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NEWSLETTER OF THE COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION Volume 27, Number 6 NOVEMBER 2002 Roger Shimomura

SHIMOMURA IS 2003 COMMITTEE ON WOMEN IN THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT ARTS NAMES AWARD RECIPIENTS ANNUAL CONFERENCE

AA’s Committee on Women in the Arts (CWA) oger Shimomura, an artist whose will honor two outstanding women—visual paintings, prints, and theater artists Mora and June pieces address sociopolitical CWayne—at its 8th Annual Recognition Awards Rissues of Asian America and the winner Ceremony at the American Folk Art Museum during of CAA’s 2002 Artist Award for the 2003 CAA Annual Conference in New York, which Distinguished Body of Work, will give will take place on Friday, February 21, 2003, from 7:00 the Convocation address at CAA’s 91st to 8:30 A.M. Please join us in celebrating their amazing Annual Conference. His speech is enti- and continuing careers! tled “The 63 Stages of the Yellow Brick Elizabeth Catlett Mora, sculptor, printmaker, Road.” feminist, and social and political activist, has dedicated Free and open to the public, her life to creating artwork that reflects her beliefs and Convocation will be held on Wednes-

PHOTO CREDIT: D.G. LEMEH “DORI” experiences as an African American woman. Recipient day, February 19, 2003, from 5:30 to of eight honorary doctorates and numerous artistic 7:00 P.M., in the East Ballroom at the Elizabeth Catlett Mora awards, Catlett’s distinguished career spans fifty years, Hilton New York. Shimomura’s keynote during which she has worked in bronze, clay, wood, address will be preceded by remarks stone, serigraphy, and lithography. Galvanized into from CAA President Michael Aurbach action by the civil rights, labor, and women’s move- and the annual Awards for Distinction ments, she fashioned such memorable as presentation. Homage to My Young Black Sisters (1968), The Black Immediately following Convocation Woman Speaks (1970), and Target (1970). Additionally, is a reception at the Whitney Museum Catlett created equally memorable prints such as of American Art (for ticketholders only). Sharecropper (1968) and Black is Beautiful (1970) that underscore the tensions and racial divisions in America.

DICKINSON The richness of her visual repertoire still remains vital IN THIS ISSUE today. As an undergraduate at in From the Executive Director Washington, DC, Catlett studied under the artist Lois 2 Mailou Jones and the art historian and scholar James PHOTO CREDIT: ELEANOR Professional Practices Porter. She earned her M.F.A. at the 3 Committee Reexamines M.F.A. in Iowa City, where she studied with . Later, Catlett honed her craft in with the artists A Conversation With Edward Jose L. Ruiz and Francisco Zuniga and in New York with Ossip Zadkine. Significant solo 5 Sullivan exhibitions have been held at the and the Studio Museum in , both in New York, the in , the 2002 Conference Survey Museum of Art in Ohio, the Museum of Art in Louisiana, and the Neuberger 8 Results Museum of Art in Purchase, NY. Her work has been included in groundbreaking group exhibitions such as To Conserve a Legacy; In the Spirit of Resistance: African-American Solo Exhibitions By Artist 15 Members CONTINUED ON PAGE 23 People in the News INSIDE: ANNUAL CONFERENCE UPDATE. See Page 9 16 FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CAA RECOGNIZES “GOLDEN JUBILEE” BRIDGING THE GENERATIONS MEMBERS his issue of These activities are not just for grad- nly one of the following CAA CAA News uate students and young professionals. In members, Theodore E. Klitzke, recognizes addition, about seventy-five artists, art actually joined CAA fifty years Tthe forty members historians, curators, and critics served as Oago, in 1952. But all forty have been indi- who joined the mentors for the Career Development vidual members for at least that long, College Art Workshops and Artists’ Portfolio Review qualifying for this annual “Golden

PHOTO CREDIT: ANDREI RALKO Association fifty or sessions at the 2002 Annual Conference Jubilee” listing. We thank them for their Susan Ball, CAA more years ago, in Philadelphia (see page 10 to participate many contributions over five, six, and (in Executive Director including three who this year). This give-and-take between one case) seven decades. joined sixty or more individuals at different points in their The late sculptor George W. Rickey years ago. One of them, Lane Faison, careers is one way that CAA helps to would have been a fifty-three year mem- joined seventy-one years ago. Thank you bridge the generations. The Philadelphia ber; please see his obituary in the In all, and many happy returns! conference also saw the successful launch Memoriam section of People in the News My own CAA membership dates of Professional Development Roundtables on page 17. back only to 1972, when I was encour- for beginning and midcareer profession- aged to join as a graduate student at the als, each dealing with a specific issue. Fifty-year member: Theodore E. Klitzke; University of California, Riverside, by These roundtables will be repeated at next 51 Years: Mary K. Donaldson, John D. two professors: Dericksen Brinkerhoff (a year’s conference in New York. Hoag, J. Richard Judson, Frank T. member since 1947, the year I was born) CAA members at any stage of their Kacmarcik, Olga Raggio, Carl N. and the late Richard Carrott. “This is your careers can become participants in Annual Schmalz, Jr.; 52 Years: Jane Dillenberger, profession,” they said, “and this is your Conference sessions, contributors to The Alan M. Fern, Sadayoshi Omoto; professional organization.” When I Art Bulletin and Art Journal, and mem- 53 Years: Dario A. Covi, Sol Alfred entered the Ph.D. program at Yale bers of the nine Professional Interests, Davidson, Francis H. Dowley, Norman B. University, I found the faculty equally Practices, and Standards Committees, and Gulamerian, Robert H. Rosenblum; supportive of membership in CAA. can serve the Board of Directors. Visual 54 Years: Rudolf Arnheim, Christiane C. One of the challenges faced by the artists can also enter their work in the Collins, William S. Dale, Clarke H. office staff and Board of Directors is how annual Members’ Exhibition and, once Garnsey, Peter H. Selz; 55 Years: to keep CAA, the professional organiza- funding is secured, in future Contem- Dericksen M. Brinkerhoff, David R. tion for a wide-ranging field—in fact, porary Art Program exhibitions. Listings Coffin, Ellen P. Conant, Lorenz Eitner, several wide-ranging fields—responsive of solo exhibitions and books by mem- Beatrice Farwell, Ilene H. Forsyth, to members’ needs during each phase of bers are being expanded in CAA News J. Edward Kidder, Jr., Mary Meixner, Ruth their professional lives. Can CAA mem- and on our website, www.collegeart.org. Philbrick; 56 Years: Mario Valente; bership be as rewarding to midcareer and The Distinguished Scholar’s Session 57 Years: James S. Ackerman, Ethel R. established artists and scholars as it is to at the Annual Conference, underwritten Cutler, Rosalie B. Green, Phyllis Williams students and recent graduates? by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, and Lehmann; 58 Years: Howard S. Merritt, Professional development has long several of the Awards for Distinction are Marianne L. Teuber; 59 Years: George B. been a priority for CAA, which publishes examples of CAA honoring artists and Tatum; 60 Years: Charles D. Cuttler; CAA Careers, offers extensive career scholars who have made contributions 62 Years: Craig H. Smyth; 71 Years: S. L. services at the Annual Conference, and over several decades. In the coming Faison, Jr. administers the Professional Development years, we hope that our members of long Fellowship Program (please see page 6 standing—some of whom serve on the for this year’s information). At the start of Art Bulletin and Art Journal Editorial Volume 27, Number 6 this month, we took some of our career Boards and on the eleven awards commit- CAA News is published six times per year by the College Art Association, 275 Seventh Avenue, 18th Floor, New services on the road, cosponsoring with tees—will increase their participation. York, NY 10001; www.collegeart.org the Getty Research Institute a They are truly CAA’s institutional memo- Editor-in-Chief Susan Ball Professional Development Workshop and ry, the link between the “names” of the Managing Editor Christopher Howard Seminar at the J. Paul Getty Center in past and those who will shape the future Graphic Designer Tom Brydelsky Los Angeles. Another workshop of this of our fields. Material for inclusion should be sent via email to Christopher Howard at [email protected]. type is being planned for fall 2003. Look —Susan Ball, CAA Executive Director Photographs and slides may be submitted to the above street and email addresses for consideration. They cannot for more information about this important be returned. All advertising and submission guidelines can session in future issues of CAA News. be found at www.collegeart.org/caa/news/index.html Printed on recycled paper © 2002 College Art Association

2 CAA NEWS NOVEMBER 2002 of Illinois, University of Iowa, University associate and full professors felt that they PROFESSIONAL of North Carolina, University of Oregon, had been treated unfairly because of the University of Texas at Austin, University M.F.A. degree. PRACTICES of Washington, University of Wisconsin, John Sullivan of Arkansas Tech COMMITTEE Florida State University, Texas Tech, and University in Russellville reported at the Northern Illinois University. She conclud- 2002 conference in Philadelphia that 1,794 REEXAMINES M.F.A. ed that the Ph.D. and M.F.A. are not M.F.A. degrees were earned in 1995. In equivalent degrees in terms of the number 1999 the number of degrees had increased STANDARDS of hours and the length of years necessary to 2,097, showing that the M.F.A. gradua- to complete each degree. There are also tion rate is increasing at a steady rate of AA’s Professional Practices noticeable differences in the requirements about seventy diplomas per year. Despite Committee (PPC) has conducted an this trend, Sullivan predicted that the examination of the Master of Fine growth of faculty positions in the visual CArts (M.F.A.) degree for the past two years arts is not expected to rise based on his and sponsored two panel discussions treat- In addition to the analysis of recent studies of postsecondary ing this issue, both entitled “Has the skillful manipulation faculty. He concluded that the current sur- M.F.A. Outlived Its Usefulness as a plus of candidates for the available posi- Terminal Degree?”, at the 2001 and 2002 of materials, today’s tions will worsen. Annual Conferences in Chicago and Richard Tichich of Georgia Southern Philadelphia, respectively. While the idea artists need to be University in Statesboro examined the of examining the degree is volatile for able to articulate advertisements for administrative positions some, the committee sought facts concern- at the dean’s level and higher in the ing the degree and its history, specifically the intellectual, Chronicle of Higher Education from the dates and circumstances of its estab- theoretical, historical, February 19 to July 2, 1999, and from lishment as a terminal degree for profes- August 22, 1999, to February 15, 2000. sors of studio art and its equivalency to the and philosophical According to his findings, individuals Ph.D. in art history and art education. holding the M.F.A. were not eligible to The M.F.A., rather than the Ph.D. or foundations of apply for 59 percent of the advertised posi- other doctorate, was recommended as the their work. tions. These ads clearly stated that an appropriate terminal degree for teachers of “earned doctorate” was required, rather studio art by the Midwest College Art than a “Ph.D. or equivalent.” Tichich’s Conference in October 1959. While there study was also presented at the 2002 con- may appear to be various reasons why that for oral examinations, languages, disserta- ference. group arrived at this decision, they are all tions, and exhibitions. Another member of the PPC panel now a matter of conjecture. In spite of the Also in 2001, a survey was conducted investigating the M.F.A. issue at the 2002 fact that some universities such as Ohio by the PPC on the perception of those conference session, Brad Buckley of the State had already instituted doctorates in holding the M.F.A. and teaching studio art Sydney College of the Arts, the University the visual arts, the Midwest College Art in higher education. It was completed of Sydney, Australia, reported that in 1996 Conference resolution was approved by onsite during the Chicago conference and a Ph.D. in visual arts was developed in his CAA’s Board of Directors and announced was available on CAA’s website until one country. This innovation was based on the at its annual business meeting in 1960. month before the 2002 Philadelphia con- premise that the terminal degree in the CAA later issued its detailed M.F.A. ference. There were 253 respondents. Of visual arts should reflect the fact that it Standards in 1977. (The complete set of these, 56 percent felt that their starting does more than develop a higher skill of guidelines is available at www.collegeart. salaries were lower than those of their col- manual activity. Rather, the arts play a sig- org/caa/ethics/mfa_standards.html.) leagues holding a doctorate; 57 percent nificant role in the creation of new knowl- At CAA’s 2001 Annual Conference in also felt that their current salaries are edge. The development of a performance- Chicago, Dorothy Joiner, Corn Professor lower than that of comparable colleagues based doctorate in the visual arts in of Art at LaGrange College in LaGrange, holding a doctorate; 63 percent felt that Australia parallels that of other countries, GA, compared the M.F.A. to both the they did not advance in rank as fast as including the United Kingdom and Brazil. Ph.D. in art history and the doctorate in art their colleagues holding a doctorate; 10 Furthermore, the establishment of doctor- education. She selected and examined fif- percent of the assistant professors claimed ates in the visual arts by art schools in teen institutions in various geographical that they had been denied tenure or renew- Australia is due in part to the national areas of the U.S., both public and private, al because of their degree; 3 percent of amalgamation of all colleges into universi- that offer both the M.F.A. in studio art and those at the associate- and full-professor ties in 1990. the doctorate in art history and/or art edu- rank also claimed that they were denied Bruce Bobick of the State University cation. These included Yale University, tenure or renewal because of their degree; of West Georgia in Carrollton, who Penn State University, Ohio State 37 percent of the assistant professors felt chaired both the Chicago and Philadelphia University, University of California, Los that they had been unfairly treated because panels, traced the degree back to the tradi- Angeles, University of Georgia, University of their degree; and almost 27 percent of tion of the northern European medieval

