newsletter Volume 13, Number I Spring ]988

1988 annual meeting convocation

School of Architecture, University of Houston Phyllis Pray Bober. CAA President and Paul B. Arnold, CAA Past President

CAAAWARDS assembled CAA members and friends were transcend what has been possible for him officially "greeted" by University of Houston before ... He gives to students a love which is Awards for excellence in scholarship, teach­ President, Richard L. Van Hom and by Peter serious, generous and totally concentrated on iug, criticism and studio work were presented Marzio, Director of the Museum afFine Arts, the mutual goal of painting better ... " at the Convocation ceremonies of the 76th Houston and Local Host for the 1988 Annual The Charles Rufus Morey Book Award was CAA Annual Meeting, held on Friday eve­ Meeting. given to Jack Flam for his 1986 book, Ma­ ning, February 12, in the atrium of the School tisse: The Man and His Art, 1869-1918, pro­ of Architecture, University of Houston, Hou­ The Presentation of Awards was followed by viding a meticulous triangulation of biog­ ston, Texas. the Convocation Address by Walter Hopps, raphy, criticism, and psychology that maps Director of the Menil Collection: "Quarrels out an oeuvre in which the varying topog­ This "oh wow" space, designed by Philip with Museums Facing the Millenium." raphy can be seen as both revelatory auto­ Johnson, was the perfect setting for the biography and successful visual metaphor. presentation of these prestigious awards as Awards were presented to nine individuals: The Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Award was pre­ well as an ideal spot to inaugurate the CAA's The Distinguished Teaching of Art History sented to Linda Schele and Mary Ellen two new awards to distinguished artists. The Award was presented to Pamela Askew, Pro­ Miller for their catalogue, The Blood of master of ceremonies was our much-beloved fessor emerita at Vassar College. Students Kings: Dynasty and Rz~ual in Maya Art, out going president, Paul Arnold who, at the describe her lectures as a benchmark against which provides a concise and up-to-date close of the ceremonies "passed the baton" to which to measure their own performances review of scholarship for experts in the field, Phyllis Pray Bober. Bober, a distinguished art and as "precise, informative, sophisticated, making this complex and enigmatic Maya historian and long-time CAA member, de­ filled with marvelous observations, and culture accessible to a general audience. clared that her first act as president would be sparked with rapier wit." The Frank Jewett Mather Award for dis­ to formally establish an office of "past pres· The Distinguished Teaching Award went tinction in art or architectural criticism went ident," so that we would not lose Paul Arnold. to Wilber Niewald, Senior Professor of to Germano eelant. As critic, curator, editor Arnold, an artist, who was elected to the Painting at the Kansas City Art Institute. One and lecturer, he has been a vivid force on the board in 1979 is eager to return to his studio, fanner student speaks of the teacher as paint­ international scene, an effective and admit­ but with his customary good nature and dedi· er and the examples set by this "honest, ted advocate who writes with great under- cation agreed to stay involved. searching artist who knows himself, his pas­ Following Arnold's opening welcome, the sions, his problems, and seeks over and over to Continued on p. 2, col. 1 ICAAawards

standing and commitment to the artists of his ignited by your erudition and verve, have doing-it's possible to say, I think, that we know not what we do. The truth of this was generation. gone on themselves to make fine contribu­ point and commitment to the primacy of figures in the 1970s. They included: Michel­ year 1986 to Jack Flam for his Matisse: The brought home to me, in quite another sense, The Arthur Kingsley Porter Prize for the tions as teachers and curators. Your students perception, he supported his faculty and angelo Pistoletto, Mario Merz, Richard Man and His Art, 1869-1918, the first of a by this award. best article in The Art Bulletin by a scholar at describe your lectures as a benchmark against adhered to strongly felt principles of aca­ Longo, Joseph Beuys, Jan Dibbetts, Eva projected two-volume study. We recognize the beginning of his or her scholarly career in which to measure their own performances I'm sure everyone in this room knows what demic freedom. Believing that the study of art Hesse, Robert Smithson and others. the book for its ambitious exposure and abun­ the year 1987 was awarded to John Malcolm and as "precise, infonnative, sophisticated, the root of the verb "to teach" is, when the should be provocative and enlightening, he Germano Celant has gone on to write dantly documented exploration of the theo­ Russell for his article, "Bull's for the Palace filled with marvelous observations, and word entered the English language, and what encouraged and initiated many discussions several books and curate numerous inter­ retical polarities and paradoxes that obsessed and Order in the Empire: The Sculptural sparked with rapier wit." You are described as it means. But I didn't, and so have been hap­ ... even arguments ... concerning painting national exhibitions of contemporary art, and nourished Matisse's art. Rejecting a read­ Program of Sennacherib's Court VI at exacting and challenging by one and by py to find it particularly appropriate to art issues. Graduates bear witness to his tenacity, among them: The Book as Artwork, (1972), ing of the artist purely as compass needle Nineveh" in Volume LXIX, No.4, December another who says, "She demanded hard work history. It is from the Anglo-Saxon seigen­ referring to his "straightforward, unswerving Piero Manzonz" (1973), Space as Support always pointing to an aesthetic north, the 1987 issue. from her students but she also devoted more to show- to show, to point out, present, or dedication to the task of instilling a sense of (1979), Indentite ltalienne (1981), The Euro­ author provides a meticulous triangulation of This year marked the beginning of two new attention to that work than any teacher I have offer to view, to show by way of instruction. personal search in his students." Another pean Iceberg-Creativity in Germany & Italy biography, criticism, and psychology that awards for living artists who are citizens or ever had as an undergraduate or graduate Chaucer used the word in The Canterbury speaks of the teacher as painter and the exam­ Todoy (1985). maps out an oeuvre in which the varying permanent residents of the U.S. The first, student. I learned more about the English Tales; I will simply paraphrase his words and pIe set by this "honest, searching artist who As critic, curator, editor and lecturer, Ger­ topography can be seen as both revelatory Artist Award for A Distinguished Body of language from her than anyone else in my life say that I have as gladly learnt as I have gladly knows himself, his passions, his problems, mano Celant has been a vivid force on the autobiography and successful visual meta­ Work is for an outstanding exhibition from as a student." Others write of your treatment taught. and seeks over and over to transcend what has international scene, an effective and admit­ phor. the preceding year. The second, is a Dis­ of them as peers, of your tact and patience, So I simply want to thank my students, col­ been possible for him before ... He gives to ted advocate who writes with great under­ tinguished Artist Award for Lifetime and of your "mind that loves ideas, is flexible leagues, members of the Committee, and this students a love which is serious, generous and standing and commitment to the artists of his Committee: Alessandra Comini, Chair; Achievement. and lively, and, at the same time, is bothsym­ Association - all those who have made this totally concentrated on the mutual goal of generation. Svetlana Alpers; Charles Parkhurst. The Artist Award for A Distinguished Body pathetic and highly critical." They express award possible. Thank you. painting better. Very early in his career, Celant tenned of Work went to Jacob Lawrence. The exhi­ gratitude for your continuing interest in their He has answered invitations to teach in the objectivity a "false consciousness" and even bition, Jacob Lawrence, American Painter, careers and for the time you have generously summer program of Yale, Boston University described his own writing as a "precarious which originated at the Seattle Art Museum given them on manuscripts in post-Vassar and the Studio School in both Paris and New and contingent document." surveys the life work of an extraordinary art­ years. One image a colleague retains of you is York, among others. He teaches what he Celant has reminded himself and others ist. The aspirations of Black Americans, the that of seeing you help a student in the library knows; he grapples with issues and does not that much of our published work deals with loaD OF Kl dignity of labor and vitality of the American with Latin translations at 11 o'clock in the resort to formulations ... he presents a con­ "infonnation already old." The vivid, cour­ scene are all embodied and distilled by Law­ evening, and an alumnus writes, "She was cept of teaching and painting which whole­ ageous, impassioned character of his work OFM} rence's unique vision. enonnously intelligent and knowledgeable; in heartedly seeks the realization of perception. continues to challenge us to look, to travel The Distinguished Artist Award for Life­ the classroom she seemed seven feet tall, and He has exhibited extensively, in recent and to read more widely. By his own example, time Achievement went to Joan Mitchell, we were in awe of her." years most often in Kansas City and New Celant reminds us that the writing of art crit­ painter. Joan Mitchell has remarkably sus­ All write of you, the gifted teacher, with York. His greatest personal influence has icism also requires self-scrutiny and constant tained her work and career through almost affection and enduring heartfelt thanks for been the work of Cezanne. Talking about that self-renewal. forty years of continuous development with­ enriching their lives. influence, he stated "Cezanne's personal in­ out being swayed by dominant tastes or any fluence is as much as anything his devotion to Committee: Susan Larsen; Thomas sort of distraction. nature which I also feel: nature is the teacher Committee: Eleanor Tufts, Chair; Richard McEvilley. ... All my painting now is done from direct Carrott; Patricia Rose. observation: landscape, still life or figure. I trust that which I see as a truth; I try not to impose anything on what is seen. What seeing Pamela Askew Response: is and what painting is are layer upon layer of Hearing these words, I am quite overwhelmed life experience and continual." - and moved- and I'm deeply appreciative As a tenacious, supportive, candid, fair­ of this honor. minded, generous, sincere, loyal, dedicated Linda Schele, Emily Sano (curator), It has sharpened even more acutely my feel­ and loving artistlteacher, he has placed Mary Miller ingofhow fortunate I have been in the teach­ many of his students in top graduate schools Photo: Kimbell Art Museum ers I have had, to have taught the subject that throughout the country. He is much re­ I have, to the students I have known. spected and admired by colleagues and stu­ Citation for The Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Award These students have been undergraduates, dents alike. As one of his former colleagues presented in 1988 for the year 1986 of a time in their lives when, as we know, elec­ stated, " ... this honor ... will be enhanced In the past decade, museum catalogues have tion of the arts points a direction rather than Wilbur Niewald for many of us by his winning it." The College earned a reputation for presenting the latest perfects a training, when the cultivation of a Art Association of America takes great plea­ scholarship on a given theme. As the quality consciousness is more compelling than a par­ sure and pride in granting Senior Professor of of these endeavors increases, so too does the ticular profession; and the choice is more Painting Wilbur Niewald the 19BB Distin­ difficulty of choosing a recipient of The keenly for a life than for an as yet untried CAA Distinguished Teaching of Art guished Teaching of Art Award. Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Award. We now recognize career. They have launched themselves in Award-Citation that the award is not just meant for the stan­ taking hold of, perpetuating, and reframing This year's recipient of the CAA Award for Committee: Beatrice Rivas Sanchez, dard solid, meaningful and well-argued thesis and refashioning the humanistic traditions Distinguished Teaching of Art is an artist who Chair; George Bayliss; Nancy Macko on a finite topic, of which there are many we all value. To have had a part in that pro­ has devoted his entire professional life to notable examples. It is given for an extra­ cess is a privilege, and everything that follows painting and to the development of young ordinary effort that rises above the group of from it remains a continuing source of in­ visual artists. A beacon of stability and entries by nature of its discoveries and its terest, concern, and pleasure. If students unswerving dedication, his extraordinary Citation for The Frank Jewett Mather wide-ranging impact. In this regard, we are learned from me, I can easily return the com­ presence has illuminated the department of Award presented in 1988 for the year 19B7 pleased to announce that The Blood ofKings: The career of art critic Germano Celant Pamela Askew pliment by saying that they have been, and painting at his alma mater, Kansas City Art Jack Flam Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art by Linda are, a constant source of illumination, profes­ Institute, for 38 years. demonstrates how a deep understanding of Photo: © 1986 Thomas Victor Schele and Mary Ellen Miller is the winner the art of one's own country can enrich and for the year 1986. Citation for the Distinguished Teaching of sionally and otherwise, to me. I believe it was Chairing the painting department at Kan­ infonn the broader international discourse on Citation for The Charles Rufus Morey Until recently, Maya art presented to us ob­ Art History Award, 1988 Seneca who said, "They learn, even as they sas City Art Institute for 27 years, he patiently contemporary art. With his memorable and Book Award presented in 1988 for To Pamela Askew, professor emerita at Vas­ teach." cultivated an environment designed to meet jects of haunting beauty, but hidden mean­ prophetic book, Arte P6vera of 1969, Celant the year 1986 sar College, for your devotion to teaching About teaching-without in the least wish­ the continuing challenge of teaching art. A ing. Now, by breaking the code of Mayan outlined critical connections between the art The committee presents the Charles Rufus legions of undergraduate students who, once ing to imply that we don't know what we're passionate artist with a decisive personal view- hieroglyphs, researchers have demonstrated and thought of an entire generation of inter­ Morey Award for an especially distinguished national artists who emerged as important book in the history of art published during the Continued on p. 4, col. 1 CAA newsletter 2 Spring 1988 3 ICAAawaros

the Maya to be the first civilization in the inscriptions of other monuments to construct The exhibition which was originated by the Citation for Distinguished Artist Award for for decades and is represented in important Americas to have a written history. The Blood a portrait of the king. Seattle Art Museum is accompanied by a Lifetime Achievement collections around the world. A retrospective of Kt'ngs is a model of methodology. Linda The result of Russell's study is a clearer handsome catalogue by Ellen Harkins Wheat When asked to serve on the first annual Col­ exhibition of her work opens at the Corcoran Schele and Mary Ellen Miller are to be cred­ understanding of the palace of Sennacherib, published by the University of Washington lege Art Association's committee to select the Museum of Art in Washington, DC in Feb~ ited with providing both a concise and up-la­ its significance as a work of art, and - perhaps Press. The book length catalogue and the ex­ Distingut'shed Artt'st Award for Lifetime ruary 1988 and travels to four other museums date review of scholarship for experts in the most interestingly - the principles that seem pansive nature of the exhibition both attest to Achz'evement, I thought as an artist, "now across the United States. field, and making this complex and enigmat­ to have governed its creation. In short, the Jacob Lawrence's rare accomplishment, a here's something we could all look forward Joan Mitchell has remarkably sustained her ic Maya culture accessible to a general audi­ palace is seen both as a monument of art brilliant and compelling body of work sus­ to." As artists, we are isolated in our studios; work and career through almost forty years ence. history and as a symbol of royal power and tained over a fifty-year period. The aspira­ our exhibitions produce among other things, of continuous development without being The catalogue not only interprets the new ambition. That conclusions of this order tions of black Americans, the dignity of labor countless comments, but never a tangible sign swayed by dominant tastes or any sort of dis­ meaning of the objects chosen, but supplies should prove possible for a sculptural pro­ and vitality of the American scene are all from those who engage in the same artistic traction. Barbara Rose has said "Mitchell's the reader with the explanation of the signs gram so remote in time and, for so many of us, embodied and distilled by Jacob Lawrence's pursuit and struggle. It is the gratitude and subjects are light, color and their interaction and symbols which are the key to the new so tangible, is all the more remarkable, and unique vision. acknowledgement for one's lifetime achieve­ in a painterly field - in other words, the essen­ knowledge. The book represents the distil­ we can only hope that others will follow the ment that mostly go unexpressed. tial impressionist content - but the large­ lation of an enormous amount of research­ scope and care of this fascinating study. Commz'ttee: Ruth Weisberg, Chair; Keith The nominations the selection committee scale, energetic physical gesture, and roman­ past and present -~ from a variety of fields of Achepohl; Diane Burko; Houston Conwill; faced were all magnificently deserving. But tic sensibility mark her as an unmistakably knowledge: archaeology, art history, anthro­ Comm£ttee: Keith Christiansen, Chair; James McGarrell; Patti Warashina. there was one person whom we all agreed on American artist." It is precisely this that we've pology, epigraphy, and comparative lingui­ James Cahill; Franklin Toker. that this honor should go to. That person is always known about her work, so it is all the stics. In addition to incorporating an exem­ Joan MitchelL more astounding when one looks at Mitchell's plary interdisciplinary approach to the sub­ paintings from any period, that we experi­ ject, the authors have masterfully woven Joan Mitchell distinguishes herself as a ence the feeling of newness and edge usually together art and text, mirroring the way in model of artistic achievement and a powerful evoked by work that has just been discovered. which the objects were originally conceived. influence on generations of younger artists. Therefore, what more could one ask of an At a time when scholarship in several fields From 1950, when she set up her studio and artist than to do one's work? And perhaps as of art history is rife with debate concerning began exhibiting in New York, her work was Jean- Paul Sartre said reviewing his lifetime's John Malcom Russell issues of overinterpretation, this catalogue Photo: Eileen Llaneza recognized as an expression of uncompromis­ work, he felt he had done his job. So has Joan demonstrates a balanced judgment and pre­ ing vision, with a brilliant instinct for the use MitchelL Citation for the Arthur Kingsley sentation of the data at hand. Discussions of paint. As one of the important artists of the On behalf of the search committee it is my Porter Prize for the year 1987 about the levels of meaning of the art objects New York School (and no small feat being ac­ honor and pleasure to present the first Distin­ As in years past, eligible articles for the Ar­ in The Blood of K£ngs doubtless will con­ cepted as a woman artist), Mitchell exhibited guished Artist Award for Lifet£me Achieve­ thur Kingsley porter Prize have demonstrated tinue. We thank Linda Schele and Mary Ellen in the 1950's and 1960's with the esteemed ment to Joan MitchelL a wide variety of approaches and methodol­ Miller for opening up the issues in such an ex­ Stable Gallery in New York, and from the ogies. Some have dealt with the interpretation citing way to a wide audience. 1970's to present with the Xavier Fourcade Committee: Cynthia Carlson, Chair; Siah of an individual work of art, others with the Gallery in New York. Joan Mitchell has had Armajani; John Baldasarri; Sharon Gold; socio-political structures that determined the Committee: Maryan Ainsworth, Chair; numerous shows nationally and internation­ Ray Yoshida. II artist's outlook, still others with problems of George Goldner; Jan Muhlert Joan Mitchell ally; her work has been acclaimed by critics date and chronology, and some with the very categories by which the work of art is under­ Honorable Mention for the Alfred H. Barr, stood. This diversity has seemed to us a hope­ Jr- Award in the year 1988 for the year 1986. ful sign of the vitality of our discipline, the In a time of increased skepticism concerning more so in that in all the candidates method­ the merits of connoisseurship the catalogue ology has provided a flexible basis rather than 15th-18th Century French Drawings £n the a conditioning factor for understanding the solo shows by artist members Metropolitan Museum of Art by Jacob Bean (with the assistance of Lawrence TurCit) work of art. This flexibility of approach has yielded an A list£ng of exht'bitz'ons by artists who are Cynthia Carlson. University Art Galler­ stands as a powerful reminder of the validity New Human Approach," gum bichromate especially rich harvest in John Malcolm Rus­ members of the CAA. Those sending infor­ ies, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. and significance of that aspect of the art his­ prints. sell's article, "Bull's for the Palace and Order matz'on should include name of artist, gallery January 10-February 5, "Vietnam: Sorry torical discipline. Underlying it is a quarter in the Empire: The Sculptural Program of or museum, dty, dates of exhibz'tzon, and About That," an installation & exhibition. Barbara Gray. Art/Place, Southport, century of collecting French drawings for the Sennacherib's Court VI at Nineveh." Russell medium. Also include copy of CAA member­ January 10-22, "Fifty Years of the Dayton Conn., March 2-27. "Mobius," paintings, Metropolitan Museum in a manner that has taken a familiar and important monu­ ship card or indicate on the notice your mem­ Ballet: Potpourri," costumes, posters, set etchings, cast paper. respects the traditional landmarks, but also ment of Assyrian art to which he has applied bershzp status. designs, & photographs. sets out to fulfill a broader, more challenging the familiar tools of visual analysis, archeo­ Sidney Guberman. McKissick Museum, and less obvious goal. Therefore, the collec­ Jacob Lawrence Paul Chaleff. Paula Allen Gallery, logical reconstruction, and interpretation of Columbia, S.C., January 29- March 13. Gib­ tion and catalogue present a rich and varied Photo: Joseph Freeman N.Y.C., December 1-30,1987. Colossal jars surviving inscriptions. Much of his work bes Art Gallery, Charleston, S.C., March 24- account of the elements that make up the Pat Adams. Zabriske Gallery, N.Y.C., & wood-fired pottery. Barrett House, Pough­ would have proved impossible without the Citation for The Artist Award for May 8. Madison-Morgan Cultural Center, period it covers in France. The catalogue January 19-February 20. American Associa­ keepsie, N.Y., January 15-February 12. careful records and drawings of A. H. A