Art History Information Exchange - Symposia Conferences Seminars and Workshops

Events of this nature are forever "upcoming." Any that are of interest to the Art History community and come to my attention will be posted here for the whole cyber-world to view.

If you are in charge of posting, or know of an upcoming symposium, conference, workshop or other event of interest to art historians, please contact me with your information. It will be my pleasure to post it here. Please note: In deference to potential attendees' scheduling concerns, I respectfully ask that you do not request to have events posted that are less than two weeks away from being held, unless they are online, virtual classes or broadcasts.

 

Posted: 11/22/09

CONFERENCE: The Story of Things: reading narrative in the visual
PLACE: Manchester Metropolitan University Special Collections
DATE: Friday 29th January, 2010

The production, consumption and interpretation of narratives in visual form is central to contemporary cultures. Within this context, the notion of narrative finding expression in the visual can be traced, for example, in the growth of the graphic novel form, the positioning of cinema as subject matter for art practice and the persistence of the artist's book as an art form. Visual narratives demand specific forms of readerly interaction and critical response. They require a shift of reading focus from text to text-and-image or to image-only, and therefore require different critical apparatus and analytical skills.

This one day conference will investigate the reading of narrative in visual contexts, encouraging interdisciplinary approaches in addressing the following ideas:

- Object as catalyst: the potential for narrative within the artefact.

- Visualising the remembered narrative: archetype, biography, autobiography.

- Authoring and reading the sequential narrative: linear and non-linear approaches.

Keynote Speaker: Patricia Allmer - Relating the Story of Things supported by REACT - www.creativetechnology.salford.ac.uk/react.

More about Patricia Allmer

Patricia Allmer is curator of Angels of Anarchy: Women Artists and Surrealism at Manchester Art Gallery. She is Research Fellow in the Manchester Institute for Research and Innovation in Art and Design (MIRIAD) at MMU and has published widely on different aspects of art theory. More information available at www.artdes.mmu.ac.uk/profile/pallmer.

Registration Fee: £30 (£15 concession)

To book, or if you have any enquiries regarding the conference please contact Jonathan Carson & Rosie Miller at J.Carson@salford.ac.uk or on +44 (0) 161 295 6712.

This conference is hosted by artists Carson & Miller with support from University of Salford and Manchester Metropolitan University Special Collections.

More about Carson & Miller

Jonathan Carson & Rosie Miller have collaborated since 2000. Their practice is driven by their need to tell and re-tell stories; recent work has increasingly used the book and game playing as methods for collaboration. More information available at www.carsonandmiller.blogspot.com.

For more information about Manchester Metropolitan University Special Collections please go to www.specialcollections.mmu.ac.uk.

 

Posted: 11/08/09

Materiality and Intangibility: Contested Zones
 
A two-day international symposium and live art event for PhD students and early career researchers.
 
Monday 14th and Tuesday 15th December 2009.
University of Leicester, UK.
 
Join us at the internationally-renowned School of Museum Studies this December for an exciting event organised and run by PhD students, Materiality and Intangibility: Contested Zones.
 
Museums and galleries are all about the material world; the preservation and display, presentation and interpretation of things to their audiences, which can include everything from everyday objects to works of art and human remains. Yet, often it is the 'intangible' elements of things - those elements that may be hidden or left unsaid - from which we draw our meanings and understandings about things. A division is often made between the obvious (the 'material') and the less obvious (the 'intangible'), a division which we believe is controversial and which often prevents the full value of material culture from being understood.

Through a series of thought-provoking presentations, specially selected for their unique and creative approach to the theme, Materiality and Intangibility: Contested Zones will challenge this fixed division between the surface and the hidden. Throughout the event, invited artists will be producing artworks in response to the theme of the Symposium and participants will be encouraged to interact and engage with presenters and artists. The event will provide an informal and supportive environment for creative thinking and opportunities for debate and the shaping of new ideas as well as dialogue between academia and the art environment.

Confirmed key note speakers: Emeritus Professor Susan Pearce, Dr Sandra Dudley and Dr Kostas Arvanitis.

The symposium and live art event costs just 20 for both days, including lunch and refreshments. 

BOOKING FORM: http://attic-museumstudies.blogspot.com/2009/09/symposium-announcement-materialiry.html

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME: http://attic-museumstudies.blogspot.com/2009/10/materiality-intangibility-provisional.html

Please refer any queries to Amy Barnes (ajb108@le.ac.uk).

