See Chair, Department of Art & Art History, Columbia College Chicago
Application Deadline: February 15, 2016
The Grapevine
JOB: Visiting Professor @ Hampshire College
Hampshire College, an independent, innovative liberal arts institution, is accepting
applications for a full-time, three-year visiting professor of art history with expertise in
the art and/or visual culture of the Americas.
Applications will be particularly welcome from scholars who can bring a variety of
perspectives to teaching the arts of the Americas, with expertise in one or more of the
following areas: African American and African diaspora, Latin American, Asian
American and/or Native American, or Euro-American arts in a global context. We seek
candidates who can teach a wide range of time periods, from ancient to contemporary,
with a preference for candidates who can expand our offerings in pre-1900. Ph.D.
required by the time of appointment.
We are especially interested in scholars who are committed to contemporary discourses
and theoretical perspectives within and beyond the field of art history, including museum
and curatorial studies. A successful candidate will be deeply interdisciplinary and
pedagogically innovative. Two courses per semester taught at all levels of instruction,
with significant responsibilities in student advising, and in directing senior theses.
Hampshire College is a member of the Five College consortium (Amherst College, Smith
College, Mount Holyoke College, and the University of Massachusetts), with rich
opportunities for collaboration in art history and related fields.
Hampshire College is committed to an active, intentional, and ongoing engagement with
diversity—in the curriculum, in people, and in the college’s intellectual, social, and
cultural endeavors. Hampshire recognizes that institutional excellence comes from fully
engaging with diversity in all aspects of institutional activities. We encourage applicants
who will contribute to the College’s commitment to creating an inclusive and diverse
academic community.
Review of applications will begin January 15, 2016 and will continue until the position is
filled. Applicants should submit the following to our website at
1) letter of application, including an explanation of your interests, and your teaching expertise;
2) curriculum vita;
3) teaching statement with descriptions of potential courses and/or sample syllabi;
4) research statement with your own research plans and ideas for interdisciplinary collaboration with other faculty and students;
5) writing sample;
and 6) three letters from professional referees.
Preliminary interviews will take place via SKYPE.
Hampshire College is an equal opportunity institution, committed to cultural diversity
and inclusion in education and employment.
JOB: Contemporary Art Curator @ Crystal Bridges Museum
Curator, Contemporary Art
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
The Curator, Contemporary Art will serve as a key member of the curatorial team working to expand the impact of Crystal Bridges by broadening and sustaining an exciting and relevant contemporary art program. The Curator will be a dynamic, visionary, accomplished, and productive individual, who is charged with shepherding all activities related to contemporary art at the museum. The ideal candidate is flexible, experimental, creative, a collaborative spirit, has a passion for connecting to our guests and diverse communities, and embraces innovative ideas. Experience with post-1960 American art, exhibitions, acquisitions, publications, collection care, creating spaces, programs, and donor relations is critically important as are excellent speaking, writing, and research abilities. The Curator is expected to serve as an ambassador for Crystal Bridges locally, nationally, and internationally through active participation as a member of the field and with the general public.
Qualifications:
M.A. in art history; Ph.D. preferred; extensive knowledge of American art post-1960 required; outdoor sculpture knowledge preferred; minimum of five years curatorial experience with a track record of exhibitions, acquisitions, publications, budget management, and supervising others; excellent verbal and written communications skills and working relationships with collectors, artists, and the art market.
For full job description and application information, please visit our website at http://crystalbridges.org/about/careers-internships/.
Crystal Bridges is committed to a diverse workforce.
Yellowface in Hollywood
The Problem of “Yellow facing” in Hollywood and elsewhere is discussed in this Guardian opinion piece.
Yellowface and Racism Is Just as Important as Other Prejudice
CFP on Creolization and Trans-Atlantic Black Identities
20th-Century British Artists of Color: A New History Project
This is a new initiative, led by contemporary artist Sonia Boyce, will document the careers of British modernists and post-modernists who are/were black. (“Black” here is in the political category that was vital in the 1970s and 1980s, meaning British ethno-racial minorities of African, Asian, and Caribbean heritages.)
