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Posted: 07/05/09
CinemArchitecture: Urban Legibility
Date: Monday 20th July 2009
Location:
The University of Liverpool,
Liverpool School of Architecture,
Leverhulme Building,
Abercromby Square, Liverpool L69 3BX
Room: Budden Lecture Theatre
Time: 9:30-17:00
Speakers include: Dr Francois Penz (Cambridge), Helmut Weihsmann (Vienna), Dr Jueri Soolep (Tallinn), and Luis Urbano (Porto).
CinemArchitecture is a symposium linked to an intensive summer programme that brings together scholars in film and architecture as well as architectural students from Liverpool, Cambridge, Porto and Tallinn/Estonia to learn about the relationship between architecture and film.
The aims and objectives of the symposium are to offer forum for scholars, practitioners and the public to explore the relationship between urban space, architecture and the moving image. Drawing on a range of disciplinary approaches to architecture, urban design and digital film practices, this symposium aim to make a contribution to the advancement of knowledge in a 'filmic' (spatio-temporal; visual, acoustic, social practices etc.)
discourse on the 'legibility' of contemporary cities.
Tickets will be issued on entrance: Full delegate fee £25, student delegate fee £10. Fee includes lunch pack and tea/coffee.
Contact: Dr Richard Koeck, rkoeck@liverpool.ac.uk
Further information: http://www.liv.ac.uk/lsa/cinemarchitecture/
Posted: 07/05/09
FUNDAMENTALS OF BOOK REPAIR
Date: Thursday-Friday, July 30-31, 2009
Place and Time: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 8:30 am to 5 pm
Despite good intentions, some materials and procedures used for repairing books can shorten the useful life of an item and make it hard to open and use. Done properly, book repair is an effective preservation strategy that can extend the useful life of a collection and reduce replacement and binding costs.
This class focuses on techniques that do not require expensive equipment and supplies, and can be performed successfully after a short training period. Lectures and discussion address preservation principles, treatment decision-making, and organizing and equipping a repair unit.
For more information or to register, please visit www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/, keyword: Classes and Events.
Posted: 06/28/09
IMLS scholarships for University of Arizona digital information certificate
The University of Arizona Digital Information Management (DigIn) online graduate certificate program has been awarded a prestigious grant of over $900,000 from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, primarily to fund scholarships.
The DigIn curriculum combines intensive, hands-on technology learning with a thorough grounding in the theoretical principles needed to manage large and complex digital collections.
The program takes a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach to managing digital information and is designed to support a wide range of career paths, especially involving libraries, museums, archives, and records management.
Graduate certificates are increasingly being recognized as a means for professionals with advanced degrees to update their knowledge and skills. DigIn also offers a path for those with undergraduate degrees who are interested in digital collections but who may not yet be ready to commit to a full degree program.
The grant will also greatly boost DigIn's mission to foster disciplinary, institutional, geographic, and cultural diversity in the management of digital collections and services.
Thus, DigIn strongly encourages scholarship applicants representing historically underserved institutions, regions, and communities, as well as students expressing interest in working with digital collections in culturally diverse settings.
DigIn is now accepting applications for admission and financial aid for the Fall 2009 semester. The application deadline has just been extended to July 10.
Late applications will be accepted, though Fall admission cannot be guaranteed once the July 10 deadline has passed. Late applicants will also be considered for admission in the Spring 2010 semester.
The program is delivered entirely online and does not require students to reside in or travel to Tucson. Students generally complete the certificate in 4-6 semesters (15-27 months).
DigIn was founded in 2007 with major funding from Institute of Museum and Library Services, the primary source of federal support for the nation's 122,000 libraries and 17,500 museums. The Institute's mission is to create strong libraries and museums that connect people to information and ideas.
Our current partners also include the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and the Sedona Conference.
