newsletter Volume 12. Number 2 Summer 1987

1988 annual meeting studio sessions

Studio sessions for the 1988 annual meeting in Houston (February Collusion and Collision: Critical Engagements with Mass 11-13) have been planned by Malinda Beeman, assistant professor, Culture. Richard Bolton, c! 0 Ha,rvard University Press, 79 University of Houston and Karin Broker, assistant professor, Rice Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. University. Listed below are the topics they have selected. Anyaddi­ Art and mass culture: it is customary to think of these two as antagon­ tional information on any proposed session will be published in the Fall ists, with art kept apart to best preserve its integrity. But recent art and newsletter. Those wishing to participate in any open session must sub­ theory has questioned the necessity of this customary antagonism, and mit proposals to the chair of that session by October I, 1987. Note: Art many contemporary artists now regularly borrow images and tech­ history topics were announced in a special mailing in April. The dead­ niques from mass culture. This approach is fraught with contradic­ line for those sessions was 31 May. tions, at times generating critical possibility, at times only extending the reign of mass culture. It becomes increasingly difficult to distin­ Artists' Visions of Imaginary Cultures. Barbara Maria Stafford (art guish triviality from relevance, complicity from opposition, collusion historian). University of Chicago and Beauvais Lyons (print­ from collision. Has the attempt to redraw the boundaries between maker), University of Tennessee, Department of Art, 1715 Vol­ mass culture and art production been successful? Can society be criti­ unteer Blvd., Knoxville, TN 37996-2410. cized and changed through mass culture, or is it the determined role of This session will address the realm of imaginary cultures invented by mass culture to sustain the status quo? Does criticism become blunted contemporary artists. While imaginary civilizations find their closest by trafficking with popular form? How can we identify and make use of analogy in the literary utopia, imaginary cultures invented by contem­ the ruptures and contradictions within mass culture? Does mass cul­ porary visual artists have ranged from utopian to dystopian visions, in ture contain the means for renewing the social practice of art? Artists both singular and interdisciplinary mediums. Panelists will present who are working critically to change society, whose work employs the aspects of their imaginary cultures in order to address the historic, means of production of mass culture (photography, fihn, video, jour­ scientific, philosophic and aesthetic dimensions of this genre. nalism, etc.), and who have addressed the problem of mass culture, are invited to write. Humor in Art. Moderator to be announced. Send proposals to Malinda Beeman. Art Department, University of Houston, 4800 The Forbidden Image. Thomas McEvilley, Contributing Editor, Calhoun Road, Houston, TX 77004. Artforum. The use of humor in art is as varied as the reasons that artists choose to In different historical and cultural settings different images or classes employ it. Whether politically motivated or purely zany, the art is of images have been taboo. The repression of images from public sight serious but often not taken seriously. This panel of artists who utilize is an analogue, at a communal level, of the process of psychological humor in their art will be basically free form and impossible to predict repression. The forbidden image is in a way the most deeply estab­ in advance. lished image, the crux of a culture's desire and fear. In this panel artists whose work has involved various kinds of forbidden images and others who have given special study to this question will discuss the topic both The Relief Print in the 80's. Sylvia Solochek Walters, Art Depart­ histopcally and in reference to the present moment. By invitation. ment, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132. The Needle and the Eye: Feminist Discourse in Action. Suzanne This panel will explore a variety of ideas related to the current creative Bloom (artist and associate professor), Art Department, Univer­ and critical interest in relief prints. In the last few years relief as a form sity of Houston. of image making seems to have come vibrantly to life in the studio after This session will demonstrate the impact feminist theory has had on having lain dormant since the 50's. New relief work being produced critical thinking in recent years. The emphasis of the panel is on crit­ has a wide diversity of form, much of it experimental, personal and ical practice, and on the broad and interdisciplinary nature of the esthetically demanding. Publishers and print shops are encouraging feminist critique. Three panelists will present their approaches toward established artists to work with relief ideas and curators are including an active feminist discourse in relation to their respective areas of relief prints in major exhibitions more prominantly. The panel will interest: photography, painting, and literature. What is the state of offer an opportunity to artists, curators, publishers and others to contemporary feminist production in photography? Why have so examine relief as a form of contemporary artistic expression. many critics dealt so inadequately with David Salle's depiction of women? Can feminism help Writing through Reading? These are the Public Art Today. Al Nodel, Director, Otis Parsons Gallery. sorts of issues to be addressed. By invitation. A discussion of public art projects around the country today and issues related to the field. By invitation. The MFA: Treasure or Trash. Richard Thompson, Department of Art, University of Texas, Austin, 23rd & San Jacinto, Austin, TX Do you have any Black students in your classes? Dorothy Gilliam 78712. (columnist), Washington Post, 1150 15th Street NW, Washing­ How can responsive departments effectively establish criteria and ton, DC 20071. goals for the education of graduate students in an era of changing Educators, artists, and sociologists look at the dearth of black students expectations, pluralist aesthetics, and growing pragmatic economic in fine art education and probe the many complex reasons behind concerns? A panel of artist! educators will present varied perspectives their lack of participation. of their own and other graduate programs. Continued on p. 2, col. 1 11988 annual meeting studio sessions sustaining members

Independent Visions: Mainstream Contributions from Texas. JOINT STUDIO-ART HISTORY SESSIONS: Sustaining membership is a voluntary cate" burgh; Evelyn B. Harrison, New York City; III, New York City; Linda Seidel, New York Marti Mayo, Director, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, These were also listed in the Art History Call for Participation, mailed gory for those who wish to contribute to the Christine M. Havelock, Poughkeepsie, City; Ellen Sharp, Detroit; Alan Shestack, 4800 Calhoun, Houston, TX 77004. in April. CAA in excess of their income· based dues. In~ N.Y.; Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann, New St. Paul; Hsio-yen Shih, Hong Kong; Ralph Artists who have achieved national recognition through exhibitions dividual Sustaining Membership is $100 an­ York City; Jules Heller, Scottsdale, Ariz.; E. Shikes, New York City; Marianna Shreve and critical attention on the East and West Coast will discuss the nually. This year, we continue to see growing Edward B. Henning, Cleveland; Rodman Simpson, Washington, D. C. ; Seymour Slive, advantages and disadvantages of living and working in Texas. Using Museums and Contemporary Art. Neal Benezra, Curator, Twentieth support with an additional 44 Sustaining R. Henry, Wellesley, Mass.; Robert L. Cambridge, Mass.; Pat Sloane, Brooklyn, slides to illustrate this issue the artists will focus on the effects of the Century Painting and Sculpture, Art Institute of Chicago, Members for 1987, bringing our total to 194. Herbert, New Haven; Joel and Judith N. Y.; Richard E. Spear and Athena Tacha, Michigan Avenue at Adams Street, Chicago, IL 60603. Texas myth and the freedom or restrictions produced by living outside For their much needed financial support, our Herschman, New York City; Barbara H. Oberlin; Allen Staley, New York City; Theo­ New York City. This session will examine the historical and current relationship of thanks to: George S. Abrams, Newton, Hess, Osterville, Mass.; Frederick D. Hill, dore E. Stebbins, Jr., Brookline, Mass.; Ger­ contemporary art and European and American museums. Papers are Mass.; James S. Ackerman, Cambridge, New York City; Judy C. Ho, Irvine, Calif.; ald G. Stiebel and Penelope Hunter-Stie­ The Artists' Audience. Robert Hobbs, Houston. sought which will focus on the history of museums of contemporary