Distinguished Body of Work Madison, Ga., August lO-October 15. "Vert itself is notable for its clarity, simplicity and tion for the Advancement of Science, Wash­ Wood-fired ceramics. The Works, Philadel­ Layard, who excavated the Southwest Palace Jacob Lawrence, Amen'can Pat1aer is an ex­ Fonce" & other recent work. avoidance of excessive verbiage. It is-like its ington, DC, April5-June 10. Recent work phia, February 7-March 6. Wood-fired pot­ of Sennacherib in the mid-nineteenth cen­ hibition which surveys the lifework of ·an predecessors on the Italian drawings at the tery. tury, but Russell has asked new questions of extraordinary artist. Jacob Lawrence has in­ Michael Aurbach. Trahern Gallery, Vida Ratzlaff Hackman. Dana Room, Metropolitan Museum - testimony to the the material and he has applied a fresh eye to vented his own visual music: syncopated, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Alice Dubiel. Fine Art Gallery, University Steinman College Center, Franklin & Mar­ enormous contribution made by Jacob Bean the surviving reliefs. Not content to describe vibrant and expressive. Synthesizing unlikely Tenn., March 28-April 14. Tennessee Arts shall College, Lancaster, Penn., January 13- to the study and collecting of drawings in the of Wisconsin, Marshfield, Wisc., October the advances in representational technique polarities it combines a cubist manipulation Commission Gallery, Nashville, Tenn., May 26-November 20, 1987. "Apocalyptic Vi­ February 7. Mixed media works. United States. the reliefs manifest, he has asked the all-im­ of form and space with narrative and the­ 4- 26. sions: Scrolls Surviving A Fearful Age," instal­ portant questions how and why these innova­ matic content which expresses a passionate lation. Jane Haskell. A.I.R. Gallery, N.Y.C., Commz'ttee: Maryan Ainsworth, Chair; Denise Bellezzo. Dittmar Memorial Gal­ tions took place and what their relation to the commitment to the life ofthe people. Wheth­ January 12-·30. Constructions with Light. George Goldner; Jan Muhlert lery, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., Barbara Goodstein_ Bowery Gallery, political and military outlook of their builder er Lawrence's images depict Toussaint February 14-March 12. Mixed media. N.Y.C., January 22-February 10. Relief might be. That answers -- both suggestive L'Ouverture, Harriet Tubman or the victims Nicholas HilL Middle Tennessee State Sculpture- Figures & Landscapes. and convincing ones- are given is a testa-. of Hiroshima, the painting of authentic Diane Burko. Marian Locks Gallery, University, Murfreesboro, Tenn., January ment to this open-ended, undogmatic ap­ human history replaces the textbook history Philadelphia, April 1-29. New Work: paint­ Wolf Gowin_ Fina Cocina Restaurant & 15-February 28. Works on paper. proach, which makes profit of the titulary of elites. ings and monotypes. Gallery, Phoenix, Ariz., February 1-29. "A Continued on p. 9, col. 2

CAA newsletter 4 Spring 1988 5 1 grants and awards artists selected in Reader's Digest CAA elections A tribute to Robert C. Vose. Jr" of the Vose American Academy in Rome 1988-89 INDIVIDUAL AWARDS artists at Giverny program The officers elected for one year terms at the Galleries of Boston and a veteran member of Rome Prize 76th annual meeting in Houston are Phyllis the Copley Society, was presented by the Among the twenty-five recipients of the Julie F. Codell (Univ. of Montana) received Three artists were selected to live and work for later stages applications and artist's state­ Pray Bober, Professor of Art History at Bryn Copley Society at the Harvard Club of Boston Rome Prize for 1988-89 are: ARCHITECTURE: an NEH summer stipend for 1988 in art six months in Giverny, France through a three ments were reviewed. The final jury com­ Mawr College, president; Ruth Weisberg, on November 6,1987. A portion ofa generous Douglas Darden, Jersey City, NJ; David T. history. Her research project is a study of the year program funded by Reader's Digest and posed of Janet Fish, artist; Count d'Haute­ Professor of Art at the University of Southern grant by the Shawmut Bank will be dedicated Mayernik, Philadelphia; Thomas Silva, role of artists' societies and dealers' galleries in administered by the College Art Association. rive, artist and former director of the Institut California, vice-president; Egbert Haver­ by the Copley Society to the establishment of a Brooklyn. DESIGN ARTS: Ellen Beasley, England,1870-1914. We received 661 completed applications, de France; and Irving Sandler, representing kamp-Begeman, Professor of Art History at Robert C. Vose, Jr. Scholarship Fund for the Galveston, TX; Walter F. Chatham, NY; 74% were painters, 7.11 % sculptors, 5.75% the original jury viewed the finalists actual the Institute of Fine Arts, N. Y. U., secretary. Phoebe Cutler, San Francisco; Debra Mc­ study of American Art History, with the hope photographers, 3.9% drafters, 2.12% print· artwork which was shipped to Pleasantville, Ernest Allen Connally (Ph.D., Harvard), an that this fund will continue to grow through Richard Brettell, Art Institute of Chicago Call, NY. PAINTING: John Obuck, NY; makers. NY, Reader's Digest headquarters. official of the National Park Service, has been and Judith K. Brodsky, Mason Gross School Shelley Simpson, NY. SCULPTURE: Patrick the support of others. The recipients of the three 1988 artists' resi­ The artists will arrive in Giverny at the end of An, Rutgers University, both members of Strzelec, Hopewell, NJ; Carol Szymanski, decorated by the French Government with dencies are: Priscilla Bender-Shore, Santa of April when the azaleas and the rhododen­ investiture as Officier de I'Ordre des Arts et Beth S. Wicker received grants from the the Board of Directors were elected to the NY, HISTORY OF ART: David Friedman, Barbara, CA; Ora Lerman, New York, NY; drons are about to bloom, soon to be followed Executive Committee. Jamaica Plains, ME; Catherine Fruhan, des Lettres in recognition of his broad contri­ South Carolina Arts Commission and the and Jon Swihart, Santa Monica, CA. The by a chorus of peonies, poppies, irises, wis­ The new directors elected to serve until Greencastle, IN; Susan Klaiber, NY; butions to the conservation of the architec­ Cheraw Arts Commission for a project to first and second alternates are Peter Waite, teria and veils of blue, white and pink cle· 1992 are: Van Deren Coke, Arizona State tural heritage. For many years he was head of create works based on aerial views of British Hartford, CT and Dan Nadaner, Berkeley, Evonne Levy, Princeton. matis hanging on treUises that surround the University; Ruth Fine. National Gallery of the Federal Government's central program in agricultural lands. An exhibit of the works CA respectively. The other finalists are Ken edges of the garden. Listing the hundreds of Art; Audrey Flack, painter, New York; Mar­ The Millard Meiss Publication Fund historic preservation and has also served as will be held in Cheraw, S.C. in May. Ecker, New York, NY and M. Louise Stan­ varieties of flowers that grow in Monet's cia Hall, Tyler School of Art, Temple Uni­ awarded eight subsidies in the Fall of 1987: Secretary-General of the International Coun­ ley, Emeryville, CA. Three artists were gardens is not the same as experiencing them, versity; Danielle Rice, Philadelphia College Madeline Harrison Caviness, Glass Painting cil on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS). On the occasion of the Symposium Culture et chosen as alternates in the event that finalists and we at the College Art Association wish the Revolution, held at the University of Mary­ of Art; Larry Silver. Northwestern Univer­ andRelatedArtsat Saint-Remi ofReimsand could not participate in the final jury process: three artists inspiration as individual and sity. Sat'nt-Yved of Braine, Princeton University land, which celebrated the forthcoming bi­ Johnnie Ross, Portland, ME; Nancy Brett, Lucy Der Manuelian (Tufts Univ.) was dynamic as that of Monet himself. John Hyland, Jr. was elected to serve as Press; Alice T. Friedman, House and House­ centennial of the French Revolution, the New York, NY and John Erickson, Salt Lake honored in Rome by the Accademia Tiberina We want to once again thank Reader's Di­ honorary treasurer; Gilbert Edelson chose French Government conferred on the organ­ City, UT. hold in Elizabethan England,' Wollaton Hall during ceremonies at the Hall of Congress of gest for making this unique opportunity pos­ not to stand for re-election, but has agreed to and the WtUoughby Family, University of izer of the symposium, George Levitine, pro­ Each of the three artists selected will receive the Augustinianum in Vatican City. The sible. We also want to thank all the applicants serve in an advisory capacity until his succes­ Chicago Press; David Friedman, Florentine Accademia Tiberina elected Der Manuelian fessor of art history, emeritus, University of a $10,000 award and round trip airfare to to the first year of the Reader's Digest Artists Maryland, the title of Chevalier de l'Ordre sor is elected. .. New Towns: Design and Urban Transforma­ as an Associate of the academy for her work in Paris, funded jointly by Reader's Digest in at Giverny Program, We were overwhelmed tion in the Late Middle Ages, Architectural the field of Armenian art and architecture. des Arts et des Lettres, for his contributions to Pleasantville, NY and Selection de Reader's by the enthusiastic response to this new artists History Foundation; Walter S. Gibson, ''Mir­ She is the only American this year to be made the study of French art and culture. Digest in Paris. The artists and their compan­ residency program - over 650 artists applied ror of the Earth".' The World Landscape in a member. ions will live in Giverny in a newly renovated over the course of one monthl We will send all new caa affiliated 16th-Century Flemish Painting, Princeton building on Claude Monet's estate which con­ applicants an application for the 1989 Read­ University Press; Joan Ungersma Halperin, tains three furnished apartments and a large er's Digest Artists at Giverny Program and society Felix Feneon, Aesthete and Anarchist: Irma B. Jaffe. (Fordham Univ.) with her professionally equipped communal studio. promise to allow more time to both prepare Witness to the Paris Scene, 1881-1906, Yale associates, received an NEH grant to begin Two juries were involved in the selection the application and, if successful, to make University Press; Charles Lachman, Evalua­ work leading eventually to the production of a process. For the first round of the jurying pro­ plans to go to France. The decision will be We welcome Design Forum to CAA as an tions of Sung Dynasty Painters of Renown, documentary drama based on her bookJohn cess three CAA board members - Paul Ar­ made by Fall 1988 for an April 1989 depar­ Affiliated Society. See the Affiliated Society E.J. Brill; Jeffrey M. Muller, Taste and Trumbull: Patriot-Artist of the Amert"can nold, former president of CAA, artist, and ture. Your enthusiasm and sense of adventure Update in the upcoming summer newsletter Genius: Rubens' Collection of Art, Princeton Revolution. It will be a mini-series of possibly professor emeritus, Oberlin College; Ruth has assured the future of the program. for details. University Press; Stephen Murray, Beauvais four parts. Weisberg, vice-president of CAA, artist, and Applications will be mailed later this Cathedral: Architecture of Transcedence, professor, University of Southern California; spring; if you are not a CAA member, contact The CAA welcomes as affiliated societies groups of artists or scholars whose goals are Princeton University Press. For in~ormation and Irving Sandler, art historian and pro­ the CAA office and request that a form be about the Millard Meiss Fund, write to CAA, Suzanne Kaufman (Rock Valley College) fessor, SUNY Purchase-initially viewed six mailed to you. .. generally consonant with those of the CAA, 275 Seventh Ave., New York, NY 10001. Ap­ was awarded $12,000 in the competition for unidentified slides by each applicant; in the with a view to facilitating enhanced inter­ plicants must be CAA members. Application art work in the new Greater Rockford Airport communication