art from Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Recent Courses Taught:
Art History 315: The Arts of African & New World Cultures (African-American, Meso-American, and Native American)
Art History 497H: Special Studies in the Art of African, Oceanic, and New World Cultures (Topics: African Influences on New World Cultures, Traditional and Contemporary Native American Art)
Art History 5571: Traditional and Contemporary Native American Arts
The second edition of Wahlman’s book Signs and Symbols: African Images in African-American Quilts was published by Tinwood Books in 2001. She recently curated and wrote the catalog for “African Art, from the collection of Ray Lake” for the Northwest Missouri State University Art Gallery, and gave a lecture at the May, 2011 opening. In October, 2011, Dr. Wahlman gave a lecture on African American Quilters at the Mingei International Museum in San Diego, CA. Her traveling exhibit, “African-American Quilters,” was at the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center in Miami, Florida in 2006. She received the Louis T. Beneset Award for Career Achievement from the Alumni Association at Colorado College in 2004 and the Award for Distinguished Research from the Folk Art Society of America in 2003.
Degrees:
M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Art History from Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
M.A. in Anthropology from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
B.A. in Art from Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Recent Courses Taught:
Art History 315: The Arts of African & New World Cultures (African-American, Meso-American, and Native American)
Art History 497H: Special Studies in the Art of African, Oceanic, and New World Cultures (Topics: African Influences on New World Cultures, Traditional and Contemporary Native American Art)
Art History 5571: Traditional and Contemporary Native American Arts