Conferences
Event
- Title:
- American School: American Art and Pedagogy
- When:
- 10.09.2009 - 10.10.2009
- Where:
- Colby College Museum of Art - Waterville
- Category:
- Conference Calendar
Description
This fall, the Colby College Museum of Art will hold a symposium highlighting outstanding research related to American art and pedagogy. American School: American Art and Pedagogy will take place on October 10, 2009 with a keynote address preceding on the evening of October 9 by artist Fred Wilson.
Speakers will include:
Wendy Bellion, Assistant Professor of Art History, University of Delaware,
"Teaching across the Borders of North American Art"
Huey Copeland, Assistant Professor of Art History, Northwestern University,
"How to Hold on to Nothing"
Rachael DeLue, Assistant Professor of Art and Archaeology, Princeton
University, "Seeing, Writing, Knowing: Arthur Dove and the Language of
Painting"
Elizabeth Hutchinson, Assistant Professor of Art History, Barnard College,
"Teaching McKenney and Hall's 'Sequoyah'"
David Lubin, Charlotte C. Weber Professor of Art, Wake Forest University,
"Teach Us to Hate: Art, Propaganda, and the First World War"
Angela Miller, Professor of Art History and Archaeology, Washington
University, "Thinking dialectically: Home and homeless between the wars"
Richard Meyer, Associate Professor of Art History and Fine Arts, University
of Southern California
Kenneth Myers, Curator of American Art, Detroit Institute of Arts,
"Exhibiting Whistler Prints: Tales from the Freer Gallery Vaults"
Donna Cassidy (moderator), Professor of American & New England Studies and
Art History, University of Southern Maine
This symposium is held in conjunction with the exhibition Art at Colby: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Colby College Museum of Art, which features objects from the Museum's rich collections of American, European, Asian and contemporary art. Attendees are invited to join us for a reception and exhibition viewing on Friday evening, October 9.
This symposium is free and open to the public. For more information or to register, contact Karen Wickman at kkwickma@colby.edu, (207) 859-5601.
Generous support for this symposium is provided by the Henry Luce Foundation.
Speakers will include:
Wendy Bellion, Assistant Professor of Art History, University of Delaware,
"Teaching across the Borders of North American Art"
Huey Copeland, Assistant Professor of Art History, Northwestern University,
"How to Hold on to Nothing"
Rachael DeLue, Assistant Professor of Art and Archaeology, Princeton
University, "Seeing, Writing, Knowing: Arthur Dove and the Language of
Painting"
Elizabeth Hutchinson, Assistant Professor of Art History, Barnard College,
"Teaching McKenney and Hall's 'Sequoyah'"
David Lubin, Charlotte C. Weber Professor of Art, Wake Forest University,
"Teach Us to Hate: Art, Propaganda, and the First World War"
Angela Miller, Professor of Art History and Archaeology, Washington
University, "Thinking dialectically: Home and homeless between the wars"
Richard Meyer, Associate Professor of Art History and Fine Arts, University
of Southern California
Kenneth Myers, Curator of American Art, Detroit Institute of Arts,
"Exhibiting Whistler Prints: Tales from the Freer Gallery Vaults"
Donna Cassidy (moderator), Professor of American & New England Studies and
Art History, University of Southern Maine
This symposium is held in conjunction with the exhibition Art at Colby: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Colby College Museum of Art, which features objects from the Museum's rich collections of American, European, Asian and contemporary art. Attendees are invited to join us for a reception and exhibition viewing on Friday evening, October 9.
This symposium is free and open to the public. For more information or to register, contact Karen Wickman at kkwickma@colby.edu, (207) 859-5601.
Generous support for this symposium is provided by the Henry Luce Foundation.
Venue
- Venue:
- Colby College Museum of Art - Website
- Street:
- 5600 Mayflower Hill Drive
- ZIP:
- 04901
- City:
- Waterville
- State:
- ME
- Country:
-
Description
Founded in 1959 and now comprising four wings, more than 6,000 works, and more than 28,000 square feet of exhibition space, the Colby College Museum of Art has built a significant permanent collection that specializes in American and contemporary art.
The Museum serves both as a teaching resource for Colby College and as an active cultural institution for the residents of Maine and visitors to the state.
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