and mutual enrichment. It is deadlines: March 1 and October 1. Terminal, Rockford, Ill. She designed mosaic assumed that a substantial number of the murals for floors and walls, comprising information members of such groups will already be mem­ Women's Caucus for Art Awards approximately 1,000 sq. ft. bers of the CAA. The WCA 1988 Honor Awards for Outstand­ ing Achievement in the Visual Arts went to: For a research project and possible exhi­ For a catalogue and exhibition about Amer­ To be recognized by the CAA as an affiliated Margaret Taylor Burroughs, artist, author, To honor Irving Lavin (Ph.D., Harvard) on bition, the whereabouts of Alfred Cornelius ican Artists who participated in the 1893 society, a group must be national in scope and collector, curator, educator, lecturer, civic his sixtieth birthday, a celebratory collo­ Howland's paintings of Williamstown, Mass. World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, must present evidence that: leader and founder of the Du Sable Museum quium was presented at the Institute for Ad­ are being sought. Howland was an American information is sought on the whereabouts of A. It is primarily, or in large part, committed landscape painter of the late 19th Century, of African-American History in Chicago; vanced Study in Princeton on December George Levitine paintings and sculptures exhibited in the Fine to the serious practice and advancement Dorothy Hood, painter from Houston, ] 1-]2, The theme was the continuity between Margaret S. Moore, Curatorial Research Arts Building. Carolyn Carr, Curator/Paint­ of the visual arts, or to the study of some Thomas T. Solley, director emeritus of the Texas; Miriam Schapiro, a founder of the generations of art historians with all the col­ Asst., Clark Art Institute, 225 South St., Box ings, National Portrait Gallery, or George broad, major area of the history of art. Indiana University Art Museum, has been feminist art movement and painter from New loquium speakers and discussants either 8, Williamstown, MA 01267. Gurney, Sculpture Dept., National Museum B. It possesses a formal organizational struc­ elected an honorary member of the Associa­ York City; Edith Appleton Standen, Lavin's students or his teachers. The collo­ of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, ture, i. e., elected officers, an identifiable tion of the Art Museum Directors, an honor museum curator, author, and doyenne of quium was organized by Marilyn Aronberg For a catalogue of works by German surrealist Washington, DC 20560. membership, and such signs of on-going toward those who have contributed distin­ tapestry historians from New York City and Lavin. painter Edgar Ende (1901-1965), informa­ activity as a newsletter, periodical, exhi­ Jane Teller, sculptor from New Jersey. guished and devoted service to the AAMD tion from any possessors of his paintings is bition record, or other documentation. cause. Currently there are only 28 honorary sought. Dr. Helmut Rauhut, Horwiesenstr. 3, For an exhibition on Christopher Columbus For further information and applications call The Mid-Career Achivement Awards went Christine L. Sundt was presented the Dis­ members. 7750 Konstanz 18, West Gennany. being planned by the Smithsonian Institution or write to the CAA office. .. to: Judith K. Brodsky, a printmaker, former tinguished Service Award by the Visual and The Ohio State University for 1992, Resources Association during VRA's Sixth Susan Mayer of the art department faculty For an upcoming exhibition on the French information is sought on images of Colum­ WCA president newly elected member to the ...... ' Annual Conference in Houston, February and the Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery artist Jean-Charles Cazin (1841-1901), bus. Collectors or institutions who own or CAA executive committee and chair of the TO'insure"receipr ohall CAA publica-, CAA Artists Committee and Ruth Weisberg, 1988 " ... in recognition for outstanding ser­ staff at The University of Texas at Austin has information from museums and private col­ know the location of any visual art related to tibris,' and announcements; please be painter, former Southern California WCA vice as founder and first President of the been named Museum Educator of the Year by lections concerning his works is sought. Lisa Christopher Columbus should contact: Bar­ chapter president, conference organizer and Visual Resources Association ..." The award the National Art Education Association. Simpson, Curator of Collections, The Dixon bara Groseclose and Ann Abrams, 100 Hayes s'ure':to keep 'us ihformed ()f your cui:-' WCA western regional vice-president, and was presented by VRA president Eleanor E. Gallery & Gardens, 4339 Park Ave., Mem­ Hall, 108 North Oval Mall, OSU, Columbus, (en,acldress. . '.. . '.' .' .. . Continued on p. 9, col. 1 I ...' ...... newly elected vice-president of the CAA. Fink. phis, TN 38117. OH 43210-1318. III

CAA newsletter 6 Spring 1988 7 r------, CAA forms long range pianning committee

~ attention all artists, writers, scholars: write, organize, lobby!!! ~ In the Fall of 1987, CAA President Paul Ar­ cation, and to provide the opportunity for a Jacqueline Lima. Blue Mountain Gal­ nold appointed a Long Range Planning Com­ consultative process, the Long Range Plan­ lery, N.Y.C., April 15-May 4. Paintings & ~ The College Art Association has joined a new severe penalties for errors or noncompliance. ten to, the Society of Illustrators, 128 East ~ mittee' co-chaired by Arnold, Phyllis Pray ning Committee welcomes the participation drawings using curvilinear perspective. coalition, Artistsfor Tax Equity, in order to Nobody knows how to file taxes this year. 63rd St. N.Y., N.Y. 10021; or the Graphic Bober, CAA Vice- President (president as of of the membership. It will be delighted to ac­ ~ ~ Gerald A. Matlick. Doshi Center for Con­ help artists and scholars (including painters, Artist's Guild, 11 West 20 St. N.Y., N.V. ~ February 11, 1988), and Susan Ball, CAA Ex­ cept written comments from members. temporary Art, Harrisburg, Penn., February rn sculptors, graphic artists, illustrators, video Changing the law 10011. Note clearly that your check be used rn ecutive Director. The Committee was ~ Long Range Planning Committee 20- March 20. Paintings. artists, independent filmmakers, as well as The only sane way out of this mess is to amend for the tax legislation and which artist group ~ charged with analyzing the current structure Members: rn~ writers, and photographers) to obtain an the Tax Law to exempt artists, retroactive to you belong to (for credit to that group). This ill and practices of the College Art Association Paul B. Arnold, artist, Oberlin College, Elizabeth McKinnie. Janet Steinberg exemption in the new tax law. 1986. A coalition of over 40 artists' groups-·· could be the most important investment you ~ and with developing a coherent and feasible emeritus, CAA past president. Fine Arts, San Francisco, March 2-April 2. rn~ Artists for Tax Equity, is working hard to do have ever made! Don't procrastinate. Con- ill long range plan for the association. Susan Ball, art historian, CAA executive New works. Attention All Artists! I ! that. Congress may soon be writing a Tech- gress is going to start in March!!! m As a first step, the committee met to discuss director. The Tax Reform Act of 1986, according to nical Corrections Act; and we have a chance The other business professions have re- Yvonne Muller. Private viewing in New ill~ ill the task at hand - the mission and purposes of Phyllis Pray Bober, art historian, professor tax attorneys, appears to require artists to to influence them while they are doing it. tained their previous reasonable systems of York City, March 25··April 14. Call Gina ~ ~ the CAA, as well as the association's goals and Bryn Mawr College, CAA president. comply with uniform tax capitalization rules We have several obstacles to overcome- deductions. A lawyer can write off a business Farannick, 212/490-0291. Works on paper. ~I ~ objectives. The results of a questionnaire on Judith K. Brodsky, artist, professor Rutgers, for deducting business expenses ... IRS Code getting their attention and sympathy- and trip when he takes it, but an artist cannot. ill ill the CAA's mission and purposes as stated in The State University of New Jersey, CAA Donna Page. Jeanne M. Godschalx Gal­ (Section 263A). Under these rules, each ex- proving to them that we are not manufac- Artists alone have been singled out to carry ~ the By-laws which had been sent to all Board board member. lery, St. Norbert College, DePere, Wisc., rn pense incurred while producing a piece- turers of goods- and proving that the legacy the burden of unfair taxes. ill ~ Members was circulated to the committee Alan Fern, art historian, director National October 20-November 6,1987. Paintings & studio rent and utilities, insurance, office and of creative art will be greatly harmed. ~ members prior to the meeting. Following the Portrait Gallery, CAA former board member. drawings. rn art materials, research and travel expenses, Senate Committee on Finance ill ~ initial discussion, the committee broke up Ofelia Garcia, artist, president Atlanta Col­ even light bulbs and phone calls- all the Changing the law takes grassroots! You can: S.D. 205 Dirksen Senate Office Building ~ Siena Porta. 14 Sculptors Gallery, into three task forces that are examining: lege of Art, CAA board member. ill general business expenses that would logically Write three personal letters immediately. Washington, D.C. 20510 ill N.Y.C., April 19-May 8. Sculpture. ~ Structure and Governance, Membership and Anne Coffin Hanson, art historian, profes­ be deducted as they occur~' must now be One to your own Congressman and each of Chair, Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, Texas; Spark m Development, and Outreach. Roberta Schofield. Teco Plaza Gallery, If sor Yale University, CAA past president. ill~ matched to a specific piece of art and your Senators. any of them are on the M. Matsunaga, Hawaii; Daniel P. Moynihan, rn The entire committee and the task forces Tampa, Fla., February 1- 29. Recent work. deducted only after payment is received. If House Ways and Means Committee or the New York; Max Baucus, Montana; David L. ~ Martha Kingsbury, art historian, professor met in October, 1987. Notes on the general University of Washington, Seattle, CAA the artwork does not sell, no deductions can Senate Finance Committee, go after them!! Boren, Oklahoma; Bill Bradley, New Jersey; ~ proceedings and the task force meetings were Fritz Scholder. Marilyn Butler Fine Art, be taken for any expenses incurred while Call their local offices for an appointment. George G. Mitchell, Maine; David Pryor, ill former board member. Scottsdale, Ariz., March 6-31. A Thirty Year I circulated to all committee. members in Henry Millon, art historian, dean Center for ~ creating it. The only exceptions are advertis- Take a small group of well informed, well- Arkansas; Donald W. Riegle, Jr., Michigan; ~ Survey: paintings, monotypes, drawings, November soliciting comments, corrections, ill ing, marketing, and promotional expenses. spoken artists. Give them tear sheets to show John D. Rockefeller, III, West Virginia; ill Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National prints, sculpture. ~ additions. Arnold prepared a preliminary Commissioned artists must keep records for how professional you are. Thomas A. Daschle, South Dakota. ~ Gallery of Art, CAA former board member document based on these comments which Linda Schrank. Sarah Doyle Gallery, each item, each material, each postage stamp Important I I! In writing or making visits, ill David Pease, artist, dean Yale University ~ Ranking Republican, Sen. Bob Packwood, ~ was circulated in January. Those present at Brown University, Providence, R.I., April 9- and phone call, and deduct only after receiv- make these points! W"II" I School of Art. Oregon; Robert Dole, Kansas; I lam V. the CAA Annual Meeting in Houston in Feb­ 28. Drawings. ing payment. Gallery artists will lose deduc- 1. Compliance is impossible. The bookkeep" Danielle Rice, art historian, curator of ~ Roth, Jr., Delaware; John G. Danforth, ~ ruary met to discuss the document and make tions altogether if a piece does not sell. ing requirements cannot be applied to the Rh did education Philadelphia Museum of Art, CAA David Seccombe. Sculpture Center Gal­ Missouri; John H. Chafee, 0 e Is an ; plans for subsequent meetings. In the in· ~I unless they declare it "worthless" and a "busi- way artists work. I I II board member. lery, N.Y.C., May 3-31. Large scale sculp­ John Heinz, Pennsylvania; Ma co m Wa op, ~ terim, general committee and task force busi­ ness loss." Some tax attorneys say the law re- 2. The penalties are severe if we make mis- Faith Ringgold, artist, professor University ture, models, & drawings. Wyoming; Dave Durenberger, Minnesota; ness has been conducted by telephone and ~ quires us to consider unsold works, resellable takes. d ~ of California, San Diego, CAA board William L. Armstrong, Colora 0; Staff maiL The next two meetings of the entire Anne Sharp. The New York Public works, rentable works, and even copyrights as 3. Since writers and photographers were ex- Director and Chief Counsel: Bill Wilkins. member. committee are scheduled for April 17, and Library, Epiphany Branch, N. Y. C., March ~ "inventory" or "capital assets," which may empted in the first drafts of the Technical ~ Larry Silver, art historian, professor North­ October 23, 1988. Task forces will convene in ill have to be re- assessed every year and deduc- Corrections Act, Congress is not applying tax ill western University, CAA board member. 