The Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC) 2015 annual meeting Call for Papers is open. The conference theme is "Confluence." The Visual Resources Association Affiliate Organization sponsored session this year is :
Reconfiguring Knowledge: Making the Digital Humanities Visual
Organizer: John Taormina, Duke University
Abstract:
How do digital technologies allow us to look at knowledge production differently in the arts and humanities? New technologies allow us to interrogate and disseminate visual information from multiple vantage points. Digital Humanities in the cultural heritage environment includes such activities as curating online collections, mining large cultural data sets, data visualization and representational technologies, information retrieval, digital publishing, gaming, multimedia, peer-to-peer collaboration, and GIS and cultural mapping. In this new collaborative, interdisciplinary, digital environment, visual resources specialists and librarians work side-by-side with faculty and students to develop and support Digital Humanities projects for teaching and research. The use of digital technologies as a means to synthesize, present, and communicate large amounts of information challenges the instructor and researcher to incorporate different ways to investigate works of art or develop new visual support tools. This session seeks to highlight the issues surrounding the support, development, dissemination, and preservation of Digital Humanities projects in the arts and humanities. Papers should address the transformational changes brought about by introducing digital technologies into the arts and humanities disciplines.
Paper proposals should be submitted via the SECAC conference website (www.secollegeart.org/conference). The paper proposal deadline is Monday, April 20, 2015.
John Taormina
VRA-SECAC Affiliate Organization Liaison
Duke University
SECAC 2105 - CONFLUENCE
October 21-24, 2015
The city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania will host the 71st annual meeting of SECAC, to be held October 21-24 at the Wyndham Grand in downtown Pittsburgh. The 2015 theme, CONFLUENCE, aligns the geographic confluence of the Monongahela and the Allegheny rivers that form the Ohio river, with the conceptual confluence and fluidity of borders related to art, architecture, design, education, and pedagogy today. This is the first time in SECAC history the annual conference will be held north of the Mason-Dixon Line. Pittsburgh is rich in history and art, being the birthplace of such notable artists as Andy Warhol, Mary Cassatt, and Henry Ossawa Tanner. This is the first time in SECAC history the annual conference will be held north of the Mason-Dixon Line. Links for room reservations will be added soon.
We will take advantage of the city’s important architectural history, heritage in steel and glass production, the proximity to diverse museums and cultural institutions, and the possibility for hands-on studio activities, walking tours, and collection visits. We expect hundreds of attendees from around the nation representing a wide range of arts disciplines, multiple opportunities for inspiring discourse, national exposure for research, and great networking opportunities with friends, peers and higher education leaders.
The Wyndham Grand is a freshly remodeled hotel near the historic point in downtown Pittsburgh. The Fort Pitt Museum is located directly across the street from the hotel. Within a few blocks of the hotel members can experience an abundance of restaurants, bars, museums, galleries, theaters and splendid architecture. Thursday night will feature keynote speaker, Terence E. Smith, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory in the Department of the History of Art and Architecture at the University of Pittsburgh and recent author of Contemporary Art: World Currentswhich explores the international nature of the contemporary art scene.The SECAC 2015 Juried Exhibition will be held at the Future Tenant Gallery that is within walking distance of the conference hotel in the Cultural District.
A city of 446 magnificent bridges.
Carnegie Library and Museum of Art
Allegheny County Courthouse, H. H. Richardson
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Place, Philip Johnson and John Burgee
University of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning (the tallest academic building
in the western hemisphere).
The Warhol Museum
The Mattress Factory
John J. Taormina
Director, Visual Media Center and
Coordinator, Communications & Publications
Dept. of Art, Art History & Visual Studies
Duke University
Box 90764, Durham NC 27708
Ph: 919-684-2501
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