Mass.; Lucy A. Adams, New York City; Em­ Robert Hobbs, Iowa City; John Holverson, bel, New York City; Julien M. Stock, Lon­ The problem of the audience has plagued artists since the 1830s and art, the traditional and current role of contemporary art in modern ma W. Alexander, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Paul Portland, Me.; Frank R. Horlbeck, Madi­ don; Marjory S. Strauss, Norfolk, Va.; Max 1840s when critics in Paris began to contemplate the diversity of people and "encyclopedic" museums, the history of the "annual" exhibition Anbinder, New York City; Ralph M. Ar­ son, Wis.; Susan and John Huntington, W. and Ruth W. Sullivan, Fort Worth; attending art exhibitions and wondered what, for example, a match of contemporary art, and the impact of specific museum exhibitions nold, Chicago; Pamela Askew, Millbrook, Worthington, Ohio; Nancy R. Huntsinger, Mary Swift, Washington, D.C.; Shuji Taka­ girl might see in the grand scaled history paintings then being created. on contemporary artists, collectors, and the art world more generally. N.Y.; William Bailey, New Haven; Jeremy Ventura, Calif.; Isabelle Hyman, New York shina, Tokyo; Charles Talbot, San Antonio, A century later in New York the Abstract Expressionists were puzzling Ideally this session will offer a wide range of viewpoints, and papers D. Bangs, Plymouth, Mass.; Richard Barn­ City; Virginia Jackson, Houston; Irma B. Tex.; Richard G. and Luraine Tansey, San over which people constituted their rightful audience. One member of and proposals for presentations and discussants are solicited particu­ hart, New Haven; Pat Martin Bates, Vic­ Jaffe, New York City; Carroll Janis, New Jose, Calif.; David F. Tatham, Syracuse; this group, Robert Motherwell concluded that they were painting for larly from curators, critics, and artists, as well as art historians. toria, B.C.; Robert L. Benson, Los Angeles; York City; Robert A. Jessup, Clintondale, Silvia Tennenbaum, East Hampton, N.Y.; each other and that they were prophets keeping the spiritual alive for RobertW. Berger, Brookline, Mass.; Robert N.Y.; Wolf Kahn and Emily Mason, New Jane M. Timken, New York City; Peter A. an eventual proletariat. While the merchandizing and dissemination Film Study and the Visual Arts. Kathe Geist, Department of P. Bergman, Baltimore; Sylvia Bialko, Hou· York City; Madlyn Kahr, New York City; Tomory, Bundoora, Australia; A. Richard of new artistic ideas has vastly accelerated since mid century when New Theatre, College of Fine Arts, Illinois State University, Normal, ston; Albert Boime, Los Angeles; Julie M. Julius D. Kaplan, Los Angeles; Joseph L. Turner, Cape May, N.J.; Evan Turner, Yorkers were agonizing over their audience, the question of the artists' lL 61761. Boyer, Lincoln, Mass.; Kathleen Weil-Gar­ Karmel, New York City; Sandra C. Kasper, Cleveland Heights; Diane W. Upright, New audience continues to puzzle painters, sculptors, printmakers, and In 1934 Erwin Panofskywrote, "The activities of the film actor and the ris Brandt, New York City; Richard Bret­ New York City; Garry N. Kennedy, Halifax; York City; Carolyn Valone, San Antonio, even performance artists who wonder how their work is being received director .. are comparable, respectively, to those of the plastic artist tell, Chicago; Richard Brilliant, New York M. and D. Kinsey, South Bend, Ind.; Vir­ Tex.; Jean A. Vincent, New York City; A. and whether it is being understood. and the architect ... It might be said that film is the nearest modern . City; Judith K. Brodsky, Princeton; Clif­ ginia Kobler, Dallas; Richard Kraut­ Bret Waller, Santa Monica; John Walsh, The panel on the artists' audience will bring together representa­ equivalent of a medieval cathedral." Despite Panofsky's acknowledg· ford M. Brown, Ottawa; Jonathan M. heimer, Rome; Nancy S. Lambert, New Jr., Santa Monica; Allen Wardwell, New tives of different groups in the art world to deal with this problem. ment of film's position within the visual arts and despite the fact that Brown, Princeton; Milton W. and Blanche Haven; Barbara G. Lane, New York City; York City; Robert R. Wark, San Marino, Panelists will consist of nationally recognized representatives from the many leading directors received formal training in the vislJal arts (e.g. R. Brown, New York City; Ladislas Bugner, Irving and Marilyn Lavin, Princeton; Calif; J.W. Warrington, Cincinnati; Mark following areas: art magazines editors, dealers, museum directors, Eisenstein, Kurosawa, Lang, Minnelli, Murnau, Renoir), few art his­ Paris; George R. Bunker, Houston; Susan Thomas W. Leavitt, Ithaca, N.Y.; Patricia and Phoebe Weil, St. Louis; Gabriel P. curators, collectors, and art consultants, as well as artists who make torians have integrated film into their research and teaching. Theorist H. Bush, Cambridge, Mass.; James Cahill, J. Lefor, Northport, N.Y.; Virginia E. Weisberg, Minneapolis; Richard V. West, ,specialized work such as site-specific objects that can not be easily col­ Dudley Andrew complains that, "the lack of input from the fine arts Berkeley; Walter Cahn and Annabelle Lewis, Pittsburgh; Fred and Meg Licht, Santa Barbara; Lee A. Whitten, Los Ange· lected. The session will be divided between brief slide presentations by has had ... regrettable consequences. Not only has the avant-garde Simon Cahn, New Haven; Peter Chapin, Brookline, Mass.; William C. Loerke, les; Ron and Renate Wiedenhoeft, Little­ panelists outlining new developments in the artists' audience followed - film received scant attention, but the theory of narrative cinema has Mendham, N.J.; William J. and Elizabeth Washirigton, D.C.; Peter M. Loftus, Santa ton, Colo.; Anne-Marie Wiemer-Sumner, by a discussion that will be initiated by questions from the audience. until recently been deprived of key concepts in art theory.·' The session Lee Chiego, Oberlin; Constantine Christo­ Cruz, Calif.; Rose C. Long, New York City; New York City; Reba White Williams, New By invitation. will address the issue of the place of film within the visual arts, the fides, Seattle; Dale G. Cleaver, Knoxville, Bates Lowry, Washington, D.C.; EdwardR. York City; John Wilmerding, Washington, Tenn.; William B. Conlon, New York City; D.C.; Elizabeth B. Wilson, New York City; Hispanic Artists: Unified or Diversified? Nilda Peraza, Director, place offilm study, film history and filmmaking, in art and art history Lubin, New York City; Elisabeth B. Mac­ Kevin E. Consey, Newport Beach, Calif.; Enid S. Winslow, Rye, N.Y.; Catherine Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, 584 Broadway, New programs. How does film fit within the historical context of the visual Dougall, Washington, D.C.; Roger A. York, NY 10012. arts both as an aspect of twentieth-century art and as an outgrowth of Joseph L. Cox III, Oxford, Ohio; Lynn Mack, Syracuse; Deborah Marrow, Santa Wilkinson-Zerner and Henri Zerner, Cam­ Croton, Greenvale, N.Y.; Carol J. Crown, bridge, Mass.; Jerrold Ziff, Champaign, Ill. Often presented as sharing similar goals and ideals, the Hispanic art­ the entire history of art? What theories of art and/ or what a"I"t histo­ Monica; James Marrow, Berkeley; John R. Memphis; Karen C.C. Dalton, Houston; ists in the United States may be more diverse than unified. In America, rical methodologies are applicable to film study, and do they offer ad­ Martin, Princeton; George L. Mauner, a Alan P. Darr, Detroit; Bernice F. Davidson, the Hispanic population can be represented by the Puerto Ricans of vantages over literary and linguistic approaches? What has been the State College, Pa.; Evan M. Maurer, Ann New York City; Sol Alfred Davidson, Prince­ New York to the Cubans of Miami. The native born or naturalized citi· history of film study within visual arts programs? What accounts for its Arbor, Mich.; Forrest McGill, Columbia, ton; Diane M. De Grazia, Washington, zen are often merged into a single group when their experiences may slow development? Assuming art theory enhances film study, can film Mo.; Constance C. McPhee, New York City; D.C.; Barbara K. Debs, Greenwich, Conn.; be vastly different. Is it the artist's responsibility to define themselves study enhance one's understanding, theoretical or practical, of the Jerry D. Meyer, DeKalb, Ill.; J. William Elsbeth B. Dusenbery, Montclair, N.].; or accept the selection by predominately white curatorial staffs? A plastic arts? Filmmakers, other visual arti,sts, and historians are invited Middendorf, McLean, Va.; Charles S. Mof­ Samuel Y. Edgerton, Jr., Williamstown, panel of five artists from the geographic areas of the United States with to submit proposals for presentations. In addition, letters are invited fett, San Francisco; Kathleen Monaghan, Mass.; Anne Ehrenkranz, New York City; large Hispanic populations will discuss the frictions and factions, dif· that comment on the subject of the session and which may suggest par­ New York City; James and Anne Morgan­ information Marvin Eisenberg, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Rob­ ferences and similarities of the Hispanic artist in America today. ticipants and additional issues for discussion. II stern, Columbus, Ohio; Dewey F. Mosby, ert Enggass, Athens, Ga.; Richard A. Etlin, Hamilton, N.Y.; Weston J. Naef, Santa Silver Spring, Md.; Everett Fahy, New York ... .. Monica; Roy R. Neuberger, New York City; For an oeuvre- catalogue, information is Visual Artists' Right Amendment City; Beatrice Farwell, Santa Barbara; Alan Victoria Newhouse, New York City; Clifton sought on the painter Sebastian Stoskopff In the 100th Congress, u.S. Congressman The rights established by this measure are NOl\lINATIONsINVITED M. Fern, Chevy Chase, Md.; Nered Fioratti, C. Olds, Brunswick, Me.; Melvin Pekarsky, (1597 - 1657) and his work. Dr. Birgit Hahn· Edward]. Markey and Senator Edward M. protected by law in many countries, especially ...FOR New York City; Ernest L. Folk III, Char­ Shoreham, N.Y.; Ruth R. Philbrick, Woemle, Stadtmuseum, Holderlinweg 113, CAA. TEACHING AWARDS ..