14-April 14. Manhattan Paintings-East ~ person or in conference call more frequently. RiVer Views. tions reassigned as its value fluctuates. This rules equitably. It is not that we seek to avoid House Committee on Ways and Means ~ Ruth Weisberg, artist, professor University The committee expects to issue its draft ill means we must "income forecast" .. guess our fair share of taxes, we are only asking to 1102 Longworth House Office Building ill of Southern California, CAA vice president. ~ report to the executive committee in the fall; Hester Stinnett. Dolan/ Maxwell Gallery, accurately the life and future income of a be taxed as before under sensible rules that Washington, D.C. 20515 m the final report should be completed by Feb­ CAA Honorary Counsel and CAA Honorary Philadelphia, March 2-ApriI2. Woodprints. ill~ piece. . for the life of the copyright (artist'S apply to the way we do business. Chair, Congressman Dan Rostenkowski, ill ruary 1989. Treasurer will serve as ex-officio members of ~ life plus 50 years). It is clearly a bookkeeping 4. The legacy of artistic culture will be Illinois; Sam W. Gibbons, Florida; Charles B. ~ Tula Telfair. Paula Allen Gallery, In its efforts to be responsive to the mem­ the committee, providing advice and con­ rnl impossibility. Capitalization cannot apply to destroyed. Rangel, New York; Fortney H. Stark, Geor- ~ N.Y.C., January 5-30. Large drawings. bership, to have open channels of communi- sultation. • art!!! 5. What will happen to you if the exemption gia; Andrew Jacobs, Jr., Indiana; Harold E. ill Michael C. Rockefeller Gallery, Fredonia, ~ The capitalization rules were created for is not extended to artists. (Will you be forced Ford, Tennessee; Ed Jenkins, Georgia; ~ N. y, June-July. Large drawings & paintings. ill~ manufacturers of multiple articles, mass pro- to give up your career?) Richard A. Gephardt, Missouri; Thomas J. ill Igrants and awards Isolo shows Howard Lee Theile. The Peace Muse­ duced. They do not apply to the creative pro- Send copies to Artists for Tax Equity, 11 W. Downey, New York; Frank J. Guarini, New ~ um, Chicago, February 7-August 31. "Bear­ ill~ cess. The bookkeeping alone will limit the 20 St., NY, NY 10011. This will not go away! Jersey; Marty Russo, Illinois; Don J. Pease, ill ing Witness," paintings on the Holocaust. time we have to work. Our accountant's fees We need hundreds of letters to Congress to Ohio; Robert T. Matsui, California; Beryl F. ~ Bonnie G. Kelm (Ph.D., The Ohio State Mimi Holmes. Kentuck Museum, North­ ill~ will be more than doubled. It is difficult to back up the lobbying effort in Washington. Anthony, Jr., Arkansas; Ronnie G. Flippo, ill University), director of the Bunte Gallery and port, Ala., January 17-February 20. Ken­ John von Bergen. 14 Sculptors Gallery, believe our Congressmen and Senators would Nothing is as effective as a letter from homel!! Alabama; Byron L. Dorgan, North Dakota; ~ art history professor at Franklin University, nedy Gallery, Birmingham-Southern Col­ N.Y.C., January 26-February 13. New ill do this to us, but they did. Barbara B. Kennelly, Connecticut; Brian received a Fulbright Award enabling her to lege, Birmingham, Ala., March 13-April 8. bronze sculpture. ~~ Many accountants are not aware of the rule Filing your tax return. Donnelly, Massachusetts; William J. Coyne, participate in a seminar on the History, Cul­ Mixed-media sculptures & drawings. Ruth Weisberg. Jean Paul Slusser Gal­ or are depending on the IRS finding it unen- Noone knows. You can take the option of ask- Pennsylvania; Michael A. Andrews, Texas; ~ ture and Society of the Netherlands. lery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, forceable. But keep in mind that the taxpayer ing for a deferral until August 15- provided Sander M. Levin, Michigan;Jim Moody, Wis- ~ ill Barbara Kerne. Franz Bader Gallery, March 9-April 3. DePree Art Center & Gal­ is responsible, not his accountant. If you take you pay at least 90% of the tax owed on April consin; J. J. Pickle, Texas. ~ Lilian Randall (Ph.D_, Harvard), curator of Washington, DC, February 9-27. Timeless lery, Hope College, Holland, Mich., May 29- ill bad advice, you will possibly end up in trou- 15. You may choose to file the old way with a ill manuscripts and rare books at the Walters Places: recent paintings & prints. July 5. College of Wooster Art Museum, Woo­ m~ ble-not your accountant. No one knows as disclaimer letter stating your confusion and Ranking Republican, CongressmanJohn]. ~ Art Gallery, since 1974, was chosen to receive ster, Ohio, August 24-0ctober 16. Laguna ru yet how this will come out. And we will not promise to amend your return when the law Duncan, Tennessee; Bill Archer, Texas; Guy ill one of Mount Holyoke College's Sesquicen­ Don Kimes. Prince Street Gallery, Art Museum, Laguna Beach, Calif., Novem­ know, unless Congress clarifies its intentions, becomes clear. You may attempt to comply VanderJagt, Michigan; PhilipM. Crane, Illi- ~ tennial Awards honoring fifty of its alumnae N.Y.C., March 4-23. Collage/Paintings. ill or until the IRS enforces the rules on an artist without guidelines. nois; Bill Frenzel, Minnesota; Richard T. ill ber 11, 1988-January 8, 1989. Paintings, ~ world-wide, whose achievements and services (they have on a writer), and it goes to court... Schulze, Pennsylvania; Willis D. Gradison, ~ drawings, prints. to society reflect commitment and creativity. Lynn Kotula. Prince Street Gallery, ill~ a terrible experience for someone. IRS Changing the law takes lobbyt'ng. Jr., Ohio; William M. Thomas, California; ill Beth S. Wicker. Rotunda Gallery, Mere­ spokesmen indicate that we came under capi. Lobbying costs money! Through the Graphic Raymond]. McGrath, New York; Hal Da~b, ~ N. YC., January 22-February 10. Paintings. Errata: In the winter 1987/88 newsletter, vol. dithCollege, Raleigh, N.C.,January 17-Feb­ ill talization rules in 1987 and that they intend to Artists Gutld, AFTE hired a lobbYlllg firm 10 Nebraska; Judd Gregg, New HampshIre; ill ~ 2 #4 we misspelled the name of an individual Marilyn Lanfear. Ruth Wiseman Gal­ ruary 14. Prints, paintings, pulp paintings. ~ enforce them In short, we must comply, but Washington, Palumbo and Cerrell. With Hank Brown, Colorado, Rod Chandler, ~ winner. It was Bowdoin Davis, Jr. who re­ lery, Dallas, Tex., November 13, 1987-Jan­ ill compliance is impossible, since there are no them, we have a cha.nce. You can contribu.te Washtngton; Chief Counsel Robert J~ Louise Williams. Northern State College, ceived the Trustee Award for Excellence in uary 15, 1988. "Portraits: A Commentary on m IRS guIdelines. Furthermore, there could be to the effort by sendmg a check to, and WrIt Leonard. • Aberdeen, S.D. Artist's Residency & Solo Teaching from the Maryland Institute. • Social Armor," lead sculpture. ~------Show. III 8 CAA newsletter Spring 1988 9 people and programs

IN MEMORIAM ACADEME pointed director of the University of Rhode Isabel Bishop, a painter and printmaker Board and Executive Committee member director of the department since the death of was the former director of the Terra Museum Midwest: After 32 years at the helm of Cleve­ Island Art Gallery a~ ~i.ngston, RI. McAvoy died in February at the age of 85. As Joh~ previously taught at the University of Texas in the former director, Arthur Drexler in Jan­ of American Art in Chicago and Evanston, land Institute of Art, president Joseph Mc­ was the former exhibItIOns coordinator for Russell noted in the NY Times, "Best known Austin, Northwestern University and the Uni­ uary of 1987. Vivian Patterson (M.A., Wil­ IL. The High Museum of Art has also an­ Cullough (MFA, Yale) has announced his the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cor­ for her insight into the everyday activities of versity of Chicago. liams) has been prom-oted to the position of nounced the promotion of Ellen Dugan plans to retire. McCullough's term of office is nell University, Ithaca, NY. WaIter Kaiser American women, young and old, and for her associate curator for collections management (MA, Institute of Fine Arts, New York ~nprecedented among his peers at America's (Ph.D., Harvard), professor of English and studies oflife as it was lived in and near Union at the Williams College Museum of Art. Win­ University) to chief curator of its department mdependent colleges of art. Nancy Troy Com~arative. Literature at Harvard, has been West: Nancy Hock (Ph.D., University of S~uare from 1930 until the present day, Miss terthur Museum and Gardens has announced of education from associate curator of educa­ (~h.D., Yale), associate professor of art appolllted dIrector of Harvard University's California, Berkeley) has been appointed the appointment of Robert F. Trent (MA ~l~hop was ~he. livi~g continuation of a spe­ tion for adult programs. She was previously hIstory at Northwestern University, has been C~nter for Italian Renaissance Studies at associate curator of Southeast Asian Art of CifIc and dlstlfictlvely American idiom" University of Delaware/Winterthur Pro­ director of community programs at the appointed acting chair of the Northwestern Vllia I Tatti in Florence, Italy. Olivia the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. Bishop moved to New York in 1918 tostudy ~t gram) as curator in charge offurniture. Trent Indianapolis Museum of Art. art history department for 1988. Troy ~arke~, photographer and author was Artist­ Hock has been AAM curatorial assistant of the New York School of Applied Design for is currently curator of the Connecticut Histo­ r~places Sandra Hindman, professor of art lll- Res!dence at Dartmouth College during Indian and Southeast Asian Art since Octo­ Women. In 1932, she joined the Midtown rical Society. John Wilmerding, the deputy histOry, who will be on leave. the wmter term. Nancy MowIl Mathews ber 1985. Gallery in Manhattan, with which she re­ director of the National Gallery of Art, has (Ph.D., IFA, NYU), chair at Randolph­ been appointed to a new, fully endowed pro­ mained affiliated for the rest of her life Midwest: Deborah E. Blakeley has been West: Participants in the Department of Fine Macon Woman's College, has been appointed fessorship at Princeton University and will Bishop was honored by the Women's Caucu~ named Director of Public Relations and Arts, University of Colorado, Boulder 17th the first Pendergast curator of the Williams become a visiting curator of American art at for Art in 1979 for outstanding achievement Thomas Rhoads (MA, New York University) Audience Development at the Walker Art annual exciting Visiting Artist Program for College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA. the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC. Ma­ in the visual arts. has