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CALL FOR PAPERS SECAC 2014 • NEXUS: From Handmade to High-Tech October 8-11, 2014 The 2014 annual meeting of the Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC) will be held October 8 - 11 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Sarasota, Florida. This 70th annual SECAC meeting is being hosted by the Ringling College of Art and Design and has a conference theme of NEXUS: From Handmade to High-Tech. Events will be held on the College campus, at the conference hotel, and also at several other venues in this beautiful city by the sea. Both the conference website and call for papers are available at:http://www.secollegeart.org/conference. Downloading the CFP guidelines will provide valuable information as well as a link to an online proposal form. Paper proposals are submitted entirely online and the deadline for submission is April 20. Visual Resources Curators Group Session Visual Literacy Case Studies: Applications in Art & Design Session Chair: Mark Pompelia, Rhode Island School of Design Contact: [log in to unmask] Following the popular Visual Literacy Case Studies session that premiered at the 2012 Visual Resources Association annual conference and continued in 2013, this session follows that same purpose while expanding the definition of what Visual Literacy can mean in applications unique to an art and design teaching and learning environment. Topics have included: implementing VL standards; image-based testing; integrating images in critical questioning; relating research skills to haptic skills; image-seeking patterns; and the relationship of image to text in source materials. As background: According to the Association of College and Research Libraries 'Visual Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education' adopted in 2011, visual literacy 'is a set of abilities that enables an individual to effectively find, interpret, evaluate, use, and create images and visual media. Visual literacy skills equip a learner to understand and analyze the contextual, cultural, ethical, aesthetic, intellectual, and technical components involved in the production and use of visual materials. A visually literate individual is both a critical consumer of visual media and a competent contributor to a body of shared knowledge and culture.' Submission deadline: Sunday, April 20 John J. Taormina Director, Visual Media Center and Coordinator, Communications & Publications Coordinator, Exhibitions Dept. of Art, Art History & Visual Studies Duke University Box 90764, Durham NC 27708 Editor, SECAC Review Ph: 919-684-2501 E-mail: [log in to unmask] http://aahvs.duke.edu/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~