CAA NEWS NOVEMBER 2002 3 guilds in which the artist was primarily a include, but is not be limited to, CAA, the Georgia, member of CAA’s Professional craftsman. In Renaissance Italy, however, National Association of Schools of Art and Practices Committee, 1999–2002 artists elevated painting to the level of a Design (NASAD), the National Council of liberal art and were known as doctus, or Art Administrators, the National Art CAA welcomes your comments and feed- learned. In addition to the skillful manipu- Education Association, and the various back on this issue; please send your lation of materials, today’s artists need to regional arts organizations. These issues remarks to [email protected]. At be able to articulate the intellectual, theo- and questions, some of which have previ- this point, CAA is working on ideas for a retical, historical, and philosophical foun- ously been mentioned, are: nationwide survey of the M.F.A. degree, dations of their work. Bobick suggested • The impact of performance-based including a collaboration with other disci- that since today’s professors are teaching doctorates in the visual arts being pro- plinary organizations that also have the students to express their own ideas, their duced in other English-speaking coun- M.F.A. as a terminal degree (for example, preparation should be different from one tries on the already tight academic job theatre, dance, and film). More informa- modeled after the northern European market in the U.S. tion on such a survey will be made avail- medieval guilds. • The perceived goals of those faculty able in forthcoming issues of CAA News. After chairing two panels examining members teaching in M.F.A. programs —Marta Teegen, CAA Director of the M.F.A. from various perspectives, as compared to the perceived goals of Governance Bobick offers the following four conclu- those students enrolled in the pro- sions: grams. Do faculty members think that 1. Since the facts concerning the history they are training and developing of the M.F.A. and the circumstances artists, while the students see the of its institution as a terminal degree M.F.A. as a university teaching EDUCATION are not at all clear, it appears that as a credential? COMMITTEE discipline we are woefully ignorant • If there is a difference in the two about our terminal degree in studio perceptions, how does the curricular FOCUSES ON art. Our colleagues in other university structure of the program help or disciplines know even less than we hinder the attainment of the goals? STUDIO-ART do. And yet at many institutions the • The impact on higher education M.F.A. must be justified to adminis- because of a lack of visual artists TEACHING trators and colleagues serving on pro- among university administrators. motion and tenure committees. (It • The impact of a terminal degree enti- arlier this year in Philadelphia, should be noted that CAA has always tled “Master’s” on those artists mem- CAA Executive Director Susan Ball served to educate those administrators bers of CAA securing positions at advised the Education Committee and other academics who have institutions not accredited by NASAD. Eabout the importance of a succinct mission inquired about the M.F.A. as a termi- • The financial impact on university statement, so we reworked our own to nal degree.) budgets for those institutions that may describe our overarching work: 2. Even though more than forty years consider instituting a doctorate in the have passed since the M.F.A. was visual arts. “The Education Committee of the instituted as the terminal degree for • Since the M.F.A. has been the main College Art Association seeks to studio artists, there is a general reti- avenue in preparing artists in the U.S. encourage excellence in teaching about cence to examine how this decision is since 1959, how many nationally the visual arts, whether approached affecting those teaching studio art in acclaimed American artists hold the as creative endeavor, as subject of higher education. degree? How many do not? cultural/historical inquiry, or as 3. Issues of equal pay and status may • The issue of faculty morale caused by critical/appreciative nexus. It concerns need to be examined. The CAA the perception that M.F.A. holders are itself primarily with post-secondary survey has shown that significant paid lower starting salaries and pedagogy, in art history, visual culture, numbers of those holding the advance more slowly through the aca- studio, aesthetics and art criticism, and M.F.A. perceive themselves to have demic ranks. These conditions affect with the interfaces between arts teaching lower salaries than those holding a their total earnings over a lifetime, as and learning, research, and practice.” doctorate. well as retirement benefits. 4. If the status quo remains and other • What is the impact on the M.F.A. as a For the past five years the committee English-speaking countries continue terminal degree when some professors has focused on teaching art in universities. to offer doctorates in the visual arts, of studio art, seeking to advance up With standing-room-only audiences on the job market for studio artists with the administrative ladder, begin to two occasions at our Annual Conference M.F.A.s will worsen at an accelerated obtain doctorates in order to do so? sessions, we have provided a forum for rate. • Should the M.F.A. return to its origi- CAA members to discuss models of teach- There are further issues that should be nal role—that of training artists—and ing and examine successful strategies for examined by any and all groups represent- the university teaching credential for art learning. For our upcoming session at ing or concerned with art professors at the visual art become a doctorate? the upcoming conference in New York, university level. These groups would —Bruce Bobick, State University of West entitled, “What Makes You Think That

4 CAA NEWS NOVEMBER 2002 Whatever You Do…Works? Theories/ have been asked to implement such pro- Strategies for Art/Art History Pedagogy,” grams in their departments. What role can the committee will focus on a topic CAA play in shaping the debate?” derived from what we learned in the previ- “Assessment is not going away, and ous session. “What Makes You Think” will we should help our constituents deal with take place from 12:30 to 2:00 P.M. on it. Accrediting agencies are putting ever Thursday, February 20, 2003. Please see greater emphasis on it. I would like to the final Program for the location. point out that studio-art programs are in the The committee needs your help. One best possible position to deal with assess- of the reasons our session in Chicago in ment since they have been requiring port- 2001 was so successful was because we folios for years, and other disciplines are asked the audience to play a major role. looking to art for guidance.” And another The committee members have been dis- opinion: “The issue of assessment is useful cussing your ideas ever since, and the fol- in that it forces us to document that our lowing remarks have been taken directly approaches to teaching, in studio and art from our email conversations. That year, history, actually work. But assessment we learned that “two underlying deficien- itself strikes me as a broad concept. This is cies in students’ preparation for college art something we could address historically, courses seem to be endemic: many stu- theoretically, as well as experientially.” Edward Sullivan looks out from a balcony at Havana’s Hotel dents lack a sense of what artists do that As you can see, the Education Inglaterra, the oldest hotel in Cuba justifies the term, and/or a sense of art’s Committee is an active and engaged com- relevance to anything outside itself.” Or, mittee with lots of issues that need lots of as another committee member put it, work. Please put the Education A CONVERSATION “What do artists really do is something our Committee’s upcoming session in New newer students really lack in understand- York on your calendar and plan to attend WITH EDWARD ing, in terms of their own focus. How are and participate in the discussion. In the the realities of being an artist different meantime, please visit the Committees SULLIVAN from what they get from the media. What section of www.collegeart.org. we are really doing is conducting an ongo- —Kathleen Desmond, Chair, CAA AA News recently spoke with ing dialogue on exactly what we do as aca- Education Committee, and Professor of Edward Sullivan, a member of demic art educators.” Art, Central Missouri State University CAA’s Board of Directors, about And while these ideas bring us to our Caspects of his professional life, including upcoming New York session, to which we his new responsibilities at New York heartily invite you to participate, we University (NYU) in the current academic inevitably came to the issue of assessment, year. even though some committee members were hesitant to do so. One person wrote, CAA NEWS: How long have you been at “I’m not sure I agree that the session NYU and how has your work changed? should shy away from a discussion of What does it mean for an art historian, assessment (“I worry a bit about getting and for you personally, to be acting dean too hung up on the assessment question, it for the humanities? can be a great turnoff for a lot of people. In my opinion, we want to stay away from EDWARD SULLIVAN: I have been at the testing and measurement aspects and NYU for over twenty years, and my duties stay with the more general philosophic HAVE YOU VISITED and responsibilities have changed organi- approach to the subject”)—indeed, cally, I think. I was hired as an assistant outcomes-based assessment is going to OUR WEBSITE professor in the Department of Fine Arts, have a profound effect on higher education NYU’s undergraduate department, and in in the very near future (if it hasn’t LATELY? the late 1980s I began teaching at the already), and especially so for liberal-arts school’s graduate program, the Institute of disciplines and CAA’s members.” In fact, www.collegeart.org Fine Arts. In both venues I have helped to both the National Endowment for the Arts develop significant programs in Latin and National Endowment for the American art. The Institute of Fine Arts Humanities announced last year that they program encompasses both the colonial will start using outcomes-based assess- and modern areas. I am now professor and ment for their grant recipients. “Inquiries chair of the fine-arts department and, for about whether or not CAA has guidelines the academic year 2002–3, acting dean for on how to develop studio-art assessment the humanities in the Faculty of Arts and programs are being received as faculty Sciences.

CAA NEWS NOVEMBER 2002 5 I think that it’s very appropriate for an Body and Soul. Despite my title I was one art historian to take up this role. Art histo- of a number of Brazilian, American, and CAA OFFERS ry has so dramatically expanded its field of European curators responsible for this very vision as a discipline in the last generation. large exhibition. This year I have been FELLOWSHIPS Art historians no longer deal solely with serving as curatorial advisor for a retro- concrete visual images, but their multiplic- spective of the Mexican artist Gunther FOR M.F.A. ity of meanings and ramifications. To be Gerzso, which opens in spring 2003 at the an art historian must mean being aware of Santa Barbara Museum of Art in AND PH.D. multidisciplinary approaches, new avenues California, before beginning a national CANDIDATES of research in literature, history, philoso- tour. These and other projects reflect the phy, and so on. My discussions with the growing interest in Latin American art. many humanities chairs have been There are more and more museums with AA is pleased to offer fellow- enriched by my deep personal commitment specialized Latin American departments ships funded by the Milton and to a wide variety of humanistic areas. My and universities, like the Institute of Fine Sally Avery Arts Foundation, tenure as humanities dean will inevitably Arts, that have established Latin American CGeraldine R. Dodge Foundation, enrich my own understanding of so many programs on the graduate level. National Endowment for the Arts, areas of research. National Endowment for the CN: What has CAA meant to you? What Humanities, and Terra Foundation for CN: You visited Cuba this past spring and have been your main concerns as a mem- American Art. summer as part of the new NYU in Havana ber of the Board of Directors and the Art The Professional Development program. What prior exposure did you have Bulletin Editorial Board? Fellowships are available to students to Cuba and to Cuban art and artists? from socially and economically diverse ES: Naturally, CAA has been of great backgrounds who: 1) will complete ES: I have been traveling very regularly to importance to me, and to all art-historian their M.F.A. or Ph.D. degree in the Havana for over ten years. I have found it members, as the principal organization for 2004 calendar year; 2) have outstanding to be one of the richest cultural centers of the dissemination of knowledge on practi- capabilities and experience and demon- the hemisphere. Its art world is thriving, cal levels and on more intellectual and the- strate distinction in approach, technique, exciting, and experimental. Its dedication oretical levels. Among my main concerns or perspective in their contribution to to the historical approach to art, evidenced as a Board member and Editorial Board the discipline of visual art; 3) demon- by its extraordinary museums, is also member have been to broaden the field strate financial need; 4) have been extremely interesting to me. and integrate many of the nontraditional, underrepresented in their field due to This past summer I was one of three non-European based art forms into a cohe- race, religion, gender, age, national ori- NYU faculty members to go to Havana, sive whole overseen by our umbrella gin, sexual orientation, disability, or where I taught in conjunction with many organization. There is still a lot of work to Cuban colleagues from the academic and be done in this area, but progress has cer- financial status; and 5) are citizens or museum fields. I coordinated the course tainly been made. permanent residents of the through the Fundacion Ludwig de Cuba, a This year, CAA is offering four private organization founded by the competitively awarded two-year fellow- German collector Peter Ludwig in the ships to support both degree completion early 1990s. I am also vice president of the and the transition between graduate American Friends of the Ludwig study and professional careers. Foundation. In the mornings, I taught an Guidelines and applications can be intensive seminar for Cuban museum pro- found in the October issue of CAA fessionals and art historians about art his- NYFA SOURCE Careers and at www.collegeart.org tory, art theory, and museum practice from Your access to the lar gest data - (click on “2003–2004 Fellowship an American vantage point. In the after- base of information on gr ants Available”). Request one by writing to noons, I helped teach a “Visual Culture in and awar ds for ar tists — on the [email protected] or sending Havana” course for the NYU students, net or anywher e (formerly the an S.A.S.E. to CAA, Professional who had museum curators and directors, V isual Ar tist Information Hotline) Development Fellowship Program, 275 art critics, and some of the most prominent Seventh Ave., 18th Floor, New York, artists lecturing to them. NY 10001. Please indicate your degree w w w .nyfa.or g/ar tists and the fellowship(s) in which you are New York F oundation for the Arts CN: What museums and exhibitions have interested. Applications will be you been involved with in the last year or reviewed by a panel composed of art two? historians, curators, and other visual- arts professionals. Award notification ES: Most recently I was chief curator and will be mailed by June 2003. Deadline: editor of the catalogue for the Solomon R. January 31, 2003. Guggenheim Museum’s exhibition Brazil:

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FOLLOW-A-FELLOW: SMALL-TOWN COMMUNITY

Susan Aberth is a 2000 National Endowment for the Humanities CAA Fellowship recipient. She is currently visiting assistant professor of Latin American art at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY.

eaching at Bard has been one of the most exciting and challenging experiences of my life, providing Tme with unparalleled opportunities for intellectual, professional, and personal growth. Having lived in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York, I have always considered myself, first and foremost, an urban person. In order to distance myself from the big city and become immersed completely in the college community, I CAA fellowship recipient Susan Aberth (center, with cup), Jennifer Jimenez, director of multicultural affairs, (left of Aberth), Idahlia Stokas, director of the Higher Education Opportunity Program (right of Aberth), and members of Bard College’s Latin moved to Tivoli, NY, a very small town on American Student Organization appear in front of their Day of the Dead Altar in the Bard Student Center the Hudson River where numerous Bard faculty and students reside. To my great surprise I discovered that I enjoyed not own syllabi with related topics covered in uncertainty. The Latin American Student only the natural beauty of the area, but other courses. Sharing guest speakers, film Organization at Bard asked me to oversee also the sense of community that a small screenings, and field trips with other the construction of an ofrenda (altar) in the town—where everyone recognizes you— departments enabled me to present art- Student Center dedicated to those who lost can bestow. historical material within a wider and rich- their lives in the World Trade Center. Beginning in the fall of 2001 I inau- er context. One of my contributions was to Executed in the style of altars that honor gurated a two-semester art-history survey invite another CAA fellowship recipient, the deceased during the Mexican obser- course entitled “Perspectives in World Miguel Luciano, to speak about his art- vance of the Day of the Dead, this ofrenda Art,” which incorporated art and architec- work and, in particular, an installation mixed traditional elements such as mixed- ture outside of the Western tradition. The piece entitled La Mano Poderosa media calaveras (skulls) and offerings of many demands such a class entails, in Racetrack. food and flowers alongside photographs of approach and scope, are of great interest to In the spring of 2002 I taught a semi- memorials that the students had taken on me and coincide with my position as a nar, “The Museum and Latin American the streets of their respective New York reader for the Advanced Placement exams Art,” that examined the many historical, neighborhoods. On November 1, 2001, the in art history given to high school students political, and theoretical issues involved in Day of the Dead, we unveiled the altar and by the Educational Testing Service. exhibiting art from Latin America. For provided traditional Mexican refreshments During the academic year I also their final project, the students organized (such as panes de muerto) and an opportu- taught two lecture courses, “Revolution, an online exhibition called Human/Nature: nity for discussion and mourning. Social Change, and Art in Latin America” A Sampling of Eco-Political Latin In the midst of all this I still found and “Religious Imagery in Latin America.” American Art. Together we created a web- time to work on my dissertation (which I One of the truly inspiring aspects of work- site, using text and images to lead the plan on defending this fall) and have found ing at Bard is the high level of interaction viewer through a sampling of artwork con- a publisher, Lund Humphries of London, with faculty from other disciplines. cerning ecological issues. Needless to say, to publish my book, The Magical Arts of Through conversations with professors learning the nuts and bolts of web design . My position at Bard from interdivisional programs such as was enormously instructive for me, and I has been extended for another year, and I Latin American and Iberian Studies, plan to use this invaluable technology for look forward to developing my relation- African and African Diaspora Studies, other pedagogical projects. ships with the generous faculty, staff, and Multiethnic Studies, and Gender Studies, Because Bard is situated so close to students who comprise this uniquely stim- as well as from instructors in the , the events of September ulating and supportive community. Anthropology, Studio Art, Historical 11 had a tremendous impact on the student —Susan Aberth Studies, and Political Studies Departments, body, who struggled to maintain their I was often able to dovetail topics in my equilibrium in an atmosphere of fear and