• lottesville, Va.; Kurt Forster and Francoise Washington, D.C.; Jessie J. Poesch, New D-73 Esslingen, Germany. Kennedy, both of Massachusetts, introduced those respecting international copyright stan- .. visual arts protection legislation which, when dards. The bill is enthusiastically endorsed by Forster-Hahn, Santa Monica; Ilene H. For­ Orleans; Cynthia Polsky, New York City; enacted, will have a far reaching impact on Artists' Equity, the Graphic Artists Guild, Nominations_ fr0tTI the_ membership are syth, Ann Arbor; Joseph C. Forte, Bronx­ Barbara G. Price, Baltimore; Jules D. For a catalogue of 19th-century paintings in the production of artwork and on the stan· Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, and the invited f?r the Distinguished Teaching o~.­ ville, N. Y.; Ellen M. Foshay, New York City; Prown, Orange, Conn.; Olga Raggio, New the Haggin Museum, information on the life dard of living for visual artists. The proposed American Council on the Arts, among others. Art and the Distinguished Teaching of Richard A. and Judith Paetow George, Ox­ York City; Roland, Reiss, Claremont, Calif.; and art of Jan Monchablon (1854-1904) is amendment has three major components: (1) If you wish to see this amendment adopted, Art History awards. ford, Ohio; Felton L. Gibbons, Hopewell, Virginia Rembert, Northport, Ala.; Joseph requested. Patricia Sanders, The Haggin - --Letters of recommendations and ap­ It grants to visual artists the right to claim write to your Senators and to your Members of N.J.; Mary W. Gibbons, New York City; Rishel and Anne d'Harnoncourt Rishel, Museum, 1201 N. Pershing Avenue, Stock­ authorship of their publicly displayed works, Congress to express your support for this propriate supporting-materials should be Sarah Gill, Santa Rosa, Calif.; Bruce Philadelphia; David Rosand, New York City; ton, CA 95203-1699. or to disclaim authorship in cases where amendment,. and forward copies of your sup· sent to the CAA,_ 275 Seventh Avenue, Glaser, Fairfield, Conn.; Mildred L. Glim­ William S. Rubin, New York City; Joanne unauthorized alteration has occurred; (2) the port letters to Congressman Markey at 2133 New York, N.Y. 10001 by November 1. cher, New York City; Rona Goffen, Dur­ Ryan, Carteret, N.].; Robert G. and Fran­ Sir George Clausen RA (1852-1944). Infor­ amendment will exempt artists from the Rayburn House Office Building, Washing· The names and-letters of nomination for ham, N.C.; Edward Goodstein, Los Ange­ coise F. Scheiner, New York City; Stephen K. mation is sought on the whereabouts of his requirement that the copyright seal be dis- ton, D.C. 20515. any- candidates who are strong contende~ _ les; Mary Ann Graeve-Frantz, Princeton; Scher, Clifton, N.].; Laurie Schneider, East London paintings (in American collections) played on the outside of their artwork; and(3) You can get the name of your Senators and but not the recipient in any given year will Nancy S. Graves, New York City; Eleanor S. Hampton, N.Y.; John M. Schnorrenberg, showing the neighborhood around his studio the legislation will establish royalty rights for Members of Congress from your local League be passed on to- the award committees for Greenhill, Austin; Peter W. Guenther, Birmingham, Ala.; Fritz SchoIder, Scotts­ in Hampstead Heath. Andrew Ashton, 6 visual artists. of Women's Voters. II the following year. Houston; Norman B. Gulamerian, Wat­ dale, Ariz.; Charles E. and Diane ScilIia, Parker Street, Chorley, Lancashire PR7 1ES, .. chung, N.].; Ann Sutherland Harris, Pitts- University Heights, O~io; Charles Scribner England. II

2 CAA newsletter Summer 1987 3 1989 annual meeting: call for sessions proposals /1989 annual meeting: call for session proposals

The 1989 annual meeting will be held in San given to the individual from the region in the Yale Center for British Art and at becoming a full professor in 1985. In addi­ Francisco; the headquarters hotel is the San which the meeting will be held. (3) In addi· CASVA, National Gallery of Art. This year he tion, Lark has been a visiting artist at numer­ Francisco Hilton. The dates for sessions are tion to selecting sessions among these pro­ is preparing materials on art history and con· ous universities in the U.S. and abroad. She Thursday, February 16 through Saturday, posals, program chairs will balance and shape servation under a grant from the Alfred P. has had over two dozen solo shows in such new CAA awardS February 18. Those wishing to propose topics the program by inviting individuals to chair Sloan Foundation. He has chaired CAA ses· places as the San Francisco Museum of Mod­ for sessions for the 1989 annual meeting general or special sessions. In doing so, pro­ sions on "Nineteenth Century Art," and ern Art: the School of the Art Institute of Chi­ should submit them to the appropriate chair gram chairs consider a number of factors, in­ "Technique and Meaning in Painting" and a cago; the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento; The Board of Directors of the College by October I, 1987. cluding which topics or periods were not cov­ symposium on "The Interpretation of Land· N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago; Bhirasri Insti­ Art ,Association has established, two ered in recent CAA annual meetings. As scape Painting." Address proposals to De­ new award categories, both for artists. Proposals should be submitted in the form tute of Modern Art, Bangkok, Thailand; above, all other things being equal, prefer­ partment of Art, Reed College, Portland, OR Allan Stone Gallery, N.Y. C.; Gallerie All members of the selection commit­ of a letter describing the subject of the session ence is given to artists/ scholars from the 97202. Armak, Berlin; Hartje Gallery, Frankfurt. tee's will be artists. These awards will be and explaining any special or timely signifi­ region in which the meeting will be held, but Lark's work has also been exhibited in over presented for the first time at, the,1988 cance it may have for your particular field beyond that there is no geographic, institu" CAA annual meeting in Houston_ and/or for the discipline in general. Other 125 national and international group shows tional, or other consideration. and is in the permanent collection of many factors, such as ideas about the session's for­ mat or organization, should also be men­ museums, among them the Metropolitan Mu­ seum of Art and the Museum of Contempo­ tioned. Explanatory or supportive materials Art history sessions will be chaired by Charles S. Rhyne, professor of art history, rary Art, Chicago. She has been active in the may be appended. Please include a curric­ AWARD FORA DISTINGUISHED Reed College, Portland, Oregon. After brief­ Coalition of Women's Art Organizations and ulum vitae, preferred mailing address, and BODY OF WORK,EXliIBITION, ly attending Tyler School of Art, Rhyne re­ the Women's Caucus for Art, serving on the both office and home telephone numbers, PRESENTATION OR PERFOR­ ceived his B.A. (literature) from Wittenberg WCA National Board and National Advisory MANCE, mounted, in the' year pre'~ The Studio Co·-chairs are especially seek­ College and his M.A. ( social science) from the Board and chairing the 1981 WCA Confer­ ceding the award;. (1986-87 acad~mic ing timely topics of central concern to work­ University of Chicago, where he also complet­ ence in San Francisco. year for: 1988 award), by a living,

4 CAA newsletter Summer 1987 5 " grants and awards people and programs

