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).

FEL: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Critical Caribbean Studies @ Rutgers University

Opening next week: “Declassified: A Portrait of the Veteran as a Young Artist”

Jeff Edwards's avatarThe Visual & Critical Studies blog

Recently, I was asked to curate an exhibition in the SVA Photography Department organized by several members of the Veterans Coalition of Arts (VCA), a club at SVA made up of currently enrolled student veterans. Titled “Declassified: A Portrait of the Veteran as a Young Artist,” the show will feature work by four students in the VCA and three well-known former members of the SVA faculty who also served in the United States Armed Forces. In addition to presenting a wide range of works in various mediums, “Declassified” commemorates the many past and present members of the SVA community who have served in the U.S. military, going all the way back to the school’s co-founders Silas Rhodes and Burne Hogarth.

During the lead up to the show, BFA Photo Major Hector Rene drafted a statement that tells the story behind it and provides a little information about its participants. I’ve…

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Curators Talk Mapplethorpe at the Getty and LACMA

lacma's avatarUnframed The LACMA Blog

Last year the Getty and LACMA jointly acquired the art and archives of Robert Mapplethorpe, including more than 2,000 works of art as well extensive documentation of this important artist’s celebrated career and working methods. Now both museums are presenting Mapplethorpe exhibitions for the first time since this historic acquisition, in anticipation of a larger, jointly organized retrospective planned for 2016. On view now at LACMA is Robert Mapplethorpe: XYZ, while In Focus: Robert Mapplethorpe opens at the Getty tomorrow. In collaboration with the Getty Iris, I sat down with Getty curator Paul Martineau to discuss the two exhibitions and what the acquisition means to both institutions.

Britt Salvesen: What appealed to you about acquiring the Mapplethorpe collection?

Paul Martineau: One of the things that Curator Emeritus Weston Naef set as a goal when he established the Getty Museum’s photographs collection was to collect an artist’s work…

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CONF: ‘Race Matters: Interdisciplinary Approaches’ Research Seminar @ The Institute of North American Studies, King’s College London

‘Race Matters: Interdisciplinary Approaches’
The Institute of North American Studies, King’s College London
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/aboutkings/worldwide/global/nas/index.aspx

October 3; 5-7pm; S0.12
Daniel Matlin, King’s College London
On the Corner: African-American Intellectuals and the Urban Crisis of the
1960s

October 17; 5-7pm; S0.12
Celeste-Marie Bernier, University of Nottingham
Imaging Slavery: The Body, Memory and Representation in the Transatlantic
Imagination

October 31; 5-7pm; K2.40
Harvey Cohen, King’s College London
Duke Ellington on Film 1929-1942

November 14; 5-7pm; S0.12
Paul Gilroy, King’s College London
Elements of a Vernacular Neoliberalism

November 28; 5-7pm; S0.12
Ashwani Sharma, University of East London
No ordinary TV: The Wire as (post)racial critique

December 12; 5-7pm; S0.12
Sarah Meer, University of Cambridge
Nineteenth-century Theatre, Burlesque, and Ethnicity in John Brougham’s
‘Po-ca-hon-tas’ and Dion Boucicault’s ‘Belle Lamar’

JOB/PUB: Inaugural South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA) Undergraduate Editorial Board

The South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA) is now accepting applications from undergraduate students for its inaugural SAADA Undergraduate Editorial Board!
SAADA is the only independent non-profit organization working systematically to document the rich history of the South Asian American community and ensure that these important stories are more widely known and preserved for future generations. All the materials SAADA collects are freely accessible to the public online at http://www.saadigitalarchive.org

JOB: Tenure-Track Art History Position @ Grinnell College

GRINNELL COLLEGE – DEPARTMENT OF ART (18th-19th-CENTURY EUROPEAN ART HISTORY) – TENURE-TRACK POSITION (START FALL 2013).

GRINNELL COLLEGE.  Tenure-track position in the Department of Art: 18th-19th-Century European Art History, starting Fall 2013.  Assistant Professor (Ph.D.) preferred; Instructor (ABD) or Associate Professor possible.  Grinnell College is a highly selective undergraduate liberal arts college.  Art history and studio art form a combined program emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches.  Important teaching resources include the college’s art collection, its gallery, and a print and drawing study room.  Applicant’s area should be 18th-19th century European, with strong secondary emphasis on non-European, non-western, or colonial/postcolonial art.  The College’s curriculum is founded on a strong advising system and close student-faculty interaction, with few college-wide requirements beyond the completion of a major.  The teaching schedule of five courses over two semesters in the first year will include three courses in the candidate’s area(s) of specialization and two sections of the thematic and cross-cultural introduction to art history.  In subsequent years there will be the expectation of teaching (in rotation with other art history faculty) the exhibition seminar and the senior seminar.  Every few years one course will be a Tutorial (a writing/critical thinking course for first-year students, oriented toward a special topic of the instructor’s choice).