CAA NEWS NOVEMBER 2002 7 grams, will be held on May 17, 2003, in Eighty-three percent of the respon- ACUMG Portland, OR. The conference chair is dents were current CAA members. Six ACUMG Vice President Stefan Sommer. percent were former members and 11 per- ANNOUNCES “We find that the annual conference, cent had never been CAA members. Fifty- NEW OFFICERS in particular, plays a vital role in our abili- four percent of the respondents had attend- ty to communicate with each other in an ed the 2002 Annual Conference in informal way,” notes Hanover. “So we Philadelphia. he Association of College and build in roundtable discussions and ‘down Among the survey results were the University Museums and Galleries time’ for interaction.” following: (ACUMG), an affiliated society of ACUMG membership categories are • Fifty-four percent of those who TCAA, has named new officers to three- individual, institutional, corporate, and stu- attended the 2002 Annual Conference year terms: Lisa Tremper Hanover, dent. Members receive a quarterly registered by the Early Bird deadline, director of the Berman Museum of Art at newsletter, News & Issues, and a recently another 18 percent registered by the Ursinus College in Collegeville, PA, is the published bibliography of books, articles, Advance deadline, and another 14 new president; Stefan Sommer, director and other materials dealing with issues percent registered onsite. The remain- of the Natural Heritage Center at Idaho specific to college and university museums ing 14 percent (presumably CAA State University in Pocatello, is vice presi- and galleries. members taking advantage of dent; Joseph S. Mella, art curator at the ACUMG will hold a session at the Placement and other career services) Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery in 2003 CAA Annual Conference in New did not register. Nashville, TN, is treasurer; and David York, entitled “Protecting the Integrity and • Forty-six percent of those who attend- Butler, director of the Ulrich Museum of Permanence of University Art Museums.” ed the 2002 Annual Conference spent Art at Wichita State University in Kansas, Bonnie G. Kelm of the University Art four days or more in Phildelphia. is the new secretary. Museum at the University of California, Another 33 percent spent three days. Organized in 1980, ACUMG is a net- Santa Barbara, is the chair. • Sixteen percent of those who attended work of museums and galleries affiliated For more information about ACUMG, the 2002 Annual Conference rated it with academic institutions throughout please write to [email protected]. “Excellent” as a whole, 50 percent North America. Its institutional members rated it “Very Good,” and 26 percent include museums and galleries of all disci- rated it “Satisfactory.” Fourteen per- plines, including art, history, natural histo- cent of those who attended sessions ry, and science. More than 80 percent of rated them “Excellent,” 48 percent these are art-related. 2002 CONFERENCE rated them “Very Good,” and 33 per- Also on the ACUMG board of direc- cent rated them “Satisfactory.” tors are six regional representatives (New SURVEY RESULTS • Art’s Place was rated “Excellent” by England, Southeast, Mountain-Plains, ANNOUNCED 26 percent, “Very Good” by 39 per- Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, and Western) and cent, and “Satisfactory” by 24 percent. three members at large. “We are points of The Trade and Book Fair was rated contact to assist our colleagues in finding his past spring CAA went “live” “Excellent” by 31 percent, “Very resources or tapping into information with an online survey asking ques- Good” by 48 percent, and already compiled by ACUMG to guide tions about the Annual Conference “Satisfactory” by 19 percent. Career their planning, troubleshooting, and the Tand CAA membership. The total number Services were rated “Excellent” by 20 like,” says Hanover. of respondents was 287. While this num- percent, “Very Good” by 34 percent, Among the issues that ACUMG ber is a relatively small sample, the find- and “Satisfactory” by 31 percent. addresses are governance, ethics, educa- ings are an important contribution to • Only 5 percent of the respondents said tion and exhibits, management, strategic CAA’s planning process. that their employer or school paid for planning, support, collections, and profes- Seventy-one percent of the respon- all of their CAA membership. Another sional programs. ACUMG supports contin- dents were female. Forty percent were in 6 percent said that their employer or ued improvement of professional and ethi- the 22–34 age bracket, 36 percent were school paid for part of their CAA cal standards and practice through periodic 35–49, and 19 percent were 50–64. Thirty- membership. surveys, national and regional conferences, two percent had an M.F.A. degree, and the • Of seven choices, the cost of member- and program sessions at the annual meet- same percentage had a Ph.D. Twenty-five ship dues was cited by 42 percent of ings of CAA, the American Association of percent were full-time students. the former CAA members and 19 per- Museums (AAM), and other professional The leading responses to the question cent of those who had never been organizations. An affiliated society of “What is your primary professional identi- CAA members as the main reason CAA since 1993, ACUMG is also a mem- ty?” were: art historian (36 percent), artist they were not current members. ber of AAM’s Council of Affiliates. (29 percent), art educator (10 percent), and The 2002 online survey was developed ACUMG sponsors a one-day, single- curator (3 percent). Of the artists, 46 per- with the assistance of Marriott issue conference on the Saturday just prior cent were painters, 17 percent sculptors, 9 International, which also provided a of AAM’s annual meeting. The 2003 con- percent photographers, 8 percent printmak- Platinum Gift Certificate for a survey ference, focusing on museum-studies pro- ers, and 4 percent digital artists. respondent chosen at random. The winner

8 CAA NEWS NOVEMBER 2002 of the certificate, good for a two-night stay important contributions to the world of art. STUDENT SURVIVAL GUIDE at any Marriott hotel, was Christopher This year’s recipients, Elizabeth Catlett POSTED ONLINE Reed, associate professor of art at Lake Mora and June Wayne, are featured on Forest College in Lake Forest, IL. the cover of this issue. Past recipients have included , Norma CAA’s Student and Emerging Broude, Janet Cox-Rearick, Elsa Honing Professionals Committee (SEPC) is Fine, Mary Garrard, Agnes Gund, pleased to announce the completion of its , Linda Nochlin, Carolee 4th Student Survival Guide to the Annual Schneeman, and Jaune Quick-To-See Conference, which is now available online Smith. at www.collegeart.org/2003conference. html. The guide provides information and suggestions, including website addresses AIC TO SPONSOR where possible, to minimize expenses for CONSERVATION WORKSHOP students attending the 2003 Annual AT THE WHITNEY Conference in New York. Its links to museums, galleries, and other sites com- At the 2003 Annual Conference in New plete a well-rounded view of the confer- York, the CAA affiliated society American ence city. The SEPC hopes the Student Institute for Conservation (AIC) will spon- Survival Guide will make it easier for all sor a workshop, “Learning Through student members to attend the 2003 Looking: Examining Post-War Painting,” Annual Conference in New York and take to be held at the Whitney Museum of advantage of everything the city has to American Art on Friday, February 21, offer. 2003, from 12:00 to 1:30 P.M. This session PHOTO CREDIT: MICHAEL MORAN follows the successful AIC-sponsored ARTISTS’ PORTFOLIO REVIEW The new American Folk Art Museum building, designed by workshop on patination held at the Rodin Tod Williams Billie Tsien and Associates, was named Best OFFERED New Building in New York City for 2001 by the Municipal Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Art Society during the 2002 conference (see page 13). The Artists’ Portfolio Review at the 2003 Chaired by Andrea Kirsh, an inde- Annual Conference in New York will offer ANNUAL pendent scholar, this workshop will feature artist members the opportunity to have a conversation with Carol Mancusi- slides or VHS-format videos of their work CONFERENCE Ungaro, paintings conservator and director reviewed by curators and critics in private of conservation at the Whitney and direc- twenty-minute consultations. UPDATE tor of the Center for Conservation of Appointments will be scheduled for Modern Art, Harvard University Art Thursday, February 20, and Friday, Museums, as well as other conservation February 21, 2003. Interested artists CWA ANNOUNCES ANNUAL specialists. This gallery-based workshop should complete the Artists’ Portfolio RECOGNITION AWARDS will address questions of surface, paint Review coupon on the next page at upper CEREMONY application, and condition of post–World left; the coupon may be copied and distrib- War II painting. Can conservators recover uted. Be sure to indicate whether the work the artists’ wishes, and how well have the The American Folk Art Museum in New to be reviewed will be on slides or video. works survived? How much have these York will host the 8th Annual Recognition All applicants must be CAA members in paintings been affected by time and subse- Awards Ceremony of CAA’s Committee good standing for 2003. quent treatments? Do we hold different on Women in the Arts. The event will be Participants will be chosen by a lot- standards for the physical integrity of these held on Friday, February 21, 2003, from tery of the applications received by the often large and abstract works than we do 7:00 to 8:30 A.M. at the stunning new site deadline; all applicants will be notified by for earlier painting? of this esteemed museum, located at 45 W. mail in January. Please send the completed Attendance will be strictly limited and 53rd St., between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. coupon to Artists’ Portfolio Review, CAA, by reservation only. Priority will be given Advance tickets are $20; tickets purchased 275 Seventh Ave., 18th Floor, New York, to a balance of participation among aca- onsite are $25. The ticket order form is NY 10001. Deadline extended: December demic art historians, curators, conserva- available in the Preliminary Program, 6, 2002. tors, and working artists. To enroll, please which was mailed to all CAA members in write to Kirsh at 592 W. 11th Ave., October. Eugene, OR 97401; akirsh@darkwing. CAREER DEVELOPMENT This event has been one of the high- uoregon.edu. Include information identi- WORKSHOPS OFFERED lights of CAA’s Annual Conference since fying training and current work by its inception seven years ago. In addition discipline. Artists, art historians, and museum profes- to providing convivial company and ener- sionals at all stages of their careers are gizing food, the ceremony is an occasion encouraged to apply for a one-on-one con- for honoring the women who have made

CAA NEWS NOVEMBER 2002 9 CURATORS AND CRITICS 2003 ARTISTS’ PORTFOLIO REVIEW REGISTRATION NEEDED FOR ARTISTS’ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20 & FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2003 PORTFOLIO REVIEW

The Artists’ Portfolio Review at the 2003 NAME Annual Conference in New York will pro- vide an opportunity for artists from a wide ADDRESS range of backgrounds to have slides or videos of their work critiqued by profes- CITY / STATE / ZIP sionals. The program pairs a member artist with a critic or curator for a twenty-minute

EMAIL appointment. The individual sessions are scheduled on two days: Thursday, February 20, and Friday, February 21, PHONE MEMBER ID# 2003. Whenever possible, artists are matched with reviewers based on medium DISCIPLINE / MEDIUM or discipline. Curators and critics who volunteer I WILL BRING: 35-mm SLIDES VHS VIDEO provide an important service to early- Complete and return to Artists’ Portfolio Review, CAA, 275 7th Ave., New York, NY 10001 career artists. Given the competitiveness of Deadline: December 6, 2002 today’s art world, the value to artists of this contribution cannot be overestimated. Interested individuals must be CAA sultation with veterans in their fields at the To apply, complete the Career individual members in good standing, 2003 Annual Conference in New York. Development Workshop coupon below. must register for the conference, and must The Career Development Workshops offer Participants will be chosen by a lottery of be willing to contribute one two-hour peri- a unique opportunity for participants to applications received by the deadline; all od for five successive twenty-minute cri- receive candid advice on how to conduct a applicants will be notified by mail in tiques. If you are a critic or curator inter- thorough job search, present work, and January. While CAA will make every effort ested in participating in this valuable pro- prepare for interviews. The workshops will to accommodate all applicants, workshop gram, send a brief letter of interest and take place on Thursday, February 20, and participation is limited. Please send the résumé to Programs Coordinator, Artists’ Friday, February 21, 2003. Workshops are completed coupon to Career Development Portfolio Review, CAA, 275 Seventh Ave., by appointment only; all participants must Workshops, CAA, 275 Seventh Ave., 18th 18th Floor, New York, NY 10001. be CAA members in good standing for Floor, New York, NY 10001. Deadline Deadline extended: December 6, 2002. 2003. extended: December 6, 2002. MENTORS NEEDED FOR 2003 CAREER DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS CAREER DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20 & FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2003 Check one topic, indicating your area of specialization. If choosing more than one specialty, please indicate the order of your preference. The 2003 CAA Annual Conference will ART HISTORY STUDIO ART OTHER mark the seventh anniversary of the Career _____Ancient to Medieval _____Painting _____Curatorial Development Workshops. To date, approx- _____Renaissance, Baroque, 18th Century _____Sculpture / Installation _____Publishing imately 1,850 members who are beginning _____19th Century to Modern _____Ceramics / Metal / Jewelry _____Nonprofit their careers have met with professionals _____Contemporary _____Drawing / / Works on Paper in their respective fields to receive valu- _____Africa, Asia, Oceania, Americas _____Photography / Film / Video able professional advice and guidance. _____Architectural History _____Computer Graphics / Illustration / Graphic Design _____Performance To ensure the continued success of the program, we are seeking mentors from all NAME areas of art history, studio art, and the museum professions. Those serving as ADDRESS mentors provide a significant professional CITY / STATE / ZIP service to members. In the past seven years, several mentors have described this EMAIL experience as one of the most rewarding of their professional careers. PHONE MEMBER ID# Mentors spend twenty minutes with Complete and return to Career Development Workshops, CAA, 275 7th Ave., New York, NY 10001 each candidate, reviewing cover letters, Deadline: December 6, 2002 c.v.s, slides, and other pertinent material.

10 CAA NEWS NOVEMBER 2002 Given the anxiety associated with confer- Development Workshops, as well as for Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the ence placement, mentors must be sensitive several offsite sessions, to be held during National Endowment for the Humanities to the needs of the candidates and must be the 91st Annual Conference in New York, (NEH). As reported in the September 2002 able to provide constructive criticism February 19–22, 2003. issue of CAA News, the U.S. House of when necessary. Successful candidates will be paid $10 Representatives approved an amendment All mentor applicants must be mem- per hour and will receive complimentary last July to increase funding by $10 mil- bers in good standing, must register for the registration. Room monitors will be lion for the NEA (for a total of $127 mil- conference, and must be prepared to com- expected to work a minimum of four hours lion) and $5 million for the NEH (for a mit three consecutive hours on one of the checking in participants and facilitating total of $131.9 million) over President two days of the workshops: Thursday, the work of the mentors. Send a brief letter Bush’s fiscal year 2003 budget request; February 20, and Friday, February 21, of interest to CAA Room Monitors, c/o however, it is not at all clear that the 2003. Art historians and studio artists must Conference Coordinator, CAA, 275 Senate will agree to these increases. be tenured; curators must have five years Seventh Ave., 18th Floor, New York, NY Congress will most likely finish work on a of experience and current employment 10001. Deadline: January 1, 2003. majority of the spending bills, including with a museum or university gallery. the Interior Appropriations Bill, after the The workshops are not intended to be November elections. used as a screening process by institutions seeking new faculty. Applications will not ADVOCACY IMLS REAUTHORIZATION be accepted from individuals whose MEASURE departments are conducting a faculty UPDATE search in the field in which they are men- In addition to appropriations bills, there toring. Mentors should not attend as candi- are a number of other legislative initiatives dates for positions in the same field in U.S. TO REJOIN UNESCO ready for a vote, including the Museum which workshop candidates may be and Library Services Act of 2002 (H.R. applying. In his speech at the United Nations on 3784), a reauthorization measure for the Send a current c.v. and letter of inter- September 12, 2002, President George W. Institute of Museum and Library Services est to Michael Aurbach, Dept. of Fine Bush announced his administration’s (IMLS). Arts, Vanderbilt University, Box 1801-B, intention to rejoin the United Nations The existing authorization for the Nashville, TN 37235; 615/322-2831. Educational, Scientific, and Cultural agency was scheduled to expire on Deadline extended: December 6, 2002. Organization (UNESCO). September 30, 2002. Both the House and The U.S. was among the first twenty Senate have finished work on the reautho- PROJECTIONISTS SOUGHT nations to ratify UNESCO’s constitution in rization bill, but it is currently stalled in 1946. In 1983, President Ronald Reagan the House. Representative Peter Hoekstra Applications are being accepted for pro- stated that the U.S. would withdraw from (R-MI), chairman of the Education and the jectionist positions at the 91st Annual UNESCO unless management practices Workforce Subcommittee on Select Conference, to be held at the Hilton New were reformed and internal biases and cor- Education, wrote a letter to the House York, February 19–22, 2003. rupt practices ended. When acceptable leadership, calling on them to schedule a Successful applicants will be paid $10 reforms were not made, Reagan revoked vote on this important measure before the per hour and will receive complimentary U.S. involvement at the end of 1984. current IMLS authorization expired. A registration. Projectionists are required to It is likely that later this year vote had not been scheduled at press time. 1 work a minimum of four 2 ⁄2–hour pro- Congress will authorize U.S. reentry by gram sessions, from Thursday, February passing the currently stalled State ARTISTS FAIR VALUE MARKET 20, to Saturday, February 22, 2003, and to Department Authorization Bill, which attend a training meeting at 7:30 A.M. on includes authorization for a return to DEDUCTIONS BILL STALLED Thursday. Projectionists must be able to UNESCO and for release of our third and The Senate did not take up the CARE Act operate a 35-mm slide projector; familiari- final arrears payment to the United (S. 1924), which contains the Artists Fair ty with video and overhead projectors is Nations. preferred. Send a brief letter of interest to Market Value Deduction Bill, before adjourning in early October. As reported in CAA Projectionist Coordinator, c/o NEA AND NEH FUNDING Conference Coordinator, CAA, 275 the September 2002 issue of CAA News, Seventh Ave., 18th Floor, New York, NY DELAYED the Senate Finance Committee voted last 10001. Deadline: January 1, 2003. June to send the CARE Act to the Senate At press time, not a single appropriations floor for a vote. bill for fiscal year 2003 had been present- Once the bill passes the Senate, a ROOM MONITORS SOUGHT ed to President George W. Bush for his House-Senate conference committee will signature. Indeed, the House-Senate con- then debate it. Room monitors are needed for two of ference committee was still debating CAA’s mentoring programs, the Artists’ amendments to the Interior Appropriations Portfolio Review and the Career Bill, which includes funds for the National