Additional details on the program including course descriptions, admissions requirements and application forms may be found on the program website:
digin.arizona.edu
Prospective applicants are also welcome to contact the DigIn staff at: digin@email.arizona.edu
Posted: 06/21/09
Art History in Central Europe. The Vienna School and Its Legacy Conference
British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London
2 and 3 September 2009
This Conference examines the impact of the ideas of the Vienna School of Art History in Central Europe and Beyond. The Vienna School has been widely recognised as playing a crucial role in the establishment of art history as an academic discipline. Most scholarship on the School has, however, privileged authors writing in German. Vienna was, of course, the capital of the multi-ethnic Habsburg Empire, and many students of Art History at the University were of Polish, Slovenian, Czech, Croat or Hungarian origin.
This conference considers, therefore, the dissemination and transformation of the ideas associated with the Vienna School throughout Austria-Hungary and the successor states of Central Europe after 1918.
It examines both the ways in which the ideas of the Vienna School shaped the formative historiographies of art across Central Europe and also how they were transformed when applied to new contexts, in particular, the political and ideological imperatives of the new states after the collapse of the Empire.
Confirmed speakers include:
• Clemena Antonova (American University of Bulgaria, Sophia) • Jan Bakoš (Art Institute, Bratislava) • Wojciech Bałus (Jagiellonian University, Kraków) • Milena Bartlová (Masaryk University, Brno) • Marta Filipová (Nottingham Trent University) • Ljiljana Kolesnik (Institute of Art History, Zagreb) • Nenad Makulyevich (University of Belgrade) • Svetlana Rakić (Franklin College, Indiana) • Matthew Rampley (Teesside University) • Diana Reynolds-Cordileone (Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego) • Rachel Rossner (University of Chicago) • Paul Stirton (Bard Graduate Center, New York) • Georg Vasold (Vienna University)
To register and for further information contact:
Prof. Matthew Rampley
Institute of Design, Culture and the Arts Teesside University Middlesbrough
TS1 3BA
Email: m.rampley@tees.ac.uk
Telephone: 01642 342594
Posted: 06/14/09
Call for applications: European Course for Contemporary Art Curators
Visiting Professor
Ulrich Loock
Curated by
Roberto Pinto and Gabi Scardi
Course dates: 1-10 October 2009, Milan, Italy
Deadline for the applications: 10 July, 2009
Promoted by
Province of Milan
Fondazione Antonio Ratti
Delegation of the European Commission in Milan
In collaboration with
Goethe-Institut Mailand
The European Course for Contemporary Art Curators gives the opportunity to young European curators to work side by side with an internationally renowned Visiting Professor, approaching a critical analysis of theoretical and practical aspects of curatorship and of the contemporary art scene.
Course Structure
The course, this year at its third edition, lasts ten days and has a seminar structure; the programme comprises an intensive schedule of theoretical and practical lessons held by the Visiting Professor, presentations of the participants' projects and experiences, visits to exhibition spaces and institutions of the territory. Classes are full time, attendance is compulsory.
The course aims to:
- promote reflections and investigations questioning the role of the curator.
- set up a working platform that may enable participants to develop further curatorial projects.
- support contacts between young operators of the European contemporary art scene.
- encourage international circulation of cultural projects and competences.
Contents
This year's course, held by Ulrich Loock, focuses on the conditions of building an extensive overview exhibition. The specific case is an international exhibition devoted to the 1980s. The participants will discuss and project the implementation of such an exhibition in all its aspects: focus, goal, historical pertinence, choice of artists/works/contributions, museological method, installation, publication, etc. It is expected that the participants will develop different, even conflicting models for making such an exhibition and that fundamental questions concerning the functions and the mission of a contemporary art museum and an historical exhibition will arise. To further explore this angle the course will include the discussion of different models of exhibition making since the 1960s.
Visiting Professor
Ulrich Loock (1953, Braunschweig Germany) directed the Kunsthalle Bern from 1985 to 1997. Exhibitions focused on the legacy and critical re-shaping of institutional critique. Reinhard Mucha, Thomas Schütte, Thomas Struth, Marlene Dumas, Bethan Huws, Franz West, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Christopher Wool, Robert Gober, are some of the artists shown there early on in their career. As director of Museum of Art Lucerne (1997-2001), Ulrich Loock worked on possibilities of adapting an exhibition practice close to the actual working of the artists to a museum structure. Since 2003 Ulrich Loock is the Deputy Director of Museu Serralves in Porto. Here he has initiated several one-person and group exhibitions with artists such as David Goldblatt, Erik van Lieshout, Tatjana Doll, Robert Grosvenor, Wilhelm Sasnal, Eberhard Havekost, Johanns Kahrs, and others. In 2007 he made a comprehensive exhibition entitled The 80s. A Topology.
