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MA Art History Students Showcase Research in DMA Gallery Talks

Three students pursuing a Master of Arts (MA) in Art History presented gallery talks at the Dallas Museum of Art, sharing insights on artworks they’ve been researching. 

People in a room with furniture and pictures. Three MA Art History students presenting gallery talks at the Dallas Museum of Art.
The EODIAH Research Center, located on the second floor of the Dallas Museum of Art.

Sofia Penny, Nida Jaffer, and Golsa Eghbali – three first-year MA students at the Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology and the Edith O’Donnell Institute of Art History – took turns standing in front of a piece, sharing their research findings with their peers, UTD faculty, and the general public on Friday.

Sofia Penny discussing Anne Whitney's marble sculpture Lady Godiva at the Dallas Museum of Art on Feb. 23.
Sofia Penny discussing Anne Whitney’s marble sculpture Lady Godiva at the Dallas Museum of Art on Feb. 23.

Penny discussed Anne Whitney’s marble sculpture, Lady Godiva (c. 1861-1864), situated in the American Art section on the museum’s fourth floor.

Nida Jaffer talking about Vajravarahi, a gilt bronze sculpture with semiprecious stones and traces of pigment, sculpted in Tibet in the 18th century. It is located in the David T. Owsley Galleries of South Asian Art on the third floor of the museum.
Nida Jaffer talking about Vajravarahi, a gilt bronze sculpture with semiprecious stones and traces of pigment, sculpted in Tibet in the 18th century. It is located in the David T. Owsley Galleries of South Asian Art on the third floor of the museum.
Vajravarahi, a gilt bronze sculpture with semiprecious stones and traces of pigment, sculpted in Tibet in the 18th century.
Nida Jaffer talking about Vajravarahi, a gilt bronze sculpture with semiprecious stones and traces of pigment, sculpted in Tibet in the 18th century. It is located in the David T. Owsley Galleries of South Asian Art on the third floor of the museum.
Nida Jaffer talking about Vajravarahi, a gilt bronze sculpture with semiprecious stones and traces of pigment, sculpted in Tibet in the 18th century. It is located in the David T. Owsley Galleries of South Asian Art on the third floor of the museum.
Nida Jaffer talking about Vajravarahi, a gilt bronze sculpture with semiprecious stones and traces of pigment, sculpted in Tibet in the 18th century. It is located in the David T. Owsley Galleries of South Asian Art on the third floor of the museum.

Jaffer talked about Vajravarahi, a gilt bronze sculpture with semiprecious stones and traces of pigment, sculpted in Tibet in the 18th century. It is located in the David T. Owsley Galleries of South Asian Art on the third floor of the museum.

Golsa Eghbali  discussed an Achaemenian handle of a vessel shaped like an Ibex, a piece from Iran from the 6th-5th century B.C., located in the Silk Road gallery on the museum’s third floor.
The Achaemenian handle of a vessel shaped like an Ibex, a piece from Iran from the 6th-5th century B.C., located in the Silk Road gallery on the museum’s third floor.
Golsa Eghbali  discussed an Achaemenian handle of a vessel shaped like an Ibex, a piece from Iran from the 6th-5th century B.C., located in the Silk Road gallery on the museum’s third floor.
Golsa Eghbali discussed an Achaemenian handle of a vessel shaped like an Ibex, a piece from Iran from the 6th-5th century B.C., located in the Silk Road gallery on the museum’s third floor.
Golsa Eghbali discussed an Achaemenian handle of a vessel shaped like an Ibex, a piece from Iran from the 6th-5th century B.C., located in the Silk Road gallery on the museum’s third floor.

Eghbali discussed an Achaemenian handle of a vessel shaped like an Ibex, a piece from Iran from the 6th-5th century B.C., located in the Silk Road gallery on the museum’s third floor.

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