CAA NEWS NOVEMBER 2002 11 CAA NEWS serves as a jury to award grants twice a NEW FIELD EDITOR JOINS year to subsidize the publication of book- CAA.REVIEWS length scholarly manuscripts in the history of art. Committee members serve a term of NOMINATING COMMITTEE four years. The committee meets twice a Eve D’Ambra, associate professor of SEEKS MEMBERS year in New York in spring and fall; CAA Greek and Roman art at Vassar College in reimburses committee members for travel Poughkeepsie, NY, has been selected field CAA urges its membership to help shape expenses in accordance with its travel poli- editor of Roman art for CAA.Reviews. In its Board of Directors by serving on the cy. For more information on the Millard the field of classical art and archaeology, Nominating Committee. Each year, the Meiss Publication Fund, see she specializes in Roman . committee nominates and interviews can- www.collegeart.org/caa/resources/meiss/ D’Ambra has published a book on the didates for the Board and selects the final index.html. Candidates must be CAA sculptural decoration of an imperial forum, slate for the membership’s vote. members in good standing, and nominators Private Lives, Imperial Virtues: The Frieze The current Nominating Committee should ascertain their nominees’ willing- of the Forum Transitorium in Rome will select new members at its business ness to serve. Applications by specialists (Princeton: Princeton University Press, meeting held at the 2003 Annual in non-Western fields of art history are 1993), and an introductory text, Roman Art Conference. Each new committee member especially welcomed for the current open- (New York: Cambridge University Press, will be expected to nominate a minimum ing. Candidates should submit a c.v. and a 1998), as well as articles on mythological of five and a maximum of ten candidates letter explaining their interest in and quali- portraits and funerary sculpture of freed- for the Board. Service on the committee fications for appointment. Nominations men and freedwomen in the American will also involve conducting telephone and self-nominations should be sent to Journal of Archaeology, Roemische interviews with candidates during the sum- Chair, The Art Bulletin Editorial Board, Mitteilungen, and Journal of Roman mer months and meeting at CAA’s offices CAA, 275 Seventh Ave., 18th Floor, New Archaeology. She is currently working on in New York in September 2003 to select York, NY 10001. Deadline: January 3, new book project, entitled “Beauty and the the final slate. 2003. Roman Imperial Portrait.” Nominations and self-nominations D’Ambra writes, “The fields of Greek should include a brief statement of interest and Roman art have been revitalized with and a two-page c.v. Please send all materi- THE ART BULLETIN interests in topics that reach across the tra- als to Andrea Norris, Vice President for DISSERTATION LISTING ditional disciplines of classical archaeolo- Committees c/o Deirdre Barrett, CAA, 275 PROCEDURE ANNOUNCED gy, art history, and social history. I hope to Seventh Ave., 18th Floor, New York, NY reflect this resurgence of interest and ener- 10001. Materials can also be emailed as Current dissertation topics are listed annu- gy in the selection of books reviewed and Microsoft Word attachments to dbarrett@ ally in the June issue of The Art Bulletin the scholars who review them. I also collegeart.org. Deadline: January 3, and published online at www.collegeart. would like to see CAA.Reviews become a 2003. org/caa/publications/AB/dissertations/ site that classical art historians and archae- index.html. CAA requests that a represen- ologists become accustomed to browsing.” MILLARD MEISS PUBLICATION tative from each Ph.D.-granting institution FUND COMMITTEE SOLICITS send a listing of the dissertation titles of STAFF CHANGES: NEW ART that school’s Ph.D. students in art history JOURNAL EDITOR MEMBER to [email protected]. Reminders and full instructions were sent The Art Bulletin Editorial Board seeks Joe Hannan has joined CAA as senior to Ph.D. department heads in late October. nominations and self-nominations for an editor; his primary responsibility will be as For more information, please write to the individual to serve on the Millard Meiss editor of Art Journal. Hannan comes to email address listed above. Deadline: Publication Fund Committee from winter CAA from the Museum of Modern Art in December 1, 2002. 2002 to summer 2006. The committee New York, where for four years he served as editor of MoMA magazine and wrote and edited other museum publications and exhibition ephemera. His previous editori- al work has included positions with the Lincoln Center Festival and the New York Foundation for the Arts, as well as free- lance projects for the Design Trust for JOIN THE CAA.REVIEWS EMAIL SUBSCRIBER LIST Public Space and the National Association of Artists’ Organizations. Hannan cut his Would you like to know about the latest news and reviews posted artistic teeth in the early years of the to CAA.Reviews, our online book- and exhibition-reviews journal? Kitchen, an alternative art and perform- Sign up by sending a blank email to [email protected] ance space in New York, where he worked with the word “subscribe” in the subject line. from 1978 to 1983.

12 CAA NEWS NOVEMBER 2002 Hannan is also active as a composer. The Society for Photographic as numerous book and exhibition reviews. His music has been performed by the Education (SPE) provides a forum for the Please visit www.19thc-ArtWorldwide.org Rotterdam Philharmonic and at venues such discussion of photography and related for details. as the Whitney Museum of American Art, media as a means of creative expression New York’s City Center, the Brooklyn and cultural insight. The organization ARIAH BUSY WITH NEW Museum, and the University of California, seeks to promote, through interdisciplinary INITIATIVES Los Angeles. He studied with William programs, services, and publications, a Brooks, Gordon Mumma, and James broader understanding of photography in A “seed” grant from the Getty Foundation Tenney. Among his collaborators have been all its forms, and to foster the development has allowed the Association of Research choreographers Eric Barsness and Bill T. of its practice, teaching, scholarship, and Institutes in Art History (ARIAH) to pur- Jones, poet Mary Griffin, playwright Eric criticism. SPE’s website is located at sue first-stage research for a fellowship Bogosian, and artist Robert Longo. www.spenational.org. program for scholars from Africa. Representatives attended the annual meet- AIC OFFERS NOTES FROM ing of Research Institutes in Art History, PATINATION WORKSHOP ARIAH’s European counterpart, in Venice AFFILIATED SOCIETY this past June to discuss a joint conference American Institute for Conservation of to be held in two years. To receive the new NEWS Historic and Artistic Works (AIC) con- brochure, or for information on individual ducted a workshop, “Learning Through institutions and their fellowships or the Looking: Examining Patination at the next ARIAH conference, to be held in CAA ADDS THREE NEW Rodin Museum,” at the 2002 CAA Annual Sante Fe, NM, please contact Michael AFFILIATED SOCIETIES Conference in Philadelphia. Andrew Lins Holly at [email protected] or visit led twenty-six participants, six official www.fiu.edu/~ariah. CAA welcomes three organizations to our observers, and others in a workshop on growing list of affiliated societies. These bronze patination at the Rodin Museum, GOVERNMENT SURVEY groups reflect the diversity of interests and Philadelphia Museum of Art. It was an DISTRESSES ACUADS disciplines in the visual arts that is unusual exchange among conservators, emblematic of CAA’s identity. For detailed curators, sculptors with foundry experi- The Australian Council of University Art descriptions and contact information for ence, and academic art historians (includ- and Design Schools (ACUADS) reports these and other affiliated societies, please ing several Rodin specialists and scholars that the Australian federal government’s visit www.collegeart.org/caa/aboutcaa/ of earlier bronzes). Participants came away Contemporary Visual Arts Inquiry, chaired affsocieties.html or check out the insert with a more sophisticated understanding of by Rupert Myer, has released its findings from the September 2002 issue of CAA the complexities involved in establishing after almost a year of research and deliber- News. Here are the three new affiliates: historical approaches to patina as well as ation. Although the review makes wide- The Council of American Overseas the competing demands of curators, con- ranging recommendations, including tax Research Centers (CAORC) fosters inter- servators, historians, and the public in concessions and increased funding for national scholarly exchange, primarily determining treatment options. Notes of direct grants to artists, as well as better through sponsorship of fellowship pro- the workshop are available; please write to infrastructure support, there are no specific grams that allow predoctoral and senior Andrea Kirsh at akirsh@darkwing. recommendations regarding tertiary art scholars to pursue independent research uoregon.edu. education other than a finding that “there important to the increase of knowledge is no case for a significant overhaul of ter- and to our understanding of foreign cul- AHNCA PUBLISHES SECOND tiary education in the arts in terms of the tures. CAORC’s membership consists of JOURNAL ISSUE number of schools, courses or places on sixteen international research institutes. offer or that limits should be placed on For more information, please visit The second issue of Nineteenth-Century Art enrolments.” That such a statement should www.caorc.org. be welcomed is evidence of the deep prob- The International Sculpture Center Worldwide, the online journal of the Association of Historians of Nineteenth- lems currently facing the art-education (ISC) is a member-supported, nonprofit sector, according to ACUADS. organization that seeks to expand public Century Art (AHNCA), has been published. understanding and appreciation of sculp- Contents include Temma Balducci’s ture internationally, demonstrate the power “Negotiating Identity: The Albums of Mary HBA ANNOUNCES of sculpture to educate and effect social Ellen Best,” Annette Leduc Beaulieu and BOOK AWARDS change, engage artists and arts profession- Brooks Beaulieu’s “The Thadée Natanson als in a dialogue to advance the art form, Panels: A Vuillard Decoration for S. Bing’s The Book Prize Committee of the and promote a supportive environment for Maison de l’art nouveau,” and Sébastien Historians of British Art (HBA) is pleased sculpture and sculptors. Full organization Clerbois’s “In Search of the Forme-Pensée: to announce the winners of its awards for information about ISC can be found at The Influence of Theosophy on Belgian the best publications on British art and www.sculpture.org. Artists, Between Symbolism and the Avant- architecture in 2001: David Mannings’s Sir Garde (1890–1910),” among others, as well Joshua Reynolds: A Complete Catalogue

CAA NEWS NOVEMBER 2002 13 of His Paintings (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001) for the category of a single-author, pre–ca. 1800 book; Ann Bermingham’s Learning to Draw: Studies in the Cultural History of a Polite and Useful Art (London: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art in associ- ation with Yale University Press, 2001) for the category of a single-author, post–ca. 1800 text; Chris Brooks’s The Albert Memorial: The Prince Consort National Memorial: Its History, Contexts, and Conservation (New Haven: Yale University Press in association with English Heritage and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2001) for the category of an edited or multiau- thor volume on a topic of any period. For further information, please write to Elizabeth A. Pergam, Chair of the HBA Book Prize Committee, at [email protected]. ADVERTISE IN HBA will be holding its annual gen- eral business meeting during the CAA CAA CAREERS Annual Conference on February 22, 2003, from 12:30 to 2:00 P.M. Members will 14,000 individual members of the College Art Association soon receive further information about the receive CAA Careers, a bimonthly listing of employment location of the meeting, as well as details opportunities, in December, February, April, for planned visits to area museums. June, August, and October

HGCEA LAUNCHES Categories of positions include: NEW WEBSITE Administrator Artist Historians of German and Central Art Educator European Art (HGCEA) has launched a Art Historian new website. Designed by Gary Parsons Architectural Historian of the School of Art and Design, Southern Graphic Designer Illinois University in Carbondale, it fea- and tures a slide show of images of central Curator European art, architecture, design, and locations, displayed in random sequences The December issue also contains information and forms for that alter with each visit. For more infor- Annual Conference interviewers and candidates mation, please visit www.siu.edu/ ~artdesn/07_links/hgcea/index.htm. CLASSIFIED ADS DISPLAY ADS SPE TO HOLD ANNIVERSARY First 100 words or less $200; Per column-inch $125; $100 for CAA $150 for CAA institutional members institutional members CONFERENCE 1 column = 1 5/8" Each additional word $2.50; 2 columns = 3 5/8" The Society for Photographic Education $1.50 for CAA institutional members 3 columns = 5 1/2" (SPE) will celebrate its 40th anniversary 4 columns = 7 1/2" in 2003. CAA members are invited to attend “American Vision,” SPE’s upcom- ing national conference, which will be For detailed information about placing an ad, visit held on March 20–23, 2003, at the Hyatt Regency on Towne Lake in Austin, TX. www.collegeart.org/caa/ Photographer Joel Meyerowitz, curator publications/careers/index.html Anne Tucker, and educator Evon or call 212/691-1051, ext. 519 Streetman will be the featured speakers.

14 CAA NEWS NOVEMBER 2002 Julie Langsam. Cleveland Center for Elin O’Hara Slavick. The Annex, New Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH, York, October 4–26, 2002. Protesting September 13–November 17, 2002. Julie Cartography and Workers Dreaming. Langsam: House Paintings. Drawing and photography.

Nate Larson. Gallery 853, Columbus, OH, August 2–30, 2002. Curiosities and Wonders: Recent Photographs by Nate Larson.

Annu Palakunnathu Matthew. Clement Gallery, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, August 27–October 4, 2002. Bollywood Cowboys and Indians from India.

Dale Osterle. Chicago Center for the Print, Chicago, September 13–November 3, 2002. Country Landscapes. Hand- painted etching.