been appointed director of the Santa Center, Minneapolis. Formerly she was direc­ 1988-89 include: Helen Mayer and Newton jorie B. Searl (M.Ed., Columbia, MA Coop­ Monica Museum of Art. Rhoads was fonnerly tor of public relations at Sarah Lawrence Col­ Walter L. Strauss, writer, publisher and Harrison, Alfred Jaar, Howard Kottler erstown Graduate Program/ SUNY Oneonta) the fiscal and program officer with the Visual lege. Claire Hoevel (MA and Certificate of authority on Old Master drawings and prints Linda Connor, Eric Bainbridge (from Lon~ has been appointed curator of education at Arts Division of the New York State Council Advanced Study in Conservation, SUNY at died in February at age 65. Strauss was th~ don),. Susan Morgan, Hal Foster, Annette the Memorial Art Museum. A specialist in on the Arts in New York City. Buffalo), Indianapolis Museum of Fine Art author of The Complete Drawings of AL­ Lemleux, Waiter Ostrom, Ned Smyth, school and family programming, Searl has assistant conservator of paper, was recently brecht Durer, as well as 40 other books on the Susan Coe, the Guerilla Girls, Robert been associated with the Gallery since 1979, elected a professional associate of the Amer­ works of Old Master artists. A one-time im­ Arne~on, David Hickey, Tom Butter, Janis primarily as a curriculum consultant. Northeast/Mid-Atlantic: William Walker ican Institute of Conservation. Prior to her porter of toys who spent the day at his office Provlsor, Peter Saul, Anita Thacher and Robinson, currently curator of drawings and employment at the IMA, she worked at the and wrote at night, Strauss decided in 1970 to Richard Gordon. Jane P. Davidson, pro­ prints at the Pierpont Morgan Library, NY, Folger Shakespeare Library, the Smithsonian devote himself full time to writing. Frustrated fessor of art history, was recently elected to and fonner acting curator of drawings at the Ruth Siegel Ltd. announces the appointment Institution, and the Library of Congress, by problems in getting his book published s~rve as chair of the Art Department, Univer­ Fogg Art Museum, has been appointed Ian of it's new director Alexander V.J. Gaudieri Washington, DC. Gretchen A. Mehring Strauss founded Abaris Books in 1973. sity of Nevada-Reno. Annabelle Simon Woodner Curator of Drawings in the Fogg formerly the director of the Montreal (BA, University of Cincinnati), coordinator Cahn has been reappointed as chair of the Museum of Fine Arts. Bertha Harris Wiles, who died in March Visual Arts program of the California State Art Museum, Harvard University. Robinson of public services, has assumed the new post of 1987 at the age of 90 received a Ph.D. from Summer School for the Arts. This summer it replaces Konrad Oberhuber, who resigned assistant director for public affairs at the Cin­ Harvard (Radcliffe) in 1930. Her disserta­ will be housed at Loyola/ Marymount in Los the curatorship last fall to accept the director­ cinnati Art Museum. At the same time Lois tion, The Fountains oj the Florentine Sculp­ Angeles. ship of the Albertina in Vienna, Austria. Hertz will become acting assistant director tors, was published by the Harvard Press in Thomas Krens has been named director of for development on the retirement of Robert 1933. Subsequently she wrote numerous arti­ The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, W. Helmholz. Hertz previously worked as ~les a~d exhibition catalogues on sculptors effective July 1. Krens (MA, SUNY Albany, manager of planned giving at the museum like :nbolo and Francavilla and painters like MPPM, Yale), who is currently the director of and served as development associate for the CamIllo Procacini. She was a senior member the Williams College Museum of Art in Wil­ World Wildlife Fund in Washington, DC. of the faculty of the department of art and liamstown, MA, will succeed Thomas M. cura~or of the Max Epstein Archive of Repro­ Messer, who will retire on June 30, 1988. ductIOns at the University of Chicago until her Messer has served as director of the founda­ retirement in 1962. So effective was her teach­ tion since 1980 and as director of the Solomon ing in a graduate course in methodology as R. Guggenheim Museum since 1961. Holli­ ORGANIZATIONS w~ll as courses in Renaissance sculpture and ster Sturges III has been appointed director pnnts th~t she was asked to continue teaching of the Springfield Museum of Fine Arts and Watercolor Honor Society after reo.rement. Her principal scholarly the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Muse­ Sponsored by the Springfield Missouri Art research m later years was in the field of MUSEUMS/GALLERIES um. Sturges will replace Richard Muhl­ Museum, WHS a national organization of chiaroscuro woodcuts, but unfortunate cir­ berger, who left the position in August to watennedia artists established in 1986, was cumstances prevented her from bringing her Canada: Roger Boulet, a specialist in histo­ become vice director for education at the introduced at the CAA annual meeting in profound and extensive knowledge to fruition rical Canadian works, was appointed head Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York Houston. Membership is comprised of award before her death. curator of ~he Edmonton Art Gallery in City. Josephine Gear fonner Director of the winners and jurors from 25 years of competi­ Francis H. Dowley, March. PreVIOusly he acted as director / cura­ University Art Gallery, SUNY at Binghamton tion held at the museum. The inaugural exhi­ Univ. oJChicago (retired) tor with the Burnaby Art Gallery, as director has been appointed director of the Whitney bition was held in November and December of the Art Gallery of Victoria, and as curator Museum of American Art at Phillip Morris, at Springfield, with a portion of the exhibit Ulfert S. Wilke, appointed the first director at the Peter Whyte Gallery in Banff. NYC. Kurt Varnedoe (Ph.D., Stanford) will now on exhibition at the Federal Reserve of the University of Iowa Museum of Art in become the new director of painting and Bank, Kansas City. The 1989 Biennial Exhi­ 1968, an artist known nationally for his calli­ Holly Huston Kruger (M.A. sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art in bition will be held in Houston. graphic paintings, and a widely recognized and conservation certificate, Cooperstown, NYC. Varnedoe has been an art history pro­ art collector, died in December at the age of 80 in Hawaii. SUNY, NY) has joined the Amon Carter fessor at New York University's Institute of Paula Hancock Museum staff as conservator of works on Fine Arts and adjunct curator at MOMA George Wagner, a veteran Southern Cali­ paper. Kruger previously worked as an asso­ since 1985 and will succeed William S. Southeast: Paula Hancock has been ap­ Women's Caucus for Art fornia assemblagist whose fantasy landscapes Charles Chetman ciate conservator at the Kimball Art Museum Rubin, who becomes director emeritus of the pointed curator for research at the High At the WCA Annual Membership Banquet, and shadowy figures rose from the artful junk and as a paper conservator at the Western department after 22 years at the museum. Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA. Hancock has Anne Shaver-Crandell (Medievalist at the he collected throughout his life, died in Region~l Paper Conservation Laboratory at Stuart Wrede, an architect with wide experi­ been associated with the museum for over 20 City College of New York), the WCA Nation­ NO.rtheast: In July Charles Chetman will Dece~ber at the age of 72. Most recently he ~he Cahforma Palace of the Legion of Honor ence as teacher and museum curator, has years and most recently served as chief al President from 1986-1988 literally passed r~tIre, completing his twenty-fifth year as and hIS fellow collectors of the curious were in In San Francisco. Richard Brettell (Ph.D., been named director of the department of curator of education. The High Museum of the baton to Christine Havice (Medievalist at dITector of the Smith College Museum of Art. an exhibition, Southern California Assem­ Yale) curator of European painting at the Art architecture and design at the Museum of Art has announced the appointment of the University of Kentucky, Lexington) who Suzette McAvoy (MA, Cooperstown Grad­ blage: Past and Present in Santa Barbara. Institute of Chicago, has been named director Modern Art, NYC. Wrede who joined the Michael H. Sanden (MA, University of will serve until 1990 . _uate Program/SUNY Oneonta), has been ap- of the Dallas Museum of Art. Brettel a CAA museum as curator in 1985, has been acting Wisconsin, Superior) as deputy director. He Continued on p. 15, col. 1 10 CAA newsletter Spring 1988 II conferences and symposia Masters of Seventeenth-Century Dutch National Creativity Institute Those interested in additional information CALL FOR PAPERS the Late Middle Ages, Martin Warnke and vention of photography. One page proposal Landscape Painting A week-long Institute of Creativity is being should call or write the conference project offered at the Yahara Conference Center in Robert Suckale, chairs. (Kunstgeschicht­ abstracts are sought especially from women Symposium to be held at the Philadelphia directors. Proceedings of conferences that Madison, Wisc., June 26-July 1. The theme World War II-A 50 Year Perspective liches Seminar der Universitat. Moorweiden­ and minorities. Submissions that are interdis­ Museum of Art, June 11, 10:00 A.M.-5:00 have already taken place can be obtained of the institute is "Energize Your Creativity: Siena College is sponsoring its fourth annual strasse 18, 2 Hamburg 13, W. Germany). ciplinary in character and that demonstrate P.M., in conjunction with the exhibition. from the project directors. For a complete How to Generate, Manage, and Apply Ideas" multidisciplinary conference on the 50th Scholars wishing to submit abstracts for diverse approaches to "Media and Society" Speakers are Albert Blankert, Alan Chong, listing write to the National Endowment for anniversary of WWII, June 1-2, 1989. The papers should write to the chairs of the rele­ are encouraged. All abstracts will be reviewed Eveline Koolhaas-Grosfeld, Hans-Joachim and will feature several leaders in the field of the Humanities, Washington, DC 20506. creativity. Further information: 414-472- focus for 1989 will he the year 1939, tho~gh vant sections. Registration fee of DM 20 by a national committee comprised of artists, Raupp, William B. Robinson, Cynthia B. Listed below are a few which we felt CAA 3165. papers dealing with broad issues of earlier payable by check to "Colloquium CII:IA" may educators, historians and critics. Informa­ Schneider, Seymour Slive. Further infonna­ members might be interested in. years are welcome. Topics welcomed but not be sent to address at end of listing or to a tion: 716-442-8676. Send proposals: SPE 89 tion/ registration: 215-787- 5455. Conferences on Dutch Eighteenth-Cen­ Beast Fable Society of America limited to: Fascism and Naziism, the War in special account at Deutsche Bank Munchen, Rochester Conference, PO Box 564, Roches­ tury History, Politics, and Culture, March First International Congress August 2-9. Asia, Spain, Literature, Art, Film, Diplo­ Sauerlander- CIHA, Konto-Nr 20 12344, ter, NY 14603. Deadline: 1 August. American Photography Conference 14,1987. Dr. Lena Orlin, The Folger Shake­ Agadir, Kingdom of Morocco: Scholars, crit­ matic, Political and Military History, Popular Promenaderplatz 15, D 8000 Munchen 2 New York University Institute of Film and speare Library, The Folger Institute, 201 East ics, translators, from all languages are invited Culture and Women's and Jewish Studies (BLZ 700 70010), W. Germany. An excursion 1989 CAA Annual Meeting Affiliated Television announces the establishment' of Capitol St., SE, Washington, DC 20003,202- to submit papers dealing with any aspect of dealing with the era. Post Munich Europe, to Regensburg is planned, September 8-9: Society Call for Papers the annual APC under the direction of Mary 544-4600. the beast fable (and sister genres). Submis­ The English Eighteenth Century, April Danzig, the Molotov-Ribbontrop Pact, etc., DM 130 single, DM 200 double, (transporta­ In conjunction with the 1989 CAA conven­ Virginia