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Advisory For Immediate Release
July 17, 2007
1992 Collegiate graduate earns 2007-08 Fulbright Scholarship
Kate Caldwell Harper will work on Ph.D.
in 17th Century art history in Europe
LOUISVILLE, KY. – Louisville Collegiate
School 1992 graduate Kate Caldwell Harper has been awarded
a prestigious 2007-2008 Fulbright Scholarship to complete
her Ph.D. in art history, focusing on 17th-Century Dutch printmaker,
draftsman and painter Hendrick Goudt.
Goudt is definitely not a household name,
such as Rembrandt, but he was extremely significant for the
Dutch artistic tradition in particular,” she said.
Harper will live in Amsterdam from January
through September 2008. She will travel frequently to study
archival materials and works of art in institutions and collections
throughout Europe – Holland, Germany, France, England,
Austria, and Poland.
“Receiving the Fulbright is so gratifying.
I have been working nearly full-time at the Museum of Fine
Arts in Boston and in other curatorial positions in Boston
since entering graduate school in 2000,” Harper said.
“All of this work has been amazing in terms of my curatorial
training, but it has been a lot to juggle with my graduate
study. Now I have the opportunity to focus solely on my dissertation
– this will allow me to move forward in my own research."
The Fulbright Scholar Program sends 800 U.S.
faculty and professionals abroad each year. Grant recipients
lecture and conduct research in a wide variety of academic
and professional fields.
After graduating Collegiate, Harper attended
Georgetown University where she studied art history. Her passion
for the field blossomed there, where she studied under, and
later worked for, a Rembrandt scholar who later became Ambassador
to the Netherlands. Since living in Boston, she has worked
for Cliff Ackley, a well-known figure in the field of Dutch
art history.
“Working at the MFA for Cliff Ackley
has been unbelievable. I can't overstate how important he
has been in influencing my interests and approach to the subject,”
she said. “That said, though, I have to say that all
in all, Collegiate was the most important formative influence
on my education and development. My teachers took a genuine
interest in me as a student and as a person, and I don't think
I was unique in that sense. Collegiate students are so fortunate
to have an environment in which so many people support them,
care about them, and want to bring out their strengths,”
Harper said.
Established in 1915, Louisville Collegiate
School is a co-ed college-preparatory independent school for
students from kindergarten through 12th grade.
PRESS CONTACT:
Terry Sebastian
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Louisville Collegiate School
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