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Books Published by CAA Members
posted by CAA — August 15, 2011
Publishing a book is a major milestone for artists and scholars—browse a list of recent titles below.
Books Published by CAA Members appears every two months: in February, April, June, August, October, and December. To learn more about submitting a listing, please follow the instructions on the main Member News page.
August 2011
Edith Balas. Bird in Flight: Memoir of a Survivor and Scholar (Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2011).
Francesca G. Bewer. A Laboratory for Art: Harvard’s Fogg Museum and the Emergence of Conservation in America, 1900–1950 (Cambridge, MA: Harvard Art Museums, 2010).
Kathryn Brush, ed. Mapping Medievalism at the Canadian Frontier (London, ON: Museum London and the McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario, 2010).
Kathleen K. Desmond. Ideas about Art (Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011).
Sandra Q. Firmin. Artpark: 1974–1984 (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2010).
Dale Allen Gyure. Frank Lloyd Wright’s Florida Southern College (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2010).
Dale Allen Gyure. The Chicago Schoolhouse: High School Architecture and Educational Reform, 1856–2006 (Chicago: Center for American Places, Columbia College Chicago Press, 2011).
Andrew D. Hottle. June Blum: Black and White Paintings, 1963 through 2010 (Cocoa Beach, FL: Blue Note Publications, 2011).
Li Zhiyan, Virginia L. Bower, and He Li, ed. Chinese Ceramics from the Paleolithic Period through the Qing Dynasty (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2010).
Laurette E. McCarthy. Walter Pach (1883–1958): The Armory Show and the Untold Story of Modern Art in America (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2011).
Richard Minsky. The Book Art of Richard Minsky (New York: George Braziller, 2011).
Judith W. Page and Elise L. Smith. Women, Literature, and the Domesticated Landscape: England’s Disciples of Flora, 1780–1870 (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011).
Aimée Brown Price. Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, vol. 1, The Artist and His Art (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2010).
Aimée Brown Price. Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, vol. 2, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Painted Work (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2010)
Tanya Sheehan. Doctored: The Medicine of Photography in Nineteenth Century America (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2011).
Nino Zchomelidse and Giovanni Freni. Meaning in Motion: The Semantics of Movement in Medieval Art (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2011).
Solo Exhibitions by Artist Members
posted by CAA — June 22, 2011
See when and where CAA members are exhibiting their art, and view images of their work.
Solo Exhibitions by Artist Members is published every two months: in February, April, June, August, October, and December. To learn more about submitting a listing, please follow the instructions on the main Member News page.
June 2011
Abroad
Kent Christensen, Three Graces, 2011, oil on linen, diptych, 58 x 36 in. (artwork © Kent Christensen)Kent Christensen. Eleven Fine Art, London, England, April 1–May 14, 2011. Sensory Overload. Oil on linen and panel.
Cora Cohen, R 77, 2011, acrylic, Flashe, and tape on roentgenograph, 15⅝ x 11¾ in. (artwork © Cora Cohen)Cora Cohen. Field Institute Hombroich, Raketenstation Museum Insel Hombroich, Neuss, Germany, June 7–26, 2011. Cora Cohen – Altered X Rays. Installation of paintings on exposed x-ray film.
Nicole Pietrantoni, If you take a picture it will last longer, 2011, site-specific installation, white flour and hand-cut stencil, 4 x 28 ft. (artwork © Nicole Pietrantoni)Nicole Pietrantoni. Icelandic Printmakers’ Association (Íslensk Grafík), Reykjavik, Iceland, May 14–29, 2011. Know Your Place. Mixed media.
Mid-Atlantic
Pat Adams, Coming From II, 2005, oil, acrylic, and isobutyl methacrylate with sand on paper on wood, 14⅝ x 22 in. (artwork © Pat Adams)Pat Adams. National Association of Women Artists, New York, June 7–29, 2011. Pat Adams. Painting and mixed media.
Virginia Maksymowicz, Station I, 2005, Hydrocal FGR 95, 24 x 24 x 6 in. (artwork © Virginia Maksymowicz; photograph by the artist)Virginia Maksymowicz. Memorial Hall, Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC, March 9–April 25, 2011. The Stations of the Cross. Sculptural relief.
