With work that combines activism, visual anthropology, and film, Hong has found an eager audience in Haverford’s “very politically active and very engaged” students.
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![Senior Visual Studies students strike a pose at the opening of their final exhibition Obscura at the end of the Visual Studies Capstone course](https://www.haverford.edu/sites/default/files/styles/department_homepage_image__1000_x_455_/public/Obscura%20Exhibit%20Opening_dsc0831_Patrick%20Montero_96.jpg?itok=CPBoSO7o)
Senior Visual Studies students strike a pose at the opening of their final exhibition Obscura at the end of the Visual Studies Capstone course taught by Emily Hong (2023). Photo: Patrick Montero.
![Visual Studies students join Emily Hong and film protagonists/film crew at the premiere of Above and Below the Ground](https://www.haverford.edu/sites/default/files/styles/department_homepage_image__1000_x_455_/public/Above%20and%20Below%20the%20Ground_083A0336_Paola%20Nogueras_96.jpg?itok=aaTjEhlq)
Visual Studies students Erica Kaunang HC '23 (Associate Producer) and Fatema Mun HC '25 (Communications Coordinator) join Emily Hong and film protagonists/film crew at the premiere of Above and Below the Ground (2023). Photo: Paola Nogueras.
![Students in Zeynep Sertbulut's Visual Studies course Race and Representation in Documentary Film answering questions about their final film projects in the VCAM screening room. Photo: John Muse.](https://www.haverford.edu/sites/default/files/styles/department_homepage_image__1000_x_455_/public/RaceAndRepresentation_P1120651_96dpi.jpg?itok=wtFDRpH3)
Students in Zeynep Sertbulut's Visual Studies course Race and Representation in Documentary Film answering questions about their final film projects in the VCAM screening room. Photo: John Muse.
![Students in Matt O’Hare’s Visual Studies course Realtime Interfaces for Creative Expression presenting their final projects in the VCAM Lounge.](https://www.haverford.edu/sites/default/files/styles/department_homepage_image__1000_x_455_/public/ModularSynthesis_P1120704_96dpi.jpg?itok=vn9PfHZ0)
Students in Matt O’Hare’s Visual Studies course Realtime Interfaces for Creative Expression presenting their final projects in the VCAM Lounge. Photo: John Muse.
![Students of John Muse’s Visual Studies course Theory and Practice of Conceptual Art participating in Lulu James’ performance project “Meal” in a VCAM Create Space.](https://www.haverford.edu/sites/default/files/styles/department_homepage_image__1000_x_455_/public/ConceptualArt_Opening_P1160119_96dpi.jpg?itok=FtsV8bTC)
Students of John Muse’s Visual Studies course Theory and Practice of Conceptual Art participating in Lulu James’ performance project “Meal” in a VCAM Create Space. Photo: John Muse.
![A teaching assistant demonstrating to students in John Muse’s Visual Studies course Film on Photography to use camera equipment.](https://www.haverford.edu/sites/default/files/styles/department_homepage_image__1000_x_455_/public/FilmOnPhotograpy_IMG_5618_96dpi.jpg?itok=DCMr0p0o)
TA Aby Isakov HC ‘24 teaching students in John Muse’s Visual Studies course Film on Photography to use camera equipment. Photo: John Muse.
![Students in John Muse’s Visual Studies course Foundations of Film Production learning to use camera equipment.](https://www.haverford.edu/sites/default/files/styles/department_homepage_image__1000_x_455_/public/FoundationsOfFilmProduction_P1130872_dpi.jpg?itok=yzUuwf5N)
Students in John Muse’s Visual Studies course Foundations of Film Production learning to use camera equipment. Photo: John Muse.
![Students in John Muse’s Visual Studies course Foundations of Film Production answering questions about their final film projects in the VCAM screening room.](https://www.haverford.edu/sites/default/files/styles/department_homepage_image__1000_x_455_/public/FoundationsOfFilmProduction_P1150876_96dpi.jpg?itok=KPNGdfdO)
Students in John Muse’s Visual Studies course Foundations of Film Production answering questions about their final film projects in the VCAM screening room. Photo: John Muse.
![Students in John Muse’s Visual Studies course Theory and Practice of Conceptual Art about to begin the week-long project entitled Object to Carry With You.](https://www.haverford.edu/sites/default/files/styles/department_homepage_image__1000_x_455_/public/ConceptualArt_IMG_8547_96dpi.jpg?itok=2mzrOyf2)
Students in John Muse’s Visual Studies course Theory and Practice of Conceptual Art about to begin the week-long project entitled Object to Carry With You. Photo: Kent Watson.
![Students on a stage who made films in Visual Studies courses answering questions during the 2024 TriCo Film Festival at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute.](https://www.haverford.edu/sites/default/files/styles/department_homepage_image__1000_x_455_/public/TriCoFilmFestival_P1150842_96dpi.jpg?itok=rbr33V74)
Judie Johnson BMC ’25 (speaking) and other students who made films in Visual Studies courses answering questions during the 2024 TriCo Film Festival at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute. Photo: John Muse.
![Students in Matt O’Hare’s Visual Studies course Realtime Interfaces for Creative Expression presenting their final projects in the VCAM Lounge.](https://www.haverford.edu/sites/default/files/styles/department_homepage_image__1000_x_455_/public/ModularSynthesis_P1120720_96dpi.jpg?itok=ojoUSTXN)
Students in Matt O’Hare’s Visual Studies course Realtime Interfaces for Creative Expression presenting their final projects in the VCAM Lounge. Photo: John Muse.
![Students gathered to watch the final films from Zeynep Sertbulut’s Visual Studies course Race and Representation. On the screen: Soup on Skin.](https://www.haverford.edu/sites/default/files/styles/department_homepage_image__1000_x_455_/public/RaceAndRepresentation_IMG_6578_96dpi.jpg?itok=qLMjrrKn)
Students gathered to watch the final films from Zeynep Sertbulut’s Visual Studies course Race and Representation. On the screen: Soup on Skin by Visual Studies minors Audrey Hinsdale BMC ’25 and Isabella Otterbein HC ’26. Photo: Zeynep Sertbulut.
Integral to an evolving global world is a reliance on new and old visual modes from social media, photography, moving images and complex data sets, to illuminated manuscripts and hybrid art forms. The goal of the Interdisciplinary Visual Studies Minor is to create a dynamic model for critical and creative engagement with visual experience across media, time, and cultures.
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