newsletter Volume 11, Number 3 Fall 1986 nominations for CAA board of directors

The 1986 Nominating Committee has submitted its initial slate of ciatt'on is attracting new members, especially those working in non­ twelve nominees to serve on the eAA Board of Directors from 1987 to Western areas. I am committed to continuing in this ecumenical 1991. Of these, six will be selected by the Committee as its final slate dt'rection. I would also work to support closer working relationshlps and formally proposed for election at the Annual Members Business between museums, art schools, and academic departments of art his­ Meeting to be held in Boston on February 12, 1987. tory in order to l'ntegrate more thoroughly the study ofart with the art The slate of candidates has been chosen with an eye to representa­ objects and the artists themselves. tion based on geography and discipline (artists, academic art histo­ rians, museum professionals). The Nominating Committee recom­ mends that voters take such distribution into account in making their PAUL BRACH selection of candidates. The current elected Board of Directors is Cooper Union and Empire State College composed of eight artists (32%), fifteen art historians (57%), and three museum professionals (11 %). Of those, thirteen are men and BFA, MFA State Univ Iowa. 1948. POSITIONS: thirteen are women; sixteen represent the northeast and mid-Atlantic Univ Mo, Columbia, 1950-51; New School, States (62%), four represent the midwest (15%), four represent the 1952-55; NYU, 1954-67; UCSanDiego, chair west (15%), and one each represent the southeast (4%), and south­ dept visual arts, 1967-69; Cal lnst of the Arts, west (4%). This compares to the following breakdown of the mem­ Dean School of Art, 1969-75; Fordham Univ, bership: artists 37%; art historians 52%; museum professionals 11 %; Lincoln Center, chair, Div Arts, 1975-79; male 40%; female 60%; northeast/mid-Atlantic 48%; midwest Cooper Union and Empire State College. 20%; west 14%; southeast 11 %; southwest 7%. The preferential 1979 -. EXHIBITIONS: solo: Mulvane Art Cen­ ballot is in the fonn of a prepaid business reply card and is being ter, Topeka; Bernice Steinbaum; Yares, Scottsdale; Janus, L.A.; mailed separately. Please return it promptly; ballots must be post­ Lerner Heller, NYC; Benson, Bridgehampton, NYC; Cirrus, L.A.; marked no later than II November. The 1 November deadline on the Andre Emmerich, NYC; Kornblee, NYC; Leo Castelli, NYC; numer­ ballot has been extended. ous group exhibitions. COLLECTIONS: MOMA; Whitney Mus; Los Angeles County Mus; St Louis Art Mus; NY Public Lib; univ and cor­ ELIZABETH HILL BOONE porate collections. AWARDS: Tamarind Lithography Workshop fel­ Dumbarton Oaks lowships. Los Angeles and Albuquerque; Nova Scotia Col of Art and Design, printmaking fellowship; Univ New Mexico, visiting artist. BA College of William and Mary, 1970; PhD PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: National Assoc Schools of Art, paper at Uillv Texas, Austin 1977. POSITIONS: research annual meeting; panelist, NEA Art Critics Grant; guest critic various associate, Research Center for the Arts, Univ colleges and universities; contributing critic, ArtForum, Art in Texas, San Antonio, 1977-80; assoc curator America. for Pre-Columbian Collection, Dumbarton Artist-teachers have been the step children of the CAA I have Oaks, 1980-83; director of studies and curator worked on all academic levels from part time teaching at Cooper of Pre-Columbian Collection, Dumbarton Union, Parsons and N. 1': U. to chairing the art department at Uni­ Oaks, 1983-. EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLICATIONS: versity of California at San Diego and starting Cal Arts as dean ofthe Directory of Historians of Latin A merican Art, Research Center for School of Art. I have taught studio and art history and have con­ the Arts, Univ Texas, San Antonio, 1979; The Codex Mag#a­ tributed Crt'tt'cism to national art magazines. Since leaving academia bechiano and the Lost Prototype ofthe Magliabechiano Group, Univ in the late seventl'es I have been at many schools as visitt'ng crt'tic, so I Cal Press, 1983; Art of Aztec Mexico: Treasures of Tenochtitlan, am aware ofcond£tions in the field. During my time at Cal Arts we in­ Dumbarton Oaks and National Gallery of Art, 1983-84; PaintedAr­ stituted the first Femt'nist Art Program. I am particularly aware ofthe cht'tecture and Polychrome Monumental Sculpture in Mesoamertca, concerns of women artists and art students. The CAA cannot rectify editor and contributor, Dumbarton Oaks, 1985; The Aztec Templo all ofthe abuses that artist-teachers suffer in both their jobs and their Mayor, editor and contributor, Dumbarton Oaks, in press. AWARDS: professional lives, but it should use the weight ofits prestige to tllumi­ Research fellowships from Institute for Advanced Study. NEH, nate the problems and help resolve them. ACLS, Kress, Univ Texas, Austin. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Associa­ tion for Latin American Art (CAA affiliate),-founding member, first sec/treas; p~ne1ist and reviewer NEH; XXVIth Int'l Congress of JUDITH K. BRODSKY the History of Art, local coordinating committee; 44th Int'l Congress Rutgers, The State University, Newark Americanists, symposium co-organizer and co-chair; Northeast Mesoamericanists conf, panel organizer. CAA ACTIVITIES: presented BA Radcliffe, 1954; MFA TylorSchooI of Art, paper at annual meeting, 1979. 1967. POSITIONS: lecturer, Tyler School of Art, New energies in the visual arts and in the discipline of art history 1966-71; assoc prof, dir printmaking prog, make this an t'nteres#ng time for the College Art Association, as t't Beaver Col, 1972-78; chair, art dept. Rutgers, moves to respond to a changing r.onstituency. The supremely impor­ Newark/ assoc prof, Mason Gross School of the tant annual meett'ngs are accommodatt'ng a broader range ofsessions Arts, Rutgers, New Brunswick, 1978- 81; assoc and nurturt'ng greater intellectual and visual exchanges between art­ dean, Newark Col of Arts and Sciences, Rut­ ists and art historians of varyt'ng areas ofspeciaUzation. The publica­ gers, 1981-82; assoc provost, Rutgers, Newark. tions, too, are embracing more dt'verse scholarsht'p, so that the Asso- Continued on p. 2, col. 1 Inomlnatlons for CM board of directors Inominations for CM board of directors

1982 -. EXHIBITIONS: selected solo: Beaver Col; Brown univ; Univ study ofAfrican, Can'bbean and African-Amencan cultures into the­ NEA, Rockefeller Foundation-Southwest Media Grant: Arizona FAITH RINGGOLD Penn: NJ State Mus, Trenton; Douglass Col, Rutgers; Assoc Am Art­ discipline in an informed professional manner. As a member of the State Univ faculty grants, Univ Research Fund. PROFESSIONAL ACTIV­ University of California, San Diego ists, Philadelphia; Elaine Starkman Gal, NYC; Robeson Center Gal, Board of the CAA, I would be particularly attentz've to two areas: in ITIES: weA, Nat'l president, 1982-84; Mid-America CAA, board Rutgers; numerous group exhibitions. COLLECTIONS: Library of Con­ general, the encouragement of a more hospitable environment for member; Coalition of Women's Art Organizations, vice pres, board BA and MA City College of NY, 1955 and 1959, gress; Newark Mus; Newark Pub Lib; The Urban lust, Washington mtnority scholars in all areas of art hutorical study at museums and member. CAA ACTIVITIES: active member attending every conference POSITIONS: Wagner College, NYC, lecturer DC; US Embassy, Japan; Duxbury Art Center; Justice Complex, universitt'es 2) and more specifically, in the area of American art, since 1975. 1970-78; Bank Street Col Grad Prog, lecturer, Trenton, univ and corporate collections. PUBLICATIONS: "The more opportunitt'es for the presentatt'on ofpapers at the annual meet­ 1970-80; Univ Cal San Diego, prof, 1985-. Women's Movement in Art: Changing the Art World Structure?," tngs that offer first rate scholarship in non-traditional subject areas, Bnnglng CAA members from all of the visual arts disctpltnes znto EXHIBITIONS: solo: Spectrum Gall, 1967, 1970; American Political Sdence Association Proceedings, 1976; "Should Opening up the dudplzne to some fresh perspectives wz'U, no doubt, direct communicatt'on through tnnovatzve programmtng at our Voorhees Gall, Rutgers, 1973; The Studio the Art School Curriculum include Professional Job Training?," enrich the discipline and add some much needed diversity to a field natt'onal conferences is ofmajor z'mportance, Dialogue between histo­ Museum in Harlem, 1984; Bernice Steinbaum 1977; "Art and Geometry," whz'ch is growtng perilously narrow and specialized, American Artist, Mathematics: A Cul­ rians and artists, artists and cntics, cn'tics and museum people, et Gall, 1987; numerous group shows. COLLEC­ Harper & Row, 1977; "Rediscovering Women Print­ tural Approach, cetera, serves all ofour professional interests, Increased opportuntties TIONS: Newark Mus; Brooklyn Children's Mus; Women's House of makers," Counterproof, 1979; "The Strength to be Different: Nine­ for such exchanges at "mixed" conference sessions should become Detention, Riker's Island (mural installation); corporate collections, teenth Century New Jersey Women Artists," Essay in Women's HERBERT LEON KESSLER available at our annual events. This tnteraction should yt'eld posittve AWARDS: Honorary DFA Moore College of Art, 1986; Creative Artists Spheres: Three Hundred Years of Women £n M£ddlesex County and The Johns Hopkins University effects: an increase in attendance, a greater cohesion among CAA Public Service Award (CAPS); AAUW; NEA; Wonder Woman Newjersey, 1985. AWARDS: several purchase prizes; Lindback Foun­ members, and a more lively pace to the meetings zn keeptng with the Award, PUBLICATIONS: "Being My Own Woman," Confirmation: An dation Award for Distinguished Teaching; Stella C. Drabkin Memo­ BA Univ Chicago, 1961; MFA and PhD Prince­ way we process information today. I support the recent efforts betng Anthology of Afn'can Amen'can Women, CAA ACnVITIES: panel rial Award, American Color Print Society. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: ton, 1963, 1965. POSITIONS: The Byzantine Inst made by the Board to dtversify programmtng; I would urge further moderator, annual meeting 1974. panelist, New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Arts Inclusion Prog of America, asst to director, 1963; Univ innovatt'on zn this direction if elected. NJ, NEA Visual Arts Prog; WCA, president, 1976-78, paper at an­ Chicago, asst prof to prof and chair, 1965-76; I moderated a panel entztled "What is Black Art,1 "back in 1974 at nual meeting; Coalition of Women's Art Organizations, founder; The Johns Hopkins Univ, prof, chair, Charlotte the CAA meeting zn New York. That was an excitIng time in the art board member of Philadelphia Print Club, New Jersey Printmaking Bloomberg Prof in the School of Arts and Sci­ world. We were excited that we could change the way people look at Council, WCA, Women Artists Series at Douglass Col. CAA ACTIV­ ences, 1976-. PUBLICATIONS: French and DONALD PREZIOSI the art of black people, Now there are other issues includtng women's ITIES: paper at annual meeting, 1977. Flemish Illuminated Manuscnpts from Chz'­ University of California, Los Angeles art and how that is seen. The CAA is a resource for disseminating both cago Collectt'ons, Chicago, The Newberry Lib, histon'cal as well as contemporary information, and ideas about the diverse cultural reservoir of art and artists of the world. There has to My concern on the board would be to ensure that the CAA contz'n­ Bibles from Tours (Studies in Manuscript Illumination, Vol. VII), BA classics, Fairfield, 1962; MA class phil/lin­ be a change in the way the art academia disseminates this tnformation ues to support the highest standards of excellence in art scholarsht'p Princeton Univ Press, 1977; with M.S. Simpson, Picton'aINarratz've guistics, Harvard, 1963; PhD art history, Har­ to its students and readership, Panels and research as well as articles and creativity, without sacrift'ct'ng sensitivity and responsiveness to z'n Antiquity and the Middle Ages (Studies in the History of Art), vard, 1968, POSITIONS: Yale, acting instr to asst and books relative to this are t'n order so that the next generation of new people, ideas, and direct£ons. I believe that the well being of the Washington, D,C., 1985; with Kurt Weitzmann, The Cotton Gene­ prof 1967-73; M.LT., PhD Program in His­ artists, cn'tics, wn'ters and teachers does not proceed In the buszness of CAA lies in its ability to reflect the diversity of interests £n the field, sis, Princeton Univ Press, 1986; "Medieval Art: the State of the tory, Theory and Criticism of Art and Arch, the art world oblivious to the fact that art is multi-cultural and bt'-sex­ rather than a s£ngle point of view. I also bel£eve that goal can be Field," Art Bulletin (in preparation); and numerous articles and asst prof 1973-77; SUNY-Binghamton, assoc ual, All of us artists know this. We are the first to beg, borrow and achieved without chaos. As a university administrator, a printmaker reviews, AWARDS: research fellowships from Woodrow Wilson, Dum­ prof, chair, 1978-86 and adjunct assoc prof, steal ideasfrom the art of the world. Now t't is timefor us tOglve back active in print organizations and teacht'ng, and as a former national barton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies, NEH, Inst Advanced comp lit, 1984-86; UCLA, prof, 1986-. PUB­ and reveal from whence it came. I'd Uke to partz'ctpate tn sheddtng president of the Women's Caucusfor Art, I would brt'ngfamil£arz'ty Study, Guggenheim, ACLS, American Philosophical Society, Amer­ LICATIONS: Labrys, 1971; The Semiotics of the Built Environment, some light on this otherwise grey area. with a broad variety of perspectives to the Board and experience £n ican Acad in Rome. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Dictz'onary of the Mid­ 1979; Archt'tecture, Language and Mean£ng, 1979; Minoan Archi­ how to organt'ze that variety into a coherent and vital whole. dle Ages, assoc editor, 1977 - ; editorial board,Journal ofjewish Art tectural Design, 1983; numerous articles and reviews in art historical, and Word and Image; Medieval Acad of America, chair art history archaeological, literary, and architectural journals. AWARDS: various LINDA SEIDEL session, 1987 meeting; Int'l Center for Medieval Art, board of direc­ fellowships, incl NEH; Wenner-Gren; Mellon, CASVA; Center for University of Chicago MARY SCHMIDT-CAMPBELL tors; Byzantine Studies Conference, organizing committee 1975-78, Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford Univ. PROFES­ Studio Museum in Harlem program director, 1976; Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Stud­ SIONAL ACTIVITIES: organization of and participation in numerous BA Barnard CoIl, 1959; MA Radcliffe Coll, ies, senior fellow, 1980-86, advisor to Byzantine Photo Collection, scholarly conferences arid symposia; Archaeological Inst of America 1960; PhD Harvard, 1965, POSITIONS: Harvard, BA English, Swarthmore Col, 1969; MA, PhD 1984-. CAA ACTIVITIES: Porter Prize Selection Committee, 1974-77, travelling lecture, 1981-85, CAA ACTIVITIES: speaker at several annual instructor, lecturer, asst prof, 1965-76; Univ chair 1976-77; program director, 1976 annual meeting: session chair, meetings; session chair, 1983, 1985 annual meetings, Syracuse Univ, 1973, 1982. POSITIONS: instruc­ Chicago, assoc prof, 1977 -; Columbia Univ, 1979 annual meeting, tor of English lit at Nkumbi Int'l Col, Kabwe, visiting assoc prof, 1984-86. PUBLICATIONS: "A A clear measure ofthe health ofour organiz.ation has surely been its Zambia/ African Am Inst, 1969-71; art editor As chairman ofHistory ofArt at johns Hopkinsfor the past decade, Romantic Forgery: The 'Romanesque' Portal tncreastng attention to the basic theorett'cal, methodologt'cal, and Syracuse New Times, 1974-77; curator, Ever­ I have worked with my colleagues to buz'ld a department that supports ofSt-Etienne in Toulouse," Art Bulletin, 1968; critical concerns which affect our work as scholars, artists and teach­ son Mus of Fine Arts, Syracuse, 1974-1976; ex· scholarshzp and teachtng of the highest order and to t'nstl~ute pro­ "Romanesque Sculpture in the Fogg Museum," ers, histon'ans and cn'tics, museum and It'brary professt'onals, and citi­ ecutive director, Studio Museum in Harlem, grams that examIne art in new ways and that strengthen our disci­ Gesta, 1972, 1973; "The Facade of the Chapterhouse of la Daurade in: z.ens concerned wt'th public policy toward the arts, Many constructive Inc, 1977 -. PUBLICATIONS: reviews in Syracuse pline through approaches to other fields, elected to the CAA Toulouse," Art Bullettn, 1973; "Holy Warriors: The Romanesque If changes and expansions have charactenzed CAA annual meettngs, New Times, 1974-77; exhibition catalogues and articles, including Board, I will bn'ng to the national organization this commitment to Rider and the Fight against Islam," The Holy War, Ohio State Univ publications, and other activities over the past several years, Now, in Melvin Edwards: Amen'can Sculptor, 1978; Richard Mayhew: An quality and the same willzngness to explore and expen'ment. Press, 1976; Romanesque Sculpture from the Cathedral of Satnt-Eti­ A merican A bstractt'onist, 1978; Hale Woodruff 50 Years ofHis Art, our seventy-Jifth anniversary year, we should reaffirm our dedicatt'on enne, Toulouse, Garland, 1977; with Walter Cahn, Romanesque 1979; Rt'tuals: The Art ofBetye Saar, 1980; "Rites and Riffs: The Art to contInuing the diverse developments which are makzng the CAA Sculpture tn Amen'can Collections, I. New England Museums, Burt of Romare Bearden, Art tnAmen'ca, 1981: "Black Folk Art in Amer­ the preemznent national forum for scholarly and professional inter­ MURIEL MAGENTA Franklin, 1979; Songs of Glory: the Romanesque Facades of A qui­ ica," Art journal, 1982; Red and Black to D; Painttngs by Sam change on all aspects of the visual arts and visual culture, both west­ taine, Univ Chicago Press, 1981; "Salome and the Canons," Women's Arizona State University Gilliam, 1983; jacob Lawrence, Jamaica Art Center, 1984; Tradi­ ern and non-western andfrom prehistory to postmodernum, So as to Studies, 1984; "Images of the Crusades in European Art: Models as tion and Conflict: Images of a Turbulent Decade, 1963- ensure that the CAA remazn dynamically van'ed andflexible, and zts Metaphors," Crusades and Cultural Exchange, Studies in Medieval BA Queens College, 1953; MAJohns Hopkins, meetings a place of learning and excitement for many different 1973, 1985, AWARDS: Ford Fellow; Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship Culture, Kalamazoo, 1986; "Installation as Inspiration: The Passion 1962; MFA and PhD Arizona State Univ, 1970. groups, we need both to encourage the growing concern by many in the Humanities; Municipal Art Society Certificate of Merit award­ Cycle from la Daurade," Gesta, 1986. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: POSITIONS: Arizona State Univ, prof 1970 -; members for conttnued interchange on fundamental issues and to ed to the Studio Museum in Harlem for curatorial excellence, 1985. Gesta, editor, 1974-80; Int'l Center of Medieval Art, board of direc­ Univ Wisconsin, Madison, visiting artist 1979; provide fora for varied perspectzves and areas of work and research. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: panelist NEA Expansion Arts, Museum tors, 1979-82; UMI Research Press, series editor, 1981- ; the Renais­ St. Mary's, Notre Dame, visiting artist, 1984, Programs; Board of Trustees, Film Forum; invited speaker art history sance Society at the Univ Chicago, board of directors, 1982-84; Har­ GALLERY AFFILIATIONS: ARTCOM/LaMamel­ and museum topics. vard, visiting committee of Fine Arts Dept, 1983-; Arte Medievale, Ie, San Francisco, 1985-90; Yares Gallery, advisory board, 1983-; Art Bullettn, editorial board 1984-; Coun­ Scottsdale, 1981-82, EXHIBITIONS: Solo: LACE REMINDER: The Preferential Ballot is being mailed sepa­ cillor, Medieval Academy of America, 1986 - ; organizer and partici­ For the past twenty years, The Studio Museum in Harlem has been (L.A. Contemporary Exhibitions); Univ Southern Calif; Douglass rately. Please retain infQnnation on nominees until you pant in many conferences and symposia. CAA ACTIVITIES: session devoted to the art ofAfn'ca and the Afn'ca Diaspora, In the ntne years College, Rutgers Univ; Yares Gal, Scottsdale; Marian Locks, Phil­ receive it. chair, annual meeting, 1976; symposium co-chair, annual meeting, that I have been Executive Director, one of The Studio Museum's adelphia; Phoenix Art Mus; Univ Arkansas, Fayettesville; Citibank, 1986; Morey Book Prize committee, chair, 1987. goals has been to provide the field with opportunities to zntegrate the NYC; Univ Arizona, Tucson, Arizona State Univ, Tempe. AWARDS: Continued on p, 4, cot, 1

