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The CAA website has been colorfully revamped. The new design has an
accessible, magazine-like quality with a vibrant color scheme.
In addition, the two journals published by College Art Association
have been issued with changes recently. ART BULLETIN: The March 1998
cover features an elegant duotone image of God with a compass. The
journal promises to be more visually provocative while retaining its
scholarly integrity. The contents of AB are now contained in a two-page
spread that includes abstracts of the articles. The journal has also
switched from fottnotes to endnotes to allow for more flexibility of
design, larger images and photographs tht can be placed close to the
relevant text. Also promised are expanded color images.
The most extensive changes will appear in the Summer 1998 issue of ART
JOURNAL. It will change in focus and format and will have a graceful new
design by the renowned graphic designer, Katy Homans. More space will be
devoted to illustrations, it will feature an expanded use of color and a
wealth of new features, including conversations, interviews, working notes
and international art news. The first "International Dispatches" column
will report on the Second Johannesburg Biennale.
The 2000 CAA annual Conference will be held in New York City, Wednesday,
February 16 - Saturday, February 19. Art History Theme: "The
Historiography of Art History;" Studio Art Theme: "Modeling Nature:
Artists Visualize the Impact of Science and Its Attendant Technologies on
Nature."
Prospective chairs must submit 18 copies of their session proposals to
Conference Coordinator Mary-Beth Shine at the CAA office. Each copy is to
include: (1) a one-page letter/essay framing the topic of the session and
explaining any special or timely significance it may have for a particular
field and/or discipline; (2) a completed session proposal submission form
(see page 18, CAA News, May 1998); and (3) a c.v., no more than two pages
in length.
DEADLINE: September 11, 1998.
Submitters must be CAA members. Send submissionsto: Mary Beth Shine,
Conference Coordinator, CAA, 275 7th Ave., NY, NY, 10001.
Call for papers: International Congress for the History of Art: Seeking
academic section convenors and deputy convenors for its 30th Congress,
"London 2000." The theme of the Congress is "Time." Other key themes are
internationalism, conviviality, and debate. Proposals for academic
sections and poster sections are sought in the following areas:
"Art-Historical Method and Historiography;" "Iconography;" "Form, theory
and Creativity;" "Material Histories;" and "The New Moving Media."
Nominations and self-nominations should include a brief c.v., names and
addresses of 2 academic referees, proposal for an academic section, along
with address, phone, fax and e-mail. Send to: Nigel Llewellyn, Honorary
Director CIHA London 2000, School of European Studies, University of
Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QN, UK, 01273 678865; Fax: 01273 623246;
[log in to unmask] DEADLINE: JUNE 1, 1998.
Web Site: American Council of Learned Societies -- www.acls.org - Now has
an online directory of constituent societies, which provides information
on member learned societies and affiliates.
Ray Anne Lockard
Head, Frick Fine Arts Library
University Library System
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Voice: 412-648-2410
Fax: 412-648-7568
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