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Wendy Evans was raised among the museums of
London, England. She has advanced degrees from Oxford
University in England and Wayne State University in Detroit.
She taught Art History at Wayne State University and elsewhere and is a
long-time volunteer at the
Detroit Institute of Arts. She gives presentations on a wide
variety of art subjects in libraries, senior centers, country clubs and
to many groups around Michigan. She gave an invited lecture on American
Art at the Anhui Sanlian University in Hefei, China.
Wendy received a 2002 United
Way Community Services Heart of Gold Award, the 2002 DIA Volunteer Council
Distinguished Service Award, the 2014 Birmingham-Bloomfield Cultural Arts Award
and a 2015
Esteemed Women of Michigan award from the Burnstein Community
Clinic.
Known for her English accent and crazy socks,
Wendy is a skilled storyteller who loves to share her passion for art with audiences.
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Education
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M.A.
(Art History)
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Wayne
State University,
Detroit,
MI
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1994
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GPA
4.0
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M.A.
(Politics, Philosophy and Economics - PPE)
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Oxford University,
England
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1969
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B.A.
(PPE)
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Oxford University,
England
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1966
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First
Class Honours
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Employment and professional activities
Wayne
State University, Detroit, MI 48202 - Department of Art and Art History
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2015
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Adjunct
Lecturer in Art History – AH 1110 - Stone Age through Gothic
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2013
-2014
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Adjunct
Lecturer in Art History – AH 1120 - Renaissance to Modern
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2010
- 2011
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Adjunct lecturer
in Art History – AH 1110 - Stone Age through Gothic
Adjunct
Lecturer in Art History – AH 1120 - Renaissance to Modern
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2009
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Adjunct
Lecturer in Art History – AH 1120
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2008
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Adjunct
Lecturer in Art History – AH 1120
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2007
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Adjunct
Lecturer in Art History – AH 1110 - Stone Age through Gothic
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2005
- 2006
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Adjunct
Lecturer in Art History – AH 1110, AH 1120
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2002
- 2004
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Adjunct
Lecturer in Art History – AH 1110, AH 1120
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2001
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Adjunct
Lecturer in Art History - AH 1110
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1992
- 2000
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Adjunct
Lecturer in Art History - AH 1000 (Introduction to Art), AH 1110
(Survey Ancient to Medieval), AH 1120 (Survey
Renaissance to Modern)
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Wayne
State University, Detroit, MI 48202 - Department of Humanities
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2005 |
Adjunct
Lecturer in Humanities - H 1010 (Introduction to Art and Music in
Western Civilization) |
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2004 |
Adjunct
Lecturer in Humanities - H 1010 (Introduction to Art and Music in
Western Civilization) |
The
Detroit
Institute
of Arts, Detroit, MI 48202
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2012
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Lectures
on Ancient Middle East, Egypt,
Greece,
and Rome
Lecture on history of the Detroit Institute of Arts
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2008
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Lecture
on 18th Century European Art
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2007
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Lecture
on 18th Century European Art
Lectures
on Ancient Middle East, Egypt,
Greece,
and Rome
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2006
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Lectures
on Ancient Middle East, Egypt,
Greece,
and Rome
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2003
- 2006
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Instructor
for History of Art Course, Paleolithic through 20th Century
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2002
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Lecture:
Sense and Sensibility: The Enlightenment, Neoclassicism and
Romanticism, 1740-1850
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2001
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Lecture:
Early 20th Century Art
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2000
- 2001
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Instructor
for lectures on Baroque and Rococo Art
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1994
- 2000
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Instructor
for History of Art Course, Paleolithic through 20th Century
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College for Creative Studies, 201 E. Kirby, Detroit, MI
48202-4034
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2005
- 2006
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Faculty
Liberal Arts Department - DAH 121 and Independent study
courses on
Islamic Art, Classical Art
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2003
- 2004
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Faculty
Liberal Arts Department - DAH 123 (Art and Culture in Ages of
Discovery) and DAH 121 (Art and Culture of Ancient Civilization)
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University
of Michigan-Dearborn, 4901 Evergreen, Dearborn, MI 48218
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Winter
1997 |
Adjunct
Lecturer in Art History - AH 101 |
Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI 48218
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1990-1992 |
Lecturer in Art History |
DirectorsLabChicago
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2009 |
Stepping
Away from the Stage tour of the Art Institute of Chicago |
Edsel and Eleanor Ford House, 1100 Lake Shore Road, Grosse Pointe
Shores, MU 48236
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2001 |
Prepared
the French Connection tour and trained docents |
Click
here for talks
given
at other major
public venues
Publications
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2009 |
University
of Michigan Museum of Art Opens Frankell Family Wing
Michigan Jewish History Vol. 49 (Fall
2009): 54 |
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2005 |
Review
of Art in the Stations by Irene Walt
Michigan Jewish History Vol. 45 (Fall
2005): 59-60 |
Awards
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2015 |
Esteemed
Women of Michigan Award (Burnstein Community Health Clinic) |
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2014 |
Birmingham-Bloomfield
Cultural Arts Award (A Voice for Arts Education)
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Academic
Awards
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1991 |
Albert
L. and Alice W. Steinbach Scholarship in Art History |
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1991 |
Mary
Kirk Haggerty Memorial Scholarship |
Volunteer Awards
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2004 |
Speakers
Bureau Volunteer of the Year |
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2002 |
Detroit
Institute of Arts Volunteer Committee Distinguished Service
Award |
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2002 |
United
Way Community Services Heart of Gold Award
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1998 |
Docent
Committee Volunteer of the Year |
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