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Stacked in the corner ofone of my shelves is a pile of multi- colored JOEL SNYDER of the Royal Irish Academy, 196~: "Die Bilder der drei Propheten in CURRENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS programs and abstracts from annual meetings I have attended and University of Chicago der Bilbia Hispalense," Madn'der Mitteilungen, 196~: "Islamische PRESIDENT: Paul B. Arnold, Oberlin College enjoyed. Affixed to the cover of one is a small, forgotten button that Formen in spansichen Miniaturen des 10. Jahrhunderts und das VICE PRESIDENT: Phyllis Pray Bober, Bryn Mawr College reads CAA faT ERA, It serves to remind me of several tMngs: why BA Univ Chicago, 1961; MA and PhD, philos­ Problem der mozarabischen Buchmalerei," Settimane di Studzo del SECRETARY: James Cahill, University of California, Berkeley there has been no meeting in Chicago for a long time (apart from the ophy, Univ Chicago, 1962, 1966. POSITIONS: Centro Italiano di Studisull' Alto Medioevo, 1965: "Das Bild zur liste TREASURER: John W. Hyland, Jr., PaineWebber Inc. weather-Illinois never supported the proposed amendment); that Univ Chicago, lecturer, dept of art, 1971-76; der Bistumer Spaniens im Codex Aemilianensis," Madrider Mz'tteil­ COUNSEL: Gilbert S. Edelson, Rosenman Colin Freund Lewis & Cohen there are issues of a political nature which challenge academic and assoc prof humanities, 1976-86; profhumani­ ungen, 1968; "The Lintel Fragment Representing Eve from Saint­ Lazare, Autun," Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Instz'tutes, professional organizations and invt'te serz'ous response; and the fact ties, Comm on General Studies in the Human­ TO SERVE UNTIL 1987: William Bailey, Yale University School of Art; 1972; "Marx on Ideology and Art," New Literary History, 1973: that our disctpline is not so homogeneous as the relatively limited ities, Comm on Art and Design. PUBLICATIONS: James Cahill, University of California, Berkeley; Nancy Graves, New "Pain and Death in the Beatus of Saint-Sever," Studt' Medievall~ range afwestern art that so many ofus study suggests. I have no pre­ "Photographs and Photographers of the Amer­ York City; Eleanor S. Greenhill, University of Texas, Austin; Henry 197~; "The Political Ideology of the Bayeux Tapestry," Studi Medi· scn:ptions Jar an organization that has been running so well. But the ican Civil War," The Photograph as Document A. Millon, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National evaU, 1976; "The Issue of Childhood in the Art of Paul Klee," Arts last two issues are ofparticular concern to me and should be to all ofus and Work ofArt, editor, Smart Gallery, UnivChicago, 1976; "Pictur­ Gallery of Art; A. Richard Turner, New York University. as we address our present constituencies- be they students or muse­ ing Vision," The Language of Images, Univ Chica$O Press, 1980; Magazine, 1977; Medieval Art History: A Short Survey, Los Angeles, 1980; Versuche uber Paul Klee, Syndikat Verlag, 1981: "Die Aufer­ um goers, as we 'Confront the past-both the objects and methodol­ "Reflections on Las Meninas: Paradox Lost," wi'th Ted Cohen, TO SERVE UNTIL 1988: Cynthia Carlson, Philadelphia College of Art; stehung der Totem am Westportal von St. Lazare in Autun," Fruh­ ogies to which we are he£r, and as we contemplate our future. The Crt'tt'cal Inquiry, 1981; "Photography and Archite_ctural Repre-. AlanM. Fern, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution;Joel mittelalterliche Studien, 1982; "Radical Art History," Art Journal, amendment may be dead but I would hope to keep its spirit al£ve. sentation," Archetype, 1981; Amen'can Frontiers, Aperture, 1982; Isaacson, University of Michigan; Martha Kingsbury, University of "Walter Benjamin on Reproducibility and Aura," The Philosophical 1982; Paul Klee in &ile, Tokyo, 1985; Klee, War, Revolution, Univ Washington, Seattle; James Marrow, University of California, Berke­ Chicago Press, 1986 and numerous articles in Neue Rundschau. Forum, 1983-84: "Photography and Ontology," The Worlds of Art ley; Catherine Wilkinson Zerner, Brown University. and the World, 1984; "Documentary without Ontology," Studies in AWARDS: German Archaeological Inst. travelling fellow, 1961; Gug­ YOSHIAKI SHIMIZU genheim, 1981-82; Inst for Advanced Study, West Berlin, fellow Visual Communications, 1984; "Las Meninas and the Mirror of the TO SERVE UNTIL 1989: Sam Gilliam, Washington, D.C., Egbert Haver­ Princeton University Prince," Cn't£cal Inquiry, 1985. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Studies in 1986-87. kamp-Begemann, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University; Joyce Visual Communications, editorial board; Critical Inquiry, co-editor The CAA does not seem to be in-need of any fundamental changes Kozloff, New York City; Irving Sandler, S.U.N.Y., College at Pur­ BA Harvard, 1963; MA Univ Kansas, 1968; 1980-, acting editor 1982-83 and 1986-87; Oxford International at present, a member of the Board of Directors would be In no posi­ chase; Barbara Maria Stafford, University of Chicago; Ruth Weis­ MFA and PhD Princeton, 1971, 1974, POSI­ Encyclopedia of Communications, section editor; Cambridge tton to press for changes even if it did, hence I am not justifying my berg, University of Southern California. TIONS: Princeton, lecturer to asst prof, 1973- University Studies in the History of Photography, series editor; 75; Univ Calif, Berkeley, asst prof to assoc prof, candidacy by a principled, specific program, but if elected will stead­ Smithsonian Institution, Section of Photographic History, co­ ilyargue for liberal positrons, that is, academicfreedom, equalnghts, TO SERVE UNTIL 1990: Pat Adams, Bennington College; Richard R. 1975-1979; Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian producer; Chicago Albumen Works, co-founder and president; par­ Brettell, The Art Institute of Chicago; Walter B. Cahn, Yale Univer­ Inst, curator ofJapanese art, 1979-84; Prince­ democratic procedures, cn'tical scholarsMp, open debate, wherever ticipant in numerous conferences and symposia, incl American Soci­ policy discussz'ons or decisions should require such positions, and sity: Ofelia Garcia, The Atlanta College of Art; ElizabethJohns, Uni· ton, prof, 1984-. PUBLICATIONs:Japanese Art ety for Aesthetics annual meeting, MLA annual meeting, American otherwise just co-operate pragmatically. versityofMaryland; Irene]. Winter, University of Pennsylvania. III From the J.D. Price Collection, 1968; with Philosophical Assoc meeting. CAA ACTIVITIES: respondant, annual Carolyn Wheelwright,Japanese Ink Paintings, 1976; with Susan E. meeting, 1985. Nelson, "Genji": The World ofaPrt'nce, 1982; with John Rosenfield, solo shows by artist members Masters ofJapanese Calligraphy, 8th and 9th centuries, 1984; numer­ The-health and vitality ofa disctpline like the study ofthe visual arts ous articles in English and Japanese. AWARDS: Smithsonian summer cannot be measured solely by the quaHty of its collective publt'cations A listing of exhibt'tions by artists who are Timothy Feresten. Bay Vista Gallery, Bernard E. Plogman. Emery Galleries, fellowship, Rockefeller grant, ACLS-SSRC, Metropolitan Center for and instruction. It must also be judged by its ability to engage in open members of the CAA. Those sendtng infor­ Miami, October 9- ~O. Photographs. Xavier University, EdgecliffCampus, Cincin­ Far Eastern Art Studies grant. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: ACLS-SSRC and sen'ous discussion of new approaches to its traditt'onal subject mation for listing should include name of nati, October 5- 26. Oil and acrylic paintings, Louis Finkelstein. Ingber Gallery, joint Japan Studies Committee, 1975-77; Committee for Archives of matter as well as by its w£llt'ngness to engage prevt'ously unexamined drawings. artist, gallery or museum, dty, dates of exhi­ N.Y.C., October 7-November 1. Recent Art Research, Tokyo National Mus, visiting advisor, 1977; editorial areas ofinquiry; by its capacity to consider the resources and success­ bition, and medium. paintings. boards, Archt'ves of Asian Art, 1980 and Ars On'entalis, 1980-84; ful methods ofinvestigation initiated in otherfields; by its openness to Florence Putterman. Segal Gallery, advisory committees, Japan Society, 1983-and Center for the Study appropriate inter-disdplinary inquiry; and finally by its encourage­ Karen Atkinson. New Langton Arts, San Marian Galczenski. Janet Steinberg Gal­ N. Y,C., May 10-June 12. New paintings and of Japanese Woodblock Prints, 1983-; 26th Int'l Congress of the ment of ongoing self-appraisal. The study of the history of visual art Francisco, August 5- 30. An installatio!,1 lery, San Francisco, June 4-July 5. New work. sculpture. History of Art, co -chair session, 1986; reviewer for numerous grants and the practice of criticism and evaluation ofworks ofart is currently work. Jean Gallagher. P.S. 1, The Institute for Paula Roland. Harris Gallery, Houston, and awards, incl NEA, NEH, Canada Council, Smithsonian. CAA expert'encing a remarkable, broadly based and welcome revitaliza· Art and Urban Resources, Inc., Long Island July 12-August 9. Paintings. ACTIVITIES; speaker at annual meeting, 1973; session chair, 1983, tt'on. The CAA is not merely well situated to support and extend this Ruth Bavetta. Cuesta College Gallery, San Luis Obispo, Calif., August 28-September City, N.Y., Aprill~-June 15. Scarcity, instal­ 1985. process, z't is t'n fact the uniqu~ means by wht'ch we can engage one Carolee Schneemann. Henri Gallery, 24. Figurative paintings and drawings. lation. another tn an ongozng dz'alogue about the substance and methods of Washington, D.C., June l4-July 9. Recent Reflectt'ng in general the ecumenical trends in defining art and art our ji'eld and zn discusstons concernzng crucial practt'cal issues of in- ' Marti Boylan. Contemporary Gallery, Nicholas Hill. Mingenback Art Center and early work. history made vist'ble in modern museum exhibitions and shaped by structt'on. Through £ts meetzngs and through z'ts publications, the Marywood College, Scranton, Penn., May Gallery, Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kan., university curn'culums, annual meett'ngs of the CAA have offered CAA can encourage collegial exchanges which wt'll tnform the future 17-July 15. Figurative clay vessels. August 31-September. Roberta Schofield. Gallery E., Evergreen, innovatively diverse themes proposed by the equally diverse panel of the disctpline. I would very much like to assist zn the process of Colo., May 22~June 14, Drawings. members over the past few years. Fields outside the Western art world Gloria DeFilipps Brush. East Gallery, Mimi Holmes. Neighborhood Arts Cen­ open, dz'verse and engaged discourse which is so t'mportant to the con· have been included in the programsfor the past decade or more. Such Krannert Fine Arts Center, Anderson Col· ter, Atlanta, May ll-June ~. Mixed media Susan Schwalb. Saint Peter's Church, ttnu.ed revitalization of the study of visual art. diversity is a healthy sign; but, ifit means solely a simplistic expansion lege, Anderson, Ind., September 8-26. Uni­ sculpture, holocaustal relics installation. N.Y.C., August 6-0ctober 31. Large-scale in geography, or an attempt at redirection ofideology, it might imply versity of Wisconsin-La Crosse Art Gallery, silverpoint drawings. MaryAnn Johns. Exposure Gallery, Seat­ a fragmentation of discipline, This can, at worst, create confronta­ September 11-October 5. Kiehle Gallery, St. tle, June 16-July 12. "Self-Portraits," color­ tt'on, or complacency; or at minimum a divisz'on in ranks. The future