Swanson. The theme will be "NYC/ sions must be written in English. For $750.00, 1-3, 1987. Professor Richard Schwartz, The are particularly appropriate, as well as Asian tion, hotel costs and breakfast included), paid tion in San Francisco, the American Society NOW" (June 6-July 15). Master classes, Society members and participants will re­ Graduate School, Georgetown University, and African and Near Eastern events of rele­ to "Colloquium CIHA" or the account of the for Hispanic Art Historical Studies will technical and academic courses, and work­ ceive: round-trip air transportation from vance. Replies and inquiries: Thomas O. Deutsche Bank at above address. Making sponsor a session entitled" Artists and Patrons shops will be offered in the Greenwich Village Washington, DC 20057,202-625-3421. New York, week-long accommodations and Hispanic Traditions in American Archi­ Kelly, II, Dept. of History, SC, Loudonville, your own room accommodations (no guar­ in Spain and Portugal to 1700." Both mem­ facilities. In addition, three thematic confer­ meals, transfers, and taxes. Address all corre­ NY 12211. antees after May 1). For registration: "Collo­ bers and non-members of ASHAHS are in­ ences will be held on consecutive weekends in tecture and Urbanism, September 25-26, spondence to: Professor Benjamin Bennani, 1987. Professor Susana Torre, Temple Hoyne quium CIHA" c/o Zentralinstitut fur Kunst­ vited to propose papers that will explore how June. Low cost university housing and schol­ Division of Language and Literature, North­ Buell Center, Columbia University, New CAA 1989 Annual Meeting Board­ geschichte, Meiserstrasse 10, D 8000 Mun­ works of Spanish and Portuguese art and ar­ arships will be available. Tuition will be east Missouri State University, Kirksville, MO Sponsored Session: Teaching Art History chen 2, W. Germany. Deadline: May 1. chitecture created before 1700 were intended waived for faculty members from other insti­ Yo,k, NY 10027, 212-280-3023. Women in the Ancient Near East, No­ in the Boondocks to express the ideals and aspirations of the in­ tutions who enroll a group of five or more stu­ 63501. Co-chair: Annabelle Simon Cahn, California Second Pennsylvania Symposium on dividuals and institutions that commissioned dents in the Institute. Housing will be avail­ vember 5-7,1987. Dr. Barbara Lesko, Dept. State Summer School for the Arts and James Medieval and Renaissance Studies them. This session is intended to complement able in "blocks" of rooms for such groups. NEH Conferences of Egyptology, Box 1899, Brown University, The Division of Research Programs an­ Providence, RI 02912, 401-863-3141. McManus, California State University, To be held October 28-29 at the University of the CAA session on "Art and Patronage at the Further details: Mary Virginia Swanson, 212- nounced thirty-eight research conferences Chico. Pittsburgh. The theme is "Pilgrimage and Spanish Bourbon Court 1700-1808." One­ 998-1795. The Role of Christianity in the History that are being or have been supported by the of Russian Culture, May 21 .. 24, 1988. Pro­ Many art historians teach students who not Crusade in the Middle Ages and the Renais­ page abstracts (to be prepared in the same National Endowment for the Humanities in only have had little experience with the sub­ sance." One-page abstracts of twenty-min­ format as abstracts for regular CAA sessions) fessor Robert Hughes, Dept. of Slavic Lan­ 1987 .. 88. These conferences are designed to ject and may not be schooled in the visual ute papers on any aspect of the topic are re­ should be submitted by September 30, 1988, guages and Literatures, University of Cali­ advance scholarly research in the humanities. arts, but are also without access to works of art quested. Further infonnation: Barbara N. to Steven N. Orso, School of Art and Design, fornia, Berkeley, CA 94720, 415-643-6113. and! or live in communities where there are Sargent-Baur, Medieval and Renaissance University of Illinois, 408 East Peabody Drive, .. few monuments and original objects tied to Studies Program, 1328 C.L., Dniv. of Pitts­ Champaign, Illinois 61820. the Great Cultures of the World (Graeco­ burgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. (This sympo­ announcements Roman and later European, African, Orien­ sium will be followed in a week's time by one CALL FORMSS tal or other historical styles). on the Codex Calixtinus, organized by John Artists with Physical Disabilities Invited exhibit in fwo SoHo New York City galleries: Rutgers Art Review: NEH Announces New Grants for Papers (fifteen minutes each) should offer W. Williams, Dept. of Art History, Dniv. of to Exhibit in October 1988 Art Show 1. Marcusie Pfeifer Gallery 2. Michaellngbar The Journal of Graduate Research Elementary and Secondary School methodologies used to make the discipline's Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.)'Abstracts Artists with physical disabilities from the U.S. Gallery. $6000 cash/purchase/awards. in Art History Teachers concerns understandable and meaningful to deadline: May 15. and abroad are invited to exhibit their work at Deadline: May 26. For applications write to: Articles of professional quality are sought for NEH's new T~acher-Scholar Program will students when limited cultural resources are the 1988 Harmarville International, October I.A.C., Department PRR, P.O. Box 245, the tenth annual issue, to appear in 1989. provide grants to allow teachers sabbatical available, and! or address questions related Symposium on Contemporary Art 28- November 18. It is sponsored by the Fed­ Eastchester, NY 10709, 914-699-0969. RAR accepts articles on all facets of art leave for one academic year oHuU-time, inde­ to shifting student populations, academic Rutgers University and Fashion Institute of eration of Independent School Alumnae, history, including architectural history, art pendent study in the humanities. Teachers­ preparedness and cultural biases and their Technology request papers on art after 1945. founder of the Harmarville Rehabilitation An Alternative for Artists criticism, and the history of photography. Scholars will receive NEH stipends that may impact on teaching art history to the general Jurors for the seventh annual symposium on Center. The center is a comprehensive Artists are invited to submit slides and to par­ Authors are asked to follow The Art Bulletin be as high as $27,500 to replace applicant's studies student as well as the more advanced October 14: Trevor Fairbrother, Museum of rehabilitation facility located in Pittsburgh. take in the voting process of an Artists' Choice format; style sheets will be sent upon request. salary or to supplement sabbatical pay up to undergraduate student interested in the dis­ Fine Arts, Boston; Joan Marter, Rutgers Any artist over eighteen years of age with a free exhibition at the Ward-Nasse Gallery, Send mss to: RAR, Art Dept., Voorhees Hall, the amount of the academic-year salary. cipline. Address questions to: Annabelle Univ.; Richard Martin, F.1. T.; Patricia Mai­ physical disability may enter. Entries may be August 3-August 21. Limited to the first 200 Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ 08903. NEH will have a May deadline for submis­ Simon Cahn (203) 777-8242 or James nardi, C.U.N.Y., Graduate Center. Send to: applicants. Postmark Entry Deadline: May Deadline: 1 December 1989. sions. Grant-funded study could begin as made in the following categories: painting McManus (916) 895- 5331. Send abstracts to: Joan Marter, Dept. of Art History, Voorhees early as September 1989. For more informa­ (any medium), drawing, ceramics, sculpture, 30. Send to: Ward-Nasse Gallery/Artist James McManus, Art Dept., CSU / Chico, Hall, Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ Choice, 178 PrinceSt., New York, NY 10012, TO ATTEND tion contact: the Division of Education Pro~ graphics, collage, fiber, photography, poetry. Ayres Hall, Chico, CA 95929. Deadline: 08903. Submission deadline: 1 June, grams, NEH, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, The exhibit is an event to highlight and give 212-925-6951. September 1. The Total History of Medieval Art Washington, DC 20506.202-786-0377. tribute to the accomplishments of talented 1989 Society for Photographic Education A symposium to be held at Northwestern Uni­ artists who are disabled. A minimum of Sculpture Competition Secular Architecture and Art in the Middle Proposals sought for presentations to the versity, May 20-21, on the issue of an $3,000 in prize money will be awarded. The Texas Sculpture Association's Third An­ Ages Twelfth-Fifteenth Century Women's Caucus programming committee historical synthesis of medieval art. It will Details and entry fonns: 1988 HarmarvilJe nual National juried Sculpture Competition Colloquium sponsored by the Comite Inter­ for the 1989 SPE national conference. Send address the question whether at the present Seminar on Appraisal and Conservation International, Harmarville Rehabilitation and Exhibit, "Excellence 88" sponsored by national d'Histoire de rArt (C.I.H.A.), Sep­ to: Jan Roddy, Washington University, stage of art historical research a comprehen­ of Historical Records Center, Box 11460, Guys Run Rd., Pitts­ Plala of the Americas, Dallas, Texas will be tember 5-7, Munich, Germany. Section I: School of Fine Arts, Box 1031, St. Louis, MO sive history of medieval art can be written, The Northeast Document Conservation Cen­ burgh, PA 15238. Deadline: May 18. held July 9-August 20th. The judging will be The Challenging City: Art in a New Environ­ 63130. Deadline: 15 June. and what techniques, methods, and chrono­ ter (NEDCC) will conduct a one-day seminar done by slides and selection of the awards will ment, Ellen]. Beer and Lieselotte E. Stamm­ logical criteria might be pursued in order to on May 13 to take place at the Connecticut be by the jurors after the work is delivered for Saurma-Jeltsch, chairs. (Kunsthistorisches Media and Society achieve a scholarly responsible, coherent syn­ Historical Society in Hartford. The seminar New York-NY 88, LA.C., Annual the exhibit. No restrictions as to medium, size Seminar der Universitat, Hodlerstrasse #12, The 1989 national conference of the Society thesis of current knowledge in the field. Par­ will provide information about basic pro­ International Art Competition or subject, both indoor and outdoor. Over 3000 Bern, Switzerland.) Section II: Archi­ for Photographic Education will take place ticipants include Barbara Abou-EI-Haj, cedures for organization and appraising An open Multi-Media competitionjuried by: $3000 cash awards. Catalogue to be pub­ tecture in the Medieval City, Cord Meckseper March 16-19, 1989 at the Riverside Conven­ S. U. N. Y., Binghamton; Jonathan Alex­ records, and for preventive preservation of Dr. Sabine Rewald, Metropolitan Museum, lished. For infonnation: TSA, Kaleta Doolin, and Jurgen Paul, chairs. (Institute fur Bau tion Center in Rochester, N.Y. to coincide ander, N.Y.U.; Michael Camile, Univ. of documentary collections. Enrollment is NY; Janet Satz, Whitney Museum, CT; Cusie 7105 Hillgreen, Dallas, TX 75214, 214-827- und Kunstgeschichte der Universitat, with the semi-annual conference of the Na­ Chicago; Madeline Caviness, Tufts Univ.; limited. Further infonnation: Gay Tracy, Pfeifer, Marcusie Pfeifer Gallery, NYC; Carl 2354. Deadline: June 1. Schlosswenderstrasse # 1, 3000 Hannover 1, tional Alliance of Media Arts Centers and to Dieter Kimpel, Univ. of Oldenburg. Infonna­ NEDCC, 24 School St., Andover, MA 01810. Little, Art in A merica, art critic. Winners will Continued on p. 14, col. 1 W. Germany.) Section III: City and Court in commemorate the sesquicentennial of the in- tion: 312-491-3230. Spring 1988 13 12 CAA newsletter lannouncements lannouncements New Publication Grant An Inventory of Iconclass Users Design Competition accommodation, transportation, entrance Annual Seminars on American Culture The Architectural History Foundation an­ Visual Resources: an internationaljournal oj In conjunction with its ongoing endowment charges, lectures, and breakfast, dinner and The New York State Historical Association nounces a research grant in honor of Vincent Documentation is compiling a list ofIconc1ass