How to Apply
The call is open to citizens of the European Union over 18. No study certificate is required. English essential. The applications must be posted by 10 July 2009 (date of the postmark) to the following address: European Course for Contemporary Art Curators, Ufficio Arti Visive - Provincia di Milano, Viale Vittorio Veneto 2, 20124 Milan, Italy.
The applications must include
- curriculum vitae illustrating studies and work experiences
- abstracts and documentation of the most relevant realized curatorial projects
- a motivational statement of the applicant illustrating research interests
The course committee will select the participants which will be contacted via email. The material sent for the application will not be returned. Attendance and accommodation during the course are free.
http://www.fondazioneratti.org
http://www.provincia.milano.it/cultura
With the support of:
EUNIC - European Union National Institutes for Culture – Milano, Accademia d'Ungheria in Roma, Ambasciata della Repubblica di Lettonia, Ambasciata d'Irlanda, Centre culturel français de Milan, Consolato generale dei Paesi Bassi, Consolato generale della Repubblica di Polonia, Dena Foundation for Contemporary Art, Forum Austriaco di cultura, Instituto Camões di Lisbona, Istituto Slovacco.
Posted: 06/14/09
The Cultural Resource Management Program at the University of Victoria, British Columbia is pleased to announce its Fall 2009 distance education and on-campus immersion learning opportunities.
Our courses are geared toward professionals, volunteers and board members in museums, galleries, heritage sites, cultural centres and related organizations. Courses are designed to address the emerging needs of the sector and build your personal and organizational capacity.
In both on-campus and distance education formats, you interact with colleagues from across North America and beyond, participate in stimulating learning activities, and relate your learning to the practical issues and realities of your workplace and community. Courses are taught by instructors who are leading professionals in the field.
Courses can be taken individually or towards a comprehensive diploma or focused professional specialization certificate. Credit and non-credit registration options are available. Choose the programs and format best suited to meet your needs from the flexible options available.
The following information provides a brief overview of our course offerings and a listing of upcoming sessions. For more information on each of these sessions, visit our "Upcoming Courses" page on our website at: http://www.continuingstudies.uvic.ca/crmp/
Distance Learning Courses
Our distance learning courses enable you to learn flexibly, either at home or in your workplace, at the times best suited to your learning needs. Print and online learning resources and interactive communications create stimulating environments where you learn together with expert instructors and dedicated colleagues.
Upcoming Distance Offerings for Fall 2009:
Museum Principles and Practices I: Communities, Curatorship, and Collections (HA 486A)
September 14-December 20, 2009
Heritage Resource Management (HA 487A)
September 14-December 20, 2009
Public Programming (HA 488G)
September 9-December 20, 2009
Instructor: Candace Tangorra Matelic
Curatorship: Contemporary Perspectives (HA 488J)
September 14-December 20, 2009
Instructor: Debra Graham
Building Sustainable Community Relationships (HA 488S)
September 14-December 20, 2009
Instructor: Elizabeth Kidd
On-Campus Immersion Courses
Our on-campus immersion courses bring together small groups of colleagues and expert instructors. The 6-day immersion format provides inspiring learning experiences away from the workplace.
