Call for Participation: Visual Culture Studies, American Studies Association Deadline: January 10, 2012 The Visual Culture Caucus of the American Studies Association (ASA) invites individuals and groups to participate in the 2012 ASA meeting on November 15-18, 2012 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. For paper abstracts and session proposals sent by January 10, the Programming Committee of the Visual Culture Caucus can offer critical feedback and facilitate networking among scholars who are looking for session participants, chairs, or commentators. The committee will subsequently select complete session(s) from those accepted by ASA for official caucus sponsorship. Session proposals should explore historical, theoretical, and/or methodological issues in American visual culture, which includes (but is not limited to) prints, photography, painting, sculpture, comics/graphic novels, illustrated books, film, television, digital media, and a wide range of practices of looking. They must address the 2012 meeting theme, "Dimensions of Empire and Resistance: Past, Present, and Future (see < http://www.theasa.net/annual_meeting/page/submitting_a_proposal/>). We encourage scholars to submit their proposals for meeting participation to our new Works in Progress webpage, accessible through our caucus blog ( http://www.theasa.net/caucus_visual/). Any ASA member may join the caucus by clicking on the registration column on the blog homepage (requires ASA username and password). Individuals wishing feedback or networking assistance for their abstracts and session proposals may also contact Robin Veder, Vice-Chair of the Visual Culture Caucus, and co-chair of the Visual Culture Caucus Programming Committee, at rmv10@psu.edu.
The Grapevine
Miguel Covarrubias’ African Diaspora Art on display at CAAM
Call for Submissions: Visual Arts on Afro-Latin American Culture
Art Exhibition: Six Jamaican Artists Present “The Imaginative and the Real”
“Re-envisioning American Art History: Asian American Art, Research, and Teaching” Summer Institute @ NYU
The Asian/Pacific/American Institute at New York University is convening an NEH Summer Institute from July 9-28, 2012, entitled “Re-envisioning American Art History: Asian American Art, Research, and Teaching.” The Summer Institute for twenty-five college and university teachers will deepen participants’ understanding of pivotal developments and critical issues in Asian American art history and visual culture studies, while providing access to specialized archives and collections that will enhance their research and teaching in the humanities.
Asian/Pacific/American Institute at New York University
41-51 E. 11th Street, Floor 7
New York, NY 10003
212.998.3700
Website: http://www.apa.nyu.edu/arts_research/NEH
PROGRAM CONTACT
Alexandra Chang, Summer Institute Co-director
Email: apa.neh@nyu.edu
SMYP: Webcast – Encuentros: Artistic Exchange between the U.S. and Latin America
Symposium – Encuentros: Artistic Exchange between the U.S. and Latin America
This symposium examines artistic encounters between Latin America and the United States from the late nineteenth century to the present. Speakers include, among others: Deborah Cullen of El Museo del Barrio; Katherine Manthorne of the City University of New York Graduate Center; Edward Sullivan of the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University; independent scholar Itala Schmelz; Valerie Fraser of the University of Essex; and artist Luis Camnitzer.
View the full program, speakers’ abstracts and bios, and archived webcasts of all eighteen lectures from the October 5 & 6, 2011, symposium online at www.americanart.si.edu/research/symposia/2011/webcast.
We also welcome your feedback on the symposium! You can add your comments to the discussion board on our webcast page or email us directly at AmericanArtSymposium@si.edu.
Encuentros: Artistic Exchange between the U.S. and Latin America is the third of five Terra Symposia on American Art in a Global Context, which are supported by a generous grant from the Terra Foundation for American Art.
JOB: Assistant Professor of Art History and Visual Culture Studies @ Whitman College
Assistant Professor of Art History and Visual Culture Studies
Location: Walla Walla, Washington
Employer: Whitman College
Type: Full Time – Academic-Assistant Professor
Categories: Art History-Any, Art History-Art of the United States, Art History-Native American
Required Education: PhD
Art History and Visual Culture Studies: Tenure-track position in Ethnic American Visual Culture, at the rank of assistant professor. Effective August 2012. Ph.D. in an appropriate disciplinary or interdisciplinary field by the time of appointment. Area of specialization open. We seek an individual with a critical approach to the impact of visual culture on issues of race and ethnicity in the United States. The successful candidate will teach five courses per year including “Introduction to Art History and Visual Culture Studies” and courses in area of specialization. The position will also have teaching responsibilities in the Race and Ethnic Studies Program. Other responsibilities will include advising majors and pre-majors, administering senior oral exams and overseeing senior theses. Dedication to an undergraduate liberal arts education is essential.