Mark A. Piotrowski. Delta College Galleria, Delta College University Center, Saginaw MI, November 4–December 12, 2002. Floating Changes Changes Janet Pritchard, Untitled, 2002, from the series “Dwelling in Mansfield: Expressions of Time Floating. Painting. in Connecticut,” inkjet print, 18" x 22" Stan Smokler, Mise En Place, 2002, steel, 37" x 28" x 17" Naomi Kark Schedl. Unity Gallery, Maharishi University, Fairfield, IA, Carolyn H. Manosevitz. Wesley October 10–November 9, 2002. Theological Seminary, Washington, DC, SOLO Connections. Stan Smokler. Kim Foster Gallery, New May 27–August 2, 2002. Healing: A York, November 2002. Sculpture; and Personal Journey. EXHIBITIONS Larry Schulte. Walker Art Gallery, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, March University of Nebraska, Kearney, NE, 2003. Sculpture. Stan Smokler. Esther M. Klein Gallery, September 16–October 5, 2002. Larry University City Science Center, BY ARTIST Schulte: Recent Work. Mixed media and Gayle Tanaka. Access Gallery, Philadelphia, September 2002. Sculpture. printmaking. Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island, NY, October 20–December MEMBERS J. D. Talasek. Fleckenstein Gallery, Michele Tuohey. Contemporary Art 15, 2002. It’s About Time. Mixed media. Towson, MD, October 19–November 30, Workshop, Chicago, September 2002. New Work: Photographs by J. D. Only artists who are CAA members are 27–November 5, 2002. Painting. Lili White. Art Lab Gallery, Art School Talasek. included in this listing; group shows are not at Snug Harbor, Staten Island, NY, May published. An expanded listing can be found NORTHEAST 4–26, 2002. Recent Work. on the CAA website. When submitting infor- Judith Taylor. Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE, mation, include name, membership ID num- Emma Amos. Art Resources Transfer Susan Wilmarth-Rabineau. September 6–October 27, 2002. Inside ber, venue, city, dates of exhibition, title of Gallery, New York, October 9–November Collaborative Concepts, Beacon, NY, Out. Photography. show, and medium (or website address of 9, 2002. Retrospective and New Work. May 11–June 30, 2002. Reaching Into the online exhibitions). Omission of membership Sky. Installation. ID number from your submission may pre- MIDWEST Nancy Azara. Treasure Room Gallery, vent your listing from being published. Interchurch Center, New York, September Carleen Zimbalatti. Barrows Exhibition Photographs and slides are welcome but will Janet Pines Bender. ARC Gallery, 5–October 4, 2002. Memorial to Spirit. Rotunda, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth be used only if space allows; please include Chicago, October 2–26, 2002. New College, Hanover, NH, October the work’s title, date, medium, and size. Moves. Painting. Images cannot be returned.. Please mail to Jesseca Ferguson. Art Complex Museum 18–December 1, 2002. at Duxbury, Duxbury, MA, September 22, Solo Member Exhibitions, CAA News, 275 Petrônio A. Bendito. Ralph G. Beelke Seventh Ave., New York, NY 10001; 2002–January 12, 2003. The Inner Eye: SOUTH Gallery, Purdue University, West [email protected]. Pinhole Photographs by Jesseca Lafayette, IN, November 4–22, 2002. Ferguson. Julie A. Gawne. Fred P. Giles Gallery, Technology Side Effects. Digital and inter- Eastern Kentucky University, January active art. ABROAD Thomas Germano. DUMBO Arts 14–February 7, 2003. Attempting Festival 2002, Brooklyn, NY, October Synthesis. Varinthorn Christopher. Gallery 110, David Clarke. Goethe-Gallery, Goethe- 18–20, 2002. New York City Scapes. Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts, Institut Inter Nationes, Hong Kong, Cynthia Kukla. Behringer-Crawford University of South Dakota, Vermillion, October 9–26, 2002. Hong Kong Carol Jacobsen. Denise Bibro Fine Arts, Museum, Covington, KY, September SD, August 1–13, 2002. Varinthornism. Nocturne. Photography. New York, June 13–July 13, 2002, and 29–November 23, 2002. Installation. John Jay College Gallery, New York, Janet Roberts. N-Gallery, Tbilisi, September 2002. Sentenced. Video instal- Carol LeBaron. University Gallery, Julie A. Gawne. Rosewood Gallery, Georgia, June 2002. Photo Images. lation and photography. University of the South, Sewanee, TN, Kettering, OH, March 31–April 25, 2003. December 1, 2002–January 21, 2003. Recent Work. MID-ATLANTIC Annu Palakunnathu Matthew. Corridor Collecting, Reflecting, Remembering. Gallery, Fine Arts Center Galleries, Fine-art textile. Reni Gower. Villa Terrace Decorative Emma Amos. Brandywine Workshop, University of Rhode Island, August Arts Museum, Milwaukee, WI, Philadelphia, October 2002. 6–September 30, 2002. Backlash in Wake John A. Louder. Goddard Gallery, Daum November 10, 2002–January 5, 2003. of September 11. Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, (R)evolving. Painting and mixed media. Helène Aylon. Philadephia Museum of MO, June 1–September 8, 2002. John Jewish Art, Philadelphia, December 5, Janet Pritchard. Atrium Gallery, Center Louder, Paintings. Sue Johnson. Midwest Museum of 2002–April 14, 2003. The Partition Is In for Visual Art and Culture, Storrs, CT, American Art, Elkhart, IN, July Place but the Service Can’t Begin. November 13, 2002–January 15, 2003. Thomas Xenakis. Verizon Art Gallery, 19–September 1, 2002. The Alternate Installation Moments, Through a Lens: Photographic Richard J. Ernst Community Cultural Encyclopedia. Works by Janet Pritchard. Center, Northern Virginia Community

CAA NEWS NOVEMBER 2002 15 W. Bowdoin Davis, Jr. Duchamp: Domestic Patterns, Covers, and Threads PEOPLE IN THE (New York: Midmarch Arts Press, 2002).

Carol S. Eliel. L’Esprit Nouveau: Purism NEWS in Paris, 1918–1925 (Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art in asso- ciation with Harry N. Abrams, Inc., IN MEMORIAM 2001). Larry Rivers, a notorious and versatile Luba Freedman and Gerlinde Huber- artist who was a painter, sculptor, jazz Rebenich, eds. Wege zum Mythos saxophonist, writer, poet, teacher, actor, (Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag, 2001). and filmmaker, died on August 14, 2002, at age 78. Lewis C. Kachur. Displaying the Born Yitzroch Loiza Grossberg, Rivers Julie Green, Ohio 19 Feb 2002 Steak rare; Marvelous: Marcel Duchamp, Salvador influenced the direction of American art salad; grape pop, 2002, detail from the Dali, and Surrealist Exhibition in the 1950s and 1960s. In the days of “Last Supper,” an installation of 151 china Abstract Expressionism, his figurative (mineral) painted plates, 9" x 9" Installations (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2001). work was heralded for going against the grain. Although his lifetime production is Sybil Gordon Kantor. Alfred H. Barr, considered by many to be uneven, Office, State Capitol, Salem, OR, July Jr., and the Intellectual Origins of the Rivers’s most notable quality was his 5–August 16, 2002. Painting and print- Museum of Modern Art (Cambridge, MA: willingness to take chances. making. MIT Press, 2001). Rivers was very much involved with the post-WWII New York art and literary Carol LeBaron, Landscape Strategy, 2001, scene. He visited Cedar bar, was friends acid dye resist on pieced and felted wool, Steven Travis. Gallery 825, Los Angeles, Fred S. Kleiner and Christin J. 72" x 56" November 22–December 13, 2002. An Mamiya. Gardner’s Art through the with Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Other Scripture. Painting and manuscript. Ages: The Western Perspective (Fort Frank O’Hara, appeared in Robert Frank Worth, TX: Wadsworth Atheneum and Alfred Leslie’s Beat film Pull My Museum of Art, 2002). Daisy, acted in and designed sets and cos- College, Annandale, VA, August tumes for many plays and performances. 23–September 30, 2002. New Myth/ Anette Kubitza. Fluxus, Flirt, Rivers served in the United States Spheres of Influence: Reflections on a Army Air Corps and performed with the Fulbright Experience in Greece. Feminismus? ’s Koerperkunst und die Avantgarde Army band, but was honorably dis- BOOKS charged due to a tremor in his left hand. WEST (Fluxus, Flirt, ? Carolee Schneemann’s Body Art and the Avant- He enrolled at the Juilliard School. He was introduced to modern art by his Patricia Aaron. Spark Gallery, Denver, PUBLISHED Garde) (Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag, 2002). band’s pianist, Jack Freilicher, whose CO, September 13–29, 2002. Patricia wife, Jane, encouraged Rivers to paint, Aaron: Artforms. BY CAA Anita Moskowitz. Italian Gothic and it turned out he had a natural gift with the brush. He enrolled in Hans Helène Aylon. Alexander Hall, San Sculpture c. 1250–c. 1400 (New York: MEMBERS Cambridge University Press, 2001). Hofmann’s classes, drawing by day and Francisco Theological Seminary, San playing music at night. Rivers’s longtime Anselmo, CA, November 3–17, 2002. Elizabeth Pilliod. Pontormo, Bronzino, jazz ensemble, the East 13th Street Band, The Last Supper: Names and The Last Only authors who are CAA members are Allori: A Genealogy of Florentine Art performed and recorded for many years. Supper: No Names. Installation. inclued in this listing. Please send your (New Haven: Yale University Press, Rivers reintroduced to American paint- name, membership ID number, book title, 2001). ing a comic tone that the Abstract Anna Marie Boles. Rosenthal Gallery of publisher’s name and location, and year Expressionists conspicuously lacked. He published (no earlier than 2001) to Art, Albertson College of Idaho, revered both the great artists of the past Caldwell, ID, October 29–December 6, [email protected]. Celia Rabinovitch. Surrealism and the Sacred: Power, Eros, and the Occult in and the giants of but poked 2002. Inscribing Location: New Works by fun at both. Alongside the work of Robert Jeffrey Abt. A Museum on the Verge: A Modern Art (Boulder, CO: Westview Anna Marie Boles. Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, Rivers Socioeconomic History of the Detroit Press, 2002). helped pave the way for the irony of Pop Institute of Arts, 1882–2000 (Detroit: Alice Dubiel. Auburn Arts Commission art. Though not considered a Pop artist, Gallery, Auburn City Hall, Auburn, WA, Wayne State University Press, 2001). Harriet F. Senie. The Tilted Arc Controversy: Dangerous Precedent? Rivers shared the same interests in the May 17–July 3, 2002. Salmon underground, camp, nostalgia, and Lawrence A. Babb, Varsha Joshi, and (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Resistance/Resilience. tragedy with artists in the 1960s. He was Michael W. Meister, eds. Multiple Press, 2002). a superb draftsman in the tradition of the Histories: Culture and Society in the Shelley Gazin. Fine Art Gallery, Tuscon old masters, as well as nineteenth-century Study of Rajasthan (Jaipur and New Peter Trippi. J. W. Waterhouse (London: Jewish Community Center, September virtuosos such as Edgar Degas or Delhi: Rawat Publications, 2002). Phaidon Press, 2002). 6–30, 2002. Looking for a Rabbi. Edouard Manet, with whom he felt in Photography. competition, but exaggerated his work Betty Ann Brown. Gradiva’s Mirror: Geraldine Dunphy Wind. Correggio: with bravado and self-parody. Reflections on Women, Surrealism, and Hero of the Dome (Milan: Silvana Julie Green. COPIA: The American Rivers’s art spoke to old-fashioned Art History (New York: Midmarch Arts Editoriale, 2002). Center for Wine, Food, & the Arts, Napa, ambitions thrust up against a modern CA, October 10–December 2, 2002. The Press, 2002). Beth S. Wright, ed. The Cambridge world that seemed to have lost faith in Last Supper. Installation. them. His work touched on the Holocaust Marilyn R. Brown, ed. Picturing Companion to Delacroix (New York: and Jewish identity, Hollywood, politics, Children: Constructions of Childhood Cambridge University Press, 2001). Carolyn H. Manosevitz. Red Brick Arts art history, racial issues, bohemianism, between Rousseau And Freud (London: Center, Aspen, CO, June 1–30, 2002. with the results varying from vulgar to Ashgate Publishing, 2002). Transcending Evil. lofty. Brad Buckley and John Conomos, eds. Rob Neilson. Broadlind Projects Space, Eduardo Chillida, a Basque artist known Republics of Ideas (Sydney: Pluto Press Long Beach, CA, August 20–September internationally for his geometric, blocky, Australia, 2001). 15, 2002. Ecce Marlboro Homo. large-scale sculptures in steel, wrought iron, terra cotta, and concrete, died Brenda Danilowitz. The Prints of Josef Rita Robillard. Elizabeth Leach Gallery, August 19, 2002. He was 78. Albers 1915–1976. A Catalogue Raisonné Portland, OR, October 4–27, 2001. Time Born in San Sebastián, Chillida stud- (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2001). and Place: New Work; and Governor’s ied architecture at the University of

