Author: Camara Dia Holloway

I am the Project Manager for the Romare Bearden Digital Catalogue Raisonné at the Wildenstein Plattner Institute. I earned my PhD at Yale University in the History of Art Department and specialize in twentieth century American art with a particular focus on the history of photography, race and representation, and transatlantic modernist networks. I also serve as a Founding Co-Director of the Association for Critical Race Art History (ACRAH).

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JOB: Asst Prof, Art History @ Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design

Assistant Professor of Liberal Arts | Art History  
Location: Lakewood, CO 
Salary: $60,000 – $65, 000  
Application Deadline: Open until filled, review of complete application will begin March 15, 2025 
 
https://www.rmcad.edu/get-to-know-us/careers/

Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design invites applications for the position of full-time Assistant Professor of Art History. Responsibilities include a full teaching load conducted over 8-week terms and active participation in college service. The curriculum in art history serves RMCAD’s BFA degrees across a range of art and design programs. RMCAD has a comprehensive and strong curriculum in both the Foundations Department as well as the Liberal Arts Department. Other responsibilities include supporting the student-centered paradigm, curriculum revision and development, and working collaboratively across the college in support of the institution’s mission and values. 

RMCAD requires a minimum of 15 credit hours or five courses in Art History for every BFA degree program. Courses include: Art History I – Methods and Theories in Art History, Art History II – Global Prehistory-c.1300, Art History III: Global c.1300-c.1980, Seminar on Contemporary Art, Topics in the History Art, and major-specific Art History surveys.  

RMCAD is committed to promoting academic excellence through rigorous and engaged pedagogical practices. Through our own professional development, as academics and educators, the Liberal Arts department provides the necessary skills for artists to develop as professionals, engaged citizens, and actualized human beings prepared to flourish in a complex global world. Students in Liberal Arts engage in a variety of academic disciplines that emphasize the skills necessary for informed, meaningful, and effective writing and the capacity to think critically about their lives, their work, and the larger world. 

Required Qualifications:

  • Graduate Degree in Art History or in a related field.
  • University level teaching experience. 
  • Must reside in the greater Denver area or be willing to relocate.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • PhD in Art History or in a related field (ABD will be considered) 
  • University-level online/hybrid teaching experience. 
  • Museum and/or art education experience 
  • Evidence of exemplary student engagement and advanced pedagogical strategies
  • Evidence of ongoing scholarship in the field (publications, conference presentations, exhibitions, etc.) 
  • Leadership experience of evidence of high-level university service.

How to Apply: 

 Please submit the following documents in your application by March 15, 2025. The applicant may be asked to provide additional materials during the interview process. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

  • CV
  • Cover Letter
  • 3 professional references or letters of recommendation
  • A Diversity Statement 
  • Unofficial Transcripts

About RMCAD: 

Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design (RMCAD) is an innovative, rigorous, and community-oriented global learning environment that inspires passion for critical thinking and prepares learners to be forces of change in the creative industries, our communities, and the world. RMCAD was established in 1963 by Philip J. Steele, who had a vision to provide students with a quality higher education in art and design. RMCAD continues to experience growth since its comparatively modest beginnings and now thrives on a lush, historic campus including more than 23 acres of land and 16 buildings. 

In 2013, RMCAD celebrated its 50th anniversary as a diverse community of people inspired by creative possibilities in higher education. Today, we offer a rich and diverse selection of regionally accredited degrees at the BFA level. We are also pioneers in the online learning environment for art and design. RMCAD currently has over 1,000 students enrolled. 

RMCAD is dedicated to living its mission and values, specifically that “Our students come first.” The college continuously works with faculty and staff towards developing an evolving student-ready paradigm. RMCAD is dedicated to diversity and inclusion and maintains a policy of inclusiveness that recognizes values, and reflects the diversity of the community it serves. The college fosters a dynamic learning and working environment that encourages multiple perspectives and the free exchange of ideas. Diversity encompasses multiple dimensions, including but not limited to: race, culture, nationality, ethnicity, religion, ideas, beliefs, geographic origin, class, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, disability, and age. Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design continually strives to build an inclusive and welcoming community of individuals with diverse vision, talents, and skills. We welcome people from a multitude of backgrounds who are committed to creativity, academic excellence, societal and cultural evolution and betterment, civility, mutual respect, social justice, and the free and open exchange of ideas. Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design commits itself to these tenants of change, growth, and action, which embrace diversity as an integral part of the academic and professional community. 

Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) and is an accredited institutional member of National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). RMCAD’s degree offerings in Art + Design are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). The on-campus and online Interior Design Program leading to the BFA is accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA). The Art Education Program leading to the BFA is approved by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education (CCHE) and the Colorado Department of Education (CDE). 