Boyce puts the paradox up front. The project’s categorization draws boundaries around the artists as black people, a designation which some of them believe will limit or subtend assessment of their practices. However, without naming these important artists as black people, the pathways of modernism and its narratives, will appear to be entirely and homogeneously white. These accounts are simply incomplete. What’s worse they fail to tell on themselves. That is, they don’t draw attention to their own exclusionarism and elitism.
For more on the British project, see:
CFP: Zones of Representation
Call for Papers:
“Zones of Representation: Photographing Contested Landscapes, Contemporary West Coast Perspectives on Photography and Photograph-Based Media,” a symposium organized by Makeda Best (California College of the Arts), Bridget Gilman (Santa Clara University), and Kathy Zarur (California College of the Arts), at SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA, April 23, 2016
Contemporary global events and phenomena continue to shape visual interpretations of economic, social, environmental, and political geographies, and to disrupt conceptions of region, nation, citizenship, and community.
“Zones of Representation” will consider how photographers and time-based media artists have responded to transformations in the global landscape through new ideas about the function of photographic media, and the shifting roles of makers and audiences. We want to know: how can novel visual practices disrupt traditional narratives of spatial representation? In what unique ways do artists in time-based media acknowledge and respond to the historical contribution of their medium in defining, producing, and perpetuating these same narratives? What new connections do these practices demonstrate and reveal? And, in what ways do contemporary technologies, modes of distribution, and access impact interactions with the land?
We invite papers that address the expanded role of photography and time-based media in global landscape discourses and social fabrics.
Proposals on contemporary topics or new perspectives on historic materials are encouraged. Proposals from image makers are also welcome.
Please send a 300-word proposal, a one-paragraph biographical statement, and full contact information tozonesofrepresentation@gmail.com by January 8, 2016.
“Zones of Representation” aims to connect artists, historians, curators and arts professionals, and students in Northern California, facilitating a regional network for the latest art historical scholarship. The symposium is presented in collaboration with SF Camerawork and is co-sponsored by the Northern California Art Historians (NCAH), a College Art Association affiliated society.
Live: Conversations about Race at Stanford
Tomorrow (Nov. 19, 2015) starts at 12:30 PM Pacific
The first half of the symposium will feature a conversation from 12:30 to 2 pm PST about Policing, Mass Incarceration & Racial Justice with Mychal Denzel Smith (The Nation), Rinku Sen (Colorlines), Isabel Garcia (Derechos Humanos) and Reverend Osagyefo Sekou (Fellowship of Reconciliation & King Research and Education Institute). Moderated by H. Samy Alim.
The second half of the symposium will feature a conversation from 2:30 to 4 pm PST about The Arts, Racial Justice & Cultural Equity with Favianna Rodriguez (CultureStr/ke), Jasiri X (1Hood), Jonathan Calm (Stanford Department of Art & Art History), Deborah Cullinan (Yerba Buena Center for The Arts), and Rita Gonzalez (Los Angeles County Museum of Art). Moderated by Jeff Chang.
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Lowe Curatorial Fellowship for Diversity in the Fine Arts @ PAFA
The Winston & Carolyn Lowe Curatorial Fellowship for Diversity in the Fine Arts (Lowe Curatorial Fellowship) at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) in Philadelphia, PA offers the opportunity for a highly qualified candidate with outstanding credentials to gain professional curatorial experience at a nationally renowned museum of American Art affiliated with a degree-granting fine arts art school. One of the main goals of the Fellowship is to enhance diversity by focusing recruitment efforts on under-represented groups in America in the curatorial profession.
The Lowe Curatorial Fellowship will be a full-time, two-year term position offering a highly mentored and structured curatorial experience at PAFA. The Lowe Curatorial Fellowship will be designed to provide a professional bridge to a major institutional museum career and encourage diversity within the museum field. The Fellowship provides growth and development for outstanding candidates, particularly those from underrepresented groups, and provides a professional bridge to museum careers, encouraging diversity within the museum field. The start date will be determined based on the successful applicant’s schedule.
Applications will be accepted immediately and will be reviewed until an appropriate candidate is identified.
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