Kate Elliott, Ph. D.
613 Shady Lane Drive Decorah, Iowa 52101
319 321 1065
Education
2003-2009Ph.D. American Art History; University of Iowa: Iowa City, Iowa
Dissertation: “Epic Encounters: First Contact Imagery in Nineteenth-century and Early Twentieth-century American Art.”
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Joni Kinsey
2000-2002MA in Art History; University of Iowa: Iowa City, Iowa
Thesis: “Definition from the Outside: Jeff Wall and The Children's Pavilion.”
1998 BA in Art History; St.OlafCollege: Northfield, Minnesota
Senior Thesis: “The Family of Man: The Position of Photography Within the Fine Art Tradition.”
BA in Studio Art; St.OlafCollege: Northfield, Minnesota
Area of Specialization: Photography
Received Departmental Distinction
Fall 1996 Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM), Study Abroad Program in
Florence, Italy
Research Interests
Nineteenth and twentieth-century American art, Modern art, History of Photography, Native American art
Professional Experience
Current PositionAssistant Professor of Art History, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa
(Fall 2010 to present)
Courses Taught:Survey of Western Art I (Ancient to Medieval)
Survey II (Renaissance to Present)
Foundations: CircaNOW
American Art
Art of the 20th Century
Art Matters (Art Appreciation)
First-year Scholars Colloquium
Beginning Photography
Intermediate Photography
Curator of the Luther College Fine Arts Collection, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa (Fall 2010 to present)
Previous PositionsInstructor, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa(Spring 2010)
Coursed Taught:Late Twentieth Century Art
Instructor, St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa(Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010)
Courses Taught:Art through the Ages II
History of Photography
Contemporary Art
Instructor of Record, University of Iowa (2003 – 2008)
Courses Taught:Introduction to American Art
Western Art and Culture after 1400
Art of Pre-Columbia, Native America and Oceania
Masterpieces: Western Art (Art Appreciation)
Teaching Assistant, University of Iowa (2000 – 2003)
Courses Taught:Asian Art and Culture
Masterpieces: Architecture and Ideology,
Art of Africa, Oceania, and America, University
Western Art and Culture after 1400
Masterpieces: History of Portraiture, University
Museum ExperienceVisitor Services Assistant, WalkerArtCenter, Minneapolis, MN (Fall 1999)
Curatorial Intern, DavenportMuseum of Art, Davenport, IA
(Summer 1996)
Writing InstructionTutor across the Curriculum, University of IowaWritingCenter (Fall 2002 – Spring 2008)
Fellowships, Scholarships, and Awards
2010 – 2011H. George and Jutta F. Anderson Faculty Development Fund, Luther College
2009 – 2010Wilhelm and Jane Bodine Fellowship, School of Art and Art History, University of Iowa
2008 – 2009Charles Redd Center, Summer Fellowship for Upper Division and Graduate Students, Charles Redd Center for Western American Research, BrighamYoungUniversity, Provo, UT
T. Anne Cleary International Dissertation Research Fellowship, University of Iowa
University of Iowa Graduate College Summer Fellowship, University of Iowa
2007 – 2008Smithsonian American Art Museum—Wyeth Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, WashingtonD.C.
The United States Capitol Historical Society Fellowship, WashingtonD.C.
The Henry Luce Foundation American Art Dissertation Research Awards Fellowship, School of Art and Art History, University of Iowa
Margaret A. and Robert L. Alexander Scholarship, School of Art and Art History, University of Iowa
2006 – 2007Faculty Teaching Excellence Recognition, Pan-Hellenic Society, University of Iowa
The Henry Luce Foundation American Art Dissertation Research Awards
Fellowship, School of Art and Art History, University of Iowa
2003 – 2004Margaret A. and Robert L. Alexander Scholarship,School of Art and Art History, University of Iowa
2002 – 2001Tutors Across the Curriculum Tuition Scholarship, Rhetoric Department, University of Iowa
Summer Intensive Language Scholarship,GraduateCollege, University of Iowa
1998 Fifth Year Art Apprenticeship, SaintOlafCollege, Northfield, Minnesota
Publications
2010“Painting Politics: King Louis-Philippe and George Catlin’s La Salleseries.” (in progress)
Review of The Indian Craze: Primitivism, Modernism, and Transculturation in American Art, 1890-1915, by Elizabeth Hutchinson. Winterthur Portfolio (forthcoming).
Review of Catlin’s Lament: Indians, Manifest Destiny, and the Ethics of Nature, by John Hausdoerffer. Annals of Iowa70 (Winter 2011).
2009Review of Engraving the Savage: The New World and the Techniques of Civilization, by Michael Gaudio. Sehepunkte 10 no. 1 (2010).
2005 Review of Currents of Change: Art and Life Along the Mississippi, 1850-1861, by Jason Busch, Christopher Monkhouse, and Janet Whitmore. Annuals of Iowa64 (Spring 2005): 167-8.
Conferences and Papers
2010“Solider-Artist Seth Eastman and the Anchor of History,” American Studies Association Conference, San Antonio, Texas
“Insiders and Outsiders: Charles Russell and the Definition of the ‘True’ Westerner,”Midwest Art History Conference, Omaha, Nebraska
2009“The Complexity of Civic Murals in the Progressive Era: Russell’s Lewis and Clark Meeting Indians at Ross’ Hole (1912),” College Art Association Annual Conference, Los Angeles, California
2007“Intoxicating Landscapes: George Catlin’s La Salle Series.” SmithsonianAmericanArt Museum Fellow Lectures – WashingtonD.C.
2006“Promotional Painting: Robert Walter Weir’s The Landing of Henry Hudson.”
Jakobsen Graduate Student Forum – University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
2003“Writing Histories: Seth Eastman and the Historical Depiction of the North American Indian,” Graduate Conference at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Invited Lectures
2009“American Art,” series of ten public lectures at the Figge Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa
“Local, Regional, National: John Bloom’s Regionalist Vision,” public lecture presented at the Figge Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa
2008“Twentieth Century Photography,” series of five public lectures at the FiggeArt Museum, Davenport, Iowa
2007“The Changing Image of Buffalo Bill Cody,” presented as part of the Go West! exhibition at the FiggeArt Museum, Davenport, Iowa
“Remington, Russell and the Western Experience,” presented as part of the Go West! exhibition at the FiggeArt Museum, Davenport, Iowa
Professional Service
2010 – 2011Secretary for the Luther College Collections Committee
Served on the Arts Committee to commission art work for Sampson-Hoffland Laboratories
Faculty Supervisor, Art Scan
2007 – 2008Graduate Liaison to the Undergraduate Art History student population – Graduate Art History Society, University of Iowa
Editorial Board, Montage, a peer-reviewed, on-line journal,published by the Graduate Art History Society at the University of Iowa
2003 – 2004Graduate Coordinator – University of Iowa, Undergraduate Art History Symposium
2002 – 2003School of Art and Art History Graduate Symposium Chair – University of Iowa, Art History Society
Graduate Mentor – University of Iowa, Undergraduate Art History Symposium
2001 – 2002Secretary – University of Iowa, Art History Society
Community Service
2010 – 2011Board Member – Northeast Iowa Montessori School, Decorah, Iowa
Professional Affiliations
2001 – presentMember – College Art Association (CAA)
2003 – presentMember – Midwest Art History Society (MAHS)
2004 – presentMember – Association of Historians of American Art (AHAA)
2006 – presentMember – Western History Association (WHA)
2006 – presentMember – American Studies Association (ASA)
Language Experience
Working knowledge of German, Italian, Spanish, and French
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