16 CAA NEWS NOVEMBER 2002 Madrid from 1943 to 1946. He turned to Brzozowski. “We cannot imagine the col- 200 Crouse College, Syracuse University, Dorothy K. Hohenberg Chair of art in 1947, and in the following year left lege without his presence. He was a quiet Syracuse, NY 13244. Excellence in Art History at the Spain to set up a studio in Paris. In 1950 man, quite unaware of the lasting impact University of Memphis in Tennessee for Chillida married Pilar Belzunce and of his presence in the lives of thousands George Rickey, an American artist the 2002–3 academic year. returned to his home region, first to the of students. His dedication to his col- known for his kinetic sculptures and a 53- village of Hernani and later to San leagues and the year member of CAA, died July 17, 2002, Hester Stinnett has been named acting Sebastián, where he settled permanently. students is leg- at the age of 95. dean of Tyler School of Art at Temple Chillida’s work reflected both modern endary. Even in Born in South Bend, IN, his family University in Elkins Park, PA. and ancient concerns, crafting simple geo- the waning days moved to Scotland when he was 6. metric forms, curves, and lines that related of his life, he Rickey studied art history at Oxford Satre Stuelke has been appointed direc- both to built and natural environments. His insisted on University, but took painting and drawing tor of technical operations in the work in iron was both massive in form and attending his classes at the Ruskin School of Drawing Photography Dept. at the Parsons School lightweight in appearance. classes. He and Fine Art. He also studied in Paris at of Design in New York. Monumental public works are located gave his last the Académie Lhote and, under Fernand in Barcelona, Paris, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, strength to the Léger and Amédée Ozenfant, the The Dept. of Art and Art History at and Washington, DC. His sculptures can Rodger Mack students. This is Académie Moderne. Michigan State University in East be found in the collections of the the character of Rickey taught history and art at vari- Lansing has made the following appoint- Metropolitan Museum of Art and the a man who led, ous schools in the 1930s while pursuing a ments and promotions: William Museum of Modern Art, both in New in his many roles at the college, first with painting career. While serving in the Charland has been appointed assistant York; the Tate Britain in London; Madrid’s his heart.” Army Air Corps during WWII, he worked professor of art and art education; Spanish Museum of Contemporary Art; A member of the Syracuse faculty with engineers in a machine shop to Christopher Corneal has been appointed the Kunsthalle Basel in Switzerland; and since 1968, Mack is known for his bronze improve aircraft weaponry. That experi- assistant professor of art; D’Ann de the National Gallery in Berlin. and steel sculptures, which are a part of ence, combined with a study of Bauhaus Simone has been promoted to professor Chillida first showed his work at Clan permanent collections worldwide, includ- teaching methods at the Chicago Institute of art; and Michael Fanizza has been Gallery in Madrid in 1954, and has had ing the Museum of Modern Art in of Design after the war, led him in the promoted to professor of art. more than 100 solo exhibitions since. He Barcelona, Filancard in Ecuador, Hamline late 1940s to create work that brought has participated in the Venice Biennale University Art Museum in St. Paul, MN, together modern, geometric forms with The Dept. of Art History and (1958, 1988, and 1990) and the the Arkansas Art Center Museum in Little machinelike moving parts that responded Archaeology at the University of International, winning the Carnegie Prize Rock, and the Everson Museum of Art in to air currents rather than motors, while Maryland, College Park, has announced 3 for sculpture in 1964 and sharing the Syracuse, NY, among others. His work delightfully catching and reflecting light. new appointments: Steven Mansbach is Andrew W. Mellon Prize with Willem de has been shown in exhibitions in France, Some of his work could fit on a tabletop, professor of modern European art history; Kooning in 1978. Chillada also showed at England, Italy, Ecuador, and South Africa and others, such as one at the Hyogo Renée Ater is assistant professor of the Documenta II, IV, and VI. and in cities across the U.S., including the Museum in Japan, tower at more than 57 arts of the African diaspora; and Joanne Sid Deutsch Gallery in New York. feet. Pillsbury is Dumbarton Oaks Professor Dora Jane Janson, wife and collaborator One of his last works—a monolithic He taught at Indiana University in of Pre-Columbian Studies. of the late scholar H. W. Janson, died on bronze sculpture entitled Missing in Bloomington and the Rensselaer August 15, 2002. She was 86. Action—was created for the Veteran’s Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY, but he The University of California, San Diego, Born in 1916 in Philadelphia, Janson Memorial at the New York State retired in 1966, dedicating himself fully has promoted Grant Kester to associate had resided for the past 11 years in Devon, Fairgrounds and was dedicated last year. to his art. Rickey also wrote a book on professor of art and media history, theory, PA, where she moved from New York. The piece features four cutout silhouettes Russian Constructivism, entitled and criticism, and Haim Steinbach to With her late husband, she helped to write of military personnel, including a nurse Constructivism: Origins and Evolution professor of studio art. The Story of Painting for Young People and soldiers from different time periods. (New York: George Braziller, 1967). He (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1954) Mack created the Syracuse’s foundry served on CAA’s Board of Directors in The University of Iowa in Iowa City has and the renowned History of Art, first pub- and sculpture program that has attracted 1970 and was elected to the American made the following appointments in the lished in 1962 and revised since his death the attention of the international art com- Academy of Arts and Letters in 1974. School of Art and Art History: Barbara by their eldest son, Anthony F. Janson. munity. Notable artists such as Anthony Rickey has shown internationally, includ- Mooney to assistant professor (architec- However, she was a noted author in her Caro, Bill King, Kenneth Noland, and ing a 1979 retrospective at the Solomon tural art historian); Joseph Coates to own right and wrote a number of impor- worked with him on R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. assistant professor (graphic design); Jon tant articles, as well as the groundbreaking a variety of projects. With Caro, Mack His growing public commissions led him Winet to visiting assistant professor exhibition catalogue on Art Nouveau jew- established the Triangle Artists Workshop, to maintain studios in East Chatham, NY, (intermedia) for the 2002–3 academic elry, From Slave to Siren: The Victorian held in Pine Plains, NY, Barcelona, and Berlin, and Santa Barbara, CA. year; and Matthew Kluber to visiting Woman and Her Jewelry from Neoclassic London. He served as dean, board mem- assistant professor (painting) for the to Art Nouveau (Durham, NC: Duke ber, and participant of the Triangle 2002–3 academic year. University Art Museum, 1971). Workshop from 1982 to 1992. ACADEME She met her future husband as an In addition to his art and teaching Robert Ladislas Derr has been appoint- undergraduate at Harvard University’s responsibilities, Mack served as the first ed assistant professor of photography/ MUSEUM Radcliffe College in Cambridge, MA, director of Syracuse’s School of Art and digital media in the Dept. of Art at Marjorie B. Cohn, formerly Carl A. after he came to this country in 1935 Design in the College of Visual and Stephen F. Austin State University in Weyerhaeuser Curator of Prints at the from Germany on a graduate scholarship. Performing Arts from 1982 to 1991. Nacogdoches, TX. Fogg Art Museum in Cambridge, MA, After he finished his Ph.D., they were Mack was a 1991 recipient of a has been appointed acting director of the married in 1941. Chancellor’s Citation for Exceptional Delanie Jenkins has been promoted to Harvard University Art Museums. Although she consciously sacrificed Academic Achievement. associate professor of sculpture in the her career to raise her four children, she Mack was a graduate of the Cranbrook Studio Arts Dept. of the University of Jacqueline M. De Groff, formerly asso- played the role of muse to her husband Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, MI, Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. ciate curator of the Dietrich American and inspired many of his finest articles and the Cleveland Institute of Art in Foundation, has been appointed curator of and books, including Apes and Ape Lore Ohio. He also studied at the Academia Di Timothy Emlyn Jones, formerly deputy the Drexel Collection at Drexel in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance Belle Arti in Florence. He was the recipi- director of the Glasgow School of Art, University in Philadelphia. (London: Warburg Institute, University of ent of numerous awards, grants, and hon- has been appointed graduate director for London, 1952), which won him his first ors, including grants from the Ford the Burren College of Art’s new interna- Amy Vigilante Dickerson has been cho- Charles Rufus Morey Book Award from Foundation, the National Endowment for tional M.F.A. program. sen director of the university galleries at CAA in 1956. the Arts, the Gulbenkian Foundation in the School of Art and Art History, England, the New York State Council on Greg Murphy has been selected dean of College of Fine Arts, University of Rodger Mack, an internationally known the Arts, and the Virginia Center on the the college and vice president for aca- Florida in Gainesville. sculptor and professor of studio arts at Creative Arts. He also received a demic affairs at the Maine College of Art Syracuse University in Syracuse, NY, Fulbright Grant for study in Italy from in Portland. Linda Downs, formerly head of education passed away September 16, 2002. He 1963 to 1964. at the National Gallery in Washington, DC, was 63. Contributions may be made to the Christopher Reed, chair of the Art Dept. has been appointed director at the Davenport “No one is irreplaceable except Rodger Rodger Mack Graduate Scholarship Fund, at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, IL, Museum of Art in Iowa. Mack,” said Syracuse’s Dean Carole has been appointed to the Visiting

CAA NEWS NOVEMBER 2002 17 Julie Platt Harn Museum of Art at the University of Anne d’Harnoncourt, director and CEO Feldman, for- Florida in Gainesville. GRANTS, of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, has merly director of been honored with a Cultural Leadership the Farmington Andrew Nairne has been chosen director Award by the American Federation of Museum in of the Museum of Modern Art in Oxford, AWARDS, & Arts in New York. Farmington, NM, England. has been selected HONORS Dorothy F. Glass, professor of art history deputy director Sylvie Pénichon has been selected photo- at the University at Buffalo, State of the Georgia graph conservator at the Amon Carter University of New York, has received an Museum of Art Museum in Fort Worth, TX. Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship from the Julie Platt Feldman Only grants, awards, or honors received by in Athens. individual CAA members are listed. Submit Metropolitan Museum of Art for the Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro, formerly direc- name, membership ID number, institutional 2002–3 academic year. She will be writ- Mary Fitzgerald, formerly curator of tor of visual arts at the Americas Society affiliation, title of the grant, award, or ing a book on Italian Romanesque sculp- education at the Maier Museum of Art at in New York, has been appointed curator honor, and use or purpose of grant to ture. During the 2004–5 academic year, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College in of Latin American art at the Jack S. [email protected]. Glass will be the Richard Krautheimer Lynchburg, VA, has been appointed head Blanton Museum of Art, University of Gastprofessor at the Bibliotheca of education at the Art Museum of Texas at Austin. Grimanesa Amoros has been awarded a Hertziana, Rome. Western Virginia in Roanoke. fellowship by the Virginia Center for the Daniel Rosenfeld, formerly director of Creative Arts in Sweet Briar, VA. Kari Grimsby has accepted the Paula Elizabeth Glassman, formerly associate the museum and academy professor at the Rhodes Memorial Award from the School curator at the Terra Museum of American Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Emma Amos has received the James Van of Visual Arts in New York for exception- Art, has been promoted to curator at the Philadephia, has been chosen director of Der Zee Award from the Philadelphia- al work on the merits of her M.F.A. pho- museum. the Colby College Museum of Art in based Brandywine Workshop. tography thesis project. Waterville, ME. Carla M. Hanzal has been selected cura- Chris Anderson has been awarded a Barbara Rita Jenny is participating in tor of exhibitions at the University of Laurie J. Rufe, formerly director of the 2002 New York Foundation for the Arts the New York Independent Art Fair Richmond Museums in Richmond, VA. Roswell Museum and Art Center in Artists Fellowship in Painting and an (NYIAF) in Vienna, having won the Roswell, NM, has been appointed execu- Edward F. Albee Visual Artists national competition for emerging artists Cecelia Hinton, tive director at the Tucson Museum of Art Fellowship for her work, Family Stories: sponsored by NYIAF and Boos formerly curato- and Historic Block in Arizona. Historical Dislocations in the Domestic Publishing. rial assistant to Landscape. Anderson has also received the director at Kevin W. Tucker has been appointed an Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Fred S. Kleiner has received Boston the Georgia chief curator and deputy director of the Studio Center Membership Award in University’s Metcalf Award for Museum of Art Columbia Museum of Art in South 2002. Excellence in Teaching. in Athens, has Carolina. been appointed Tom Aprile and Laura Young, both of Genevra Kornbluth of the University of curator of edu- Charles L. the School of Art and Art History at the Maryland in College Park has received cation at the Venable, for- University of Iowa in Iowa City, have the American Association of University Cecelia Hinton museum. merly director received residency fellowships at the Women’s American Fellowship for the of collections Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in 2002–3 academic year, and the American Wu Hung, Harrie A. Vanderstappen and senior cura- Sweet Briar, VA, for December Philosophical Society’s Sabbatical Distinguished Service Professor of tor of decorative 2002–January 2003. Fellowship for calendar year 2003. The Chinese Art History in the Dept. of Art arts and design grants will support research on her book History and the Dept. of East Asian at the Dallas John Bankston, a San Francisco–based project, “Protecting the Body, Building Languages and Civilizations at the Museum of Art painter, has been awarded a Eureka the Mind: Gemstone Amulets, Divination, University of Chicago, has been appoint- in Texas, has Fellowship from the Fleishhacker and the Construction of Identity in Early ed consulting curator at the school’s Charles L. Venable been selected Foundation. Medieval Europe.” David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art. deputy director of collections and programs at the Jacqueline Barnitz of the University of Juliet Koss, assistant professor of art his- Bonnie G. Kelm, formerly associate pro- Cleveland Museum of Art in Ohio. Texas at Austin has won the 2002 Vasari tory at Scripps College in Claremont, CA, fessor of art and art history at the College Award from the Dallas Museum of Art in has received a summer stipend from the of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Loretta Yarlow has been appointed Texas for her book, Twentieth-Century National Endowment for the Humanities VA, and director of the school’s director of exhibitions at New York’s Art of Latin America (Austin: University and a Humboldt Foundation Research Muscarelle Museum of Art, has been Pratt Institute. of Texas Press, 2001). Fellowship to spend 2002–3 in Berlin at appointed director of the University Art the Kunstgeschichtliches Institut, Museum at the University of California, Julián Lisa Bateman has received a 2002 Humboldt University. She will be com- Santa Barbara. Zugazagoitia Pollack-Krasner Artist Grant. pleting her book manuscript, “Empathy has been named Abstracted: Modernist Vision and the Elizabeth Kennedy has been promoted director of El Julia Margaret Becker, assistant profes- Total Work of Art.” from associate curator to curator at Museo del sor of art and art-department chair at the Chicago’s Terra Museum of American Barrio in New University of Great Falls in Great Falls, David Kowal of the College of Art. York. MT, has accepted a Faculty Merit Grant Charleston in Charleston, SC, has been Award for research and travel in India. awarded a fellowship to participate in the Paul The Yale National Endowment for the Humanities PHOTO CREDIT: ALEJANDRA FIGUEROA University Art Sandra Cheng, a Ph.D. candidate in art Summer Institute, “Maya Worlds: Manoguerra Julián Zugazagoitia has been Gallery in New history at the University of Delaware in Cultural Continuities and Change— appointed cura- Haven, CT, has Newark, has been awarded a 2002–3 Guatemala, Chiapas, and Yucatan,” in tor of American made 2 new appointments: Laurence B. Swann Foundation Fellowship, which 2002. He has also received a 2002–3 art at the Kanter, curator of the Robert Lehman supports her research for her dissertation, Fulbright Scholar Award for travel to Georgia Collection at the Metropolitan Museum “‘Il bello dal deforme’: Form and Subject Guatemala, where he will be teaching at Museum of Art of Art in New York, is the Lionel in Seventeenth Century Italian the Universidade de San Carlos in in Athens. Goldfrank III Curator of Early European Caricature.” Guatemala City, directing a research proj- Art; and William E. Metcalf, formerly ect for the Guatemalan Ministry of Paul Manoguerra Rebecca chief curator of the American Robert Ladislas Derr and Lynn Culture, and conducting his own research Martin Nagy, Numismatic Society in New York, is Foglesong-Derr have received a stipend on colonial architecture and the Jesuits. formerly curator of African art and associ- curator of coins and medals as well as to participate in Looking In, a storefront ate director of education at the North adjunct professor of classics. exhibition and performance project spon- Cynthia Kukla has been invited by the Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, has sored by New York’s Lower Manhattan University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, been named director of the Samuel P. Cultural Council. to create 5 paintings that interpret and