Material for inclusion in People and Pro­ Lief Brush, associate professor of art, Uni­ GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIPS yond narrow academic specialization and artists from 28 candidates, including painters grams should be sent to College Art Associa­ versity of Minnesota - Duluth, has been select­ The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial relates to the broader context of humanistic William Beckman, Gretna Campbell, tion, 275 Seventh Avenue, N. Y. C. 10001. ed to be a summer 1987 Residency Fellow in Foundation has announced the following thought. Charles Griffith Farr, Brian O'Leary, and Deadline Jor next issue: 15 August. Interdisciplinary Works at the Yellow Springs grants for 1987: Open Competition Awards: Ann Ber­ sculptor Kenneth Snelson. In addition, Institute for Contemporary Studies and the mingham, U. of C., Irvine: The Practice of Chris Martin received the Richard and Hin­ IN MEMORIAM Arts in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania. Art History/Cognate Areas Drawing; Carol R. Bolon, University of Chi­ da Rosenthal Foundation Award of $5,000 DenniasAdrian, Northwestern University: A cago: The Early Chalukya Art of South India; annually presented to "a young American Robert M. Lumiansky (Ph.D., University of catalogue raisonne of the sculpture of H.C. Birgitte Ginge, University of Cambridge: painter not yet accorded due recognition." North Carolina), a scholar of Medieval En­ MUSEUMS Westermann; Mardges Bacon, Trinity Col­ Etruscan Black Figured Pottery, 540-520 glish and former president of the American lege (fine arts and American studies): Le Cor­ B.C.; Anne D. Hedman, University of Illi­ REGIONAL VISUAL ARTS Council of Learned Societies died this past busier's first visit to the United States; nois: The Grandes Chroniques de France, }"ELLOWSHIP PROGRAM AWARDS April. He was chairman and president of Harvard University Art Museum has an­ ThomasS. Hines, U. of C., Los Angeles; A 1274-1500; Anna D. Kartsonis, University (NEA) A.C.L.S., an umbrella group for all scholarly nounced that Konrad Oberhuber, presently history of the image of Los Angeles; Jeffrey of Washington: The Word of the Image in Ten photographers in five southeastern states organizations in the humanities, from 1959 to the Ian Woodner curator of drawings at the M. HUTwit, U. of Oregon: The representa­ Byzantium: The Theory and Practice of ReI i­ have won $3,500 NEA Regional Visual Arts 1982, and was president pro tern, in 1985 and Fogg Art Museum and professor offine arts at tion of nature in early Greek art and poetry; J. gious Imagery after Iconoclasm; Genevra A. Fellowships administered by the Southern 1986. At the time of his death he was working Harvard, has been appointed as director of Patrice Marandel, Detroit Institute of Arts: Kornbluth, College of William and Mary: Arts Federation in Atlanta, Georgia. An exhi­ on a scholarly edition of Thomas Malory's Le the Albertina Museum in Vienna commenc­ A critical edition of 18th - century documents Inter·media Connections: Carolingian bition of the winning artists' work will be Morte d'Arthur. He was also a past president ing in September 1987. Oberhuber, a native on French art; Esther Pasztory, Columbia Gems, Coins, and Seals; Jeff K. Kowalski, assembled in 1988 through the Federation's of Phi Beta Kappa, a member of the national of Austria, served as an assistant and then as University: The art of Teotihuacan; Richard Northern lllinois University: The Nunnery Visual Arts Program. The recipients this year selection committee for the Woodrow Wilson associate curator at the Albertina from 1961 E. Spear, Oberlin College: A re-evaluation of Quadrangle at Uxmal; Carol L. Lawton, are: Florida: Lou Marcus, Tampa; Georgia: Fellowship Corporation, a member of the Na­ to 1971. Prior to coming to Harvard in 1975, Guido Reni; Bryan J. Wolf, Yale University; Lawrence University: The Sculpture of the Karekin Goekjin, Atlanta; Fernando La tional Endowment for the Humanities and a he was research curator at the National Gal­ Art, ideology, and the middle class in 19th· Classical Temple of Hera at Argos; Glen G. Rosa, Atlanta; Jack Leigh, Savannah; Nan­ past president of the Medieval Academy of lery of Art in Washington, D.C. During his century America. Macleod, University of Conn.' Wallace cy Marshall, Atlanta; Louisiana: Debbie America. tenure at the Fogg Art Museum, Oberhuber Stevens and Modern Art Theory; Jane M. Fleming Caffery, Franklin; Dean Dablow, enlarged the endowment of the drawing de­ Artists Roos, Hunter College: Artists and Admini­ Ruston; A.J. Meek, Baton Rouge; North ACADEME Sarah Elliston Weiner partment and enriched the collections by Arakawa, N.Y.C.· painting; Eugene Brod­ straton;: French Art in the 1870s. Carolina: Robert Amberg, Durham; South Photo: Joe Pineiro hundreds of works, particularly in the areas of sky, N.Y.C.· painting; Allan D'Arcangelo, Institutional Awards (awarding institu­ Carolina: Sam Wang, Clemson. An addi­ The Institute of Fine Arts at New York Uni­ French masters of the seventeenth and eigh· Columbia University has appointed Sarah Brooklyn College of C. U.N.Y.: painting and tions indicated in parentheses afler project): tional ten fellowships in the field of sculpture versity has appointed Margaret Holben Ellis teenth centuries. Elliston Weiner (Ph.D., Columbia Univer· sculpture; Stuart Diamond, Parsons School Karen-edis Barzman, Univ. of Maine: A have been awarded as well. (M.A., and Certificate in Conservation, In­ of Design: painting; Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Reappraisal of the Florentine Universita, stitute of Fine Arts) as the new chair of the sity) as the curator of art properties. She is Elisabeth Blair MacDougall has announced N.Y.C.· photography; Ellen Driscoll, Compagnia ed Accademia del Disegno (Stan­ IFA Conservation Center effective September responsible for maintaining a collection of that she will retire from her position at Dum" S.U.N.Y. at Purchase: sculpture; James En­ ford); Paul Binski, Gonville and Caius Col­ NEA COLLABORATION IN ART I 1987. She will continue her work as a consult· nearly 3,000 paintings and sculptures. barton Oaks in June 1988. She came to Dum­ lege, Cambridge U.· The Figurative Arts at DESIGN GRANTS ing conservator of prints and drawings at the Weiner will be responsible for the manage­ yeart, U. of Arizona: photography; Morgan barton Oaks as the first director of studies in Hall Fisher, Santa Monica: filmmaking; Westminster 1250 to 1350 (Princeton); Alice To assist a small number of exemplary collab­ Metropolitan Museum. New York University ment, the conservation, and inventory the landscape architecture in 1972 and has been Michael Gitlin, Columbia University; sculp­ A. Donohue, Asst. Ed. Archeomaterials: oration projects in order to stimulate new, has also announced that A. Richard Turner, collection, as well as oversee all gift trans­ responsible for the development of the pro­ ture and drawing; Richard Lerman, School Some Topoi in the History of Greek Art and cooperative design solutions by design profes­ the former president of Grinnell College, and actions to the University of artworks. In addi· gram of fellowships, symposiums and publi­ of the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston): sound Their Literary Tradition (Univ. of Penn.); sionals and visual artists for public spaces, the dean of Arts and Science at NYU, has been tion, she will schedule and install exhibitions cations on the history of gardens and land­ art; Edward A. Love, Howard University: Beth Genne, Art Institute of Chicago: The NEA created a new pilot funding category named director of the New York Institute for in the Rotunda of Low Memorial Library. scape architecture. She has organized sym­ visual art; Margot Lovejoy, S.U.N. V. at Pur­ Artist as Collaborator: Synthesis of Arts in in early 1986. The first grants, totalling the Humanities at NYU. posiums on a wide range of topics, such as chase: an installation project; Sally Mann, 20th Century Dance (Univ. of Michigan); .$189,875, to support six national model proj­ Clifton C. Olds, the Edith Cleaves Barry pro­ Islamic gardens, ancient Roman gardens, Lexington, Va.: photography; Joshua Neu­ Joan G. Hart, independent scholar: Erwin ects were announced in February 1987; City fessor of the history and criticism of art Renaissance garden fountains and preserva­ stein, N.V.C.