 

Posted: 11/08/09

Open Seats - LYRASIS Upcoming Classes

Introduction to Grants for Preservation (Live Online)
12/1/2009; 2:00 - 4:00pm

This class introduces grant funding and the process of writing a grant proposal.

Preservation of Photographic Materials (Live Online)
12/2/2009 - 12/3/2009; 10am - 12pm

This four-hour online introductory class is designed to help cultural institutions develop strategies for preserving photographs: photographic identification, handling guidelines, and storage conditions for photographic collections that provide protection, security, and access.

Preservation Management (Live Online)
12/3/2009 with mandatory follow-up 12/10 and 12/17; 2 - 4pm

This three-part online session will outline the manager's role in organizing and planning preservation activities in a library or archives.

LYRASIS also has a selection of On Demand classes which may be purchased for download at any time: http://www.lyrasis.org/Products%20and%20Services/Catalog.aspx?Department=On%20Demand%20Class&Tab=2

Please contact LYRASIS at 1-800-999-8558 if you have any questions. Thanks!

 

Posted: 11/01/09

Art and Its Audiences Lecture Series

Princeton University
The Department of Art & Archaeology

105 McCormick Hall
Princeton NJ 08544
http://www.princeton.edu/artandarchaeology/events/

 

Tuesday, 24 November 2009
5:00PM 101 McCormick Hall

Okwui Enwezor
San Francisco Art Institute
Photography after the End of Documentary Realism: Zwelethu Mthethwa’s Color Photographs

 

Wednesday, 9 December 2009
5:00PM Wolfensohn Hall, Institute for Advanced Study

Stephen Bann, emeritus
University of Bristol
Landscapes and their Users: From Romantic to Modern in the Representation of Normandy

 

Thursday, 4 February 2010
5:00PM 101 McCormick Hall

Michael Leja
University of Pennsylvania
Reception Issues in Early Mass Visual Culture

 

Tuesday, 2 March 2010
5:00PM Wolfensohn Hall, Institute for Advanced Study

Horst Bredekamp
Humboldt University, Berlin
The Audience as Prisoner: Reflections on the Activity of the Object

 

Thursday, 1 April 2010
Wolfensohn Hall, Institute for Advanced Study

Finbarr Barry Flood
Institute of Fine Arts, NYU
All That Glitters: Image and Ornament in Early Islam

 

Thursday, 22 April 2010
5:00PM 101 McCormick Hall

Alina Payne
Harvard University
Materiality and Kleinarchitektur: the Economy of Scale in Renaissance Architecture

 

Posted: 09/27/09

CELEBRATING THE CENTRUM AT THE RUBENIANUM: 50 YEARS ON

The Centrum voor de Vlaamse Kunst van de 16e en de 17e Eeuw was founded in 1959 to promote the study of Flemish art of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Based at the Rubenianum in Antwerp, the Centrum will mark its 50th anniversary with a symposium on 22 January 2010. A series of short lectures will explore the Centrum's achievements over the past five decades and outline its aims for the future. The occasion will also celebrate the publication of the latest volume of what is undoubtedly the Centrum's most prestigious project, the Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard.

Location: Rubenianum,
Kolveniersstraat, 20, 2000 Antwerp
Tel.: 0032-3-201 15 70

Preliminary Programme

Date: Friday, 22 January 2010

14.30 Carl Van de Velde:
History and Aims of the Centrum

14.50 Egbert Haverkamp Begeman
The Founding Fathers - A Personal View

15.10 Christopher White
The Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard and Rubens Scholarship

15.30 Coffee

16.15 Jeremy Wood
Rubens. Copies and Adaptations from Renaissance and Later Artists.
Italian Artists. CRLB, XXVI, I, 1-2 (Raphael and His School)

17.00 Arnout Balis
The Future of the Centrum

17.30 Reception with private view of the Willem Van Haecht exhibition
(Rubenshuis)

 

Posted: 09/06/09

2010 Conservation Assessment Program Application now available!

The Conservation Assessment Program (CAP) provides small to mid-sized museums of all types, from art museums to zoos, with a general conservation assessment of their collections, environmental conditions, and facilities. Forms for applying to CAP are now available at www.heritagepreservation.org.  The postmark deadline for submitting applications is December 1, 2009.

Program participants may start their assessments as early as January 1, 2010, making it possible for museums to get feedback on their collections and historic structures without delay. 

For more information, call 202-233-0800 or email cap(a)heritagepreservation.org.

Heritage Preservations CAP is supported through a cooperative agreement with the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

 

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/

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:

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