Midwest
Les Barta, Scotty’s Palette, 2008, computer photoconstruction (artwork © Les Barta)Les Barta. Galesburg Civic Art Center Gallery, Galesburg, Illinois, May 20–June 18, 2011. Les Barta. Photoconstruction.
Northeast
Susan Bee, Autumn Fantasy, 2011, oil on linen, 18 x 14 in. Collection of Leslee Smoke (artwork © Susan Bee)Susan Bee. A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, May 25–June 19, 2011. Recalculating: New Paintings. Oil on linen.
Monica Bock, Home Sick (artwork © Monica Bock)Monica Bock. SoHo20 Gallery, New York, May 31–June 25, 2011. Home Sick. Sculpture.
Elisabeth Condon, I’d Like to Try This Perfect Life, 2011, acrylic on linen, 44½ x 72 in. (artwork © Elisabeth Condon)Elisabeth Condon. Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, April 13–May 15, 2011. Climb the Black Mountain. Acrylic and oil on linen.
Jen P. Harris, Pacific, 2009, oil on linen, 60 x 80 in. (artwork © Jen P. Harris; photograph by Susan Alzner)Jen P. Harris. Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, June 9–30, 2011. American Kiss. Painting and work on paper.
Elizabeth Keithline, Two Figures, wire, 96 x 72 x 24 in. (artwork © Elizabeth Keithline)Elizabeth Keithline. Danforth Museum, Framingham, Massachusetts, May 4–June 5, 2011. Smarter/Faster/Higher. Wire sculpture.
Joan Marie Kelly, Zones of Contact, oil on canvas, 188 x 115 cm (artwork © Joan Marie Kelly)Joan Marie Kelly. Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, July 12–30, 2011. Zones of Contact: The Public Art of Joan Marie Kelly. Oil on canvas.
Annie Shaver-Crandell, Colby at Her Ease: Homage to Olympia, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 12 x 24 in. (artwork © Annie Shaver-Crandell)Annie Shaver-Crandell. Paula Barr Chelsea, New York, May 5–14, 2011. Speaking Likenesses: Portraits of Cats and Dogs. Acrylic on canvas.
South
Curtis Bartone, Lode, 2011, charcoal on paper, 40 x 30 in. (artwork © Curtis Bartone)Curtis Bartone. Telfair Art Museum, Savannah, Georgia, February 4–June 26, 2011. Domain: Drawings, Etchings, and Lithographs by Curtis Bartone. Charcoal on paper, lithography, etching, and aquatint.
Dennis Joyce, The Steakeater, 2009, ceramic, wood, and steak knives, 16 x 10 x 10 in. (artwork © Dennis Joyce; photograph by the artist) Dennis Joyce. B.I.G. (Barrier Island Group) Arts, Sanibel, Florida, April 2–30, 2011. Expressive, Energetic, Explorative Exhibit. Sculpture and painting.
Vesna Pavlović. Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, Tennessee, June 24–September 11, 2011. Vesna Pavlović: Projected Histories. Photography.
West
Sarah Hurwitz, invitation card for Hurwitz Meat Market (artwork © Sarah Hurwitz)Sarah Hurwitz. Eye Lounge, Phoenix, Arizona, May 20–June 11, 2011. Hurwitz Meat Market. Installation.
People in the News
posted by CAA — June 17, 2011
People in the News lists new hires, positions, and promotions in three sections: Academe, Museums and Galleries, and Organizations and Publications.
The section is published every two months: in February, April, June, August, October, and December. To learn more about submitting a listing, please follow the instructions on the main Member News page.
June 2011
Academe
Michaël J. Amy has been promoted to professor of the history of art in the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York.
Mary D. GarrardMary D. Garrard, professor emerita of American University in Washington, DC, was the William Fleming Distinguished Visiting Professor at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, in April 2011.
Beauvais LyonsBeauvais Lyons, James R. Cox Professor of Art at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, has been appointed a Chancellor Professor at his school. The honor comes with a $20,000 research stipend.
Museums and Galleries
Amy Brandt, formerly assistant curator at American Federation of Arts in New York, has been named McKinnon Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia.
Cosmin Costinas will join Para/Site, a contemporary art space in Hong Kong, China, as executive director and curator in September 2011. He was previously curator at Basis voor actuele kunst in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Olivier Meslay, curator of European and American art at the Dallas Museum of Art in Texas, has been appointed interim director of his institution, following the resignation of Bonnie Pitman.