Cloud State University, October 8-25. Art Michael Tang. Eilat Gordin Gallery, toned photographs. L.A., April 8- May 7. Recent paintings. mandate ofthe CAA board should not only reflect many genres ofart O.K. WERCKMEISTER Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Marshfield, Lila Katzen. University of North Carolina, and art-related disdpl£nes, but must be courageous in stewarding Northwestern University October 13-14. Union Art Gallery, Kansas future sessz'on programs, Annual meetings would be richer, more State University, Manhattan, October 27- Chapel Hill, January 10-February 20. "Ruins Gerry Thies. The Wedge Gallery, Roches­ diverse and more dynamic if, for example, we welcomed the partici­ November 14. Photographs. & Reconstructions, An Archeological Trans­ ter, N. Y., June 20-August 2. Photographs. PhD Freie Universitat Berlin, 1958. POSITIONS; patton of other experts, such as conservation chemists, who are in as formation. " German Archaeological Inst, Madrid, research Stephen Cappelli. Posseit-Baker Gallery, Burton Wasserman. Mangel GaIIery, Phil­ much need of dialogue as our museum curators and art historians. assoc, 1962; UCLA, assoc prof to prof, 1965- New Orleans, March II-April 4. Paintings. Tom Klinkowstein. Venice Biennale, adelphia, September 19-0ctober 10. Paint­ 84; Univ of Marburg, West Germany, visiting Italy, July. Video-cartoon. ings, relief constructions, hand-screened William Gary Crist. Main Post Office, prof, 1979; Univ Texas, Austin, visiting prof, monoprints. Ellen K. Levy. Mendelson Gallery, Pitts· 1981; Northwestern Univ, visiting prof, 198!i, Kansas City, April 1986. "Tax-A-Thon," NOMINATIONS for the Board of Directors for 1988 may be burgh, October 21-28. Paintings. Mary Jane Crowe Distinguished Professor in group performance. Richard E. Williams. Gallery 1.1.1., addressed to: 1987 Nominating Committee, c/o CAA, 149 Art History, 1984-. PUBLICATIONS: "Hof­ Philipp P. Fehl. Bayly Art Museum, Uni­ Blaylock Peppard. P.S. I, Long Island School of Art, University of Manitoba, Win­ Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10016. mannsthal uber van Gogh," Neue deutsche Hefte, 1961; "Three versity of Virginia, March 28-April 20. "A City, N.Y., February 2-March 2~. Installa­ nipeg, March 2- 26. Drawings and paintings. Problems of Tradition in Pre-Carolingian Figure Style," Proceedings Poet's Progress," capriccio tion of wall and floor images and sound tubes. ..

4 CAA newiletter F.1I1986 5 conferences and symposia announcements

CALL FOR PAPERS shops, panels, and other professional con­ Speaking Stones: The Language of Discipline-based Art Education Program for Art on Film Mellon Post-doctoral Fellowships at Penn tributions which address the convention's Architecture Conference The Program was formed in 1984 as a joint For younger scholars who, by September 30, The Fantastic in the Arts theme: that cultures are social products that The second annual conference organized by An invitational conference sponsored by the venture between The Metropolitan Museum 1987, will have held the Ph.D. for not fewer Conference sponsored by the University of shape or control thought and behavior and the Philadelphia Chapter of the Society of Ar­ Getty Center for Education in the Arts to be of Art and the J. Paul Getty Trust to foster than three and not more than eight years. Re­ Houston at Clearlake, to be held in Houston, that cultures are created, perpetuated, re­ chitectural Historians will be held in Phila­ held January 15-17 in Los Angeles. The Cen­ the appreciation and understanding of art search proposals are invited in all areas of March 18-22. Papers of ca. 25 minutes are in­ vised or rejected by people with varying inten­ delphia, November 22. Special arrangements ter has provided the CAA with a limited num­ through the use of film, video and television. humanistic studies except educational curric­ vited concerning the fantastic in the visual tions, objectives, and degrees of conscious­ have been made for conference participants ber of invitations (covering conference regis­ Two of the program's major projects, The ulum- building and perfonning arts. Pref­ and performing arts. Send IOO-word abstract ness. Submit original copy of typed, double­ to visit two architectural drawing shows on tration and meal functions) for distribution to Critical Inventory and the Production Labo­ erence is given to proposals that are interdis­ and paper to Amy Golahny, Dept. Art, Ly­ spaced proposals with a proposal cover sheet November 23, "Friedrich Weinbrenner, Ar­ CAA members. Please apply to CAA office: ratory, may be of particular interest to CAA ciplinary and to candidates who have not pre­ coming College, Williamsport, PA 17701, (obtained by writing the Program Committee chitect of Karlsruhe," at the Arthur Ross Gal­ state name, affiliation, and reason for wish­ members. The Critical Inventory, now being viously utilized the resources of this institution Additional submissions are invited for the fol­ c! 0 Dr. John F. Stephens, Executive Director, lery, University of Pennsylvania, and "Draw­ ing to attend conference. Invitations will be compiled, is an international directory of and whose work would allow them to take ad­ lowing sessions: The Occult Sciences in the AAS, 309 College Hall, University of Pennsyl­ ing toward Building: Philadelphia Archi­ issued on a first-come, first served basis. films and videotapes about painting, sculp­ vantage of the research strengths of the insti­ Arts, Laurinda Dixon, Dept. Fine Arts, Syra­ vania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, (215) 898- tectural Graphics, 1732-1986," at the Penn· Application deadline: 1 November. ture, architecture, archaeology, photogra­ tution and to make contribution to its in­ cuse University, 411 Hall of Languages, Syra­ phy, decorative and graphic arts and related tellectual life. Stipend $25,000. For further 5408) to Program Committee, c! 0 Dr. Ste­ sylvania Academy of Fine Arts. For registra­ Grants for Foreign Students To Attend cuse, N.Y. 13210; Vision and Reality, Picture topics. As it nears completion (within a few infonnation: Stephen N. Dunning, Chair, phens. Deadline: 15 January. tion infonnation: David B. Brownlee, Dept. CAA Annual Meeting and Text, Visionary Images in the Visual years), it will be available on line, simplifying Humanities Coordinating Committee, 16 of the History of Art, University of Pennsyl. The CAA has been awarded a grant once Arts, Jane Goldsmith, Dept. Art History, the task of finding appropriate films for spe­ College Hall, University of Pennsylvania, vania, G- 29 Meyerson Ball, Philadelphia, again by the Institute of International Edu­ Trinity Univ., 715 Stadium Drive, San Anto­ TO ATTEND cific class needs. In addition to basic cata­ Philadelphia, PA 19104-6378. PA 19104-6311. cation's Short Tenn Enrichment Program nio, TX 78284; Imagery of Evil in the Visual logue information and credits, it will include (STEP) that will enable us to assist foreign Arts, Dorothy Joiner, Dept. Art, West Geor­ Accumulation and Display in America, short synopses of the films, with references to graduate students to attend the 1987 CAA C.I.N.O.A. Art History Award gia College, Carrollton, GA 30118; Skulls and 1880 to 1920 specific works of art filmed. The Inventory is Museums in Academe: Annual Meeting. Recipients must be citizens A $5,000 subvention to assist in the publica­ Skeletons in Art and Literature, Liana Winterthur Museum and Gardens' annual also convening occasional panels comprised two- day conference on American material Design, Function, Funding of a foreign country who are enrolled as full­ tion of an important contribution to the liter­ Cheney, Dept. Art, Univ. Lowell, Lowell, of art experts, filmmakers, and programmers culture, which will focus this year on the rise Symposium organized by Vassar College Art time graduate students at a U.S. institution ature of art history is offered by the Interna­ MA 01854. Deadline: 1 November. to evaluate programs. The Production Labo­ in consumerism in the late 19th and early Gallery, to be held November 14-15. Parti­ of higher education and they must not be re­ tional Confederation of Art Dealers. To be cipants include: Suzanne Delehanty, Frances ratory, now in its beginning stages, is seeking eligible a candidate must be a resident of one The Medieval Mediterranean: 20th centuries, will be held at the museum ceiving any other,U .S. Government funds, for Ferguson, Gail Gelburd, Ildiko Heffernan, innovative solutions to the problems of put­ of the member nations (Austria, Belgium, Cross-Cultural Contacts November 7-8. Various facets of merchan­ either academic or travel expenses. Maxi­ Thomas Krens, Ward Mintz, Suzanne Stew ting art on film and video, Proposals for ten­ Denmark, England, France, Gennany, Ire· The University of Minnesota's Committee on dising and consumption in the late Victorian mum award is $300. Eligible students who are phens. For further infonnation: J.E. Adl­ minute films about art, especially art prior to land, Italy, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Medieval Studies announces an interdiscipli­ era will be explored. Two exhibitions will be planning to attend the 1987 CAA Annual mann, Director, VCAG Poughkeepsie, NY 1860, are sought from art historians. artists, South Africa, Switzerland, and the United nary conference to be held May 12-14, focus­ presented at the University of Delaware Gal­ Meeting (Boston, February 11-14) should 12601. (914) 452-7000, ext. 2645. and others. The Laboratory will bring to­ States); his or her work should preferably be sing on contacts among the Jewish, Islamic, lery November 12-December 19 to comple­ write for application fonns to CAA, 149 Mad­ gether authors of some of the proposals with concerned with an aspect of the art or art and Christian cultures of the Medieval Medi­ ment the conference. For more infonnation ison Ave., New York, NY 10016. film and videomakers and will commission history of one of the C.I.N.O.A. countries. terranean world. Papers are invited on all contact: Office of Advanced Studies, Winter­ Byzantine Studies Rockefeller Humanist Fellowships short fihns from these teams. The Program For further infonnation: Gerald G. Stiebel, aspects (historical, artistic, literary, religious, thur Conference, WMEG, Winterthur, DE The twelfth conference will be held October The Institute for Research on Women, Rut­ welcomes comments and queries. Contact: C.I.N.O.A., 32 East 57th Street, New York, archaeological, etc_) of this topic. Preference 19735 or call (302) 656-85in, ext. 249. 