Our Benefits:

  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
  • Medical Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Basic Life & AD&D
  • Short & Long Term Disability
  • Paid Vacation
  • Paid Sick
  • Paid Holidays (7 Most Observed, Birthday, & December Gift Holidays (determined by President annually)  
  • 401k employer match
  • Tuition Assistance
  • Other Voluntary Benefits Offered

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JOB: Asst/Assoc Prof @ Appalachian State University

My department is seeking a new tenure-track faculty member at the Assistant or Associate level with a specialization in Art and Visual Culture from prehistory to 1400. Please see the job posting here, and get in touch with any questions:
https://appstate.peopleadmin.com/postings/49548

Heather Waldroup, Search Chair

waldrouphl@appstate.edu

ACRAH will be at CAA2025!

The ACRAH/CAA2025 panel will be Critical Race Art History Roundtable: Doing the Work

The session will be in-person at the New York Hilton Midtown – 2nd Floor – Nassau West on February 14, 2025 at 2:30pm EST.

The ACRAH Business Meeting will also be held in the same room February 14, 2025 at 1:00pm EST.

Session Abstract:

What does it mean to do critical race art history? This session brings together scholars in a conversation about how a critical race art history approach can manifest in our work. Having proposed this line of inquiry twenty-five years ago, we want to reflect on the nature of the concept and how the field has evolved. What are the goals of critical race art history, and what are its methodologies and theoretical grounds? What are the conceptual parameters of this lens on art history–what does it mean to center an understanding that race structures how we see and shapes our reception of art? What tools and methods do we employ to make the operations of race visible? How do we move from American identity politics –that emphasizes a white/non-white binary and focuses on the identification of negative racial tropes and artistic rebuttals to the harm of such imagery–to a comprehensive unpacking of the systemic racialization in art? What do we gain when we foreground how race informs the construction of the visual cultures that we inhabit? How do the insights of critical race art history become integrated into art history at large?

Participants:

Kymberly Pinder, Yale University

Pinder is Professor of Art and History of Art and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Dean of the Yale School of Art. She is the editor of Race-ing Art History: Critical Reading in Race and Art History (Routledge, 2002).

Tatiana Flores, University of Virginia

Flores is the Edgar Shannon Jefferson Scholars Foundation Distinguished Professor in Art History at the University of Virginia. She is an editor of The Routledge Companion to Decolonizing Art History (2023).

Elizabeth Hutchinson, Barnard University

Hutchison is the Tow Associate Professor of Art History at Barnard College. She is the author of The Indian Craze: Primitivism, Modernism, and Transculturation in American Art, 1890-1915 (Duke University Press, 2009).

Lily Cho, York University

Cho is Associate Professor of English at York University. She is the author of Mass Capture: Chinese Head Tax and the Making of Non-Citizens (McGill-Queens University Press, 2021).

Webinar: “Hidden Histories: Rediscovering the Federal Art Project at the Saint Louis Art Museum”

Greetings,  

I’m writing to announce the free Living New Deal webinar “Hidden Histories: Rediscovering the Federal Art Project at the Saint Louis Art Museum” at 5 PM Pacific Standard Time on Tuesday, February 4, 2025.

To register, click on the link below

Register on Eventbrite

We invite you to join us for a webinar with John Ott, Professor of Art History at James Madison University, and Amy Torbert, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Associate Curator of American Art at the Saint Louis Art Museum and co-curator of the current exhibition The Work of Art: The Federal Art Project, 1935–1943. Their conversation will offer a behind-the-scenes look at the planning process for this show, relate forgotten and untold stories from our nation’s artistic past, and illuminate neglected contributions from women, immigrant, and minority artists.

Co-curated with Clare Kobasa, SLAM’s associate curator of prints, drawings, and photographs, The Work of Art presents a remarkable collection of artworks created amidst the hardship of the Great Depression. In 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt launched a series of national initiatives for the visual arts as part of the New Deal. The largest and most ambitious program, the Federal Art Project (FAP) (1935–43), put more than 10,000 artists on the federal rolls. The resulting artworks decorated municipal spaces, toured the nation in travelling shows, and eventually found homes in institutions across the country.

When the FAP ended in 1943, the Saint Louis Art Museum received a trove of 256 prints, drawings, watercolors, and paintings. This exhibition draws from this rich collection to explore how this federal program expanded opportunities to create and encounter art in many different communities, some of which had historically lacked the necessary infrastructure and support for the arts. By displaying work made by African American, Asian American, female-identifying, and immigrant artists, The Work of Art testifies to and keeps alive the New Deal’s ambition to nourish individuals and communities of every kind through the arts. Organized by geography, this showcase also reveals the complexities of the nation’s creative landscapes and art’s capacity to bridge communities near and far.