Joel Smith, curator of photography at the Princeton University Art Museum in Princeton, New Jersey, has been named Peter C. Bunnell Curator of Photography, a newly endowed position.
John R. Stomberg, currently deputy director and chief curator of the Williams College Museum of Art in Williamstown, Massachusetts, has been chosen to lead the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum in South Hadley, Massachusetts, as director. He begins the new job on August 1, 2011.
Michael Taylor, curator of modern art and department head of modern and contemporary art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Pennsylvania, has become director of the Hood Museum of Art in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Organizations and Publications
Heath Fox, assistant dean of arts and humanities at the University of California, San Diego, since 2006, has been appointed deputy director of operations at the Broad Museum in Los Angeles, California.
Anne HelmreichAnne Helmreich, formerly director of the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities and associate professor of art history at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, has been appointed senior program officer at the Getty Foundation in Los Angeles, California.
Institutional News
posted by CAA — June 17, 2011
Read about the latest news from institutional members.
Institutional News is published every two months: in February, April, June, August, October, and December. To learn more about submitting a listing, please follow the instructions on the main Member News page.
June 2011
The Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution, based in New York and Washington, DC, has received a $3 million grant from the Terra Foundation for American Art to support another five years of the archives’ digitization project and to fund a new position that will create and oversee related online scholarly and educational outreach initiatives. This second grant brings the Terra’s total gift to the archives to $6.6 million over a ten-year period.
The Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire, has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support the exhibition Jon Brooks: Bringing Art and Nature to Children and Families. A comprehensive selection of educational and community outreach activities will accompany the retrospective exhibition of works by Brooks, a New Hampshire artist who is a leading member of the American studio furniture movement.
The Honolulu Academy of Arts and the Contemporary Museum, both in Hawai‘i, have announced that the two institutions will merge, effective July 1, 2011. Under the agreement, the latter museum will gift its collection and assets to the former one.
The Philadelphia Museum of Art in Pennsylvania has been approved for reaccreditation by the Accreditation Commission of the Association of American Museums, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, DC.
Rutgers University’s Visual Arts Department has received a $3.4 million gift from Marlene A. and David A. Tepper to endow a faculty chair position at the Mason Gross School of the Arts and to fund scholarships in the painting program.
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond has received reaccreditation from the Accreditation Commission of the American Association of Museum, based in Washington, DC.
The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York has been reaccredited by the Accreditation Commission of the Washington, DC–based Association of American Museums.
Grants, Awards, and Honors
posted by CAA — June 15, 2011
Grants, Awards, and Honors
CAA recognizes its members for their professional achievements, be it a grant, fellowship, residency, book prize, honorary degree, or related award.
Grants, Awards, and Honors is published every two months: in February, April, June, August, October, and December. To learn more about submitting a listing, please follow the instructions on the main Member News page.
June 2011
Elizabeth BolmanElizabeth Bolman, associate professor of art history in the Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has received a 2011 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in fine-arts research. She will study magnificence and asceticism in Upper Egypt via the Red Monastery Church.
Michele Brody, an artist based in New York, has been awarded a summer residency at Quimby Colony in Portland, Maine, where she will focus on her Drawing Roots series.
Carissa Carman, an MFA student in fibers at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, has received a $2,000 Textile Society of America Travel Grant to attend and participate in the International Symposium and Exhibition on Natural Dyes, which took place April 24–30, 2011, in La Rochelle, France.
Mary D. Garrard, professor emerita of American University in Washington, DC, has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters.
Charles Goldman, an artist based in Brooklyn, New York, has been award a 2011 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in fine arts.
Michelle Handelman, still from Dorian, 2009, 4-channel HD video, 63 min. (artwork © Michelle Handelman)Michelle Handelman has been awarded a 2011 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in film and video. She will spend the fellowship period working on her new project, Irma Vep, the last breath, a three-channel video installation based on the life of the actress and film director Musidora, and the silent-film character she was best known for, Irma Vep, from Les Vampires (1915, directed by Louis Feuillade).
Jen P. HarrisJen P. Harris, a New York–based artist, has been awarded a $2,500 grant from the Astraea Visual Arts Fund, which promotes the work of contemporary lesbian visual artists.
Anne D. Hedeman, professor of art and medieval studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, has received a 2011 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in medieval history.