10-12 at Bryn Mawr College. For registration gers University, invites applications for two Wendy A. Stein, PAF, 980 Madison Avenue, NY 10022. Submission deadline: 15 November. will be given to papers addressing issues of infonnation contact: Dale Kinney, Dept. of Rockefeller Foundation Humanist-in-Resi­ New York, NY 10021. general relevance, through whatever means. Southeastern College Art Conference History of Art, BMC, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010. dence Fellowships for 1987-88. Either junior Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Selected papers will be published in the third The 1986 SECAC Annual Meeting will be (215) 645-5342. II NEA Grants for Artists Forums or senior scholars, in residence for the year at Program volume in the series, Medieval Studies at Min­ held October 30-November 1 at The Univer­ The NEA's Visual Arts Program has expand­ Rutgers!New Brunswick, fellows will be pri­ The Institution provides graduate student, nesota. Send abstracts and! or enquiries to sity of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. A ed its Visual Artists Forums category to pro­ marily responsible for work on original, book­ pre, post-, and senior postdoctoral fellow­ Sheila McNally, Dept. Classical Studies, 309 concurrent conference meeting to be held vide support for projects that encourage dis­ length, manuscripts about significant ques­ ships to support research in residence at the Folwell Hall, UM, Minneapolis, MN 55455. with SECAC: Southeastern Society of Ar­ course regarding contemporary visual arts. tions in women's studies and the humanities. Smithsonian. Stipends and tenures vary, For Deadline: I November. chitectural Historians (SESAH), November /people and programs Funding is available for a variety of projects Some institutional! public obligations per­ more infonnation and applications: SI, Of­ I-November 2. Many special events are of national or regional significance which tain. For infonnation and applications: Cath­ fice of Fellowships and Grants, Desk A, L'En­ planned, including tours of the Warner Col­ Contt'nuedfrom p. 13, col. 3 enable visual artists, critics, curators, and American Society for Aesthetics arine R. Stimpson, IRW, RU, New Bruns­ fant Plaza, Suite 7300, Washington. DC The Eastern Division conference will be held lections of American art and of significant other professionals to communicate with wick, NJ 08903. (201) 932-9072. Application 20560. (202) 287-3271. Application deadline: at Rochester Institute of Technology, March 19th and 20th -century architectural sites, An NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE peers and the public about ideas and issues, or deadline: 1 December 1986. 15 January. 20-21. Papers are invited for the following exhibition of contemporary works from the HUMANITIES which allow artists to create and present new sessions. Panel: What are the relevant aes­ Pace Gallery will be shown in The University Fulbright Scholar~in~Residence Program work for a public project, program or forum. thetic issues in the discourse of photography? of Alabama Moody Gallery of Art. For fur­ The United States Senate unanimously con­ Opportunities for American colleges and uni­ Funding is not available for exhibitions; how­ Sponsored Research in the History of Art (papers to be maximum 15 minutes); session: ther information: Virginia Rembert, Chair finned Lynne V. Cheney (Ph.D. literature. versities to host a visiting scholar from abroad ever, lectures, symposia, or other educational A directory of advanced research projects in Issues in aesthetics raised by visual fonns nor­ SECAC 1986 Annual Meeting or Robert Mel­ Univ. Wisconsin-Madison) as chair of the for all or part of the 1987-88 academic year components of related activities may be eli­ the history of art and allied fields published mally excluded from the canon of 'High Art' lown, Chair SESAH 1986 Annual Meeting, National Endowment for the Humanities. are available. A scholar may teach regular gible. Support will continue to be available by The Center for Advanced Study in the Vis· such as: video, film, environmental art, earth Box F, Dept. of Art, University of Alabama, Cheney succeeds William J. Bennett, who courses from a foreign area perspective, serve for visiting artist series, workshops, and lec­ ual Arts, National Gallery of Art. Sponsored and! or ritualistic works, folk art, popular Tuscaloosa, AL 35486. (205) 348-5967. became secretary of the U.S. Department of as a resource person in interdisciplinary tures, as well as for non-commercial publica­ Research 5 is a cumulative record of over art, political and propaganda, etc. (maxi­ Education in February 1985_ Cheney, until courses, assist in developing new courses, or tions that contribute to the national dialogue 2,800 projects supported by sixty- nine public mum 20 minutes each); open session: all Art Libraries Society of North America most recently a senior editor of The Washing­ participate in special seminars. The program on contemporary art. The maximum grant and private foundations in North America issues in aesthetics (maximum 20 minutes). The ARLIS!NA 15th annual conference will tonian magazine, is an author and a member provides roundtrip travel for the grantee and, for all Forums is now $25,000, For further in· and Europe during the years 1980 to 1986. Submit in triplicate to Joyce Brodsky, Pro­ be held in Washington, D.C. February 13- of the Commission on the Bicentennial of the for full·year awards, one accompanying de­ fonnation: Lisa Chazen Levine, VAF, NEH, Projects are arranged under two main head­ gram Chair, c! 0 Sarah Fowler, Conference 19. Workshops include Self-Analysis of Art United States Constitution. Dudley Varner pendent: a monthly maintenance allowance; Washington, DC 20506. (202) 682-5448. Ap­ ings - archaeology and history of art - and Chair, Bowling Green State University, Bowl­ Libraries and Visual Resource Collections; (Ph.D, anthropology, Univ, Arizona) has and incidental allowances for travel. books, plication deadline: 3 November. cross-listed under a series of sub-headings ing Green, OH 43403. Sessions will feature Radical Uses of MARC been appointed assistant director of the Divi· and services essential to the assignment. The such as period. geographic area, medium, format for Visual Documents and Images, sion of General Programs for Humanities host institution is expected to share some Athanor field, and theme, The listing of projects is Creating Cultures: Peoples, Objects, Ideas Analysis of Grant Proposals by NEH and Projects in Museums and Historical Organi· costs. For detailed program guidelines and The graduate student journal of art history is followed by indices of grantees and institu­ The American Studies Association and the NEA, and Women as Interpreters of the Vis· zations at the NEB, replacing Gabriel P. proposal fonns: Mindy Reiser, Council for In­ soliciting graduate student essays for volume tions, The price is $5.00 per copy, plus post­ Canadian Association for American Studies ual Arts. For further infonnation: Pamela, Weisburg (now at the University of Minne' ternational Exchange of Scholars. 11 Dupont 7 to be published in Spring 1988. Papers of ca. age ($2.00 within the United States, $3,25 convention. to be held in New York City Jeffcott Parry, Executive Director, ARLIS! sota). Mostrecently, Varner was executive di­ Circle. N.W., Suite 300, Washington, DC ten pages with four to eight illustrations are to abroad). Order from: Publication Office, November 20-24,1987, is now accepting pro­ NA. 3900 Thrirod Street, Tucson, AZ 85711. rector of the California State Agricultural 20036-1257, (202) 939-5404. Proposal dead­ be submitted to: Athanor, Art History Dept., NGA, Washington, DC 20656. posals for individual papers, sessions, work- (602) 881-8479, Museum. .. line: 1 November. Florida State Univ.• Tallahassee, FL 32306. Continued on p. 11, col. 1

6 CAA newaietter F.111986 7

J placement: 1984-85 and 1985-86 review Iplacement: 1984-85 and 1985-86 review

The last published review, covering the peri. "unspecified" or "broad" category; in both In art history, most fields remain fairly con­ and West to the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, applicants with earned terminal degrees od 1983-84, appeared in the Fall 1984 issue. cases, this is a significant drop from 82% in stant. The most significant improvements oc­ and Southeastern states. For art historians, earned them recently (1980 or later). This two-year report now brings us up-to­ 1983-84. cur in the following areas. In the "unspecified 44% of the openings were located in the date. Our usual two-year applicants and In studio, painting and drawing is still the or broad" category, with a loss of 3 applicants Northeast or Mid-Atlantic states (54%, HIRING REPORTS openings chart has been expanded to three and an increase of 22 positions, the ratio is worst area in which to be seekingajob in spite 1983-84).10% in the Southeast (6%.1983- We received 549 hiring reports on 1,021 years to better illustrate this review. of the continuing improvement in the appli­ now 4.1 openings for each applicant com­ 84), 22% in the Midwest/Central (18%, positions listed in 1985-86, a return of 54% During the past two years we have seen a cant to opening ratio: 9.1 in 1988-84, 8.7 in pared to 1983-84 when the ratio was 2.8 1983-84). 17% in the West (23%. 1983-84). (592 on 983.60% in 1984-85). Of the 549 re­ modest increase in the number of positions 1984-85, and 8.3 in 1985- 86. This year's fig­ openings for each applicant. The Ancient/ and 7% were located abroad (4% last year, turns, 44 positions were postponed, 33 report­ listed with a net gain of 133 more than in ure can be considered a real improvement Classical category has taken a giant leap for­ figures are not available for the previous ed cancelled, and 6 reported still unfilled. 1983-84. We have recovered the 16% loss of since it reflects an increase of 154 applicants ward with a ratio this year of 204 applicants year). Applications. This year the median num­ positions suffered in 1982- 83, and we have and an increase of 24 openings over 1983-84 for each opening compared to 8.5 in 1988- APPLICANTS ber of applications per studio opening was 83 increased the number of openings over the when the ratio "improvement" was due to a 84. This is the result of a gain of 7 positions Forty-eight percent of studio applicants (74 in 1984-85). Twenty-six institutions 1981-82 level by 12%. The overall ratio of drop of 81 applicants coupled with an addi­ and a loss of 8 applicants. Another field that are female (47%. 1983-84; 50%. 1984-85); received more than 200 applications, and applicants to positions has improved some­ tional two positions. Sculpture has had very has made good progress is the History of 70% of art historian applicants are female four institutions received more than 300, and what: 2.0 applicants for each position in little improvement, picking up an additional Film/ Photography / Prints. With the number (72%. 1983-84; 70%. 