· painting; Diane Orr, Salt Panofsky: Essays on a 20th Century Humanist of Concord, Calif.: to support an open state­ (Ph. D., University of Pennsylvania) will serve tion methods for historic gardens. In addition Lake City: filmmaking (in collaboration with (U. of C., Berkeley); Joanna S. Isaak, Hobart wide competition to develop a landscape as the acting director of the Bowdoin College to editing and publishing the papers delivered C. Larry Roberts); Stevenson J. Palfi, New & William Smith Colleges: The Revolution­ design and artwork for Todos Santos Plaza; Museum of Art in 1987-88 while the museum at the symposiums, she had edited several Orleans: video; Richard Pare, Canadian ary Power of Woman's Laughter (Bryn Creative Time, NYC: to support the plan­ director, Katherine J. Watson takes a leave monographs on garden history, including Centre for Architecture: photography; David Mawr); lain Pears, Oxford: 18th Century ning phase of a collaborative effort to trans­ of absence. Only the second professor to hold Robert Berger's essays on the gardens of Ver­ Parry, Dartmouth College: filmmaking; Liz History Painting/20th Century Corporate form Hunters Point into a public waterfront the Edith Cleaves Barry Chair, Olds has sailles and Peggy Newcomb's study of annual Phillips, Astoria, N. sound sculpture; Patronage (Yale); Renate Pronchno, U. of park; Headlands Art Center, Sausalito: to taught European medieval, renaissance, and v.: flowers used in American gardens in the nine­ Howardena D. Pindell, S.U.N.V. at Stony Munich: Competition as a Creative Principle support the collaboration of artist David Ire­ reformation art history courses, as well as in­ teenth century. Her own writings have fo· Brook: painting; Mark Rappaport, N.Y.C.· in Art Oohns Hopkins); Susan Tholl, In­ land and architect Mark Mack on the design troduction to East Asian art. During her leave cused on the iconography of Italian Renais­ diana University: The Medieval Cloister Seen of furnishings for two rooms in the Center's Watson will research the history of sculpture filmmaking; Faith Ringgold, U. ofC. atSan sance gardens. During her tenure the rare Diego: visual art; Miriam Schapiro, N.Y.C.· as Paradise in Patristic Texts and Medieval headquarters; Massachusetts Dept. of Envi­ of the Florentine renaissance, mannerist, and book and reference collection of the Garden painting; Buky Schwartz, N.Y.C.: video Art (Columbia); Ursula Zeller, U. of Tub in­ ronmental Management, Boston: to support baroque periods, as well as continue her Library has been expanded to include mate­ gen: Pictorial Concretions and Ideas of a collaboration among artists Alice Adams studies of James Bowdoin Ill, the first major installations; Lee Tribe, Bennington Col­ rials on gardens of all periods and places. No lege: sculpture; William Wegman, N.Y.C.· Democracy, Republic and Liberty (N.V. U.). and Carlos Dorrien and a landscape architect donor to the museum. successor has been named. photography; William T. Williams, Brook­ for the design of a riverside promenade and lyn College ofC.U.N.Y.: painting; Neil Win­ THE AMERICAN ACADEMY AND the creation of an art master plan for the his­ In 1987-88, the School of the Art Institute of okur, N.Y.C.: photography. INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND LETTERS toric core of Lawrence, Mass.; Seattle Arts Chicago will institute a five-year bachelor of In May, Winterthur Museum and Gardens AWARDS Commission: to support a collaboration be­ interior architecture degree in addition to its and the University of Delaware appointed GETTY POSTDOCTORALS The American Academy and Institute of Arts tween artists and designers for the develop­ BFA and MFA degree programs in interior James C. Curtis (Ph.D., Northwestern Uni­ Ten of the 1987 J. Paul Getty Postdoctoral and Letters presented the Gold Medal for ment of a new civic center complex for the architecture. The School has appointed versity) to a five-year term as director of the Fellows in the History of Art and the Human­ Painting to painter Isabel Bishop at the orga­ City of Seattle; Wellesley College Museum: Richard Schiff as the Whitney Halsted Visit­ Winterthur Program in Early American Cul­ ities were named in open competitions, and nization's annual ceremonial on May 20. Art­ to support a collaboration between sculptor ing Professor in the department of art history ture. He will oversee Winterthur's masters ten others were chosen by universitienhat are ist Raphael Soyer praised Bishop for "buffet· Michael Singer and architect Michael Mc­ for theory and criticism, Rita DeWitt, as a degree program and act as student advisor in designated centers for research on art history. ing all the 'isms' of contemporary art to re­ Kinnell on a new work at a location along a visiting artist for two years in the photography addition to continuing his duties as professor Stipend 'is $25,000, of which .$4,000 goes to main true to herself and her personal vision." public, wooded pathway through the college department, and Linda Lee Nelson, as an of history at the University of Delaware. the institution. All twenty Fellows were The Academy- Institute also presented campus. associate professor and the head of the inte­ Continued on p. 10, col. 1 judged to be scholars whose work looks be- awards of $5,000 each to six contemporary Continued on p. 11, col. 1 A. Richard Turner rior architecture program.

6 CAA newsletter Summer 1987 7 conferences and symposia directory of affiliated societies and call for papers CALL FOR PAPERS Breakthroughs: Women and the Visual Arts "Readers' Guide" to Abraham Rees's This directory is published annually on the basis of information provided by the societies. The Linda Morey Papanicolaou, ICMA, The The topic of the Conference on Women and Cyclopaedin societies listed below have met specif£c standards JOT purpose, structure, range of activtties, and Cloisters, Fort Tryon Park, N.Y.C. 10040. From the Ground Up: BuildingTechnology the Visual Arts hosted by Skidmore College, Collaborators from many fields, including all membership enrollment required JOT formal affiliatt'on. Phone: (212) 928-1146. Purpose: ICMA is in the Middle Ages Saratoga Springs, on 8- 9 April 1988. It will the humanities, are invited to join a British­ dedicated to the study of medieval art and The topic of the twenty- third International examine the role of women as artists, patrons, American group producing the "Readers' ethical and professional behavior in the ex­ American Committee for South Asian Art civilization between 325 A.D. and 1500 A.D. Congress of Medieval Studies, sponsored by and studio models in the visual arts, which Guide." For further details write to R.J. Law, pansion of research and scholarship about (ACSAA), founded 1966. Membership 150- ICMA publishes a scholarly journal, Gesta; a AVISTA, to be held at Kalamazoo, MI in May incorporates both arts and crafts from con­ cloThe Newcomen Society. The Science Mu­ African arts. ACASA holds periodic meetings 175. Annual dues: $15 regular; $7,50 student newsletter (including dissertations on medi­ 1988. Papers can include any aspect of medi­ temporary, historical, or a cross- cultural per­ seum, South Kensington, London, SW7 2DD within the framework provided by meetings eval art); a monograph series, Romanesque eval construction from planning, organiza­ and unemployed; $20 institutional; $25 or spective. One page (250 word) abstracts are orJ.Z. Fullmer, Dept. of History, Dulles Hall, of learned societies and other organizations more, contributing. President: Doris Srin­ Sculpture in American Collections; has tion and financing through archaelogical welcomed on the following topics: women as Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210. ivasan, Dept. of Art, George Washington for the purpose of reporting and discussing begun a Census of Gothic Sculpture in North examination and identification of building patrons of the arts, women artists and their Univ .. Washington, DC 20052. research and other matters affecting the field American Collections; organizes, symposia; campaigns. Theoretical questions, such as patronage, women as studio models, women and publishes the ACASA Newsletter. The and supports excavations. what constitutes a building campaign, and artists and socio/ cultural barriers. women TO ATTEND The American Society for Hispanic Art Arts Council also organizes the Triennial the analysis of historical documentation relat­ Visual Resources Association (VRAl. foun­ and the art academy, women artists and social Historial Studies (ASHAHS), founded Symposium on African Art. ing to construction processes and procedures International Conference on Data Bases in ded 1982. Membership: 565. Annual dues: change, women's arts and the domestic 1975. Membership: 150. Annual dues: welcomed. Please send abstracts for a 20- the Humanities and Social Sciences $15 North America; $30 foreign. President: milieu, women and the crafts, women and $12.50 regular; $7.50 students; $15 institu­ Foundations in Art: Theory and Education minute paper to: Vivian Paul, Dept. of Archi­ Over 100 papers, seven keynote speakers, and Christine L. Sundt, 20 West 31st Avenue, photography, and women and film. Send tional. General Secretary: Phyllis Braff, (F.A.T.E.), founded 1977. Membership 200. tecture, Texas A & M University, College Sta­ representatives from 19 countries will con­ Eugene, OR 97405-3326. Purpose: to es­ abstracts to: Lisa Aronson, Art Department, Nassau County Museum, 95 Middleneck Annual dues: $10. President: Stephen Sum­ tion, TX 77843. vene in the Library Tower. Auburn