Corin Hewitt, an artist and assistant professor of sculpture and extended media at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, has been awarded a 2011 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in fine arts.
Alison Luchs has been tapped by the Italian Art Society to deliver the 2011 Italian Art Society–Kress Foundation Lecture in Florence, Italy, taking place on June 8, 2011.
Billie Grace Lynn has received the 2011 West Grand Prize. A $25,000 award will assist her project, called Mad Cow Motorcycle, in which she will develop a biodiesel motorcycle to raise awareness for greenhouses gases coming from commercial cattle farms.
Richard Minsky (photograph by Richard Grosbard)Richard Minsky has received the 2011 Worldwide Books Award for Publications for The Art of American Book Covers, 1875–1930 (New York: George Braziller, 2010). The Art Libraries Society of North America awarded him a certificate and a $1,000 prize for his book at its recent annual conference, held jointly with the Visual Resources Association.
Linda Nochlin, Lila Acheson Wallace Professor of Modern Art at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, has received a 2011 Icon Award in the Arts from the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Jennifer Ellen Robertson, professor of anthropology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, has received a 2011 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in East Asian studies.
Allison Smith, a sculptor based in Oakland, California, has been awarded a $50,000 USA Fellowship for artistic excellence from United States Artists.
Susan Webster, Jane Williams Mahoney Professor of Art History and American Studies at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, has received a 2011 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in fine-arts research. She will study European architecture and Andean masters in colonial Quito, Ecuador.
Bradley WesterBradley Wester, an artist based in New York, has been awarded two residencies. From September to November 2011, he will be a resident artist at AIR Antwerpen in Belgium. In February 2012, he will take part in the Hermitage Artist Retreat, based in Englewood, Florida, and comprised of writers, painters, composers, playwrights, poets, choreographers, performance artists, sculptors, and other artists whose work defies categorization. (He was also a resident there in March 2011).
Kristina Wilson, associate professor of art history at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, has received the twenty-third Charles C. Eldredge Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in American Art, awarded by the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC, for her book, The Modern Eye: Stieglitz, MoMA, and the Art of the Exhibition, 1925–1934 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009).
Exhibitions Curated by CAA Members
posted by CAA — June 15, 2011
Exhibitions Curated by CAA Members
Check out details on recent shows organized by CAA members who are also curators.
Exhibitions Curated by CAA Members is published every two months: in February, April, June, August, October, and December. To learn more about submitting a listing, please follow the instructions on the main Member News page.
June 2011
John Chaich. Mixed Messages: A(I)DS, Art + Words. La MaMa La Galleria, New York, June 2–July 3, 2011.
George Platt Lynes, Gertrude Stein, Bilignin, 1931, toned gelatin-silver print. Baltimore Museum of Art, Cone Collection, Gift of Adelyn D. Breeskin, BMA 1985.3 (artwork © Estate of George Platt Lynes)Wanda M. Corn and Tirza True Latimer. Seeing Gertrude Stein: Five Stories. Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, California, May 12–September 6, 2011.
Promotional image for Patterns of ConsumptionHeather Gibson. Patterns of Consumption. Atrium Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 2–15, 2011.
Elizabeth Keithline. A Tool Is a Mirror. Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, Massachusetts, May 4–June 5, 2011.
Promotional image for TheodoliteJohn Silvis and Brett Dickinson. Theodolite. New York Center for Art and Media Studies, New York, April 6–21, 2011.
Robert Storr and Francesca Pietropaolo. North by New York: New Nordic Art. Third Floor Galleries, Scandinavia House, Nordic Center in America, American-Scandinavian Foundation, New York, April 14–August 19, 2011.
Virginia-Lee Webb. Ancestors of the Lake: Art of Lake Sentani and Humboldt Bay, New Guinea. Menil Collection, Houston, Texas, May 6–August 28, 2011.
Books Published by CAA Members
posted by CAA — June 15, 2011
Publishing a book is a major milestone for artists and scholars—browse a list of recent titles below.
Books Published by CAA Members appears every two months: in February, April, June, August, October, and December. To learn more about submitting a listing, please follow the instructions on the main Member News page.
June 2011
Patricia Albers. Joan Mitchell, Lady Painter: A Life (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011).
Andrew Arbury. About Art (Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt, 2011).
Lisa Beaven. An Ardent Patron: Cardinal Camillo Massimo and His Antiquarian and Artistic Circle (London: Paul Holbertson, in association with Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica, 2010).