18 CAA NEWS NOVEMBER 2002 highlight the collections of the new associate professor at the State University 23529; [email protected]; www.odu.edu/ Spurlock Museum of World Culture in of New York, Oswego, has been awarded a INSTITUTIONAL al/hum/vhc2003.jpg. Deadline: Urbana. The paintings were on view at the doctor of art history degree by the Russian December 1, 2002. museum September 26–29, 2002. Institute for Cultural Research in Moscow for his book, Avant-Garde and NEWS Stalin’s Cultural Legacy, organized by Harold Linton, professor of art and Construction of the New Man: The History the Centre for Russian and East European chairman of the Dept. of Art at Bradley of Soviet Children’s Book in the 1920s Cultural Studies (CREECS), will take University in Peoria, IL, has received a (Moscow: New Literary Review, 2002), The Museum of Contemporary Art San place at the University of Bristol on Caterpillar Professorship in recognition of which was first published as Stories for Diego has received the Cornerstone Arts March 15, 2003. Joseph Stalin has cast a outstanding accomplishment in art and Little Comrades: Revolutionary Artists and Organization Grant from the James Irvine long shadow over 20th-century history, design, and on behalf of the Dept. of Art Making of the Early Soviet Children’s Foundation. The 3-year, $600,000 award and his impact continues to dominate has accepted the William Rainey Harper Books (Seattle: University of Washington will support core program activities and many social and political agendas. Award for Departmental Excellence at the Press, 1999). The Russian academic planning for the museum’s future. Stalin’s cultural influence, both during school. degree “Doktor,” which has no equivalent and after his lifetime, was pervasive and in the U.S., is conferred to senior scholars has most frequently been described as Pamela Long has won the 2001 Morris who already have their Ph.D. for academic fundamentally negative. Reputedly one of Forkasch Prize, sponsored by the Journal achievements that originate a new trend of the chief authors of the doctrine of of the History of Ideas, for the best book studies and make a serious impact on their Socialist Realism and a staunch opponent in intellectual history, Openness, Secrecy, discipline. CONFERENCES of modernism, he is often regarded as Authorship: Technical Arts and the having held the Soviet Union back and Culture of Knowledge from Antiquity to Satre Stuelke has been awarded a 1-year thought to be responsible for a lost gener- the Renaissance (Baltimore: Johns studio at P.S. 122, a New York arts organ- & SYMPOSIA ation of cultural development, experimen- Hopkins University Press, 2001). ization, beginning October 1, 2002. tation, and production. In March 2003 it will be 50 years since his death. This For the most up-to-date and expanded list of Jeffrey Marshall, an adjunct professor at Michael Velliquette, artist and cofounder marks an interesting juncture at which to conferences and symposia, please consult the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, of the Bower, a gallery space in San explore precisely what has been and, www.collegeart.org. has been awarded a Visual Arts Sea Grant Antonio, TX, has received a travel grant indeed, what might continue to be the from the University of Rhode Island in from ArtPace to travel to New York for cultural legacy of Stalin and Stalinism. Kingston. He will create a series of paint- “MIX 2002: The 16th New York Lesbian Contributions are welcomed that will ings and prints based on the Cape Ann & Gay Experimental Film/Video CALL FOR PAPERS consider Stalin’s cultural legacy in a wide coastline in Massachusetts. Marshall has Festival,” which is screening his film The Inspiration of Astronomical range of fields, including painting, cine- also finished a residency at the HallFarm Gray Water Shorts. Phenomena—4th Conference (INSAP ma, photography, theatre, literature, Center for Arts and Education in IV) will be held at Magdalen College in music, and popular culture. Please send Towshend, VT. Tony Wood has been awarded the Duval Oxford, England, on August 3–9, 2003. It an abstract of about 200 words to Mike County (FL) Artist-in-Residence for will explore humanity’s fascination with O’Mahony, History of Art Dept., 43 Henry A. Millon, curator at the 2002–3. He will work on figurative draw- astronomical phenomena as strong and Woodland Rd., Bristol BS8 1UU, American Philosophical Society and for- ing and painting and conduct workshops often dominant elements in life and culture England; Mike.OMahony@ mer CAA Board member, gave the annual for area art students and faculty. and will provide a meeting place for artists bristol.ac.uk; www.bris. ac.uk/Depts/ Charles Homer Haskins Lecture on May and scholars from a variety of disciplines, ArtHistory/stalinsculturallegacy.html. 3, 2002, at the Center for Advanced Study The Getty Grant Program in Los Angeles including archaeology and anthropology, Deadline: December 16, 2002. in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of has announced its grant recipients for the art and art history, classics, history and Art, in Washington, DC. period of January 1–March 30, 2002. prehistory, the physical and social sci- The 18th Annual Art History Graduate CAA members include: Gregory Alan ences, mythology and folklore, philosophy, Student Symposium, organized by the Sally M. Promey, professor of American Castillo, Pika Ghosh, Sharon Haya and religion, to present and discuss their Art History Society at the University of art history at the University of Maryland Hecker, Diana Louise Linden, Laura studies on the influences of astronomical Iowa, will take place on February in College Park, has received the school’s Malosetti Costa, Therese Marie phenomena and address topics of common 28–March 1, 2003. Graduate students 2002 Kirwan Faculty Research and Martin, Spyros Papapetros, Jennifer interest. There will be a wide range of from all disciplines are invited to submit Scholarship Prize, an award made each Gillian Purtle, Sarah Katherine Rich, speakers, and opportunities will be provid- papers from the areas of art history and year to a faculty member for highly sig- Michael John Schreffler, and Felicity ed for 30-minute presentations as well as related fields. This broad-based, interdis- nificant work of research, scholarship, or Dale Scott. poster presentations. The new application ciplinary symposium seeks, but is not artistic creativity completed within the form can be found in the “application limited to, papers that focus on the visual past 3 years. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New process” section at http://ethel.as. arts. Proposals for a 20-minute paper York has awarded 2002–3 fellowships to arizona.edu/~white/insap/i4applyx.htm. should be 1-page, single spaced, and Marianna Shreve Simpson, an inde- the following CAA members: Jonathan Applications to attend and abstracts must accompanied by a cover letter and short pendent scholar based in Baltimore, MD, Alexander, Lisa Duffy-Zeballos, be submitted to Ray White at rwhite@ c.v. Please mail proposals to Kate Elliott, has been awarded a senior fellowship Maryam Ekhtiar, Holly Flora, Dorothy as.Arizona.edu and Nick Campion at Symposium Chair, School of Art and Art from the National Endowment for the F. Glass, Marilyn Heldman, Lyle ncampion@ caol.demon.co.uk. Further History, University of Iowa, 100 Art Humanities for 2003 for her project, Humphrey, Jacqueline Jung, Trinita information on INSAP IV and on the earli- Bldg., Iowa City, IO 52242-1706; “From Cover to Cover: The Arts of the Kennedy, Patricia Mainardi, Terry er conferences can be found at [email protected]. Deadline: Book in the Islamic World.” She has also Milhaupt, Stephen Pinson, Karen http://ethel.as.arizona.edu/~white/insap December 31, 2002. received a Collaborative Research Grant Sherry, and Mark Trowbridge. (general information) and http://ethel.as. from the Getty Grant Program for arizona.edu/~white/insap/insap4x.htm Composing Identity: Art and research on “The Interaction of Poetry The Radcliffe Institute at Harvard (for INSAP IV). Deadline: December 1, Constructions of Being, held by the and Painting in Firdausi’s Shahnama,” in University in Cambridge, MA, has 2002. graduate students of the Kress Foundation collaboration with Jerome W. Clinton of awarded fellowships to these CAA mem- Dept. of Art History, University of Princeton University. bers: Lisa Saltzman, Gwendolyn Dubois States of Emergency: Crisis and the Kansas, will take place on March 8, 2003. Shaw, and Dorothy Wong. Humanities is the Virginia Humanities Submissions should address the ways in Mahara T. Sinclaire has been awarded Conference to be held at Old Dominion which art can be used to construct various an artist residency in painting at the University on April 11–12, 2003. We identities in any time period, location, or Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in invite proposals for panels, individual media. Interdisciplinary proposals are Omaha, NE, for summer 2003. papers, performances, and creative proj- encouraged. Please send proposals for a ects that address issues of emergency, 20-minute presentation and a c.v. to 2003 Albert Sperath, director of University trauma, the state, humanities knowledge, Symposium Coordinators, 209 Spencer Museums at the University of Mississippi and representation. All areas of arts and Museum of Art, University of Kansas, in Oxford, has received an artist fellow- humanities are invited. Please send a 1- Lawrence, KS 66045. Inquiries may be ship by the Mississippi Arts Commission. page abstract and brief c.v. to Dana sent to [email protected]. Deadline: Heller, Institute of Humanities, BAL 432, January 6, 2003. Evgeny Steiner, an adjunct faculty mem- Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA ber at New York University and visiting

CAA NEWS NOVEMBER2002 19 The Rocky Mountain Medieval and [email protected]; fax: 202/275- [email protected]. Send contributions to Renaissance Association will present its 1707. Deadline: December 1, 2002. Selina Spinos, Art Editor, The William 35th annual conference, “Representations and Mary Review, Campus Center, P.O. and Realities of Medieval and The 2003 Ohioana Library Association Box 8795, College of William and Mary, Renaissance Experience,” on April 4–6, Awards request nominations Ohio-based Williamsburg, VA 23187. Deadline: 2003, at Colorado College. Papers and authors, poets, musicians, artists, and per- February 1, 2003. sessions are invited on all aspects of formers who have made outstanding con- medieval and Renaissance history, litera- tributions to their fields. The award cate- The Contemporary Arts Collective ture, society, and culture. For further gories, which include several for authors, needs artwork for Jackpot!, a national information or to submit a proposal, can be found at www.opin.lib.oh.us/ juried teapot exhibition open to all U.S. please contact Carol Neel, Dept. of OHIOANA. Nomination forms can be residents, that will take place May 2–30, History, Colorado College, 14 E. Cache obtained from the website or by writing 2003, in Las Vegas, NV. Artists may sub- La Poudre, Colorado Springs, CO 80903; to the Ohioana Library Association, 274 mit up to 3 teapots, functional or sculp- [email protected]. Deadline: E. First Ave., Ste. 300, Columbus, OH tural, that use clay as the primary medi- PHOTO: RICHARD DI LIBERTO January 15, 2003. 43201; 614/466-3831; fax: 614/728-6974; um; up to 2 35-mm slides may be submit- The Garden Court at the Frick [email protected]. Deadline: ted for each piece. Works must not The International Society for Pheno- © THE FRICK COLLECTION, NEW YORK December 31, 2002. exceed 36 inches in any direction and menology, Aesthetics, and the Fine Arts must have been complete in the past 2 of Anna Teresa Tymieniecka’s World years. Entry fee is $20. The winner will Phenomenology Institute invites session 2003. For more information, please con- CALL FOR ENTRIES receive a weekend getaway to Las Vegas and paper proposals for its 8th annual tact Yvonne Elet at 212/547-6874; The Cloyde Snook Gallery of the Art and an original Mark Burn teapot. For interdisciplinary conference to be held at [email protected]. Dept. at Adams State College is request- more information, please write to the Harvard Divinity School in ing submissions for On/Of Paper, a Contemporary Arts Collective, Attn: Cambridge, MA, on May 14–18, 2002. Encounters with Islam. The Medieval national juried exhibition of 2-D and 3-D Jackpot!, 101 E. Charleston Blvd., Ste. Entitled “Beauty, Truth, and Goodness: Mediterranean Experience: Art, works made on or of paper, to be held 101, Las Vegas, NV 89104. Deadline: Aesthetics at the Cross-Roads,” the confer- Culture, and Material Culture is a sym- March 3–April 11, 2003. Works must March 31, 2002. ence immediately follows the May 12–13 posium to be held April 5–6, 2003, at the have been completed within the last 3 meeting of the Society for Phenomenology University of Illinois, Urbana- years. All artists 18 years or older and and Literature, “The Enigma of Good and Champaign. Organized with the establish- residing in the U.S. may enter. Artists CALL FOR Evil: the Moral Sentiment in Literature.” ment of a new Ph.D. program in architec- may submit up to 3 slides of work and a MANUSCRIPTS AND Please send 2 copies of session proposals tural and landscape history, it will include nonrefundable fee of $25.00. More infor- JOURNAL or 1-page abstracts (with audio-visual speakers who are specialists in Islamic, mation can be obtained by contacting the needs) along with your current c.v. Byzantine, and Western medieval art, Art Dept. at 719/587-7823; mjdoell@ SUBMISSIONS (include an email address and phone num- architecture, and landcape. The medieval adams.edu; www.art.adams.edu. For The National Art Education ber). Candidates may apply to attend and Mediterranean was a theater of encounter complete prospectus send an S.A.S.E. to Association requests 500-word abstracts present in both conferences and pay only and cultural interchange between East On/Of Paper c/o Margaret Doell, Art for consideration for a new anthology that 1 registration fee. Send abstracts for and West, between religiously, ethnically, Dept., Adams State College, Alamosa, will explore the relationship between “Beauty, Truth, and Goodness” to Patricia and linguistically diverse societies. By CO 81101. Deadline: December 1, 2002. semiotics, visual culture, and art educa- Trutty-Coohill, ISPAFA Secretary General, examining the artistic production and tion. This anthology will focus on the Siena College, Dept. of Creative Arts, 515 material culture at points of intersection, The Pennsylvania School of Art and practices and contents of art education Loudon Rd., Loudonville, NY 12211- the symposium will address the complex Design is accepting submissions for a and their connection with semiotic stud- 1462; [email protected]. Send abstracts ideological discourse as reflected in the contemporary landscape exhibition during ies. It will highlight the visual signs and for “The Enigma of Good and Evil” to language of visual expression. For more 2003–4. Contemporary investigations into symbols in culture(s) and the way that Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, World information, contact the organizers landscape in all media are encouraged. educators, historians, critics, visual Phenomenology Institute, 1 Ivy Pointe Robert Ousterhout at [email protected] Send 10 slides, statement, résumé, and an artists, and others have understood, used, Way, Hanover, NH 03755; fax: 802/295- or D. Fairchild Ruggles at S.A.S.E. to PSA&D, Attn: Gallery and taught from a semiotic point of view. 5963. Deadline: February 1, 2003. [email protected]. Director, 204 N. Prince St., P.O. Box 59, In contrast to many books with semiotic Lancaster, PA 17608-0059. Deadline: content, it is the intention of the editor to The Dance of Life: Investigations in the December 15, 2002. provide a readable, interesting, and Fine Arts, Literature, and Music is a understandable text that is also rich in special session in the program “Pheno- The Robert A. Peck Center at Central content. Authors should clearly indicate menology of Life: Meeting the Challenges Wyoming College is looking for artists the connection between semiotic theories of the Present Day World,” to be held on RESOURCES & working in the following categories for and visual-art practices. Formats might August 10–17, 2003, in Istanbul, Turkey, the 2003–4 exhibition year: book art include papers, written or visual essays, at the 53rd International Phenomenology (either making books or creating art personal narratives, or research reports Congress convened in conjunction with the OPPORTUNITIES inspired by books), still life (how do you that focus on theory, practice, or philoso- 21st World Congress of Philosophy. To interpret still life in the 21st century?), phy. Black-and-white photographs, draw- propose a paper for the session and for fur- and the human figure and/or condition (a ing, and illustrations may be included. ther details, please contact Anna-Teresa For the most up-to-date and expanded list of wide-open category). Any medium except Topics could include broad categories Tymieniecka, World Phenomenology resources and opportunities, please consult installation is welcome. Please send 20 such as archetype, agency, author/artist/ www.collegeart.org. Institute, 1 Ivy Pointe Way, Hanover, NH slides, video, or CD; artist statement; authority bricolage, camouflage, carica- 03755; www.phenomenology.org. available dates; résumé; and an S.A.S.E.to ture, carnival, cognitive dissonance, colo- Deadline: March 15, 2002. AWARDS Nita Kehoe, Gallery Coordinator, Central nialism, commercial art, common sense, Wyoming College, 2660 Peck Ave., connoisseurship, content and context, The Smithsonian American Art Riverton, WY 82501; nkehoe@ curiosity, cliché, desire, diversity, forgery, Museum invites nominations for the TO ATTEND cwc.cc.wy.us. Deadline: January 15, gaze and glance, greatness, hegemony, Charles C. Eldredge Prize, an annual The Honolulu Academy of Arts and the 2003. icon/index/symbol, ideology, illusion, award for outstanding scholarship in Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art intolerance, metaphor, mysticism, parody, American art history. Single-author books will host “Islamic Art in Paradise,” a The William and Mary Review, a literary pedagogy, power, prejudice, taboo, or val- devoted to any aspect of the visual arts of symposium to be held in Honolulu, HA, and art magazine published by the ues and ethics. Please mail the abstract to the U.S. and published in the 3 previous on January 9–11, 2003. It will focus on College of William and Mary, invites you Deborah L. Smith-Shank, Editor, School calendar years are eligible. To nominate a current issues in the study and collecting to submit work to be considered for the of Art, Arends Bldg., Northern Illinois book, send a letter explaining the work’s of Islamic art. For more information, 2003 edition. Please send slides of unpub- University, DeKalb, IL 60115; fax: significance to the field of American art please call the academy at 808/532-8700. lished work in any media to the address 815/753-7701; [email protected]. history and discussing the quality of the below, along with your contact informa- Deadline: December 15, 2002. author’s scholarship and methodology to The 2003 Symposium on the History of tion and an S.A.S.E. for return of unselect- the Charles C. Eldredge Prize, Art, sponsored by the Frick Collection ed slides. Contributors receive 5 compli- “Essentialism, Race, and Identity in Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Institute of Fine Arts, New York mentary copies of the publication. For Early Twentieth-Century American Washington, DC 20560-0970; University, will take place March 28–29, more information, please write to Art” was a 2002 CAA Annual