Upcoming On-Campus Offerings for Fall 2009:
Collections Management (HA 488B)
September 21-26, 2009
Instructor: Richard Gerrard
Downtown Revitalization through Heritage Conservation (HA 489A)
October 19-24, 2009
Instructor: Larry Pearson
Communicating Through Exhibitions (HA 488C)
November 2-7, 2009
Instructor: Ruth Freeman
Heritage Conservation Planning (HA 489L)
November 30-December 5, 2009
Instructor: TBA
For more information on our programs and courses, please visit our website at http://www.continuingstudies.uvic.ca/crmp/ or contact:
Anissa J. Paulsen, Program Coordinator
Cultural Resource Management Program
Division of Continuing Studies
University of Victoria
PO Box 3030 STN CSC
Victoria, BC V8W 3N6 CANADA
T: (250) 721-6119
F: (250) 721-8774
apaulsen@uvic.ca
Posted: 05/24/09
Anglo-American: Artistic Exchange between Britain and the USA University of York, 23-25 July 2009
This three-day international conference will explore the significance of Anglo-American cultural relations for the visual arts produced in Britain and the United States since 1776, and will be the first systematic attempt to consider the implications of a highly charged relationship for the histories of both British and American art. It aims to identify the important issues at the heart of the concept of 'Anglo-American' art and investigate the very idea of artistic 'exchange' across different cultures. At a moment when the utility of national schools as an organising principle is being increasingly held up to scrutiny in the scholarship on both American and British art, a systematic examination of the detail of this often volatile relationship and of the interests that have sought to define it is important and timely.
The conference will be held at the University of York, UK, from 23-25 July 2009 in the historic King's Manor in the centre of York. Speakers, including Wanda Corn (Stanford), Jennifer Greenhill (Illinois), Michael Hatt (Warwick), David Lubin (Wake Forest), Alexander Nemerov (Yale), Jennifer Roberts (Harvard), Cécile Whiting (California, Irvine), and Jo Applin, David Peters Corbett and Sarah Monks (York).
For further details, including booking and payment information please see the conference website:
http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/histart/angloamerican.html
Please note that the number of spaces on this conference is limited and we recommend you book as soon as possible.
David Peters Corbett
Sarah Monks
Philip Kerrigan
Organisers
Posted: 05/24/09
Museums and Biographies 11–12 September 2009
The 2009 MGHG conference will be held at the National Gallery in London on Friday 11th and Saturday 12th September 2009, co-organised by the International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies at Newcastle University.
The conference will bring together those who study the interconnections between museums and galleries, collecting and biography. Drawing together analyses of representation, material culture and personality, papers will cast new light on the study of lives, objects and display.
Keynote speakers: Arthur MacGregor, Nicholas Penny.
Other speakers will address the following topics:
- Museums and the Self
- Donors and Legacies
- Oral History
- Women and Museums
- Object Biographies
- Individuals Shaping Collections
The full programme is available at www.mghg.org/events
Please note lunches will not be provided.
Price (for 2 days):
Non-MGHG members £55.00
MGHG members (concessions) £40
Students £20
To register, buy tickets on the National Gallery events page, www.nationalgallery.org.uk/what/events/2009/sep/default.htm; please note that concessionary prices become available further into the procedure.
Please direct queries to Catherine Todd - catherine.todd@ncl.ac.uk (or to Catherine Todd, Publications & Conference Assistant, ICCHS, Bruce Building, Newcastle University, NE1 7RU).
Posted: 05/03/09
CCAHA's 2-day Photo ID and Preservation Program in September
Focusing on Photographs: Identification and Preservation
presented by the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
September 22 & 23, 2009 - Save the Dates!
Hosted and cosponsored by:
The Athenaeum of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
This two-day program will help your cultural institution to develop techniques for the identification of photographic materials and processes and to implement preservation strategies for the long term care of your materials.
Through lectures and hands-on demonstrations, learn how to:
* Identify different types of photographic media
* Best rehouse your photographic materials for preservation
* Plan safe storage environments, including cold storage options
* Develop appropriate collections care and handling procedures
This program is intended for staff that is involved in collections care activities or has responsibility for photograph collections, such as archivists, librarians, curators, collections managers, stewards of historic house museums, and records managers.
The cost to attend Focusing on Photographs: Identification and Preservation is $200 for CCAHA members and $225 for non-members. Major funding for this program is generously provided by National Endowment for the Humanities.
For more information and to register online, go to
http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?e=8ce68ab3-6dac-4cb4-ad3b-ec8110133946. Still have questions? Visit our Education Program Calendar at www.ccaha.org, call 215-545-0613 or email pso@ccaha.org.