In letters of application, candidates should discuss their interest in developing as a teacher and scholar in an undergraduate, liberal arts college that emphasizes close student-faculty interaction.  They also should discuss what they can contribute to efforts to cultivate a wide diversity of people and perspectives, a core value of Grinnell College.  To be assured of full consideration, all application materials should be received by December 1, 2012.

Please submit applications online by visiting our application website at https://jobs.grinnell.edu.  Candidates will need to upload a letter of application, curriculum vitae, transcripts (copies are acceptable), sample of scholarly writing, and provide email addresses for three references. Questions about this search should be directed to the search chair, Professor Jenny Anger, at [ArtSearch@grinnell.edu] or 641-269-4262.

Grinnell College is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to attracting and retaining highly qualified individuals who collectively reflect the diversity of the nation. No applicant shall be discriminated against on the basis of race, national or ethnic origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, religion, creed, disability or veteran status. For further information about Grinnell College, see our website at http://www.grinnell.edu

CFP: Museums & Social Issues

Museums & Social Issues

A Journal of Reflective Discourse

Museums & Social Issues (MSI), a peer-reviewed journal published by Left
Coast Press, Inc., is pleased to announce a change in format that will
allow researchers, museum practitioners, theorists, social scientists, and
others to submit articles on any topic related to the engagement of museums
in the enduring and complex issues facing our society.

Since its inaugural issue in 2006, MSI has been a theme-based journal,
addressing topics such as race, immigration, incarceration, connection with
nature and other topics. The new format will maintain the focus on
compelling issues but will provide more flexibility and the ability to
respond to dynamic and contemporary topics by featuring theoretical,
philosophical, and practical pieces that discuss museums in relation to a
range of contemporary issues, rather than limited to a specific theme.

We are particularly interested in articles that present either a synthesis
of a body of research or current and innovative research or programming
related to the questions society faces. Topics might address:

Enduring and emerging social problems such as homelessness, war, poverty,
climate change, privacy, mental health.

Contemporary aspirations or perspectives on improving quality of life such
as life/work balance, happiness initiatives, advocacy movements, play,
spirituality.

Thoughtful responses and analysis of current and emerging trends that
relate to the well-being of communities and individuals, such as political
movements, emerging technologies, music, leisure time pursuits, etc.

Exhibit, Book or Program Reviews: The journal is also soliciting reviews of
products that address questions or issues of concern to society.

For more information, contact Editor, Kris Morrissey msiuw@uw.edu or
submit an inquiry through the journals online submission process at:
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/msi

All manuscripts are subject to anonymous peer review by knowledgeable
scholars and professional practitioners and, if accepted, may be subject to
revision. Materials submitted to MSI should not be under consideration by
other publishers, nor should they be previously published in any form.

Back issues available at www.LCoastPress.com

CFP: Annual Graduate Student Conference in African-American History @ UMemphis

The Graduate Association for African-American History (GAAAH) at The
University of Memphis invites graduate students at all levels to submit
proposals for its 14th Annual Graduate Student Conference in
African-American History, to be held October 31-November 2, 2012, in
Memphis, Tennessee. We welcome the submission of individual papers,
complete sessions, workshops, and roundtables on all topics relating to the
scholarship and teaching of African-American/African Diaspora histories and
cultures. We encourage the participation of graduate students who represent
a broad range of disciplinary and methodological approaches.

Individual paper proposals should include a 300-word abstract, including a
paper title; author contact information; postal address and e-mail address;
and a brief curriculum vitae. The organizers of complete sessions should
send, in a single submission, abstracts and cvs for each of the paper
presenters; 200-word description of the session; and contact information
for all participants. Please list audio-visual requirements, if any.

This year’s conference will feature a keynote address from Dr. Deborah Gray
White, Professor of History at Rutgers University and the author of Ar’n’t
I A Woman? Female Slaves in the Plantation South (1985 and 1999), the
groundbreaking gendered analysis of the institution of slavery.
Additionally, she is the author of Too Heavy a Load: Black Women in
Defense of Themselves, 1984-1994 (1999) and Let My People Go:
African-Americans, 1804-1860 (1996).  Professors from area institutions
will serve as panel commentators and participate in a workshop on
professional development and the job market.

The submission deadline for proposals is September 22, 2012. A committee
of University of Memphis professors will consider all papers for the
“Memphis State Eight Paper Prize” which is awarded to the conference’s best
paper. The first place prize includes a monetary award. Second and third place
papers will also receive recognition.

Participants will be notified of acceptance by October 1, 2012, and
completed 10-12 page papers must be received no later than October 15,
2012.

Please submit all proposals by e-mail to GAAAH President Micki Kaleta.
gaaah.memphis@gmail.com or mykaleta@memphis.edu.

For questions, you also may call Ms. Kaleta at (901) 678-3395 or contact
GAAAH faculty advisors Dr. Arvin Smallwood at (901) 678-3869 and
asmallwd@memphis.edu or Dr. Ernestine Jenkins at
eljenkins@memphis.edu and ( 901) 678-3450.