Univer­ tablish a continuing forum for communica­ Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY Road, Sands Point, NY 11050. Purpose: The ner, Art Department, Potsdam College sity at Montgomery, Alabama for the 1987 tion of information and ideas and to further 12B66-0851. (5IB) 5B4-5000. Deadline: I encouragement and advancement of studies S.U.N.Y., Potsdam, NY 13676, Phone: (315) Renaissance Sculpture Symposium meeting of ICDBHSS, 11-13 July. For regi­ research and education in the profession of November. Completed papers deadline: and research in the history of the arts of Spain 265-2609, 267-2251. Purpose: A national Brigham Young University announces a sym­ stration information write: ICBHSS '87 Co­ visual resources administration. VRA pub­ March 1988. and Portugal, promoting interchange of organization concerned with introductory posium to be held 7-9 April 1988 in Provo, ordinator, AUM Library Administration, lishes a quarterly newsletter, International information and ideas among member college level art courses in both studio and art Utah which will focus on late Quattrocento Montgomery, AL 36193-0401, or call (205) Bulletin for Photographic Documentation of through meetings, publications, and other history. F. A. T. E. aims to promote discussion, sculpture in Italy with a special session ded­ Victorian Belief and Unbelief 244-9202. the Visual Arts (formerly MACAA Slide and The topic of the twelfth annual meeting of the means it deems appropriate. analysis, focus, strategies, goals and under­ icated to the fifth centenary of the death of Photograph Newsletter); a scholarly journal, standing in this area of the art curriculum. A Andrea del Verrocchio (1488-1988). Papers Midwest Victorian Studies Association to be Landscape and Architecture Visual Resources: An International Journal held at Indiana University- Bloomington on Art Libraries Society of North America further objective is the promotion of excel­ on any aspect of sculpture in Italy ca. 1464- The Annual Conference for the Council of Documentation,- and has taken over spon­ (ARLIS/NA), founded 1972. Membership: lence in the initial undergraduate learning 1500 are invited. Send abstracts/inquiries to 29-30 April 1988. Proposals are welcomed of Educators in Landscape Architecture sorship and production of the former 1,250. Annual dues: $45 individual; $20 stu­ experience in art and to help foster the cre­ Steven Bule, Dept. of Art, Brigham Young which examine established religion and its (CELA) will be held 12-15 August at the MACAA-VR Guide Series, starting with Slt'de dent; $75 institutional and business affiliate. ative process. The F. A. T. E. newsletter, jour­ University, Provo, UT 84602. (801) 756- challenges or alternatives; sacred music, art Rhode Island School of Design. Registration Buyers' Guide, 5th edition (published by Executive Director: Pamela Jeffcott Parry, nal (F.A. T.E. in Review) and regional con­ 3172. Deadline: I October. and architecture; and the general nature of information: CELA Conference, Department Libraries Unlimited, Inc.). The Association spiritual and moral commitment in Victorian 3900 E. Timrod Street, Tucson, AZ 85711. ferences provide a platform and vehicle for of Landscape Architecture, Rhode Island sponsors and organizes conference programs, The Himalayan Arts Council will be hosting Phone: (602) 881-8479. Purpose: to promote exchange and publication. Services also in­ Britain. Eight- to ten-page papers or two­ School of Design, 2 College Street, Provi­ workshops, and tours. its first annual symposium at the Pacific Asia page abstracts should be sent to Kristine Otte­ the development, good management, and en­ clude sessions and participation at national dence, RI 02903. (401) 331-3511. Museum, Pasadena, California on November sen Garrigan, MVSA Executive Secretary, lightened use of all art libraries and visual conferences. Women's Caucus for Art (WCA), founded 7. The theme of the symposium is "Himalayas Dept. of English, DePaul University, 802 resources collections, and to further the inter­ 1972. Membership: 3,500. Annual dues: $50 International Medallic Art Exposition at the Crossroads" and the papers presented West Belden, Chicago, lL 60614. Deadline: ests and goals of all professionals involved Historians of Netherlandish Art, founded institutions; $20-40 members-at-Iarge plus The 50th Anniversary Congress and Exposi­ at the symposium will be published in a book 5 November. with the organization and retrieval of art 1983. Membership: 270. Annual dues: $15. chapter dues individuals. President: Annie tion of the International Federation of the titled HIMALAYAN CROSSROADS. Call information. The Society holds an annual President: Anne Lowenthal, 340 Riverside Shaver-Crandell, Dept. of Art, City College, Medal (FIDEM) will be held in the United for papers from scholars who specialize in conference, sponsors two annual awards for Dr., N.Y.C. 10025. Purpose: to foster com­ C.U.N.Y. National office: WCA, Moore Col­ Conference on Medieval-Renaissance States for the first time from 11-15 Septem­ Himalayan studies who will be unable to at­ excellence in art-related activities, and munication and collaboration among histori­ lege of Art, 20th and the Parkway, Philadel­ Studies ber hosted by the American Numismatic tend the symposium. For more information publishes Art Documentation quarterly, ans of northern European art. Society holds phia, PA 19103. Phone: (215) B54-0922. The sixth New College Conference on Medi­ Association in Colorado Springs, CO. The contact: Deepak Shimkada, President, Him­ ARLIS/NA Update quarterly, an annual an annual meeting and program in conjunc­ Purpose: dedicated to promoting the profes­ eval-Renaissance Studies will be held 10-12 Congress will feature a full program of illus­ alayan Arts Council, 46 North Robels Aven­ Handbook and List of Members, and an tion with the CAA annual meeting; publishes sionalism of women in the visual arts. Mem­ March 1988 at New College of the University trated lectures and discussions about medallic ue, Pasadena, CA 91101. (BIB) 449-2742. irregular series of occasional papers. two newsletters per year and a Directory of bers include: artists, art historians, journal­ of South Florida, Sarasota, Florida. Call for art presented in both English and French. Deadline: 5 October with publication date 7 Members; holds such scholarly symposia as ists, museum and gallery personnel, agents, papers on all aspects of Europe and the Medi­ The Exposition will exhibit over 2,000 medals November. Arts Council of the African Studies Associa­ may be funded, ideally once every 3-4 years. art librarians, publishers, administrators, terranean before 1600 A.D. will be exam­ from participating countries including tion, founded 1982. Membership: 209. An­ conservators, art educators, collectors, stu­ Humor in Art: Beloit College Occasional ined, particularly interested in papers on ital­ avant-garde styles of three-dimensional nual dues: $20 regular and institutional; $5 The International Center of Medieval Art. dents and friends of art. Annual conference; Papers ian studies, humanism, courtly culture, ritual design rarely seen in the United States. For student, retired, and unemployed. Secre­ founded 1956. Membership: 950. Annual exhibitions; national publications: annual Call for essays for publication to address the and drama, and the twelfth century renais­ more information contact: FIDEM '87, 818 tary-Treasurer: Mary Kujawski, Museum of dues: $30 active (U.S. only); $35 active (all exhibition catalogue of honor awards, quar­ subject of humor in the arts throughout his­ sance. Send one-page abstract to: Lee Daniel North Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, Art, University of Michigan, 525 South State other countries); $15 students (all countries); terly newsletter, local or regional newsletters tory for Beloit College Occast'onal Papers, Snyder, Director, Medieval-Renaissance CO B0903-3279. (303) 632-2646. Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. Purpose: to en­ $50 institutional; $100 contributing; $500 and announcements. National network of 31 Volume II. Send essays (limit 25 pages with Studies, New College of U.S.F., 5700 N. courage and promote the highest standards of sustaining; $1,000 benefactor. Secretary: chapters. • footnotes) with illustrations for consideration Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34243. Dead­ Art Safety Symposium line: December I. The Division of Chemical Health and Safety periods, past and present, and contributions Graphic Documentation in the Admin­ to: Debra N. Mancoff, Dept. of Art History, CALL FOR PAPERS AT of the American Chemical Society will be from art historians who are not "Hispanicists" istration of Visual Resources Collections Beloit College, Beloit, WI 53511. (608) 365- CAA Annual Meeting: Sessions of holding a major symposium on "Safety Issues are encouraged. For more information con­ The Visual Resources Association (VRA) in­ 3391. Deadline: 30 October. Literature and the Visual Arts: Call for Affiliated Societies in the Practices of Art and Art Conservation" tact: Suzanne Stratton, Officer-in-Charge vites papers for a session which will explore Manuscripts Spain in an International Context to be held at the Los Angeles meeting of the of Annual Meetings, The Spanish Institute, graphic methods (visual and textual) that 1987 Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts Peter Lang Publishing, Inc. is launching a The American Society for Hispanic Art His­ Society, 25-30 September 1988. Some tenta­ 684 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021. have been developed to document the way To be held 16-20 March 1988 in Fort Lauder­ new series, "Literature and the Visual Arts; torical Studies (ASHAS) invites papers for a tive topics include educating artists to health (212) 628-0420. Deadline: 30 October. things are done in a VR collection. Slide- tape dale, Florida. Papers of twenty minutes con­ New Foundations, "offering works of scholar­ session on aspects of Spanish and Portuguese and safety practices, institutionalizing health presentations, documentation of manage­ cerning the fantastic in contemporary and ship and criticism on the interrelationship of art and patronage beyond the confines of the Foundations as Transition and safety issues, emergency procedures for ment procedures, automation procedures, computer art, masks and masquerades, and literature and the visual arts. Submissions in­ Iberian peninsula. Suggested topics include F.A.T.E. (Foundations in Art, Theory and practitioners and the legal aspects. Prospec­ Education) invites papers for an open session manual production will be considered among art in relation to literature are invited. Addi­ vited of finished manuscripts, detailed propo­ (but do not exclude) Spanish patronage in tive participants should contact: Sr. Mary other possibilities. Please submit a single­ tional topics will be considered. Submit ab­ sals, and sections of works in progress. Send Italy; Flanders and the New World; the cre­ on topics relevant to foundations courses and Virginia Orna, Dept. of Chemistry, College of curriculum. Please submit a one- page page abstract to Lise Hawkos, Program Coor­ stracts and papers to: Amy Golahny, Dept. of to Ernest B. Gilman, General Editor, NYU. ation of works intended for export to the Iber­ New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY 10801. ian peninsula or from Spain and Portugal abstract to: Stephen Sumner, President dinator/Vice-President, Arizona State Univ, Art, Lycoming College, Williamsport. PA Dept. of English, 19 University Place, 2nd abroad; the influence of Spanish art and cul­ F.A.T.E., Art Dept, Potsdam College School of Art, Tempe, AZ 85287. Deadline: 17701. Abstract deadline: 30 October. floor, NYC 10003. (914) 654-5302. Continued on p. 11, col. 3 ture beyond the peninsula, etc. Open to all S.U.N.Y., Potsdam, NY 13676. Deadline: 15 August. • I October. Summer 1987 9 8 CAA newsletter lpeople and programs Igrants and awards Iconferences and symposia

Mary F. Linda (Ph.D., University of Cali­ Peggy A. Loar (M.A., University of Cincin­ New officers were elected for 1987-89 for the AWARDS IN THE VISUAL ARTS (AVA) Ruth Weisberg was honored at the University Marchel Duchamp: A Centennial fornia, Berkeley) was recently appointed nati) has been appointed director of the Wolf­ Historians of Netherlandish Art. Anne Wal­ The AVA program, administered by the of Michigan (School of Art, B.S. Design 1963; Colloquium curator of the Asia Society Galleries in New sonian Foundation in Miami, Florida effec­ ter Lowenthal replaces retiring president, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, M.A. 1964) when she received their Distin­ To be held 1-3 October at the Nova Scotia York City. Last year she assisted with the tive July 1987. As head of the foundation, Laurinda Dixon from Syracuse University. selects ten American artists each year to guished Alumni Award in March 1987. College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova "Essence of Indian Art" exhibition at the Loar will be responsible for a collection of The new vice-president is Barbara Haeger receive a $15,000 stipend and whose work is Scotia. Speakers include Craig Adcock, Ben­ Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. 50,000 works and objects from the mid-nine­ from Ohio University who succeeds Larry included in a major (and catalogued) travel­ jamin Buchloch, Eric Cameron, Jean Clair, teenth to mid-twentieth centuries. She will Silver, Northwestern University. Ann Rob­ ing exhibition. Each museum which presents Clive F. Getty (Miami University) was pre­ Thierry de Duve, Andre Gervais, Carol P. also be responsible for directing and planning erts of the Newberry Library replaces Sandra the exhibition receives $10,000 in purchase sented the Medaille d'or of the city of Nancy, James, Rosalind Krauss, Herbert Olderings, Frederick Schmid has been named vice pres­ the renovation and construction of two muse­ Hindman of Northwestern University as the awards for selecting one or more works by France in recognition of his organizing an Francis Naumann, Molly Nesbit, and Jean ident for advancement and planning at the ums and research and conservation facilities new secretary - treasurer. At the 1987 CAA AVA recipients. The recipients for 1987 are: exhibition of 334 Grandville drawings at the Suquet. For further information contact: Art Kansas City Art Institute in Kansas City, for the Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection of annual meeting in Boston, the HNA honored Ross Bleckner, N.Y. C., painter; Chris­ Nancy Museum of Fine Arts and writing the History Division, Nova Scotia College of Art Charles D. Cuttler, emeritus of the Univer­ Missouri. Decorative and Propaganda Arts in Miami, topher Brown, Berkeley, CA, painter; Jill accompanying catalogue, Grandville: dessins and Design, 5163 Duke Street, Halifax, Nova Florida and the Novecento Museum of Deco­ sity of Iowa by naming him an honorary life­ Giegerich, Culver City, CA, sculptor; Peter originaux. Scotia, B3J 3J6. (902) 422-7381. Deadline rative Arts in Genoa, Italy. For the past seven time member. Huttinger, Cincinnati, OH, painter! draw­ for registration: 31 August. Henry Trubner (M.A., Harvard University) years, Loar has been the director of the ing; James Michaels, Palm Harbor, FL, PROGRAMS A CAA artist member, Gloria DeFilipps will retire from his position as director of the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition painter; Archie Rand, Brooklyn, NY, paint­ Brush (Duluth), was awarded an Artist Assis­ Talking Pictures: A Conference on Art curatorial division and curator of Asian art at Service (SITES), which during her tenure has er; Bill Seaman, Cambridge, MA, video; To meet an increasing need for knowledge­ tance grant of $5,000 from the Minnesota and Photography the Seattle Art Museum and be named senior become the most comprehensive exhibition Hollis Sigler, Prairie View, IL, painter; able, skilled professionals in the field of deco­ State Arts Board in order to complete a series The topic of an international conference curator emeritus. Trubner came to the Seat­ service in the United States, developing and Michael Tracy, San Ygnacio, TX, painter; rative arts restoration, the Fashion Institute sponsored by Photo-Communique Magazine tle Art Museum in 1968 as the institution's circulating over one hundred exhibitions William Willis, Preston, MD, painter! of photographs using miniature objects. of Technology will begin a new Bachelor of to be held at the Ontario College of Art, Tor­ first resident curator. During his tenure, the each year in the United States and abroad. drawing. Fine Arts degree program in Restoration: Ap­ onto, Canada, 15-18 October. The confer­ museum's collection nearly doubled in size. A plied Arts in fall 1987. This two year upper ences panels, talks, and presentations will national search for Trubner's successor will ORGANIZATIONS Xavier Gonzalez, a noted muralist, drafts­ division program will prepare students to examine four areas: Issues in Contemporary commence immediately. MILLARD MEISS GRANTS man and sculptor received Columbia Univer­ Philip M. Nowlen, the former executive enter the professiol,lal restoration field in sity'S Brevoort- Eickemeyer Prize at the Uni­ Photography; Systems of Influence: Publish­ wood, ceramics, and metalwork. Hugh director of the University of Chicago office on The CAA's Millard Meiss Publications Fund versity's commencement ceremony in May t'ng, Collecttng, and Exht'bthng; Pot'nts of Crean, a member of F.I.T.'s art history, inte­ continuing education, has been appointed by Committee met in April 1987. Subventions 1987. The $1,000 prize was established in Crossover: Art and Photography; and Pho­ rior design, and graduate faculties will direct InJune, Ann Temkin (M.A., M.Phil., Yale the J. Paul Getty Trust and Art Museum Asso­ were made to the following: 1941 by the will of Florence Brevoort - Eicke­ tography after Modernism. For further infor­ University) began the new position of assistant ciation of America as the academic dean of this new program. For more information, meyer and is awarded every five years to an mation contact: PhotO-Communique, P.O. write or telephone Professor Hugh Crean, curator of twentieth century art at the Phila­ the Museum Management Institute (MMI), Suzanne Preston Blier, The Anatomy of artist selected by the National Academy of Box 129, Station M, Toronto, Ontario, Can­ delphia Museum of Art. Previously, Temkin an operating entity of the Trust, which hosts Restoration: Applied Arts, Room D323, Architecture: Ontology and Metaphor in Design. ada, M62 4T2. (416) 868-1443. was a curatorial assistant in the painting and an intensive program for mid-to-senior level Fashion Institute of Technology, 227 West Batammaliba Architectural Expression. 