s ;:;;E3::-- -~.--~ Netstape.: [Of! Newsletter - July/Rugus11991 ~~--~~-EI; From the ¢·I>",I~Ifl,~Jt!&rl~laJwa .i!l) I' ml J!~!hLt2::±l!L~.L~ ~'.:.EE!~J~ "fro ~ MIl Electronic X/h.M';' Jill: ..... ? f'«h!ie,~J::oOl~', M8rb:i0k I r~rS:u:r~b' I i~tfC1r~,~f'lJ"vl ~v:l'lJ'r"'.IIll. I Editor Web Update The CAA web site will henceforth be CAA N"..... : July/August 1997 maintamed by the publications department at the New York office. Conhmt.s The site is still accessible through CAA's domain name: http://www. collegearLorg, and requests for files s from the previous servers will be forwarded. You may wish to revise any bookmarks in your browser or July/August 1997 hyperlinks to the site, however, since The CAA site will be maintained by staff in the New York office. College Art Association some of the directories have been 275 Seventh Avenue renamed and reorganized in prepara­ New York, New York 10001 tion for the transfer to New York. If you have not yet logged on to I would like to take this opportu­ well as features on events and exhibi­ CAA's site, I invite you to do so. nity to recognize and thank Joseph tions organized as alternatives to them. Board of Directors Among its features are a comprehensive "jofish" Kaye and Van Chu (see p. 3), Working in collaboration, curator Kathleen Goncharov, Director of Leslie King-Hammond, President collection of CAA standards and the MIT students who have helped John R. Clarke, Vice-President guidelines, new and past issues of CAA design and keep the site current over Photography Robert Ransick, and Nancy Macko, Secretary News, abstracts and contents pages from the past year, as well as Stanford faculty member Mary Dlnaburg, all of John W. Hyland, Jr., Treasurer the Art Bulletin and Art Journal, as well Anderson, head of the Department of the New Schoot will provide historical Susan Bale Executive Director as up-to-date conference news, advo­ Architecture at MIT, and William analyses of the art displayed, coverage Ellen T. Baird Christine Kondoleon cacy alerts, and information on commit­ Mitchell, dean of the School of Architec­ of the installations, and interviews with Marilyn R. Brown Patricia Leighten tee activities. Descriptions of the ture and Planning, for their support of artists, curators, and critics. What is Diane Burko Joe Lewis sessions to be held in Toronto, February CAA's site. interesting about this experiment is its Whitney Davis Arturo Lindsay 25-28, 1998, are now posted, as is the use of the web site to create a new genre Joe Deal Yong Soon Min call for session chairs for the Los Exhibitions of cultural commentary. The format Vishakha Desai John Hallmark Neff Angeles conference, February 10-13, combines elements of newscast, behind­ Beatrice Rehl The New School for Social Research will Bailey Doogan the-scenes analysis, the focused critique Jonathan Fineberg Rita Robillard 1999. In the commg months look to the be offering an online "tour" of three of an exhibition review, and scholarship Shifra M. Goldman NorieSato "Other Resources" section for profiles notable European summer exhibitions: Linda C. Hults Roger Shimomura of interesting art-related sites and useful The Venice Bielll1ale, Dacumenta X, and and historical context typically found in Susan L. Huntington Jeffrey Chipps Smith links for research and teaching. Sculpture: Projects in Munster 1997, as. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Michi Itami Alan Wallach Please send proposals to: Mary-Beth From the Electronic Editor teachers in the arts are the book reviews Annual Shine, Conference Coordinator, CAA, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 written for H-NET, which are initially Contents 275 Seventh Ave., New York, NY 10001. presented for discussion to the various Deadline: September 13, 1997. Volume 22, Number 4 listservs and then archived on the exhibition catalogues. Although the ex­ project's web site (http://www.h­ July/August 1997 Conference Call for Curators hibitions all take place in June, the site, net.msu,edu/reviews/). H-Net's and Critics: 1998 "New School Art-Tour '97: International teaching project, which is building a Exhibitions Online" (http://www. Update Artist's Portfolio Review collection of course syllabi (mainly in 1 From the Electronic Editor dialnsa.edu), wili open on June 12, 1997, history) and online teaching resources As a result of the enthusiastic response and will remain online with daily may also prove useful as it develops, to the introduction of the Artist's updates through the fall. ~Leila Kinney, Electronic Editor 2 Annual Conference Update Portfolio Review at the New York The New School's effort appears to conference this year, the CAA Visual be targeted to an audience that is unable Arts Committee has now established it to travel to any or all of these interna­ Call for as a regular component of the confer­ tional exhibitions, For those who are 3 CAA in the News