1984-85). There are another four received more than 400, In 1985-86 ,compared to 2.4 in 1981-82. Art 9 positions and 44 applicants of the 51 of applicants remaining the same and a gain 101 minority applicants in both fields this 1984-85, twelve institutions received more historians and those in the "others" categories dropped in 1983-84, for a ratio this year of of 3 positions, the ratio has gone from 5_3 in year, a significant increase (there were only 39 than 200 applications, two received more have benefited most simply because the num­ 5.2 applicants for each job compared to 5.3 in 1983-84 to 2.6 this year. One troublesome in 1983-84 and 451984-85). than 300. In art history, the median number ber of openings has increased while the num­ 1983-84. Printmaking had an increase of 20 area is in Renaissance/ Baroque. With an in­ An analysis of this year's statistics indicates of applications per position was 30 (28 last ber of applicants has decreased during the candidates, making up for the 17 candidates crease of 12 applicants (11 % increase) and a that a greater percentage of male artists than year). Thirteen institutions received 50 or last five-year period. Art historians have gone dropped in 1983-84, for a net gain of 3 candi­ loss of 3 positions (14% decrease), the ratio females are employed full time. The opposite more applications, and one received 100. In from 204 applicants per position to 1.9. Artists dates; only 4 of the 7 jobs dropped in 1983-84 has gone from bad to worse: 5.1 in 1988-84, is true for art historians; in this case, a greater 1984-85, nine institutions received 50 or also show improvement although the five­ have been recouped. Nevertheless, the appli­ in 6.6 1985-86. percentage of females than males are em­ more applications, one receiv.ed 140, and one__ year chart indicates a slight slip. Were we to cant to position ratio is better this year, 5.8 Rank. Almost all openings listed with CAA ployed full time. Overall, a greater percent­ received 209. In the "others" category, the continue with the premise put forth in our compared to 6.1 in 1983-84. Photography continue to be at the entry level. For artists, age of art historians are employed full time median number of applications was 31 (33 1983-84 review that the 2-D and 3-D cat· slipped slightly in terms of applicant to posi­ the number of openings at the instructor level than are artists. As usual, the vast majority of last year); sixteen institutions received 50 or egory should be eliminated to more accurate­ tion ratio. While there were an additional 6 has steadily 'increased: 17%, 1983-84: 19%, ly reflect CAA artist applicants, the figures positions over the past two years (a 15% in­ 1984- 85; and26%, 1985-86. At the assistant APPLICANTS AND OPENINGS: 1984, 1985 and 1986 would look like this: 2.7 artist applicants for crease), the number of photographers joining professor level, the number of positions has each position in 1985-86 compared to our re­ the ranks of job-seekers rose by 36 (a 46% in­ shifted in alternating years by exactly the This chart is based on the keysoTt curriculum vitae forms onf£le with the CAAfor the calendar years 1984, 1985, and 1986 and on vised ratio for 1983-84 of 3 applicants for crease). Thus, the ratio this year is 2.5 appli­ same percentages starting in 1982-83 when it the openings t'ncluded in the Positions Listz'ngsJoT the academic years 1983-84, 1984-85, and 1985-86. each opening. cants for each position compared to 2,1 in was 31 %; up to44%, 1983-84; down again to Applica.nts Openings Applicants Openings Applicants Openings The increase in the number of applicants 1983-84, Jewelry and metalwork lost the 31 %, 1984-85; up once more to 44%, 1985- 1986 1985-86 ArtisD 1984 1983-84 1985 1984-85 can be directly linked to our annual meeting gains made in 1983-84. In fact, largely be­ 86. The number of positions listed as "open" Unspecified or Broad 29 126 22 160 23 124 location. Although the 2,020 applicants in cause of the loss of 7 positions, the ratio this has also been fluctuating: 28%, 1983-84: Painting and Drawing 508 56 572 66 662 80 1985-86 fell short of the 2,174 applicants in year is 2.8 compared to 1.25 in 1983-84. The In art history. 38%. 1984-85; 21 %.1985-86. Sculpture 171 32 207 42 215 41 1981-82, these highs are the result of holding field of ceramics continues to worsen with a the number of positions ranked as "open" this Printmaking 131 22 137 26 151 26 our 1982 and 1986 annual meetings in New ratio of6.0 this year compared to 5.4 in 1983- year is 21 %; the number of positions at thein­ Photography 78 39 89 29 114 45 York City, where attendance is always at 84. One bright note this year is the new cate­ structor level is also 21 % for 1985-86, down Ceramics 98 18 113 22 102 17 record peaks. gory of computer graphics with 13 applicants from last year's 36%; and the number listed 2-D and 3-D Design 57 154 61 131 74 124 and 9 positions for a ratio of 104. The area of at the assistant professor level this year is Weaving/Textile Design 37 7 34 5 31 8 POSITIONS commercial art/illustration, always a very 49%,2% more than last year, but an overall Video/Film/Multimedia 15 10 11 21 15 13 Areas of specialization. Twenty-six per­ minor category, is now non-existent, and has decrease of 5% from 1983-84. Jewelry/Metalwork 16 12 12 8 14 5 cent in 1984-85 and 21 % in 1985 - 86 of both most likely been absorbed into computer Qualifications. Almost all openings re­ Commercial Art/ Illustration 4 studio and art history positions fell into the graphics. quire the terminal degree, or its equivalent. Computer Graphics 13 9 or all-but-dissertation. Fewer positions re­ 1414 492 FIVE-YEAR OVERVIEW: 1981-1986 quire experience this year than in 1983-84. 1140 480 1258 510 For studio openings it is currently 21 % com~ Art Historians 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 pared to 50% in 1983-84, with a low of 13% Unspecified or Broad 25 69 22 95 22 91 Applicants in 1984-85. For art history openings, it is Pre-Columbian/ Primitive 18 7 22 5 15 8 Artists 1489 1283 1140 1258 1414 24% this year compared to 38% in 1983-84, Ancient/ Classical 34 4 22 3 26 11 Art Historians 538 470 470 471 474 with a low of 12% in 1984-85. Early Christian/Byzantine/Medieval 52 17 54 12 49 15 Others 147 140 134 125 132 Track and Term. Forty- nine percent of Renaissance/Baroque 108 21 107 22 120 18 ------Modern/ Contemporary 99 43 92 47 100 49 Total 2174 1893 1744 1854 2020 the openings for artists (50% last year, 51 % in 1983-84) and 50% of the openings for art his­ American 62 14 66 22 68 17 Near and Far East 30 12 39 15 38 17 POSITIONS torians(51 % last year, 45% in 1983-84)were History of Film/Photography/Prints 16 3 14 6 16 6 Artists 487 410 480 510 492 listed as tenure-track. Of the non-tenure­ Architectural History 26 22 33 16 20 17 Art Historians 226 190 212 243 249 track listings for artists: 47 were for more than -- Others 199 165 196 230 280 one year, 90 for one year, 33 for one semester, 470 212 471 243 474 249 -- and 19 for part time; of the non-tenure­ Others Total 912 765 888 983 1021 track listings for art historians: 21 were for Museum Professionals 60 110 57 138 47 115 more than one year, 52 for one year, 13 for one 23 12 18 33 26 19 RATIO: APPLICANTS PER POSITION Art Educators semester, and 5 part time. Art Librarians/Slide Curators 16 15 22 22 21 19 Artists 3.1 3.2 2.4 2.5 2.9 Location. Of the artist openings, 86% Administrators 22 31 18 34 20 55 Art Historians 2.4 2.5 2.2 1.9 1.9 were located in the Northeast or Mid-Atlan­ Miscellaneous (Includes Internships) 13 28 10 23 18 72 Overall 2 A 2.5 2.0 1.9 2.0 tic states, 14% in the Southeast, 29% in the Midwest/ Central states, and 20% in the 134 196 125 230 132 280 1744 888 2020 1021 Annual Meeting Locations: 1982, N.Y.C.; 1983, Philadelphia; 1984, Toronto; 1985, West. During the past two years, there has GRAND TOTALS 1854 983 Los Angeles; 1986, N.Y.C. been a 5% shift from the Midwest/Central Contt'nued on p, 10, col. 1

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more; five received 100 or more. For a critical edition of documents and letters CASVA Pre-Doctoral Fellowship. 1987-88 Getty Postdoctoral Fellowships Rcme Prize Fellcwships Interviews. In studio and in art history, the CURRICULUM VITAE FORMS relating to. James Tissot (1836-1902), any let­ Seven fellowships will be awarded by the Na­ Twenty J. Paul Getty Postdoctoral Fellow­ Fer 1987-88, the American Academy in median number of interviews was five (one ters in public or private collections written by tional Gallery of Art, Center for Advanced ships in the History of Art and the Humanities Reme will award residency fellowships in Ar­ more than in 1984-85); the median number Not included'in the accompanyingsta­ Tissot er to him. To date, more than two­ Study in the Visual Arts to support dectoral will be offered for the 1987-88 academic year. chitecture, Landscape Architecture, Paint­ for "others" remained four. For studio posi­ tistics ,are positio , rt.~ceived by the hundred letters have been collected or locat­ dissertation research in the history ef art, This program has parallel components: Insti­ ing, Sculpture, Musical Cempositien, Liter­ IlS architecture, and urban form in the Western tions, twenty-four institutions reported hold­ eAA ~ffice in betw~,eI1, P?blkatien ef ed. Willard E. Misfeldt, School of Art, Bowl­ tutional Awards and an Open Competitz'on. ature, Classical Studies, Classical Art & Ar­ ingmore than 20 interviews, with one of those Positions Listings, ,In:response to. wWch ing Green State University, Bowling Green, world. Applicants must have completed their Each component comprises ten non-renew­ chaeolegy, History of Art, Post-Classical residence requirements and coursework for interviewing 109 candidates. For art history we',sent out'd)p~e,s ,of rele"a,nt .curric­ OH 43403. able, one-year awards, to be held by scholars Humanistic Studies, and Modern Italian positions, only six institutions held more than ulum:vitae fO,tms: ,fot 19,84:-:-.85 (setting the Ph.D. and general or preliminary exami­ who received their Ph.D. degree in the period Studies. Andrew W. Mellon Foundatien and 20 interviews; and in the "others" category, a tec,ot~"high): ',5:1,:,posido :r,e(:eived The Freer Gallery of Art plans an exhibition natiens before the date ef applicatien, and January 1981 to. January 1987, or these with National Endowment for the Humanities bS have devoted at least one-half year's full­ only six held more than 20 interviews, with (~3 a,~tis~,~.",14" an; ,tIi,stotian~ ,14 and catalogue on works in its collection by acceptable equivalent qualificatiens. All post-doctoral fellowships, Samuel H. Kress two of those holding 50 and 74 interviews. "others'~Ji 1'l'21,~', ,c,u~ri<:uluni" vitae Dwight W. Trycn (1849-1925). Please sub­ time research to their proposed dissertation awards are portable and nermally provide a twe-year pre-doctoral fellowships, and Na­ Male/Female Ratios. The percentage of f0rtl1~, were ~~Il,t, out;,: for:'1~85-,86 (fig.