Whitman College wishes to reinforce its commitment to enhance diversity, broadly defined, recognizing that to provide a diverse learning environment is to prepare students for personal and professional success in an increasingly multicultural and global society. In their application, candidates should address their interest in working as teachers and scholars with undergraduates in a liberal arts environment that emphasizes close student-faculty interaction; how their cultural, experiential, and/or academic background contributes to diversity; and their interest in participating in the College’s general education offerings as well as engaging in cross-disciplinary teaching and scholarship. To apply, go to https://whitmanhr.simplehire.com/, click “Faculty” and “Assistant Professor of Art History and Visual Culture Studies.” The online position description includes specific instructions on submission of the following materials: letter of application; curriculum vitae; three letters of reference; statements addressing the candidate’s teaching interests and scholarly agenda; course syllabi; writing sample; undergraduate and graduate transcripts; teaching evaluations or other evidence of demonstrated or potential excellence in undergraduate instruction.
Deadline: January 10, 2012. Prearranged interviews will be conducted at the CAA meeting in Los Angeles.
No applicant shall be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, sex, gender, religion, age, marital status, national origin, disability, veteran’s status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law. Whitman College, is a small, selective liberal arts college dedicated to providing excellent educational opportunities for students. The College provides generous professional development support for both research and teaching. For additional information about Whitman College and the Walla Walla area, see www.whitman.edu and www.wallawalla.org.
NOTES: Employer will assist with relocation costs
Art Exhibition: The Costa Esmeralda Collection
CFP: Journal of African Media Studies
Call for book and film reviews
The Journal of African Media Studies (JAMS) invites book and film reviews from
junior and senior researchers, scholars and professionals from around the
world, and particularly from the African continent. JAMS invites film reviews
on African films thematically anchored in Africa or films by the African
diaspora. Book and film reviews should not be longer than 1,000 words. All
reviews submitted should be original work. Reviews should follow both JAMS and
Intellect submission guidelines for contributors. Manuscripts can be e-mailed
to the Book Reviews Editor:
Martin Nkosi Ndlela
Hedmark University College, Norway
Nkosi.Ndlela@hihm.no
Please click here for submission guidelines and general information about the
Journal of African Media Studies
http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=166/view,page=2/
LEC: David C. Driskell: The James A. Porter Distinguished Lecture on Art and History @ Howard University
November 18, 2011
4pm
David C. Driskell: The James A. Porter Distinguished Lecture on Art and History
(Lecture/ Discussion)
Department of Art
Celebrating 90 Years of Artistic Excellence, Innovation and Creativity
The Department of Art is proud to present a conversation with David C. Driskell (B.A. ’55), Distinguished University Professor of Art, Emeritus at the University of Maryland, College Park, and recipient of the Doctor of Humanities, Howard University (2010). Drawing on his experiences as a former student of James V. Herring, Professor and the department’s founder, along with James A. Porter, Loïs Mailou Jones, and James L. Wells, the artists and educators who shaped the department’s early history, Dr. Driskell will discuss the energy and excitement that fostered his development as world-renowned artist, scholar, curator, and collector. Joined by Tritobia Hayes Benjamin (B.F.A. ’68 and M.A. ’68), Associate Dean, Division of Fine Arts, and Director of the Howard University Gallery of Art, this conversation promises to be both lively and legendary. The artist conversation is presented as the inaugural lecture in The James A. Porter Distinguished Lectures on Art and History.
Reception immediately following.
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DAVID C. DRISKELL
David C. Driskell was born in Eatonton, Georgia in 1931. Educated in the public schools of North Carolina, he received his undergraduate degree in art at Howard University and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Catholic University of America, both in Washington, D.C. He pursued post-graduate study in Art History at The Netherlands Institute for the History of Art in The Hague and has studied independently, African and African American cultures in Europe, Africa and Central South America. He is also the recipient of 12 honorary doctoral degrees in art. Driskell received the National Humanities Medal from President Clinton on December 20, 2000 at a White House ceremony. He is the recipient of numerous fellowships, among them: three Rockefeller Foundation Fellowships, a Danforth Foundation Fellowship and a Harmon Foundation Fellowship. In 1995, Driskell was named Distinguished University Professor of Art at the University of Maryland, College Park, a title he now holds as Emeritus. He is a member of the National Academy, the nation’s most prestigious and oldest art organization to which one can be elected.
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ABOUT THE SERIES
The Department of Art’s James A. Porter Distinguished Lecture Series on Art and History is established in honor of the memory and legacy of Professor James A. Porter, a graduate of Howard University’s Department of Art. Professor Porter, after further study at New York University, returned to teach at Howard University in 1928. He later served as chair of the Department of Art from 1953 to his death in 1970. His 1943 publication, Modern Negro Art, laid the foundation for the field of study in African American art history. It is the goal of the series to continue his legacy through scholarly exchange and artistic leadership.
| Location: | Gallery of Art, Childers Hall, Division of Fine Arts |
| Price: | The lecture is free and open to the public. |
| Sponsor: | Department of Art |
| Contact: | Dr. Gwendolyn Everett geverett@howard.edu (202) 806-7047 |
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