For those attending the College Art Association Conference in Chicago
next week:
*ART SPACES ARCHIVES PROJECT PRESENTS PANEL DISCUSSION TO BE HELD AT THE
COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION’S 98TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
“Alternative Publishing and Distribution Models as Art and Curatorial
Practice”*
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.—*Art Spaces Archives Project (AS-AP)*
announces a panel discussion entitled *“Alternative Publishing and
Distribution Models as Art and Curatorial Practice,” *to be held at the
College Art Association’s 98th Annual Conference on *Saturday, February
13th,* from *12:30-2:00 p.m.* at the *Hyatt Regency in Chicago*, 151
East Wacker Drive, in the Columbus AB Room on the Gold Level of the East
Tower.
Over the past six years Art Spaces Archives Project (AS-AP) has
presented panels at the annual College Art Association Conference that
have addressed contemporary art related archives by investigating
institutional models and identities, institutional holdings, and the
organizational histories of living and defunct alternative arts
organizations. This year’s panel will examine how artists and curators
have expanded the concept of arts venues to include publishing sites as
models for the production and exhibition of contemporary art and
curatorial practices.
The panel will feature *Anthony Elms*, Artist / Writer, Assistant
Director of Gallery 400 at the University of Illinois at Chicago and
Editor of /WhiteWalls/, a 30-year old Chicago-based art and language
journal; *James Hoff*, Co-founder with Miriam Katzeff of Primary
Information, a non-profit organization devoted to printing artist’s
books, artist’s writings, out of print publications and editions; and
*Emily Roysdon*, Artist / Writer, and Editor and Co-Founder of the queer
feminist journal and artist collective, LTTR. The panel will be
moderated by *Ann Butler*, Project Director of AS-AP, and Director of
the Library and Archives at the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard
College.
Founded in 1978, /WhiteWalls/ began as a publication for artists working
with language, featuring contributions from many prominent figures in
text and language-driven art and concrete poetry. WhiteWalls is now an
innovative Chicago-based publisher of fine art titles. /Primary
Information/ is a non-profit organization devoted to the printing and in
some cases re-publication of select artists’ books, artists’ writings,
out-of-print publications and editions such as Real Life Magazine, The
Great Bear Pamphlet Series, and long lost recordings of DISBAND, among
others. Founded in 2001, /LTTR/ is a feminist genderqueer artist
collective with a flexible project oriented practice. /LTTR/ produces an
annual independent art journal, performance series, events, screenings
and collaborations.
*About Art Spaces Archives Project*
Art Spaces Archives Project (AS-AP) is a non-profit initiative founded
by a consortium of alternative art organizations, including Bomb
Magazine, College Art Association, Franklin Furnace Archive, New York
State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), New York State Artist Workspace
Consortium, and The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. With
funding provided by NYSCA, The National Endowment for the Arts, and the
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, AS-AP has a mandate to help
preserve, present, and protect the archival heritage of living and
defunct for- and not-for-profit spaces of the "alternative" or
"avant-garde" movements of the 1950s to the present by compiling a
national index of alternative arts spaces, assessing preservation needs,
and helping to establish best practices for contemporary art related
archives. AS-AP's website, *www.as-ap.org <http://as-ap.org/>*, serves
as an online resource for information pertaining to collections and
repositories containing the archives of the avant-garde, tools to assist
in archiving, and other aids for scholars interested in alternative or
avant-garde movements.
*About the Center for Curatorial Studies*
In January 2007 AS-AP merged with the Center for Curatorial Studies at
Bard. CCS Bard is an exhibition, education, and research center
dedicated to the study of art and curatorial practices from the 1960s to
the present day. In addition to the CCS Bard Galleries and the newly
inaugurated Hessel Museum of Art, CCS Bard houses the Marieluise Hessel
Collection of more than 2,000 contemporary works, as well as an
extensive library and curatorial archive that are accessible to the
general public. The Center’s two-year graduate program in curatorial
studies is specifically designed to deepen students’ understanding of
the intellectual and practical tasks of curating contemporary art.
Exhibitions are presented year-round in the CCS Bard Galleries and
Hessel Museum of Art, providing students with the opportunity to work
with world-renowned artists and curators. The exhibition program and the
collection also serve as the basis for a wide-range of public programs
and activities exploring art and its role in contemporary society.
--
Ann E. Butler
Director of Library and Archives
Center for Curatorial Studies
Bard College
Phone: 845-758-7566
Fax: 845-758-2442
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Project Director
Art Spaces Archives Project (AS-AP)
www.as-ap.org
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