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CAA to LAUNCH ONLINE JOURNAL!
This fall CAA will launch CAA.reviews (www.caareviews.org). Made possible
by a generous grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the journal will
be the only online publication devoted to the perr review of new books
relevant to the fields of art history, theory, and criticism; arts
education and policy; and curatorial studies. CAA.reviews also
anticipates covering national and international museum and gallery
exhibitions, academic conferences, and electronic media. CAA plans to
offer the journal free to members and the general public for the first
three years, after which time the site will be secured and a nominal
subscription fee will be charged.
Articles for CAA.reviews will be commissioned from major scholars,
critics, artists, and curators around the country by Editorial Board
members, including ARLIS's own KATHERINE HASKINS (Univ. of Chicago).
CAA.reviews is being created in response to a lack of short, timely
reviews of scholarly books and catalogues published in the fields of art
and art history. CAA.reviews aims to review significantly more books and
exhibitions than has been possible in the journals ART BULLETIN and ART
JOURNAL.
For more information, consult the CAA website in the coming weeks or
e-mail Jessica Tagliaferro at [log in to unmask]
CAA Committees
There is a call for membership on CAA committees in the September 1998
issue of _CAA News_. Your CAA liaison will soon contact the current
chairperson of the Education Committee regarding careers in art
librarianship. This committee provides an ongoing review of career
options and development opportunities available to arts graduates. I
believe they need to informed of our profession and include it in their
discussions with arts graduates.
NEA and NEH Funding
Recently five Republican US representatives broke from party lines to help
Democrats restore the $98.5 million stripped frpom the NEA just a week
before by the House Sub-committee on Interior Appropriations.
The House passed the $13.4 billion spending bill, setting the FY 99 budget
for the Department of the Interior, which includes the NEA and NEH. The
NEH is set to receive $110.7 million, the same amount as in FY98.
THE DEFUNDING OF THE ESPERANZA ART CENTER IN SAN ANTONIO, TX.
In the first post-FINLEY v. NEA case of viewpoint discrimination, the San
Antonio City Council has eliminated $62,000 of recommended funding to the
Esperanza Art Center. The council said that the Esperanza Art Center
"promotes a way of life" that the council does not view as appropriate.
Says Major Howard Peak: "They [Esperanza Art Center] seem to go way
beyond what people want their money to be spent on. That group flaunts
what it does -- it is an in-your-face organization." A coalition of
advocacy groups, including the Christian Pro-Life Foundation and the
Association of Spirit-Filled Pastors emphasized the center's support of
gay and lesbian causes as reason for their members to demand the ciyty
withhold funds. CAA sent a letter to the San antonio city Council voicing
CAA's official stand against such discrimination.
ADVOCAY SESSION CALLED
In repsone to funding battels like that of the Esperanza Art Center, CAA,
the national Campaign for Freedom of Expression, and the National
Coalition Against Censorship are sponsoring a symposium about the future
of the arts in the wake of FINLEY v. NEA. Panelists will include artists,
writers, activists, advocates, government officials, patrons, supporters
and others. The event will be held on Oct. 6, 1998, 8:30am - 1:oopm, at
The Cooper Unionfor the Advancement of Science and Art, 7 East 7th St. and
3rd Ave. New York City. For information: Katie Hollander, 212-691-1051,
x.206.
Interested persons should read the article "Striking a Political
compromise: The Supreme Court and the NEA." _CAA News_ (September 1998):
11.
DISSERTATIONS
Extensive listings of dissertations registered in America and Canada can
be found in the June issue of the _Art Bulletin_. Dissertations by AHNCA
members who informed the organization about their work are listed in the
Spring 1998 _AHNCA Newsletter_. For France, see the May issue of
_Histoire de 'art_. For the rest of Europe, see the September/October
issue of _Kunstchronik_.
ANNUAL CONFERENCES
February 10-13, 1999, Los Angeles
February 23-26, 2000, New York
OCTOBER IS NATIONAL ARTS AND HUMANITIES MONTH!
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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