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Midwest Art History Society NEWSLETTERNumber 31, 2004 MAHS Conference 2005, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 7-9, 2005 Zaha Hadid’s Rosenthal Contemporary Arts Center. In addition, there will be a tour of University of Cincinnati campus architecture Saturday morning featuring the Vontz Center for Molecular Studies, Frank Gehry, the Engineering Research Center, Michael Graves, and the College-Conservatory of Music by Henry Cobb. Walking tours of down Cincinnati’s public art will be offered both Friday and Saturday mornings. A field trip to Shakertown will be available Sunday, with an optional drop-off at the airport at the end of the day. Session will include several linked to local culture and events, such as Ohio Valley Architecture. A Whistler session will complement an exhibition at Aronoff Center for Design and Art, Peter Eisenman, 1996, University of Cincinnati, the Taft Museum of Art. Other interesting ses- Cincinnati, Ohio. sions include “African Art Today: Definitions and Directions,” “Baroque Around the World,” “The Role of Art History in Art Museums Today,” and Queen City Offers Exciting Architecture, New Special tours will be offered on Wednesday and “Design/History/Feminism/Visual Cultural Institutions, and Full Range of Sessions Saturday afternoons. Conference attendees will Studies.” A complete list of sessions, along with have the opportunity to take an orientation tour instructions for submitting proposals, can be MAHS invites abstracts for its 32st annual confer- (by bus) of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky on found on pages 2-4 of the newsletter. Hotel ence, to be held April 7-9, 2005 in Cincinnati, Wednesday afternoon. A walking tour of down- information and a conference registration form Ohio. Hosted by the Art History Program of the town Cincinnati will also be offered on Saturday are located in the back pages of this issue. School of Art at the University of Cincinnati, and afternoon. This will be a chance to take in the chaired by Theresa Leininger-Miller, the confer- Rookwood-adorned Emry arcade in the magnifi- ence will be held in the Peter Eisenman-designed cent Art Deco Netherland Hotel, early skyscrapers College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning by D. H. Burnham, Cass Gilbert and John Russell and the Vernon Manor Hotel. Saturday sessions Pope, Cesar Pelli’s Aronoff Center, and, of course, will be held at the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Taft Museum of Art, and the Art Academy. The keynote speaker will be Michael Harris, Associate Professor of African and African American Art History at the University of For additional information, please contact the following: North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His 2003 Cabs/taxis Amber Criswell (Education, CAM) [email protected] (513) 639-2973 book, Colored Pictures: Race and Visual Representation won both the 2004 MAHS membership Jane Hutchinson, MAHS secretary [email protected] (608) 263-2349 Outstanding Contribution to Publishing Citation from the Black Caucus of the MAHS sessions Julie Aronson, CAM curator [email protected] (513) 639-2945 American Library Association and the 2004 Registration University Conferencing [email protected] (513) 558-1810 Triennial Book Award and Honorable Mention from the Arts Council of the Shakertown Lloyd Engelbrecht [email protected] (513) 421-9309 African Studies Association. Tours of Cinti and arch. Walter Langsam [email protected] (513) 381-3405 A reception each evening will allow partici- pants to visit major galleries and museum in Tours of public art Theresa Leininger-Miller [email protected] (513) 556-0273 the area including the Taft Museum of Art, UC/College of DAAP/ Michelle Vink, secretary [email protected] (513) 556-2962 the Contemporary Arts Center and the Art History in the School of Art Cincinnati Art Museum. Midwest Art History Society Annual Conference, April 7-9, 2005 Call For Papers and Theresa Leininger-Miller turalism and globalism? Papers are invited that PROPOSALS ARE DUE ON FRIDAY, Associate Professor, Art History/School of Art investigate artists or art works in context with 21st DECEMBER 31, 2004. They should be typed College of DAAP century criticism and methodologies. Emails are single-spaced, no longer than 250 words. Please University of Cincinnati acceptable but should be followed up with a hard list only your name and institutional affiliation P. O. Box 45221-0016 copy. Please fax, or mail abstracts to: (no titles). Remember to include a c.v., and (513) 556-0273, (513) 774-7122 fax indicate your MAHS membership status. [email protected] Kimberly Allen-Kattus, Associate Professor, Art Session chairs will notify applicants about their History decisions by February 1, 2005. Painting and Sculpture of the United