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Katharine Kuharic
Overview
Katharine Kuharic is a painter and Professor of Art at Hamilton College, where she has taught since 2007. She specializes in figurative painting and drawing, with courses focused on figure drawing, figure painting, and advanced painting in oil, egg tempera, and acrylic. She holds a B.F.A. from Carnegie Mellon University and was promoted to full Professor by at least 2015.
Relevance to Research
Kuharic appears as a named faculty member in every Hamilton course catalog from 2007–08 through 2024–25 — all 18 catalog files in the corpus. The catalogs document her teaching assignments across nearly two decades and her progression from initial appointment to full professor and, in the 2009–10 catalog, Acting Chair of the Art Department. The 2024–25 catalog lists her as one of only two remaining studio art faculty, reflecting significant departmental changes over time.
Notes
Role: Professor of Art, Hamilton College Faculty dates: 2007–present (year of hire noted as 2007 in all catalogs) Degree: B.F.A., Carnegie Mellon University
Rank progression (from catalog faculty listings): - 2007–08: Listed without individual title line (alongside Kevin Kennedy, then Associate Professor of Art) - 2009–10: Served as Acting Chair, Art Department (Spring term) - 2015–16: “Professor of Art” (full title confirmed) - 2020–21: “Professor of Art; B.F.A., Carnegie Mellon University” - 2024–25: “Professor of Art; B.F.A., Carnegie Mellon University” — one of two continuing studio art faculty (with Rebecca Murtaugh on leave)
Courses regularly taught: - ART 160 / Figure Drawing — application of basic drawing principles to the human figure, emphasis on anatomy and proportion; offered fall and spring - ART 237 / Figure Painting — paint handling, visual syntax, and conceptual work on the figure in space; historical and contemporary methods including non-western and abstract approaches; prerequisite 104 or 160 - ART 304 / Advanced Painting — further exploration of oil painting techniques with emphasis on landscape and interiors; introduction to egg tempera and acrylic; may be repeated for credit; prerequisite 203 - Also listed as instructor for introductory drawing and painting courses in earlier catalogs (ART 104, ART 203) on a rotating departmental basis
Key events: - 2007: Joined Hamilton Art Department - 2009–10: Served as Acting Chair of the Art Department (Spring term) - 2015–16: Title confirmed as Professor of Art; listed in Africana Studies program committee as well - 2024–25: Among the few remaining studio art faculty as department composition contracted