JOB: PostDoc, Reparative Art Histories @ University of Pittsburgh

The Department of the History of Art & Architecture (HAA) in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh is seeking applications for a Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Associate position on “Reparative Art Histories.” We invite candidates who have completed or will complete a Ph.D. in the history of art, architecture, or visual culture to apply for this two-year appointment, running August 1, 2025, through July 30, 2027, that is funded by a grant from the Mellon Foundation on the theme of social justice and disciplinary knowledge. 

Review of applications begins March 1, 2025. More details about the position and the link to apply can be found here: https://cfopitt.taleo.net/careersection/pitt_faculty_external_pd/jobdetail.ftl?job=24009218

JOB: Prof., Architectural Design/Theory @ University of Chicago

Professor of Practice in the Arts (Associate or Full) – Architectural Design/Theory

Description
The Department of Art History at the University of Chicago invites applications for a position as Professor of Practice in the Arts (Associate or Full) in Architectural Design/Theory and related areas. The expected start date of the position is July 1, 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter. The selected candidate will teach four courses per year on the quarter system in areas related to their expertise, and they will pursue their own creative and scholarly agenda. The initial appointment is for five years, which is renewable upon successful review.
We seek to fill our PPA opening with a practicing architect who is committed to undergraduate education and can discuss the role of the built environment in society with colleagues across the university, particularly those involved with the Committee on Environment, Geography and Urbanization, Chicago Studies, and the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation.
This search is part of an initiative to continue to build the Department of Art History’s Architectural Studies program, which offers both scholarly and studio-style courses to undergraduates. The PPA will serve as the Architectural Studies Advisor, collaborating with the Coordinator of the Architectural Studies Program and other faculty and lecturers who specialize in architectural design, practice, and theory. Together, they will identify and implement best practices related to teaching and advising to shape the present and future of the program. The selected candidate is expected to maintain profiles both in university instruction and in architecture design and practice.

Qualifications
The successful candidate will be actively involved in architectural debates, practice, and theory; possess experience teaching at the university level; and the ability or potential to be an excellent teacher and mentor to undergraduate students. We especially seek candidates who are well positioned to shape the future of architectural studies within the greater context of the arts and humanities.
All requirements for receipt of an M.Arch or Ph.D. in architecture or a related field must be completed prior to the start of the appointment.

Application Instructions
Applicants must upload the following materials to the University of Chicago’s recruitment website at https://apply.interfolio.com/160767 by 10:59pm Central Time/11:59pm Eastern Time on January 26, 2025:

  • CV
  • Cover Letter
  • Research and Creative Statement
  • A sample portfolio (texts and/or images)
  • Contact information for three references who may be asked to write letters of recommendation

Candidates who advance will be asked to provide a teaching statement and other additional materials following the initial review of applications. Questions may be directed to arthistory@uchicago.edu.
The terms and conditions of employment for this position are covered by a collective bargaining agreement between the University of Chicago and the Service Employees International Union. This position is contingent upon budgetary approval.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
All University departments and institutes are charged with building a faculty from a diversity of backgrounds and with diverse viewpoints; with cultivating an inclusive community that values freedom of expression; and with welcoming and supporting all their members.
We seek a diverse pool of applicants who wish to join an academic community that places the highest value on rigorous inquiry and encourages diverse perspectives, experiences, groups of individuals, and ideas to inform and stimulate intellectual challenge, engagement, and exchange. The University’s Statements on Diversity are at https://provost.uchicago.edu/statements-diversity.
The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity/Disabled/Veterans Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, status as an individual with a disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or other protected classes under the law. For additional information please see the University’s Notice of Nondiscrimination.
Job seekers in need of a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process should call 773-834-3988 or email equalopportunity@uchicago.edu with their request.

CFP: Disabilities and American Art Histories, American Art

Call for Papers:American ArtCommentaries
Disabilities and American Art Histories
Deadline: April 1, 2025
Co-organizers Laurel Daen and Jennifer Van Horn invite short essays that explore the intersections of disability studies and the histories of American art, architecture, and design; center disability in compelling and innovative ways; foreground critical disability studies methodologies; and conceptualize disability broadly. For details, visitjournals.uchicago.edu/journals/amart/cfp-disabilities-and-american-art-histories. The articles will be published in American Art, the peer-reviewed journal co-published by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the University of Chicago Press, in 2026.

CFP: Thinking Art History and Black Studies Together, American Art Journal

Call for Papers:Thinking Art History and Black Studies Together
SAAM American Art Journal
Deadline: March 1, 2025
Co-organizers Tiffany Barber, Ariel Evans, and Cherise Smith invite short essays that investigate the methodological intersections between art history and Black studies, understood as both theory and practice; document the institutions and individuals who have championed them; and exemplify how thinking art history and Black studies together expands the roots and aims of both disciplines. For details, visit journals.uchicago.edu/journals/amart/cfp-thinking-art-history-and-black-studies-together. The articles will be published in American Art, the peer-reviewed journal co-published by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the University of Chicago Press, in 2026.