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AHAA Eighth Biennial Symposium
The Eighth Biennial Symposium of the Association of Historians of American Art will be held in Birmingham, Alabama, jointly hosted by the Birmingham Museum of Art (BMA) and the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). The BMA’s extensive collections include historic and contemporary North American, Native American, and ancient American art. UAB is a major teaching-research university in Alabama, ranking in the top twenty public universities for federal research funding and in the top ten nationally for student diversity. The Department of Art and Art History is located in the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, which houses the university’s galleries. In addition to its vibrant arts scene, Birmingham is rich in cultural organizations that highlight its history as an industrial city established in the late nineteenth century, including the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, the Civil Rights Historic District, Sloss Furnaces, and Vulcan Park and Museum.
Registration is now open; please see below for instructions and links. Symposium attendees are required to be current AHAA members in good standing. AHAA offers several levels of membership: Student/Basic ($35), Member ($50), Supporter ($200), Lifetime (one-time payment of $500), and Institutional ($500). To learn more about becoming a member, please visit AHAA Membership Benefits.
Symposium Registration Register online by September 26 Registration for the symposium is $40, and an active membership in AHAA is required. We apologize that our website does not offer the capability of renewing your membership and registering for the symposium in a single transaction. Instead, you will have to renew your membership FIRST and then register for the symposium.
Symposium Travel Grants AHAA is offering four $500 grants to AHAA members on the 2024 Symposium program who are contingent, unaffiliated, or graduate students. Please fill out this form by August 2 to be considered for a grant. Awardees will be selected by lottery. For questions, please contact the symposium liaison at symposium@ahaaonline.org
Symposium Schedule Thursday, October 17 (Birmingham Museum of Art)2000 Rev. Abraham Woods Jr. Blvd., Birmingham, AL 35203
2:00–4:00 p.m.: Self-guided tour of Joe Minter’s African Village in America (931 Nassau Ave. SW, Birmingham, AL 35211)
4:30–5:00 p.m.: Registration
5:00–5:30 p.m.: Birmingham Museum of Art, Symposium Co-Chairs, and Association of Historians of American Art Welcome Emily Casey, AHAA Chair, University of Kansas Ruthie Dibble, AHAA Co-Chair, Peabody Essex Museum Mindy Besaw, AHAA Chair Emerita, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Graham C. Boettcher, Birmingham Museum of Art Katelyn D. Crawford, Symposium Co-Chair, Birmingham Museum of Art Jessica Dallow, Symposium Co-Chair, University of Alabama at Birmingham Kathleen M. Spies, Symposium Co-Chair, Birmingham-Southern College
5:30–6:30 p.m.: Panel: Celebrating Ten Years of Panorama: Journal of the Association of Historians of American Art Panelists: Keri Watson, University of Central Florida Katherine Jentleson, High Museum of Art Jenni Sorkin, University of California, Santa Barbara Cyle Metzger, Bradley University Keidra Daniels Navaroli, University of Central Florida Jessica Routhier, Panorama: Journal of the Association of Historians of American Art
6:30–8:00 p.m.: Opening reception and opportunity to walk through the exhibitions Determined to Be: The Sculpture of John Rhoden and Hayward Oubre: Structural Integrity. Sponsored by the Tyson Scholars of American Art program, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Friday, October 18 (Birmingham Museum of Art)2000 Rev. Abraham Woods Jr. Blvd., Birmingham, AL 35203
8:00–8:45 a.m.: Registration and coffee with light refreshments
8:45–10:45 a.m.: Session I: Meaning, Materials, and Materiality Moderated by Jessica Dallow, University of Alabama at Birmingham Kimia Shahi, University of Southern California Aleisha Barton, University of Minnesota Taylor Rose Payer, University of Minnesota Elizabeth Keto, Yale University
10:45–11:00 a.m.: Break
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.: Session II: Home/Place Moderated by Kathleen M. Spies, Birmingham-Southern College Phoebe Wolfskill, Indiana University William Coleman, Wyeth Foundation Louise Siddons, University of Southampton
12:30–2:00 p.m.: Independent lunch
2:00–4:00 p.m.: Session III: Imagined American Wests Moderated by Graham C. Boettcher, Birmingham Museum of Art Molly Eckel, Princeton University Emily Burns, University of Oklahoma Sehyun Oh, Columbia University Olivia Murphy, University of Oklahoma
4:00–4:15 p.m.: Break
4:15–5:15 p.m.: Session IV, Workshop: Rethinking the Survey: Place-Based Approaches to Art History The co-organizers of this panel have prepared some suggested readings, please learn more here. Co-organizers: Anne Strachan Cross, Pennsylvania State University Lee Ann Custer, Vanderbilt University James Denison, Kalamazoo College & The Kalamazoo Institute of the Arts Christine Garnier, University of California, Santa Barbara Maya Harakawa, University of Toronto
6:00–7:00 p.m.: Panel in conjunction with the exhibition Joe Minter is Here. To register for this panel, please sign up at this link Saturday, October 19 (University of Alabama at Birmingham)Alys Stephens Center, 1200 10th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35294
8:15 and 8:30 a.m.: Shuttles from the Tutwiler Hotel to UAB
8:15–9:30 a.m.: Coffee with light refreshments
9:30–11:00 a.m.: Session V: Transnational and Transcultural Connections Moderated by Rachel Stephens, University of Alabama Joseph Zordan, Harvard University Hampton Smith, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sasha Whittaker, Princeton University
11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.: Lunch
12:15–2:15 p.m.: Session VI: Dirty: The Detritus of American Art Moderated by John Davis, Historic Deerfield Joseph Litts, Princeton University Megan Baker, University of Delaware Ellery Foutch, Middlebury College Lea C. Stephenson, University of Delaware
2:15–2:30 p.m.: Break
2:30–3:45 p.m.: Session VII: Roundtable: Expanding the Field of American Sculpture Moderated by Katelyn D. Crawford, Birmingham Museum of Art Renée Ater, Brown University Kelvin Parnell, University of Arkansas Brittany Webb, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
4:00–5:00 p.m.: Closing Reception and opportunity to walk through exhibitions at the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts 1221 10th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35294, across the street from the Alys Stephens Center Current exhibitions: Outside Lines; Manjari Sharma: The Universe is a Mirror; and Odili Donald Odita.
5:15 and 5:30 p.m.: Shuttles from UAB to the Tutwiler Hotel
Accommodations A block of rooms has been reserved at the Tutwiler Hotel, 2021 Park Place, Birmingham, AL 35203. T he default "Quick Book" button will quote 3 nights, but there is an "Edit My Stay" option at the top where attendees can choose 1, 2, or 3 nights. https://www.hilton.com/en/attend-my-event/associationofhistoriansofamericanart/
Transportation and Parking Uber and Lyft are both rideshare options in Birmingham. The conference will have shuttles to and from the conference hotel and UAB for Saturday’s program. The BMA is a short walk from the Tutwiler Hotel. At the BMA, limited parking is available in the lot at the museum, off of 20th St. N. Additional parking is available at Boutwell Parking Deck, at 801 N. 19th St. Saturday events will take place at the Alys Stephens Center and Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts on UAB’s campus. Parking is available with details shared closer to the event.
Things to Visit in Birmingham Click here for map Abroms-Engel Institute of Visual Arts Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Sloss Furnaces and Sloss Metal Arts
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