­ mit information about paintings, drawings, topic before the commencement of the fellow­ $21,000 stipend for the Fellew and a subven­ tional Endowment fer the Arts six - month fel­ applications submitted by women continues UI:e,s are,:"cios,er, t~:J983,~'84):" 24, posi­ letters and papers in public or private collec­ ship. Fellowships may begin in the fourth year tion of up to $4,000 to the institution(s) at lowships in the design arts will be awarded. to be lower than the percentage of women in tion~' -received :(8., ,art~ts;,: 1J, ,art .Jlis~,o-" tions. Linda L. Merrill, Assistant Curator, of graduate studies. Applicants must be which the Fellow is based during the award Fellowships include stipend, transpertation, the relevant population pool. In studio, dans", 5 '~ethers")i :,585 ,cu,rriculuili vitae American Art, Freer Gallery of Art, Smithso­ either United States citizens or enrolled in a year. Candidates for Getty Fellowships are room, board, studio or study, and participa­ where 48% of the candidates are women, only forms, w~r:e, sent ,out,. nian Institution, Washington, DC 22201. university in the United States. Applications limited to. one application each year. tion in the Academy's community of artists 58% of the actual applications were from (202) 357-2041. may be made enly through the chairs of grad­ The universities designated to offer Instz'tu­ and scholars. Fer further information, please women; 47% of those interviewed were uate departments who. should act as sponsors tional Awards for the 1986-87 year are Bryn state field of application and contact: Fellew­ women; and 45% were actually hired (down ments. At the full professer level, there was For a dissertatien on the Albert Eugene Gal­ for applicants from their respective schools. Mawr, Berkeley, Columbia, Jehns Hepkins, ships Coordinator, AAR, 41 East 65th Street, from the high of 55% in 1985-84). In art his­ one appointment this year at $36,000, and latin collectien, housed at New York Univer­ For further informatien: The Dean, CASVA, Vniv. Michigan, N.Y.V., Univ. Pennsylvan­ New York, NY 10021. Application deadline: tory, where women constitute 70% of the can­ one in 1984-85 at $45,000. Placements as sity from 1927-1942 as the first museum of NGA, Washington, DC 20565. Application ia, Princeton, Stanford, and Yale. Those eli­ 15 November. didate pool, they accounted for only 48% of visiting artist, "no. rank," lecturer, etc. ranged modern art in New York. Any documents and deadline: 15 November. gible for the Open Competition comprise all the actual applications. However, 63% of from $12,000 to $31,000 ($15,000 to $29,400 correspendence concerning the collecter, scholars in art histery and related fields from those interviewed and 62 % of those hired in 1984-85). the United States and abroad who. received writer, and painter Albert Eugene Gallatin Metropolitan Museum cf Art Fellowships White House Fellcwship Program were women. In the "others" category 61 % of their Ph.D.s during the six years noted abeve (1881-1952) and personal reminiscences Fellowships offered by the Metrepolitan The White House Fellowships offer Amer­ the candidates are women, 48% of whom except those individuals who have been affil­ from artists and others who visited the Gallery Musewn of Art fer 1987-88 cover all aspects icans in the early stages ef their careers the actually applied. Of these, 61 % were inter­ ART HISTORIANS. There were only eight place­ iated within the past three years with any ef of Museum of Living Art will be greatly ap­ and periods of art history, in additien to fel­ opportunity to. serve for one year, "September viewed and 77% were actually hired, an in­ ments as instructer, salary range $12,000 to. the universities designated to administer the preciated as well as information pertaining to lowships in censervation, and are available to through August, at the highest levels of the crease of 16% over 1984-85. $31,000 (9 in 1984-85, ranging from $16,000 program's Instt'tutional Awards. Further his Gallery of Living Art (1927-1936) and Ph.D. candidates as well as to. senior scholars. Federal government. Fellews work as special "Rank and Salary. Part-time positions are to $26,500). Sixty-six placements were as Museum efLiving Art(1936-1942). Contact: information en both components of the pro­ The key to most of the fellewships is that use assistants to Cabinet Officers, to. the Vice not included in these figures. assistant professor, salary range $17,500 to gram is available from Judith A. Himes, Gail Stavitsky, 536 East 89th St., Apt. 4C, of the Met's collection be significantly in­ President, or to members of the President's ARTISTS: Eighteen placements were as instruc­ $35,000, median $25,000 (in 1984-85, 62 New York, NY. (212) 628-5165. Woodrow Wilson National Fellewship Foun­ volved. Fer a descriptive list of fellowships senior staff. In additien to. the work experi­ tor, salary range $12,000 to $28,500, median placements, $17,500 to $29,000, median dation, P. O. Bex 642, Princeton, NJ 08542. and requirements: Office of Academic Af­ ence, Fellows participate in an intensive edu­ $18,000 (1984-85: 14 placements, $10,000 $22.800). Salaries for associate and full pro­ (609) 924-4714. Application postmark dead­ fairs, MMA, Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, cation program, which includes domestic and to $20,000, median $16,500). One hundred fessors ranged from $25,000 to $55,000 (7 Information regarding works by William line in the Open Competition: 12 December. N. Y. C. 10028. Application deadline for most foreign fields trips, as well as frequent eff the seventeen placements were as assistant profes­ placements); in 1984- 85, salaries ranged Harnett (1848-1892), American 19th cen­ tury still-life painter, in public, private and fellowships beginning in fall 1987 is 21 record meetings with public and private sec­ sor, salary range $10,000 to $35,000, median from $25,000 to $49,000, II placements. University of Michigan Fellowships tor leaders. While this is not the type of fel­ dealers collections in America and abroad is November; for fellowships in conservation, $20,000 (1984-85: III placements, $12,500 Appointments as lecturer, "no rank," etc. Three-ye-ar fellowships for artists or schelars sought. Centact: Gertrude Grace Sill, Fair­ the deadline is 16 January. lowship for which art histerians and artists to $36,000, median $22,900). Salaries for ranged from $19,000 to $42,000, a marked at the beginning of their prefessional careers. field University, CNS. 19, Fairfield, CT usually apply, it effers those who expect to. associate professors ranged from $18,000 to improvement over 1984-85, when these sal­ The Ph. D. within the past three years er cem­ assume leadership positiens in the arts com­ 06430. $58,000 (12 placements); in 1984-85, salaries aries ranged from $9,500 to $25,600. Grants for Study in the Middle East parable professional recognition for creative munity an epportunity to benefit greatly frem M,N, III The American Schools of Oriental Research ranged from $18,500 to $35,000 for 14 place· For a catalogue raisonne of the lithographs of artists is required. Fellews are appointed with a bread, practical knewledge of how federal Odilcn Redon any information about un­ is offering over $150,000 in research, study departmental affiliation as assistant profes­ government policy is set and implemented. and travel grants fer the 1987-88 academic published proofs, states, drawings, letters will sor / postdoctoral scholar. The equivalent of Fellews are drawn from all eccupatiens and lannouncements be appreciated and acknowledged. Sharon R. year and the summer ef 1987. Awards, offer­ one academic year is dedicated to teaching or professions. For 1987-88 Fellowship applica­ Harrison, Eastern Michigan University, Art ing opportunities for humanistic study in the departmental research; the balance of time is . tion forms: President's Commission en White Middle East from prehistoric through Islamic The Preservaticn Initiative draft propesals before formal submissien. Department, Ypsilanti, MI 48197. available for independent schelarly research Heuse Fellowships, 712 Jackson Place, N. W., A program to save beoks, journals, news­ Early centact is strongly recommended: OP, times, are available to. undergraduates, grad­ and creative work. Yearly stipend $18,000, Washington, DC 20508. (202) 395-4522. uate students, seminarians, and post-doc­ with anticipated annual increments, plus Application deadline: 15 December. papers, manuscripts, documents, maps, Room 802, NEH, 1100, Pennsylvania Aven­ Looking for any kind of painting, watercolor teral scholars. Awards include: NEH Post­ insurance benefits. Fer further informatien: drawings, plans, phetographs, film, and ue, N.W., Washington, DC 20506. (202) or oil of Henry Foreau (French, 1866-1938), Doctoral Research Fellowships, stipends up to Michigan Society of Fellows, 3030 Rackham tapes for humanities research. To. ensure that 786-0570. and specially a masterpiece "The War Pan­ the infermation centained in the mest signif­ $25,000, in Jerusalem and Amman; annual Building, UM, Ann Arbor, MI48109-1070. Mincrities Fellcwship Prcgram theon" canvas, 38 I X 45', made by a group Naticnal Arts Week '86 Update professerships in Jerusalem, Amman, and (313) 763-1259. Application deadline: 14 The Cemmittee on Institutional Coopera­ icant of these documents will be available to of French artists in 1918, among them Pierre The dates ef thi~ important event, coor­ Nicosia, room and board; Kress Fellowship in November. tion's fellowship program is designed to scholars, the Natienal Endewment for the Carrier-Belleuse, Gorguet, and Henri For­ dinated by the National Assembly of Local Art History, in Jerusalem, room and board increase the representatien of American In­ Humanities has created the Office of Preser­ eau, Contact: Edith Herment, 80 avenue de Arts Agencies, have been changed from Ne­ and stipend up to $2,700; Barton Fellowship Stanford External Faculty Fellcwships dians, Asian-Americans, Black Americans, vation. NEH is particularly interested in VilliefS', 75017 Paris, France. cooperative microfilming projects that guar­ vember 17-23 to. Ncvember 16-22. See the in Jerusalem, room and board and stipend up The Stanford Humanities Center will offer Mexican-Americans, and Puerto Ricans antee natienal access. Grants made through summer issue of the newsletter fer a short to $2,000; Shell Fellowship in Amman, sti­ eight residence fellewships fer 1987-88, pri­ among Ph,D. recipients. Approximately ten the OP focus on saving informational con­ report. For full details: Susan Diachisin, In­ Fer descriptive catalogue of the werks ofWil­ pend up to $6,000; Mesepotamian Fellow­ marily intended to allow scholars