20 CAA NEWS NOVEMBER 2002 Conference session. The session chair is music, economic activity, or cosmological to offer the possibility of presenting fin- seeking additional manuscripts for an sciences. Especially of interest are reli- ished research projects in published form, PROGRAMS anthology on this subject. Contributions gion and the arts; religion, health, and as a seminar, or in its exhibition galleries. AllLearn (Alliance for Lifelong should examine particularized representa- healing; globalization and religion; and Please send a proposal and c.v., marked Learning) is the distance-learning venture tions of race, ethnicity, gender, and/or religion and the city. For further informa- RF, to Institute, 74 The of Oxford, Stanford, and Yale sexuality as genre codes advanced, devel- tion, please contact Keith Brown, Headrow, Leeds LS1 3AH, England. For Universities. This fall, AllLearn is open- oped, and consumed. Send manuscripts to Coordinator of Fellowship Programs, at further information, contact Liz Aston at ing registration to anyone interested in its Jacqueline Francis, University of 617/496-5834; fax: 617/496-1973; +44 (0)113-246-7467 or liz@henry- enrichment courses; previously, enroll- Michigan, Dept. of the History of Art, [email protected]; www.hds. moore.ac.uk. Deadline: January 6, 2003. ment was limited to alumni of the 3 uni- 519 S. State St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109- harvard.edu/cswr. Deadline: December versities. Many art-history classes are 1357; [email protected]. Deadline: 15, 2002. The Smithsonian American Art available. For more information, please December 31, 2002. Museum and its Renwick Gallery invite visit www.alllearn.org. Worcester College is offering a 2-year applications for research fellowships in Academic Exchange Quarterly (AEQ) is residential fellowship in the study of U.S. art and visual culture. Fellowships Arts Extension Service, part of the accepting articles on topics covering dis- Renaissance or Baroque architectural his- support independent research and disser- Division of Continuing Education at the tributed education, particularly online dis- tory through the generosity of the Scott tation research. Predoctoral, postdoctoral, University of Massachusetts in Amherst, tance learning. If you or your colleagues Opler Foundation. Applications are invit- and senior fellowships are offered. For is offering an online course, are interested in submitting a manuscript, ed from scholars of any nationality and general information or to request a “Fundamentals of Arts Management,” please proceed to the following websites academic affiliation in the final year of brochure, please contact the museum’s which can lead to a Certificate of Arts for submission guidelines: http:// their dissertation or within the first 3 fellowship office at fellowships@saam. Management. The course is designed for rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/ontdis.htm years after the completion of their Ph.D., si.edu or 202/275-1557. For applications, those who want to advance their nonprof- or www.higher-ed.org/AEQ/ontdis.htm. D. Phil., or comparable degree. Topics contact the Office of Fellowships at it management skills through professional The print journal of AEQ reaches 23,000 may include any area or aspect of [email protected] or 202/275-0655. development rather than a degree pro- readers. The electronic version is avail- European architectural history during the Please visit www.americanart.si.edu and gram. For more information, please visit able for free from Gale’s InfoTrac Renaissance or Baroque era, including click on “Study Center” to find out more www.umass.edu/aes. Expanded Academic Index. urbanism, landscape, and garden history, about fellowship opportunities. Deadline: drawing and design method, theory and January 15, 2003, for fellowships begin- RESIDENCIES publication, and architectural representa- ning after June 1, 2003. GRANTS AND tion, as well as studies of architecture and The Christine Center is offering sabbati- FELLOWSHIPS related disciplines. The Opler Research cals from 1 month to a year for writers, poets, dancers, and visual artists (working The Pembroke Center for Teaching Fellow will receive a stipend of £18,250 ONLINE in watercolor and/or pencil). For full and Research on Women has postdoc- per annum (revised annually) and will M/E/A/N/I/N/G has been reincarnated at details, visit . toral fellowships available for September have access to certain travel, research, www.artkrush.com with a “Special www.christinecenter.org 1, 2003–May 31, 2004; the stipend is and publication funds. The fellow is enti- Edition” forum produced in cooperation $31,000. These residential grants provide tled to free accommodation and meals at with Artkrush, an online arts magazine. International Art and Cultural Center (IACC) is accepting applications for office space at the center. Recipients are the college as a member of the Senior M/E/A/N/I/N/G’s first online forum,”Is short- or long-term residencies from expected to reside in the Providence, RI, Common Room. We expect that the fel- Resistance Futile?”, features commentary active or retired college art faculty, art area and attend the weekly research semi- low may need to travel for the purposes and images by David Humphrey, Lucio teachers of elementary and high schools, nars and associated events, including reg- of research, but he or she will be based in Pozzi, Aneta Szylack, and Daryl Chin, as and established artists. Art-sales exhibi- ular lunches with the seminar, its guests, Oxford for the duration of the fellowship. well as by M/E/A/N/I/N/G’s coeditors tions are organized twice a year for the and other fellows. In evaluating applica- Applications should include a statement Susan Bee and . residents. For details, please write to tions, we will be particularly interested in of the proposed research program and a Board of Directors, IACC, 4229 N. your project statement. Our theme is current c.v. Applicants must also arrange Book History Online (BHO), designed, Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34234. deliberately broad, though focused on for 3 confidential letters of recommenda- managed, maintained, and published by “shame.” We are looking for projects that tion to be sent directly to the college by the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National address the problem imaginatively, are the deadline. Interviews for a final group Library of the Netherlands, in cooperation The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art offers free studio space in interdisciplinary in conceptualization, and of candidates will be scheduled in March with national committees in more than 30 Foundation New York beginning September 1, 2003, demonstrate a theoretical interest in the 2003. For application forms and further countries, is a bibliographical database on for periods of up to 1 year. Visual artists topic. The project statement should dis- information, please contact the Provost’s the history of the printed book and ages 21 and older who are U.S. citizens cuss the questions you address, your Secretary, Worcester College, Oxford libraries. BHO contains more than 26,000 or permanent residents are invited to sub- methodology, the theoretical underpin- OX1 2HB, England; +44 (0)186-527- entries on the history of the printed book mit proposals, which should include 8 nings of your approach, your sources, and 8362; fax: +44 (0)186-579-3106; worldwide and records all publications of slide of recent work, slide list, résumé, the likely outcome of the research. We [email protected]. scholarly value, written from a historical statement indicating why studio space is would like to know what stage of Deadline: December 15, 2002. point of view. This may include mono- needed, desired starting date and length research or writing will be carried out at graphs, articles, and reviews dealing with of stay, and an S.A.S.E. for the return of the center and an indication of why par- The American Institute for Yemeni the history of the printed book; its arts, slides. Please send to the Space Program, ticipation in an interdisciplinary seminar Studies, a consortium of academic insti- crafts, techniques, and equipment; its eco- Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, 830 might be useful for your research. To tutions that supports research on Yemeni nomic, social, and cultural environment; N. Tejon St., Ste. 120, Colorado Springs, complete your application you must pro- and South Arabian studies, will award and book production, distribution, preser- CO 80903; 719/635-3220. Deadline: vide 7 copies of the following: an appli- several pre- and postdoctoral fellowships vation, and description. More specifically, January 31, 2003. cation form, a project statement of 5 in a variety of programs. For further BHO contains bibliographical informa- typed pages, a representative bibliogra- information, eligibility, and application tion on the history of printing and pub- phy, and a c.v. 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This book Pembroke_Center Americas,” and for research leading to a 9, 2002. (published under the auspices of the Ph.D. The 3-year Robert Sainsbury The Henry Moore Institute invites Committee on Rare Books and Scholarship is available from September applications from artists, academics, cura- Manuscripts of the International The Center for the Study of World 2003 to fund Ph.D. research tenable at the at the Harvard Divinity School tors, and educators who are interested in Federation of Library Associations and Religions center. The M.A. course combines anthro- is accepting applications to its Senior working on historic and contemporary Institutions) is produced in collaboration pological, art-historical, and archaeologi- Fellowship Program for the 2003–4 aca- sculpture using the institute’s resources. with editors in more than 30 countries. cal approaches and is intended for stu- demic year. We encourage multiple Up to 4 fellows will be offered accommo- Annotations and keywords are in English. dents who wish to pursue research and approaches toward religious expressions, dation, travel expenses, and a per diem in BHO contains all ABHB entries since academic- or museum-related careers. whether in art, medicine, law, literature, order to use these resources for periods of 1990. Please visit http://www.kb.nl/bho. Applicants should have or be about to up to 1 month. The institute is also able

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22 CAA NEWS NOVEMBER 2002 CWA AWARD Woman of the Decade by Tamarind Book of entries in books, anthologies, RECIPIENTS Women in Business, and Lithography: Art and catalogues, and journals—is an received a 1983 Midcareer Techniques (New York: Harry exhaustive compilation of her CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Award from the Women’s N. Abrams, Inc. 1971), which extensive writing, speaking, Caucus for Art, a Living is still the primary authority on and persuasive activism. Modernists and the Mexican Legacy award from the that print medium. However, Now in her mid-eighties Muralist School; Three Women’s International Center Wayne has always worked in and with several lifetimes of Generations of African in San Diego, CA (which, she many media; to her regret and work behind her, the vibrant American Women Sculptors: A mentions, did not, alas, include the world’s loss, her tapestries Wayne is quite uninterested in Study in Paradox; Bearing a sock full of money), and and paintings are not as widely speaking of past achievements. Witness: Contemporary Works numerous lifetime achievement known as her prints. She has recently become pro- by African American Women awards during the last twenty Wayne’s exhibition history fessor of research at the Artists; 20th Century American years. Wayne was also nomi- dates to 1935—she suggests Rutgers Center for Innovative Sculpture at the White House; nated for an Oscar in 1974 by that she won a lot of awards by Printmaking and Paper in New Free within Ourselves: African the Academy of Motion Picture wearing out the competition— Brunswick, NJ, where she American Art from the Arts and Sciences for Four and she garnered many prizes hopes to produce several new Museum’s Collections; African since then, including thirteen projects, one on the aurora American Artists, 1880–1987: purchase awards from France’s borealis and another entitled Selections from the Evans- Biennale d’Epinal, the Library Jimmy and June (featuring her- Tibbs Collection; Since the Wayne is no of Congress in Washington, self and the artist James : 50 Years DC, and the Los Angeles Ensor). The third will be a of Afro-American Art; Forever stranger to CAA, County Museum of Art, among Thomas Bros.–like map of Free: Art by African-American having delivered others. D’nir Amat, a country of her Women, 1862–1980; American Wayne has had some sev- own designing. She is also Negro Art from the 19th and its Convocation enty-five solo exhibitions in planning a takeoff on the Très 20th Centuries; and The Art of address at the Europe, Australia, Mexico, and Riches Heures of Jean, Duke the American Negro, the U.S. In recent years Wayne of Berry, to be called Les Très 1851–1940. Her artwork can Metropolitan has had three major retrospec- Riches Peches de la Duchesse be found in numerous major tives at the Neuberger Museum de Tamarindo. Of course, her museum collections in the Museum of Art of Art, the Palm Springs Desert intense interest in the genetic U.S., Mexico, and at the for the 1990 Museum in California, and, in code and language, her habit of Národního Muzea (National 1999, the Los Angeles County pushing old classic materials to Museum) in Prague. Catlett is Annual Museum of Art. Her art is rep- develop new complicated ideas currently represented by the Conference in resented in more than sixty- and make credible inverted, June Kelly Gallery in New three museum collections, introspective, and impulsive York. New York. including the Bibliothèque thoughts, and her interest in For Catlett’s exceptional Nationale in Paris, the Museum revisiting the conceptual and artistic talent, her unwavering of Modern Art and Whitney political problems of the 1940s activism for the equality of Museum of American Art, both and 1950s all drive Wayne’s African American, Latino, and Stones for Kanemitsu, her doc- in New York, the National artmaking. She says, “After all Mexican people, her feminist umentary on the Tamarind Gallery of Art in Washington, the work I did on optics and efforts to uplift women, her Institute, which trains fine-art DC, the Bibliothèque Royale the genetic code, these projects personal triumph against injus- lithographers who, in turn, de Belgique in Brussels, and will be a gas.” tice and adversity, her dedica- have created their own print the Norton Simon Museum in For her never-ending pas- tion to her students, and her shops across the country. Pasadena, CA. sion to think, see, and teach, devotion to her husband, the Wayne is widely associat- Wayne is no stranger to and for her dedication to late artist , and ed with the art of lithography, CAA, having delivered its removing all barriers to the their three sons, CWA honors having founded and directed Convocation address at the free expression of all artists you. the Tamarind Lithography Metropolitan Museum of Art CWA honors June Wayne. Workshop (now the Tamarind for the 1990 Annual —Dori Lemeh and Eleanor June Wayne, painter, printer, Institute), funded by the Ford Conference in New York. She Dickinson, CWA members intellectual, and high school Foundation, in 1960. At that also has participated in numer- dropout, has received many time “master printers were ous CAA panels and in 1973 awards, including five hon- extinct in the United States and delivered her influential, witty, orary doctorates. She was cho- were dying out in Europe.” and often-reprinted paper, “The sen Woman of the Year in 1999 With Garo Antreasian and Male Artist as a Stereotypical by the Palm Springs Desert Clinton Adams, Tamarind Female.” Wayne’s bibliogra- Museum in California and helped to produce The phy—more than one thousand

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Since 1993, the College Art Association has helped 59 M.F.A. and Ph.D. candidates bridge LIVE the gap between graduate study and a professional career.

Applications for 2003-2004 are available online at www.collegeart.org. The application deadline is Friday, January 31, 2003.

To find out how to apply for a fellowship, see LEARN page 6 of this issue.

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