27th Street, New York, N.Y. 10001; (212) sculpture department at the Museum of Mod­ museum administrators at U.C. Berkeley Cambridge University Press. Rethinking the Romance of the Rose ern'Art in New York. each July. 760-7823. • Rona Goffen, Franciscan Florence: From The Art Libraries Association of North To be held at the Newberry Library for Celano to Bonaventure at Santa Croce. Penn America (ARLIS) has announced the presen­ Renaissance Studies 1-3 October. This inter­ State Press. tation of the 8th Annual George Wittenborn disciplinary conference has been organized by Lawrence O. Goedde, Tempest and Ship­ Award to two recipients: The Amon Carter Institute for Advanced Study Fellowships Sylvia Huot, Northern Illinois University and Cyprus American Archaeological Research wreck in Dutch and Flemist Art: Rhetoric, Museum for the catalogue, Laura Gilpin, An announcements The School of Historical Studies offers fellow­ Kevin Brownlee, Dartmouth College. It is co­ Institute Fellowships (CAARI) Convention, and Interpretation, Penn State Enduring Grace by Martha A. Sandweiss: ships for research in the history, thought, and sponsored by the Center for Renaissance The American Schools of Oriental Research Press. and to Penumbra Press Oohn Floor, Propri­ culture of the western world. The Ph.D. (or Studies, Northern Illinois University, Dart­ NEH Education Programs (ASOR) are offering research fellowships, John Lowden, Illustrated Prophet Books: etor) of Kapuskasing, Canada for its contin­ equivalent) and publications are required. mouth College and the Guthrie Fund. For The Division of Education Programs of the professorships, scholarships, and travel A Study of Byzantine Manuscrtpts of the uing commitment to the publication of source Qualified candidates of any nationality may further information contact: Center for NEH invites applications from colleges and grants for the academic year 1988-89 at Major and Minor, Penn State Press. documents of Canadian Art, both as mono­ universities for curriculum or faculty develop­ CAARI. Awards are available at all levels, for apply for one or two terms. Some travel funds Renaissance Studies, The Newberry Library, graphs and in its serial, Northward Journal. 60 West Walton St., Chicago, IL 60610. ment in the field of art history. Proposals that study in humanistic disciplines. Fulbright are available. For further details: Admini­ The Committee will next meet in the fall. involve the incorporation of art history in Fellowshtps: 1) research fellowship for post­ strative Officer, SHS, lAS, Olden Lane, Deadline for submission of applications: 30 doctoral research related to grantee's docto­ Princeton, NJ 08540. Application deadline western or world civilization courses or in a September. Millard F. Rogers (M.A. University of Mich­ Women Painters of Pennsylvania ral dissertation; 2) senior research fellowship for 1988-89: 15 October. core curriculum are also welcome. Deadline: igan); director of the Cincinnati Art Museum A conference to be held 9 October at Ship­ and 3) student fellowship for doctoral re­ 1 October. Scholars from several colleges, ARLIS/NA Writing Award was awarded the degree of Doctor of Human­ pensburg University, Shippensburg, Pennsyl­ universities, museums or libraries may pro­ search. Contact CIES, l1 Dupont Circle, The Art Libraries Society of North America itie~ from Xavier University on May 16, 1987. vania funded by the Pennsylvania Humani­ pose together a summer or academic year Suite 300, Washington, DC20036, (202) 833- announces its 1987 Gerd Muehsam Award, INDIVIDUAL AWARDS ties Council and the University. An exhibition institute for faculty in undergraduate and 4968 for post-docs. Deadline: 15 September. given annually to a student in a graduate pro­ of contemporary Pennsylvania women paint­ pre-collegiate teaching. Deadline: 1 Decem­ Contact lIE, 809 UN Plaza, NYC 10017, gram of library science for the most outstand­ The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston ers will accompany the conference. For fur­ (212) 883-8200, for pre-doc. Deadline: 31 ber. Draft proposals for review should be ing paper. Contact Peggy Ann Kusnerz, has selected the New York based video artist, ther information: Cesi Kellinger, 735 Phila­ received two months in advance. For more October. Pacific Scientific Company Fellow­ Chair, Gerd Muehsam Award Committee, Joan Jonas, as the recipient of the third INSTITUTIONAL AWARD delphia Ave., Chambersbury, PA 17201. information, contact: Elizabeth Welles, Pro­ shtp: Two awards of $2,500 each for three ARLIS!NA, P.O. Box 7585, Ann Arbor, MI annual $10,000 Polaroid Video Art Award. months at CAARI for pre and post-doctoral gram Officer, Division of Education Pro­ 48107, (313) 764-1303. Entries must be The American Institute of Architects has scholars. Information and applications from grams, Room 302, noo Pennsylvania Ave., received no later than 15 October. Miriam E. Mucha, special assistant in the named the Hood Museum of Art at Dart­ Art Educators of New Jersey Conference:· NW, Washington, DC 20506. (202) 786-0384. Stuart Swiny, Director, CAARI, 41 King Paul American art department of the Philadelphia mouth College to receive its prestigious 1987 "Art: Academic and Essential" St., Nicosia 136, Cyprus or Patricia Bikai, The Independent Scholar Museum of Art, received the 1987 Rakow honor ayvard in recognition of design excel­ The 1987 conference of the Art Educators of Ucross Foundation Residencies for Artists 1102 Neilson St .. Albany, CA 94706. (415) A new quarterly newsletter published by the Grant for Glass Research awarded by the Cor­ lence. Selected as one of only two university New Jersey will be held 22- 23 October 1987 at Residencies may run from two weeks to four 524-5874. Annual ProfessorsMp: One 9- to Institute for Historical Study, San Francisco, ning Museum of Glass. The grant will fund museums among 554 buildings, the jury the Hyatt-Regency, New Brunswick, NJ. For months. A complete etching facility is includ­ 12-month post-doc professorship. Free room publishes descriptions of organizations of Mucha's study of the methods of manufacture called the Hood "a charming museum that registration and information contact: Steph­ ed. There is no charge for room, board, or at CAARI for professor and spouse (no chil­ independent scholars, profiles of individual of French pressed tableware produced be­ exerts a subtle attraction to its visitors by anie Grunberg, curator of education, Zim­ studio space, although contributions are wel­ dren). Apply to ASOR, 4243 SpruceSt., Phil­ scholars, news of grants and prizes, and arti­ tween 1825 and 1848. Founded by Dr. and luring them through its public spaces outside merli Art Museum, Rutgers University, come. For more information: SASE to Resi­ adelphia, PA 19104, (215) 222-4644. Dead­ cles on matters of interest to scholars and Mrs. Leonard Rakow of New York City, the and offering the promises of mysteries George and Hamilton Streets, New Bruns­ dency Program, UF, Ucross Route, Box 19, line: 15 November. HonoraryFellowshtps: 6- those who serve them. For a subscription send award which initially provides $5,000 each within." The Hood was designed by architects wick, NJ 08903. (201) 932-7096. Clearmont, WY 82835. Application deadline to 12-month honorary fellowships atCAARI. $6.00 to: The Independent Scholar, 105 year will eventually be endowed and grow to Charles W. Moore, F AlA and Chad Floyd, for Spring 1988 session: 1 October. Contact Director of CAARI. Vicente Road, Berkeley, CA 94705. • $25,000 annually. AlA and was opened in September, 1985. III Continued on p. 12, col. 1

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