Dr. Laura Walters

Laura Walters
Adjunct Professor of Art, Appreciation
(she/her/hers)
lmwalters@alaska.edu

Education

  • PhD, History of Art, University of St Andrews
  • MLitt, History of Art, University of St Andrews
  • BS, Biological Sciences, University of 熊猫在线视频 Fairbanks, Fairbanks AK

Biography

Dr Laura Walters is an artist, art historian, educator, and musician. She believes that art and art history are crucial for a fuller view of humanity and human history. Laura is from 熊猫在线视频 and lives and works in Anchorage, continuing to practice art, teach, and give art history talks around the community to local organizations and schools. She received her Master of Letters and Doctorate from the University of St Andrews, in Scotland, where she wrote her doctoral thesis, 鈥淥doardo Fialetti: The Interrelation of Venetian Art and Anatomy, and his Importance in Italy and England (1573 鈥� c.1638).鈥� Her work focused on Fialetti鈥檚 contributions to the history of art, primarily in his role as a printmaker who illustrated a variety of 17th century texts, including drawing books, and anatomy texts for Giulio Casseri, and his importance in the English collecting circles of Sir Henry Wotton, as well as the Earl of Arundel and his wife, Aletheia Talbot. 

Her research interests include early drawing books, historical anatomies, and the interrelation of art and science, particularly as it concerns biology. As an artist, her studio practice focuses on printmaking (both linoleum block, etching, and cyanotype), and portraiture, for which she has won several national awards. She taught previously at the University of St Andrews in the School of Art History for five years and had the opportunity to design a class for the English Language Teaching Unit for foundation year art history students before their degree program. Additionally, she worked for the Public Catalogue Foundation (now ArtUK), cataloguing oil, tempera, and acrylic paintings in public collections across Scotland (including Edinburgh, Fife and Central Scotland, and the National Trust for Scotland). 

Teaching Responsibilities

  • Art Appreciation

Publications

  • Oil Paintings in Public Ownership in Central Scotland and Fife, Central Scotland and Fife Coordinator, 2014.
  • 鈥淔inding Fialetti: Examining the oeuvre of Odoardo Fialetti through sources relating to his English patronage鈥�, Art and Identity: Visual Culture, Politics and Religion in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (eds. S. Cardarelli and E. J. Anderson), (CSP: 2012), pp.243鈥�268.
  • Oil Paintings in Public Ownership in Edinburgh: The City of Edinburgh Council, University of Edinburgh and Historic Scotland, Edinburgh I Coordinator, 2012.
  • Oil Paintings in Public Ownership in The National Trust for Scotland, The National Trust for Scotland Lead Coordinator, 2012.
  • Oil Paintings in Public Ownership in the National Galleries of Scotland, National Galleries of Scotland Coordinator, 2012.
  • 鈥淥doardo Fialetti: The Interrelation of Venetian Art and Anatomy, and his Importance in Italy and England (1573 鈥� c.1638)鈥�, Unpublished Doctoral Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2009.

Career History/Work Experience

  • Lead Coordinator and Coordinator, Public Catalogue Foundation (ArtUK)
  • Tutor, School of Art History, University of St Andrews
  • Lecturer, English Language Teaching Unit, University of St Andrews
  • Student Assistant in Museum Education, University of 熊猫在线视频 Museum of the North
  • Commissioner, Arts Advisory Commission, Municipality of Anchorage

Selected Lectures

  • 鈥淎rt of St Peter鈥檚 Basilica鈥� 鈥� Holy Family Cathedral, Religion and Arts Series, Forthcoming.
  • 鈥淭he Influence of English and French Portraiture on the Art of America鈥� 鈥� Col. John Mitchell Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 2/18/2023.
  • 鈥淎rt of the Counter Reformation and Baroque: Caravaggio and Bernini鈥� 鈥� Holy Family Cathedral, 7/20/2022.
  • 鈥淎rt of Venice鈥� 鈥� Holy Rosary Academy, and Col. John Mitchell Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 09/9/2021 and 09/10/2021
  • 鈥淢ary Magdalene in Art: Saint and Sinner鈥� 鈥� Holy Family Cathedral, Religion and the Arts Series, 07/22/2021.
  • 鈥淎rt of America鈥� 鈥� Col. John Mitchell Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 04/08/2021.
  • 鈥淎ncient Art History,鈥� 鈥淢edieval Art History,鈥� 鈥淩enaissance Art History,鈥� and 鈥淢odern Art History鈥� 鈥� Holy Rosary Academy, 2017.
  • 鈥淣icolas Poussin鈥檚 Seven Sacraments Series: Exploring Ideas of Biblical Authenticity, Style, and Devotion in Art鈥� 鈥� Theology and Brew, 01/28/2014.
  • 鈥淣avigating Archival Research in Italy: From Venice to the Vatican鈥� 鈥� Col. John Mitchell Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 11/14/2013.
  • 鈥淩oyal Patronage and Collecting in the 17th Century鈥� 鈥� Friends of Clackmannanshire Museum and Heritage Service, 10/25/2011.
  • 鈥淔inding Fialetti: Examining the 艙uvre of Odoardo Fialetti through the sources relating to his English patronage鈥� 鈥� Art and Identity Conference, University of Aberdeen, 06/27/2008.
  • 鈥淎ccounts of the Paintings of Odoardo Fialetti in Early Biographies and Guides of Venice鈥� 鈥� Research Seminar, School of Art History, University of St Andrews, 12/05/2007.
  • 鈥淏ody Beautiful: The Relationship between Artists and Anatomists in the Late Renaissance and Early Baroque鈥� 鈥� Anatomy Acts Exhibition Program, 11/01/2006.
Department of Art