newsletter Volume I, Number 1 May 1976 why we're here 1977 annual meeting sessions We like standing forests and empty waste­ Art history and studio sessions of the 1977 annual meeting will be held Thursday through paper baskets as well as the next one. And Saturday, Feb. 3 through Feb. 5, at the Los Angeles Hilton Hotel. Registration will begin another publication for the sake of another one day earlier, on Feb. 2. Placement will start two days before regular sessions, on Tuesday, publication isn't the point. Feb. 1, and will run through Thursday, Feb. 3 (see story, page 2). We will be meeting It's just that we've grown: in membership jointly with the Society of Architectural Historians, which will be headquartered in the (up 28% over the past two years), in the nearby Biltmore Hotel. Those registered for the CAA annual meeting may attend SAH professions we embrace (two years ago we sessions, and vice versa. didn't even know what a museologist was; Program coordinator for art history sessions is Beatrice Farwell, University of California, we're not sure we do yet), in the number of Santa Barbara 93106. Program coordinator for studio sessions is Moira Roth, University of things we're doing and the number of things Califomia, San Diego (La Jolla 92093). Below are the topics planned for these sessions. If you want us to do, (We know, we know, but you wish to participate in any of the programs, write directly to the person chairing the we can't just create jObs.) appropriate session be/Me Oct. I, 1976. Art historical papers must be proposed in the form One of aUf members put it much better of a one-page abstract described at the end of the listing of art history sessions. than we can: In response to the recent letter from CAA President George Sadek, Mary ART HISTORY SESSIONS Lee Thompson of Manhattanville College sen, Stanford Univ., 94305; Meaning in Ab­ wrote: "Thank you for your letter. As a Ancient Art, Blanche R. Brown, New York stract and Non-Objective Art, 1910 to the New laborer in the fields I very much appreciate Univ., 10003; Far Eastem Art, Harry Van­ York School, Alan Birnholz, S.U.N.Y., Buf­ the insight into the operations of my organi­ derstappen, Univ. Chicago, 60637; Westem falo, 14222; Hollywood and the Visual Arts, zation ... from the perspective of a mem­ and Central Asian A1·t from Seleucid to Bernard Hanson, Hartford Art School, Univ. ber, the directors always seemed a remote Early Islamic Times, Guiuy Azarpay, Near Hartford, 065II; Tmdition and Innovation inner club. I hope that your proposal for a Eastern Studies, Univ. California, Berkeley, in the Work of Women Artists, Eleanor newsletter meets with approval." 94704; Mosaics: Roman, Early Christian and Tufts, Southern Methodist Univ., Dallas It did; so here we are. Quarterly to begin Byzantine, Caecelia Davis-Weyer, Tulane 75275; Marxism and Art History, Otto Karl with, on a somewhat irregular basis (the Univ., New Orleans, 70118; Medieval Art, Werckmeister, Univ. California, Los Angeles next issue will appear in September, and Kathleen Morand, Queens Univ., Ontario 90024; Homosexuality and Art: Classical to we'll play it by ear from there); and open K7L 3N6; Early Gothic Painting, Sculpture, Modern Times, Alessandra Comini, Southern to most reasonable (and not too costly) sug­ MetalwQt"k: Interrelationships in Media, Car­ Methodist Univ., Dallas 75275. gestions. men Gomez-Moreno, Metropolitan Museum Rose Weil • of Art, 10028; Renaissance in Italy, two joint Informal Sessions. Editor, CAA newsletter sessions with the Society of Architectural A limited number of rooms will be reserved Executive Secretary, CAA Historians, one session chaired for CAA by for individuals or groups wishing to discuss Chief, Compiaint Department Marilyn Aronbcrg Lavin, 56 Maxwell Lane, a topic in a more informal manner. The Princeton, N.J. 08540 and the other chaired rooms, large enough to accommodate 50 for SAH by Carol H. Krinsky, New York people, will be equipped with two projectors Univ., 10003; Art in Northem Europe, 1380- and will be assigned for 2V2-hour periods. AVAILABLE FROM CAA OFFICE 1580, Colin Eisler, Institute of Fine Arts, Beginning in November, the art history ses­ Survey of Ph.D. Programs in Art New York Univ., 10021; Dmwings, 15th to sions coordinator will make room assign­ History, 1975. $1.00 to CAA mem­ 17th Century, Agnes Mongan, Univ. of Louis­ ments and the informal sessions will be an­ -bers; $3.00 to non-members. ville, 40208; The 17th Century, Richard nounced in the preliminary program, but Abstracts of Papers Delivered in Art Spear, Oberlin College, 44074; Art and Pa­ the organization of these meetings will be History Sessions, 1976 Annual Meet­ tronage in the 18th Century, ·Codette Rossi­ left entirely to the individuals. Abstracts ing. $3.00. ter Walker, Onlv. California, Santa Barbara will not be printed for informal sessions. 