ence. The committee is now seeking Theme Chairs: organizing travel and research plans curators and critics to participate in the around museum and gallery events, a New York 2000 program at the Toronto conference that comprehensive and easily searchable Directory of Affiliated Societies Nominations and self-nominations are will be held February 25-28,1998. Van Chu and Joseph ("jofish") Kaye, 4 compendium of exhibitions, updated MIT student assistants sought for art history and studio art The Artist's Portfolio Review will weekly, is published by ArtDaily (http: theme chairs to organize and coordinate provide a valuable opportunity for / /www.artdaily.com/default.hhn). The 8 CAANews the program of the annual conference to artists from a wide range of back­ site organizes exhibitions by country, which CAA is a member. The site con­ be held in New York in 2000. Sessions grounds to have their work critiqued by museum, and opening and closing dates tains a useful summary of the entire CAAin will be selected according to three professionals in the field, The program and usually includes links to press CONFU process (http://www-ninch. groupings: (1) those organized around a pairs a CAA member artist with a guest releases issued by sponsoring institu­ cni.org/news/CONFU_Report.hhnl), as Advocacy preselected art history theme; (2) those 9 curator or critic for a twenty-minute tions. If Paris is your destination, the well as a list of participating organiza­ the News organized around a preselected studio appointment, during which artists will web version of Pariscope (http://www. tions, their votes on endorsement, and art theme; and (3) art history, studio art, Solo Exhibitions by show slides and/ or videotapes of their pariscope.fr / expos / musee /MU.HTM) links to their position papers, 10 Artist Members and joint sessions selected as part of a work. Whenever possible, artists will be includes libraries and musernns not general call for proposals. The art paired with reviewers based on disci­ covered by ArtDaily, Furthermore, if Research history and studio thematic portions of pline or media, " ... [AJ showcase of art created by your summer travel and research trips One of the most comprehensive re­ the program will be the primary The committee requests that each members of the Gay and Lesbian Caucus 12 People in the News include destinations not covered in these sources specific to research in the hum­ responsibility of an art history theme curator or critic contribute eighty of the College Art Association appeared listings, consult the commercial server anities was created by Alan Liu of the chaIT(s) and a studio art theme chaIT(s). minutes of his or her time during the at the Bridge Gallery during the first dedicated to the arts, World Wide Arts English Deparhnent at the University of After the theme chairs are selected allotted review sessions, In exchange, half of February, , .. The exhibit's co­ Grants, Awards, & Honors Resources (http://wwar,world-arts­ California, Santa Barbara, Titled "The 13 by the CAA Program Committee in CAA wi1l provide complimentary coordinator-Ann Meredith, a photogra­ resources,com/), which includes an Voice of the Shuttle/' the site has gained October 1997, they will become mem­ registration. If you are curator or critic phy instructor at The New School­ international museum index as well as a international renown, To view, go to bers of the committee through the 2000 interested in participating, please send a thought that presenting 'Afro-Homo' locator that will identify art institutions, http://humanitas.ucsb.edu/. Some Conferences & Symposia conference. Chairs will have the letter of interest and resume to: Katie during the College Art Association's 14 museums, and galleries by city. parts of the art, architecture, and principal responsibility for selecting Hollander, Assistant to the Executive National Conference was a 'perfect op­ photography sections are stronger than panels for their respective theme Director, CAA, 275 Seventh Ave., New portunity to do some historic events. , ..' The Fate of CONFU others, and links to image collections Opportunities portions of the program, subject to York, NY 10001. Deadline: September 1, "The show included approximately 16 CAA has elected not to endorse the and course syllabi are minimaL How­ approval of the Program Committee, 1997. 20 artists working in photography, and, as full voting members of the proposed guidelines for Fair Use of ever, the chronological index of artists drawing, painting, three-dimensional Classified Ads Digital Images, Educational Multimedia, and works on the web and the links to Datebook committee, they will share in shaping sculpture, collage, and computer­ 19 the nonthematic portions of the pro­ and Distance Learning under consider­ art museums, centers, and institutes are generated art, all of whom created ation by the Conference on Fair Use gram.