and teach­ feur- year full tuition fellowships with annual tent, improving research cellectien mainten­ formation Ceordinator, Ham Degouve de Nuncques (Mentherme/ ship, stipend up to $5,000; Albright Fellow­ ers in the hwnanities, or those in ether fields stipends of $7,500 will be awarded for 1987- France 1867-Stavelot/Belgium 1935), col­ ance, developing preventive care practices, NAW '86, NALAA, 1785 ship, $5,000 stipend; Endowment fer Biblical working on related prejects, to pursue their 88 to minority group members seeking a dec­ lecters who own paintings, pastels and/or Research summer study and travel grants, and training professional perscnnel. Priority Massachusetts Avenue, own research and writing. Recipients are also torate in a humanities field at any of the drawings by this artist are kindly requested to $1,000 and $1,500 stipends; and honorary will be accorded to U.S. imprints and Amer­ N.W., Suite 413, Washing­ expected to devete about one-sixth of their eleven participating mid-western universities. contact Gisele Ollinger-Zinque, Head of the awards in Jerusalem, Amman and Nicosia. icana and to. decuments in an advanced stage ton, DC 20086. (202) 483- time to. teaching or in some ether way contrib­ For complete infonnation: CIC MFP, Kirk­ Section of Modern Painting, Royal Museums For details and application: ASOR, 4243 of detericration, principally materials pro­ 8670, SUPPORT THE ute to intellectual life at Stanford. For further wod Hall Ill, Indiana University, Bleom­ November of Fine Arts of Belgium, Rue du Musee 9, B Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. duced between 1870 and 1920. Preliminary ARTS IN YOUR COMMU· 16-22, 1986 information and application materials: Mor­ ington, IN 47405. (812) 335-0822. Outside 1000 Brussels, Belgium. Tel.: 02/513.96.80, (215) 222-4643. Applicatien deadline: 3 inquiries from pctential applicants are wel­ NITYI ton Sosna, Associate Director, SHC, Mari­ Indiana call toll free (800) 457-4420. Appli· November. ccmed, and the OP staff will ccmment on Continued on p. 11. col. 1 ext. 247. III posa House, SU, Stanford, CA 94305-8630. cation deadline: 9 January. II1II

Fall 1986 10 CAA newsletter II people and programs lpeople and programs

Rec~nt developments at Johns Hopkins Uni­ IN MEMORIAM tive were his books Arts Nouveau in 1966 and Fred Spratt (M,A., Univ. of Iowa), painter George A. Corgin, associate professor of art versity, department of the history of art: Lise Holst has resigned as curator of collec­ Tiffany Glass in 1976. He sponsored signifi­ and sculptor, has been appointed interim at Lehman College (CUNY) has been reelect­ Walter Melion, specialist in the Haarlem tions at the Portland Museum of Art in Frederick S. Wight, professor emeritus of art cant exhibitions such as that of late 19th cen· dean of humanities and arts at San Jose State ed to a second year term as chair of the art ~c?ool of painting and printmaking, has Maine, to accept a position with Independent aiid director of the UCLA Art Galleries for 20 tury Symbolist art in Toronto and, at the Cul­ University where he has served for the past six department; Howard McParlin Davis Jomed the faculty, moving from Duke Univer­ Curators Incorporated of New York City, a years, died July 26, at the age of 84. Wight tural Center, "Realism Now" (1972), "Blacks: years as chair of the department of art. The (Moore Collegiate Professor Emeritus at Co­ sity: Hubert Damisch of the CNRS Paris and non-profit traveling exhibitions service spe­ began his career at UCLA in 1953 as director U.S.A." (1973), "Bougoereau" (1975), and a new art department chair will be Stephen lumbia) will be a full time visiting professor of Valentino Pace of the University of Rome cializing in contemporary art. of art galleries (renamed in his honor in retrospective of the photographer Man Ray French, associate chair for fine arts the past art for the 1986-87 academic year. 1972). a position he held until 1973. He also (1975). four years. have joined Hans Belting (Munich) and Sal­ Charles K. Steiner has assumed the assistant served as chair of the department of art from v~tore Ca?Iporeale (Villa I Tatti) in the Hop­ kins aSSOCIates program. Associates come to directorship of The Art Museum, Princeton 1962 to 1966. Wight built the UCLA Art Gal· ACADEME Kansas City Art Institute announced the ap' campus each year to teach an intensive sem. University. Steiner was formerly associate leries from a little-known gallery with a tiny pointment of Steven B. Whitacre (M.F.A., MUSEUMS museum educator at The Metropolitan Muse­ budget into a showroom of international sta­ The Maryland College of Art and Design ap' Ohio Univ., Athens) as chair of the design inar and deliver a public lecture, spending from one week to a full term in Baltimore. um of Art. ture by organizing major touring exhibitions pointed Ellouise Schoettler (M. F. A., Amer· department. Whitacre, who has been1:hair of Neil MacGregor, editor of The Burlington Belting will join Charles Dempsey for a sem­ of 20th-century American and European art­ ican Univ.) president, effective July. Schoet­ the Art Institute's foundation department Magazt"ne since 1981, has been appointed inar at the Hopkins-owned Villa Spelman in Philip D. Zimmerman (Ph.D., Boston ists. Wight was also an acclaimed painter in tler, a painter/collagist, is a co·chair of the since 1971, is an accomplished artist, edu­ director of the National Gallery in London. Univ.) has been appointed senior curator of Coalition of Washington Artists and a mem­ Florence. During the spring term, William MacGregor, an art historian with no previous his own right. A scholarship fund will be cator and design practitioner. Carl Kurtz, Winterthur Museum and Gardens. Zimmer­ established in Wight's memory in the depart­ ber of Studio Gallery in Washington, D.C. associate professor in foundation, who has Tronzo, recently promoted to the rank of museum experience, was educated at New associate professor, will conduct a colloquium man is currently executive director of the ment of art, design and art history, UCLA. She has served as executive director of the been a faculty member since 1973, has been ~ollege,

The CAA newsletter will accept classiJieds oj BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE and its allied Two publications of the Elvehjem Museum a professional or semi-professional nature arts, landscape architecture and garden his­ of Art, Univ. Wisconsin, Madison, recently (sale of libran'es, summer rental or exchange tory, city planning and urban design. Cata­ won national awards for graphic design in the of homes, etc.), The charge is 50~ per word, logues issued. Always interested in' buying CASE 1986 Recognition Program: A mer-ican minimum charge 110.00, advance payment good books in these areas. Appraisals made Life t'n Our Piano Benches, a catalogue, re­ required. Make checks payable to CAA. for insurance, estate and gift tax purposes. ceived a bronze medal in the Visual Design in Nancy Sheiry Glaister, Fine and Rare Books, Print category; and a poster of an 18th cen­ P.O. Box 6477, Yorkville Station, New York, tury Japanese print, The actor Ichikawa Dan­ OUTDOOR MONUMENT PRESERVA· NY 10128. (212) 348- 5284. juro IV in a Shibaraku role, received a gold TION. Objective information about issues medal in the same category. and bronze treatment options in a conference Original videotapes of ROBERT BEVERLY publication: Sculptural Monuments z'n an HALE'S famous series of 10 demonstration Outdoor Env£ronment. 116 pages, 64 illustra­ lectures on Artistz'c Anatomy and Ftgure The Toledo Museum of Art was awarded a tions' bibliography. $12.25 from Pennsyl­ Dra'U!ing given by him at the Art Students grant by the NEA of$18,000 to assist with the vania Academy of the Fine Arts, Broad and League, N.Y. (in 1977). Fourteen hours of conservation treatment of The Crowning of St. Catherine by Peter Paul Rubens. Inde­ Cherry, Philadelphia, PA 19102. instruction. Now available. VHS, Beta, ~ N. Call/write: Art Students League, 215 W. pendent conservator Gabrielle Kopelman Our catalogue, AMERICAN ART: MONO· 57th Street, NYC 10019. (212) 247-4510. who received a Kress Foundation grant for GRAPHS AND EXHIBITION CATA· research on a survey of European easel paint­ ing techniques from 1200 to 1900, lectured in LOGUES, will be sent, free, upon request BOOKS ON THE FINE ARTS. Our cata· June on her current treaUllent of the Ruben's (available October 1986). Your inquiries con­ logues of scholarly o.p. titles sent upon re­ painting in the context of the other Toledo cerning books on European, Islamic and Jew­ quest. We need to purchase better o.p. titles paintings she has treated, ish Art are also welcome. Please write to: Dr. in any language-exhib. cats., sales and col­ Y. Mashiah, P.O. Box.20063, Cherokee Sta­ lection cats., monographs, mainly but not ex­ tion, New York, NY 10028-9991. Phone: clusively on Western European Art to about Walter L. Strauss, of Abaris Books and gen­ (212) 879-6037. 1800, whether one volume or a library. Your eral editor of The Illustrated Bartsch, was want list is welcome. Andrew Washton Art awarded a professorship by the Austrian. THE ACCADEMIA DEGLI IPPOPOTAMI Books, 411 East 83rd Street, New York, NY Republic in recognition of his accomplish­ will hold its annual meeting in Boston on 10028. (212) 861-0513. By appointment. ment in publishing the sixty-six volumes of Thursday, February 12th, at 7:00 PM at this comprehensive, fully illustrated encyclo­ Harry's place. Avanti gli ippopotami! ART AUCTION TO PRESERVE NYC pedia of prints of the world within the short ARTISTS HOUSING. Amongihe artists and span of eight years. This accomplishment was MANHATTAN GRAPHIC CENTER. New galleries donating paintings and sculptures to also hailed in May by an assembly at the Al­ institution, continuing a tradition for NYC the cause: Pace, Marlborough, Castelli, bertina Museum of museum and library area printmakers, seeks donations and/ or Paula Cooper, Rosenquist, Lichtenstein, directors. Fourteen sets of the work were pre­ loans of graphic art and darkroom equip­ Oldenburg. Exhibition from September 26 to sented to institutions of learning with the sup­ ment: intaglio, lithography, silkscreen, October 8 at Charles Cowles Annex Gallery, port of collector Ian Woodner of New York photo-processes. For infonnation and work­ 580 Broadway. 80 page catalogue available. and the American-Austrian Foundation. In shop schedules, contact: Manhattan Graphic Artists for Artists Housing Benefit Auction on addition, Woodner has established two an­ Center, P. O. Box 828, Murray Hill Station, October 14 at the Puck Building in Soho. For nual grants for the exchange of scholars be­ New York, NY 10156-0602. infonnation call (212) 736- 3493. • tween the United States and Austria. II

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