93106; Intaface: Europe and the Arts of Slide Buyer's Guide, 3rd ed., 1976, Nancy DeLaurier, ed., $5.00. Africa, Oceania and Native America, Arnold About Abstracts. Rubin, Univ. California, Los Angeles 90024; Please edit your submission carefully and Women's Studies in Art and Art His­ Modern A1·t (19th and 20th Centuries), two present it in clean copy since the abstracts tory, compiled by Athena Tacha sessions, Herschel Chipp, Univ. CaIifomia, will be duplicated in the form in which they Spear, $1.50. Berkeley, 94722; 19th-Century Photography: are received and will not be retyped. Type All charges include postage. Pay­ Forms and Contents, Robert Sobieszek, Inter­ one, single-spaced, 8y:! x II inch page, pica ment in advance required. national Museum of Photography, Rochester, type, on bond paper. Leave Y2 inch margin N.Y. 14607; Rodin and His Times, AlbertEl- Continued on p. 2, col. 1 nlly of serving on committees and in elective 1977 annual meeting sessions guidelines for part-time employment offices. He or she should not, however, expect 1977 placement released time for such activities prorated on the basis of teaching load. at top; no less than 1 inch margin at the SPECIAL SESSIONS Placement at the 1977 arumal meeting will Adopted by CAA Board of Directors, enrollment patterns, to provide the maxi­ 7. The part-time faculty member should left and %- inch margins at the bottom start two days before regular program ses­ February 1, 1976 mum budgetary flexibility. keep regular office hours and participate in and right. Indicate the session title, chair~ Two Museum Sessions are being planned by sions and will overlap them by one day. Institutional self-interest often dictates the student advising and other departmental re­ Definition of Part-Time Salaried Employ­ person, and his or her institution in the Henry Hopkins, San :Francisco Museum of Placement will be in operation Tuesday increased use of part-timers. In a memoran­ sponsibilities, prorated on the basis of load. ment in Educational Institutions and upper right corner. Indicate the title of.your Art, 94102. The joint CAA/ARLIS Art Li­ through Thursday, February 1 through Feb­ dum to departments at Princeton, February 8. A contract should spell out duties, respon­ Museums paper, your name,. and your institutional braries Session (on Wednesday, Feb. 2) is be­ ruary 3. Art history and artist program ses­ 10, 1970, Richard Lester wrote, "It may be sibilities and benefits. The person should be Colleges, universities, art institutes, art mu­ affiliation in the upper left corner. If you sions will begin on Thursday, February 3 of advantage to the University to make a eligible for some form of appointment se­ ing organized by J. M. Edelstein, National seums and galleries - all have employed and wish confirmation that your abstract has and will run through Saturday, February part-time appointment because of a priority curity. Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 20565. Vis­ 5. will continue to employ part-time profession­ been received, please enclose a stamped self­ By way of explanation: after the 1976 an. need in a specialized area that does not re­ 9. Standards of performance and scholarly ual Resources Sessions coordinator is Dawn al staff members. Part-time salaried employ­ addressed postcard. Proposals for papers not nual meeting we palled the some 2,000 in­ quire a full-time person, or because a per­ quality should be the same for part-time Donaldson, S.U.N.Y., Albany 12222. There: ment generally falls into four categories: conforming to the above specifications and stitutions from which we solicit son of considerable distinction is only avail­ and full-time personnel. will be a Board -sponsored hearing on Stand­ 1. Adjunct professors, consultants and guest those received after Oct. 1 cannot be consid­ able on a part-time basis, or because two ards for the l"I.FA. Degree, chaired by listings to see how they felt about seJ?aJratlnlll' curators who add lustre to an institution placement from the persons on half-time would bring more Visiting or Guest Appointments (category 3) ered. George Sadek, Cooper Union, New York and provide expertise in a limited area. strength and distinction to the department 1. Special consideration needs to be given to City 10012. The Women's Caucus tor Art is holding, a spe('*il pJ"c<:m.• ",!;;i 2. Regular faculty members or museum per­ than a single full-time appointment." the person hired to teach an occasional course ARTIST SESSIONS planning several sessions; contact· Judith the 'p,m'I,.we. ~e(;~1V:'<\: sons who may, for personal or professional or organize a single exhibition. If this oc­ Brodsky, 59 Castle Howard Court, Princeton, reasons, work for a period of time with a Disadvantages: If the part-time arrangement Women's Communal Art~ Sheila de Brette­ casional hiring recurs on a regular basis, the N.J.