Everyone,

The Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC) 2015 Preliminary Program is now up on the SECAC website. Here is a direct link: https://secac.memberclicks.net/assets/documents/secac/conference/2015-secac-preliminary-program.pdf  For reservations at the Wyndham Pittsburgh Downtown: https://aws.passkey.com/event/13839852/owner/2945954/home




The VRA Affiliate Session will take place on Thursday, Oct. 22, 1:15-3:00 PM:


Reconfiguring Knowledge: Making the Digital Humanities Visual

Chair: John Taormina | Duke University

Sarah Falls | The Ohio State University

How Will We Know It When We See It? The Need for Image

Analysis Tools for the Digital Arts and Humanities


Timothy Shea | Duke University

Digitizing Athens: Reconstructing the Urban Topography of Athens

with GIS


Alison Langmead | University of Pittsburgh and Aisling Quigley | University of Pittsburgh

Sustaining MedArt: Assessing the Persistence and Longevity of a Pioneering Digital Humanities Project


Clarisse Fava-Piz | University of Pittsburgh

Mapping Spanish Sculptors in Paris 1880-1914, or How Digital Technologies Enhance Traditional Visualizations in Art History 



Thanks,
John



SECAC 2015 - PITTSBURGH PA


 

The city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is proud to host the 71st annual meeting of SECAC, to be held October 21-24 at the recently remodeled Wyndham Grand Hotel 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. As our planning proceeds we are ready to offer an excellent meeting with a series of activities meant to encourage conversation and inspire fellowship among those members who attend. Within a few blocks of the hotel members can experience an abundance of restaurants, bars, museums, galleries, theaters and splendid architecture.

In addition to the rich variety of sessions that are traditionally offered, other exciting activities have been planned for the conference. The conference is launched on Wednesday with the Board Meeting followed by an opening reception at the hotel. Sessions begin on Thursday morning and will continue through Saturday afternoon. Thursday evening will feature keynote speaker, Terence E. Smith, an 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 Currents that explores the international nature of the contemporary art scene. A pre-talk reception will be offered and following the keynote, buses will begin to circulate from the hotel to events in the Oakland area of Pittsburgh. Activities include the Carnegie Museum of Art, the University of Pittsburgh Faculty Exhibition and reception at the beautiful Frick Fine Arts Building and a visit to the Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University.

 

Friday the conference will feature a gallery crawl in and around downtown Pittsburgh. Shuttle buses will begin to circulate from the hotel at 5:00 pm. The main feature of the gallery crawl will be the SECAC 2015 Juried Exhibition and reception at Future Tenant, within walking distance of the hotel. Members then can decide to visit the other sites on the crawl that include the Society of Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh’s Strip District, The Andy Warhol Museum, and the Artists Image Resource on Pittsburgh’s Northside where the West Virginia University Faculty Exhibition and 2014 Artist’s Fellowship winner Derek Larson’s exhibition and reception will take place.

 

Activities and sessions will continue into Saturday beginning with a combined Members Meeting and Annual Awards Ceremony breakfast. Immediately following the meeting members will have the opportunity to travel to the campus of Carnegie Mellon University with a tour and possible workshop at the STUDIO for Creative Inquiry. Participants can enjoy the Conflict Kitchen for lunch and return to the conference hotel for the afternoon sessions.

For room reservations at the Wyndham ($189/night plus 14% tax): Wyndham reservations.

Transportation: The conference hotel can be easily reached from the Pittsburgh International Airport by taxi of shuttle service. Taxi fares from the airport are approximately $45.00 and shuttle fees around $25.00. The hotel does not operate a shuttle. If you are driving the hotel offers valet parking ($30/night) and there are a variety of parking garages within walking distance to the hotel.

Conference schedule:

Wednesday, October 21: 4-7 pm, SECAC Board of Directors meet
                                          7-9 pm, Welcome Reception in the Wyndham

Thursday-Friday, October 22-23: Sessions from 8 am to 5 pm
Saturday, October 24: 7-9 am, Members Meeting and Annual Awards Ceremony
                                    9 am-5 pm, Sessions



     
    


John J. Taormina
VRA-SECAC Affiliate Organization Liaison

Director, Visual Media Center and
Coordinator, Communications & Publications
Dept. of Art, Art History & Visual Studies
Duke University
Box 90766, Durham NC 27708

Ph: 919-684-2501
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
http://aahvs.duke.edu/

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