Wanda M. Corn and Tirza True Latimer. Seeing Gertrude Stein: Five Stories. (Berkeley: University of California Press; San Francisco: Contemporary Jewish Museum; Washington, DC, National Portrait Gallery, 2011).
Brenda Longfellow. Roman Imperialism and Civic Patronage: Form, Meaning, and Ideology in Monumental Fountain Complexes (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010).
Andreas Marks, ed. Fukami: Purity of Form (Hanford, CA: Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture, 2011).
John R. Senseney. The Art of Building in the Classical World: Vision, Craftsmanship, and Linear Perspective in Greek and Roman Architecture (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011).
Solo Exhibitions by Artist Members
posted by CAA — April 22, 2011
See when and where CAA members are exhibiting their art, and view images of their work.
Solo Exhibitions by Artist Members is published every two months: in February, April, June, August, October, and December. To learn more about submitting a listing, please follow the instructions on the main Member News page.
April 2011
Abroad
Sue Johnson, Birds without Feathers, 2010, watercolor and pencil on paper, 30 x 22 in. (artwork © Sue Johnson)Sue Johnson. Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, January 28–May 2, 2011. The Curious Nature of Objects: Paintings by Sue Johnson. Gouache, watercolour, and pencil on paper.
Mid-Atlantic
Diane Burko, #2, Main Rongbuk Glacier, Tibet, 2007, after David Breashears, 2010, oil on canvas, 48 x 74 in. (artwork © Diane Burko)Diane Burko. Berstein Gallery, Robertson Hall, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, April 4–May 19, 2011. Diane Burko: Politics of Snow II. Painting.
Midwest
Amy George Holmes. Hiestand Galleries, School of Fine Arts, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, February 16–March 4, 2011. Double Vision: A View of Florence Past and Present. Photography.
Jason Lazarus. University Galleries, College of Fine Arts, Illinois State University, February 22–April 3, 2011. Your Time Is Gonna Come: Selected Work, 2005–2011. Photography and installation.
Georgia Wall. LG Space, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, March 31–April 20, 2011. Georgia Wall: Unseen Performances. Video.
Northeast
Claire Beckett. Carroll and Sons, Boston, Massachusetts, February 23–March 26, 2011. You Are…. Archival inkjet prints.
Susan Klein. Courthouse Gallery, Old County Courthouse, Lake George, New York, March 19–April 22, 2011. Susan Klein. Painting, sculpture, collage, and photography.
Lorna Ritz, Darkness Falling, 2010, oil on canvas, 40 x 50 in. (artwork © Lorna Ritz)Lorna Ritz. Trailside Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts, January 8–February 4, 2011. Darkness Falling. Painting.
Michael Velliquette. DCKT Contemporary, New York, April 2–May 8, 2011. Awaken and Free What Has Been Asleep. Paper sculpture and drawing.
Martha Rose Vendryes, Donnalyn Summeroe, 2005–7, oil on canvas, 48 x 24 in. (artwork © Martha Rose Vendryes)Martha Rose Vendryes. Slater Concourse Gallery, Aidekman Arts Center, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, March 1–31, 2011. African Divas: Paintings by Martha Rose Vendryes. Painting and mixed media sculpture.
South
Steven Bleicher, Cadillac Ranch, 2008, graphite and mixed media, 14 x 11 in. (artwork © Steven Bleicher)Steven Bleicher. McClellanville Arts Council, McClellanville, South Carolina, February 19–March 25, 2011. Destinations: An American Narrative. Digital and mixed media.
Wendy DesChene. Art League Houston, Houston, Texas, January 14–February 25, 2011. WYSIWYG. Site-specific community interactive installation.
Herb Jackson. Van Every/Smith Galleries, Katherine and Tom Belk Visual Arts Center, Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, March 11–April 20, 2011. Herb Jackson: Excavations. Painting.
Linda Stein, Defender 696 (with rear view), 2010, leather, metal, mixed media, 38 x 22 x 14 in. (artwork © Linda Stein)Linda Stein. Sarratt Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, April 20–May 26, 2011. The Fluidity of Gender: Sculpture by Linda Stein. Sculpture.
West
Installation view of Simonetta Moro’s The Panorama Project (photograph by Brian Miller)Simonetta Moro. Clara Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, January 26–February 25, 2011. The Panorama Project. Drawing, photography, and video.
