Materiality, computation and visual culture
The Center for Virtual/Material Studies supports research in both Technical and Digital Art History with the aim of fostering synthetic, collaborative scholarship across these fields.
![A gloved hand holding a smartphone to photograph paints being brushed onto paper at the Dye and Pigment Making Workshop](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/images/_1280xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/arth-vmsc-2107-dye-pigment-header.jpg)
Facilities & Contact
The CVMS is located in a collaborative learning space equipped with computers with DAH-specific software, flatbed and slide scanners, a large-screen monitor, and flexible seating.
Center for Virtual/Material Studies
241 Borland Building
University Park, PA 16802
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Research and training
The portfolio of research projects and workshops based in the Center for Virtual/Material Studies is expanding rapidly. We will feature ongoing explorations, symposia, and training events in this space.
![Nurse uniform from circa 1910 being photographed in a photo studio](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/projects/_180x180_crop_center-center_80_none/photoshoot-linen90-copy.jpg)
Fashioning an Archive for School of Theatre
![wordcloud](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/projects/_180x180_crop_center-center_80_none/arth_projects_wordcloud_0721.jpg)
Art History Dissertations and Abstracts from North American Institutions
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Sawyer Seminar: Transmission, Containment & Transformation
![multi paint swirl](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/projects/_180x180_crop_center-center_80_none/arth_multi-paint-swirls_0221-scaled-e1627418873566.jpg)
Virtual/Material: Color and Pigment Graduate Workshop
![Complex blues and greys of clouds in a painting by realist British artist John Constable.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/projects/_180x180_crop_center-center_80_none/project-arth-2104-constables-clouds.jpg)
After Constable’s Clouds
![The Ex-Convent of San Juan Bautista, Tixcacaltuyub, Yaxcabá, Yucatán, late sixteenth century](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/projects/_180x180_crop_center-center_80_none/project-arth-2102-solari-1-feature.jpg)
Maya Christian Churches in Early Modern Yucatán
Our People
Sarah K. Rich
- Associate Professor of Art History
- Director of the Center for Virtual/ Material Studies
John Russell
- Associate Director, Center for Virtual/Material Studies
- Digital Humanities Librarian, Penn State University Libraries
![Scan of Munsell Color System Atlas Color Charts color wheel. Image courtesy Cooper Hewitt.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/images/_1280xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/arth-vmsc-2107-munsell-color-chart.jpg)
Advisory Board
Nancy Locke
Art History
Bill Minter
University Libraries
Henry Pisciotta
University Libraries
Emily Pugh
Getty Research Institute
Chang Tan
Art History
Gretta Tritch Roman
Agricultural Sciences
Dan Zolli
Art History