drive, the American Numismatic Society has most lunches. Registration/ information: Ox­ announces the 1988 course offerings to be Scully, Jr., to stimulate book publication on users for the purpose of disseminating infor­ announced an open competition for a new ford Study Tours, PO Box 209, Oxford OX2 held July 3-9 in Cooperstown. The program an American architect or a group worthy of mation about Iconclass. The list is scheduled medal to be presented to individuals who con­ 6YD, U.K. Telephone: 01144 865 514036. features special courses of interest to museum intense investigation. The yearly $5,000 grant for publication in the summer issue, vol. V, tribute at least $5,000 towards its goal offour Deadline: June 10. professionals and amateur historians, rang­ will be announced in April 1988. Further in­ no. 3, 1988. (Vol. IV, no. 3, Fall 1987, con­ million dollars. ing from landscaping for historic homes and formation: AHF, 350 Madison Ave., New tains an article about the history of Iconclass. The competition is open to all artists and Fulbright Awards textile history to genealogical research and Yock, NY 10017. The first updating of the published system is entries may be submitted as drawings or For 1988 89 there are 300 grants in research techniques for historic interpretation. Profes­ planned to appear in vol. V.) Users of lcon­ models. For complete details: Mr. Leslie sionals and experts will provide lectures, class are asked to send their name, address and 700 grants in university lecturing for Fellowships for Women Elam, Director, American Numismatic Soci­ tours, and sharing sessions in the facilities of periods ranging from three months to a full The Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute of and brief description of their project to: ety, Broadway and 155th St., New York, NY the NYSHA and The Fanners' Museums. For academic year, with openings in more than Radcliffe College provides fellowships and Helene Roberts, Editor, Visual Resources, 10032.212-234-3130. Deadline: June 1. a descriptive catalogue and registration form: 100 countries and, in many regions, the op­ opportunities for affiliation to women schol­ Fine Arts Library, Fogg Art Museum, Har­ Seminars on American Culture, NYSHA, PO portunity for multi-country research is ars and artists at the postdoctoral level or vard University, Cambridge, MA 02138. 1989-1990 NEH Fellowships Box 800, Cooperstown NY 13326. 607- available. Basic eligibility requirements are equivalent professional stage to complete a Applications may be made to the following 547-2533. U.S. citizenship; the Ph.D. or comparable substantial project in the field. Office or NEH Conferences programs: FellowshlPS for University Teach­ The National Endowment for the Humanities professional qualifications; university or col­ Art in Oxford studio space, stipend, access to Radcliffe! ers -- open to faculty members of departments supports conferences designed to advance the lege teaching experience; and, for selected St. Hilda's College, Oxford is the location for Harvard facilities are provid~d. Contact: Fel­ and programs in universities that grant the state of research in a field or topic of major countries, proficiency in the language. Appli­ a residential art course featuring drawing and lowship Program, Bunting Inst. of Radcliffe Ph.D. and faculty members of post-graduate importance in the humanities. Persons inter­ Minerva Navarrete cation deadlines range from June 15, 1988 painting running through the month of College, 34 Concord Ave., Cambridge, MA professional schools; Fellowships for College (for Australasia, India, and Latin America) August. Daily three-hour classes will take 02138,617-495-8212. Deadline: October 1. ested in proposing a conference should write It is with regret we say good bye to Associate Teachers and Independent Scholars- open to February I, 1989. For more information place in the college, each consisting of fifteen to: CraIe D. Hopkins, Senior Program Offi­ Director Minerva Navarrete who after six­ to faculty and staff members of two- and four­ and applications: Council for International students. There will be scope for experimen­ cer, Regrants!Conferences, NEH, Room teen years of dedicated service has left CAA to year colleges, that do not grant the Ph.D., in­ Exchange of Scholars, 11 Dupont Circle, tal or specialized work both in and out of 318R, llOO Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Wash­ pursue a new career. Minerva was first hired dividuals affiliated with institutions other NW, Washington, DC 20036-1257. 202- tutorial. Field trips and lecture tours are of­ ington, DC 20506 or caU202-786-0204. .. in 1972 as Book Service Secretary by then than colleges and universities, and scholars 939- 5403. fered around art galleries, museums and sites Business Manager Gene Lessard. Within a and writers working independently. Appli­ of historical or architectural interest. Art in year, Minerva was named Business Manager cants need not have advanced degrees, but Oxford is run exclusively by resident Oxford and remained in that position until 1986 neither candidates for degrees nor persons 1989-90 Advanced Research Fellowships tutors. Further information: Andrew lpeople and programs when she was appointed Associate Director. seeking support for work toward a degree are in India McDonnell, 14B Kingston Road, Oxford Minerva was a key figure in the effective ad­ eligible to apply. Tenures are for six to twelve The Indo-U.S. Subcommission on Education ministration of this organization and deserves OX2 6RQ, G.B. Telephone: 0865 56788. Northeast !Mid-A tlantic: Robert M. Mur­ months, and stipends are up to .$27,500. For and Culture is offering twelve long-term (6- our thanks for her years of selfless dedication. dock has joined the American Federation of further infonnation and application mate­ 10 months) and nineshort-term(2-3 months) An English Artist's Country Studio We wish her the best in her future pursuits. rials: Division of Fellowships and Seminars, awards for 1989"- 90 research in India. Ap­ A chance to learn from and share in the pro­ Arts' (AFA) staff as director of exhibitions. Room 316, NEH, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave., plicants must be U.S. citizens at the postdoc­ fessionallife of Owen Wood, an established Previously his positions included program NW, Washington, DC 20506. Application toral or equivalent professional level. The fel­ English Artist. Live in a studio complex in director at the IBM Gallery of Science and deadline: I June. lowship program seeks to open new channels Suffolk where the practical arid theoretical Art, NY; chief curator of the Walker Art Cen­ of communication between academic and involvement are not confined to set hours, ter, Minneapolis; curator of contemporary Oxford Study Tours professional groups in the U.S. and India. where creation and sociability happily inter­ art at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts; and The fifth annual summer program at Lincoln Scholars and professionals with limited expe­ twine and where spontaneous interchange of director of the Grand Rapids Art Museum, College, Oxford and London, August 23. rience in India are encouraged to apply. Ap­ ideas and experience in a comfortable, civil­ MI. Edee Mezirow has been appointed the The program consists of daily visits to im­ plications and information: Council for ized and happy environment is the norm. AFA's director of development. Most recently portant sites, accompanied by art and archi, International Exchange of Scholars, Attn: Weekly cost from £299 (approx . .$524). For Mezirow was the director of development for tectural historians. A special theme in 1988 Indo- American Fellowship Program, 11 Du­ information: International Art Studies, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. will be the revival -of Classical and Gothic pont Circle, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC Kingsbury Farmhouse, Upper Road, Little Marie-Therese Brincard has been named Styles in the 18th and 19th Centures. The pro­ 20036- 1257. Tel: Lydia Z. Gomes, 202-939 Conrad, Sudbury, Suffolk COlO ONZ, Great exhibition coordinator of the AFA. Formerly gram fee is £ 1,455 sterling which includes 5469. Application deadline: June 15, Britain. Continued on p. 15, col. 1 she was the director of the art program at the African American Institute in NY. Ricki Lederman has joined the AFA as the new ad­ Art Journal book review editor ministrative coordinator for the Museum Management Institute. Lederman served as Sydelle Zemering With Minerva Navarrete's departure, we are Patricia Mainardi, associate professor at Mainardi has written extensively on 19th program director for the Learning Annex in Photo: Carol Grape pleased to announce the appointment of Jef­ Brooklyn College and the Graduate School of and 20th century European and American NY, a national continuing education organ­ Congratulations Sydellel On April 1, 1988, frey Larris as CAA Assistant Director. Jeffrey the City University of New York, has been art, having recently published the highly ization. CAA Placement Secretary Sydelle Zemering comes to us from the Brooklyn Academy of named the new Reviews Editor of Artjournal, acclaimed Art and Politics of the Second celebrated her twentieth anniversary as an Music where he was Business Manager and replacing CAA Executive Director Susan Empire. The Universal Expositions of 1855 Midwest: William Hunt (MFA, The Ohio employee of the College Art Association. prior to that, the New York City Depa:tment Ball. Mainardi became Reviews Editor-desig­ and 1867 (Yale 1987), in addition to numer­ State University) Editor of Ceramics Monthly Sydelle, a familiar figure to legions of annual of Cultural Affairs where he was the Duector nate January 1, 1988, and as of that date has ous articles and reviews in A rt in A merica, Art magazine has been named the new president meeting placement service users, started with of Institutional services. been commissioning reviews which will start journal, Art News, Arts Magazine, Gazette of Ohio Designer Craftsmen, replacing Curt the then two- person CAA office in 1968 as a appearing in the Fall 1988 issue. des Beaux Arts, Octo ber, Journal ofthe Soci­ Benzle_ clerical worker. She soon took on additional Mainardi received her Ph.D. in art history ety of Architectural Histonflns, etc. She is a duties, and in 1972 assumed responsibility for In addition, Carol Grape, a sculptor, has from CUNY; she also holds a BA in English former editor of the Feminist Art journal, West: T. Rose Holdcraft, recently resigned the Placement Service. She started attending joined CAA staff as Administrative Assistant! and anthropology from Vassar College, an and currently associate editor of Arts her position as textile conservation technician annual meetings in 1973, and has been taking Special Projects Coordinator. Carol has spent MFA in studio art from Brooklyn College, Magazine. after more than three years at the textile con­ care of the placement activities at the meeting the last two years as the Assistant to the Presi­ and an MA in art history from Hunter Col­ Nor is Mainardi any stranger to the CAA; servation center in the Museum of American ever since. She continues to be a dedicated dent of the Women's Caucus for Art. Carol lege. She has been teaching at Brooklyn she has been very active in the association, Textile History, North Andover, MA, to and faithful employee, committed to provid­ holds a BFA in sculpture from the Portland College since 1985. Prior to that Mainardi participating as either session chair or speaker become the assistant textile conservator at the ing a humane and efficient service to our School of Art, Portland, Maine and a MFA in taught at Goddard College where she was in six of the last ten CAA annual meetings. University of Denver's Rocky Mountain varied constituencies. sculpture from Kent State University. .. director of the MFA Visual Arts Program, We welcome this additional service from such Regional Conservation Center. Patricia Mainardi and at Harvard. an active and dedicated memberl .. 15 Spring 1988 14 CAA newsletter • 11 classifieds

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