People in the News
posted by CAA — April 17, 2011
People in the News lists new hires, positions, and promotions in three sections: Academe, Museums and Galleries, and Organizations and Publications.
The section is published every two months: in February, April, June, August, October, and December. To learn more about submitting a listing, please follow the instructions on the main Member News page.
April 2011
Academe
Steven BleicherSteven Bleicher has been promoted to professor of visual arts in the Department of Visual Arts at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina.
Patricia CroninPatricia Cronin, an artist and associate professor of art at Brooklyn College, City University of New York, has been promoted to full professor of art at her school.
Harper MontgomeryHarper Montgomery, currently teaching at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, has been named the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Professor in Latin American Art at Hunter College, City University of New York. She will begin her new position in fall 2011.
Joshua Rosenstock, a multimedia artist and musician, has been promoted to associate professor of humanities and arts and was granted tenure at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Museums and Galleries
Lloyd DeWitt, presently associate curator of the John G. Johnson Collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Pennsylvania, has been appointed curator of European art at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. He will assume his duties on June 6, 2011.
Jessica MayJessica May has been promoted to associate curator of photographs at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas. She joined the museum in 2006.
Kevin M. MurphyKevin M. Murphy, formerly Bradford and Christine Mishler Associate Curator of American Art at the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California, has been appointed curator of American art at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Organizations and Publications
Linda DownsLinda Downs, executive director of the College Art Association, has been elected secretary of the National Humanities Alliance for a two-year term.
Marti Mayo, a New York–based consultant to nonprofit organizations and artists’ estates, has become the executive director of the Thomas Moran Trust, based in East Hampton, New York.
Institutional News
posted by CAA — April 17, 2011
Read about the latest news from institutional members.
Institutional News is published every two months: in February, April, June, August, October, and December. To learn more about submitting a listing, please follow the instructions on the main Member News page.
April 2011
Théodore Rousseau, Farm in Les Landes, 1844–67, oil on canvas, 25½ x 39 in. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. 2009.8 (artwork in the public domain)The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, has received two gifts that will endow a pair of critical jobs at the museum. Robert and Martha Berman Lipp gave $2.5 million to fund the senior curator position, and Sylvia and Leonard Marx donated $2 million for the director of collections and exhibitions.
Howard Pyle, The Mermaid, 1910, oil on canvas, 57⅞ x 40⅛ in. Delaware Art Museum, Gift of the children of Howard Pyle in memory of their mother Anne Poole Pyle, 1940 (artwork in the public domain)The Delaware Art Museum in Wilmington has received four grants to assist with exhibitions, publications, research, and development. The Henry Luce Foundation contributed $100,000 from its Luce Fund in American Art to support work on the exhibition Howard Pyle: American Master Rediscovered, and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts gave $11,000 for curatorial research on the photographer Scott Heiser. A $10,000 gift from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation will sustain the exhibition and publicity of the recently acquired M. G. Sawyer Collection of Decorative Bindings, and $50,000 from the Jessie Ball duPont Fund will help launch a 1:1 matching fundraising challenge.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, The Little White Sofa, ca. 1883–84, oil on wood panel, 4½ x 7 3/16 in.; framed: 4⅛ x 5 3/16 x 11/16 in. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop, 1943.169 (artwork in the public domain)The Harvard Art Museums in Cambridge, Massachusetts, have received $75,000 in a 2010 Access to Artistic Excellence Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The funds will support an education program called “Engaging New Americans: Explorations in Art, Self, and Our Democratic Heritage.”
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has accepted a $10 million donation to support the creation of a major exhibition space, to be called the Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Gallery, within the Costume Institute. Earlier this year, the museum launched a series of online videos called Connections, which highlight the perspectives and insights on art from the collection by curators and other staff members.
View of the Rodin Court at the North Carolina Museum of Art (photograph provided by the North Carolina Museum of Art)The North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh has been awarded a 2011 American Institute of Architects Honor Award for its new building, designed by Thomas Phifer and Partners. The award is the institute’s highest recognition for building design.
The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded more than $1.6 million in grants to support artist communities, colonies, and residency programs. Among the recipients are these CAA institutional members: the American Academy in Rome, New York ($75,000); Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado ($15,000); and Bates College, Lewiston, Maine ($30,000).