States FAC 417 Before 1945 Northern Kentucky University African Art Today: Definitions and Directions This session will consider a broad range of topics Nunn Drive The field of African Art History has expanded from the history of American painting and sculp- Highland Heights, Kentucky 41099 exponentially since its early foundations. Forms, ture. Papers reflecting new research on any subject (859) 572-5641, (859) 572-6501 fax techniques, andpractices which fall under the defi- are welcomed. Topics might explore the work of [email protected] nition of “African art” are incredibly rich and understudied artists, intersections between fine art diverse. They comprise arts being produced on and Design History/ Feminism/Visual Cultural and popular culture, considerations of historical off the continent, by artists very much engaged in Studies and social context, or patronage and collecting. the 21st century. Current research stresses the arts As the Postmodern discussion of visual culture Will accept email or mail. changing contexts over time, space, and across cul- continues to impact the discipline of art history, tures — creating new forms, interpretations, mean- Julie Aronson, Curator of American Painting and the contributions that design history and femi- ings, and contexts of use. This panel seeks to pre- Sculpture nism can offer this discipline are critical. Topics sent such recent research on art forms and/or aes- Cincinnati Art Museum considered are: the discovery of lost names of thetic dialogues of African artists producing cur- 953 Eden Park Drive women designers and designers of color, gender- rently. Papers may challenge current Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-1596 ing of products, women as consumers and clients, definitions/dialogues within the field. Abstracts (513) 639-2945, (513) 639-2996 fax husband/wife design teams, architecture as gen- may be submitted by email or by mail. [email protected] dered, impact of race and class on design, the writing of women and design history textbooks, Tavy D. Aherne, Faculty Research Affiliate Ancient Art, Architecture, and Audience Art and design education and women, and participatory Indiana University architecture of the ancient Mediterranean feminist design practices. What are the liminal 2261 Bent Tree Drive addressed a range of audiences from the Imperial issues in the field of design history and feminism? Bloomington, Indiana 47401 to the impoverished. By acknowledging that the How do they intersect with the studies in visual (812) 323-9173 audience actively created meaning in ancient art, culture? Scholars working in any of these areas are [email protected] we can better understand the role of visual media encouraged to submit their scholarship. in ancient culture. Papers are welcome on any issue African American Art and Visual Culture of interpretation and meaning of ancient art or Diane K. Smith, Professor of Art History We welcome proposals on any aspect dealing with architecture. Topics might include iconographic Art Academy of Cincinnati art by African Americans in the U.S., 1619-pre- meaning, spectator experience, multiple audience 1125 St. Gregory sent. Of particular interest are topics that have a readings of a single image, ancient art and “the Cincinnati, Ohio 45212 Midwestern connection (especially Ohio); works gaze,” consumer interpretation of imported (513) 721-5205 that are in Midwestern collections; and/or deal objects, or object use, to name but a few. [email protected] with slavery or the resistance to it, given the recent opening of the National Underground Railroad I can accept abstracts in any format: fax, mail, e- Modern and Contemporary East Asian Art Freedom Center in Cincinnati. Open to consider- mail, handwritten notes delivered to my door... This panel focuses on the art of Japan, China, or ations of both fine and folk art, as well as materi- Korea from the 19th century to the present. Kathleen Lynch, Assistant Professor of Classics al/visual culture, street art, popular culture, and art Papers that address painting, architecture, sculp- College of Arts and Sciences criticism and theory. Please send proposals to both ture, or photography of East Asia in relationship University of Cincinnati chairs. Paper copies preferred, but will accept to critical issues such as race and ethnic identity, P. O. Box 45221-0226 email submissions (with no attachments). gender, and authorship are particularly welcomed. Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0226 Please send a one-page abstract in the body of e- Tuliza Fleming (513) 556-3050, (513) 556-4366 mail to: [email protected]. Do not send it Assistant Curator of American Art [email protected] as an attachment. Abstracts may also be faxed. Dayton Art Institute Reconstructing Modernism (Modern European 456 Belmonte Park North Miki Hirayama, Assistant