James Smalls is a member of the advisory board for Aurora: the journal of the history of art. He encourages all caucus members to submit articles on queer art subjects (or any other subject around visual art) for publication consideration. The journal considers articles utilizing any methodology on any aspect of the history of art. Send all correspondence concerning submissions to: Lilian H. Zirpolo, 255 Glen Road, Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677 [e-mail: lzirpolo@worldnet.att.net] and Joanna P. Gardner-Huggett, Art Dept., DePaul University, 1150 W. Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL, 60614-2204 [e-mail: joannagh@hotbot.com]
Submit slides, statement and C.V. for proposed photographic exhibition dealing with female masculinities “Boi’s, butches and the great unknown” to Stephanie Rogerson, 407 Gramercy Place #406, Los Angeles, CA 90020. If you want slides returned, include SASE. Deadline March 15th, 2002. Any questions should be addressed to shortstop68@hotmail.com
CALL FOR PAPERS
Queer Visualities: The First National Conference on Queer Visual Culture
November 14-15, 2002
SUNY Stony Brook in Long Island & Manhattan (the conference will be at both locations and accompanied by an art exhibition of the same name at the Stony Brook Art Gallery)
What do we mean when we say that something looks queer? This conference is an inquiry into the attribution of queerness as frame. Among the questions we want to explore are what happens when we blink between different kinds of seeing queerly: as recognition of something inherent in a work or in its making; as the (sub)cultural construction of an interpretive context around it; as an attribution of authorial intention; or as something entirely separable from authorial intention -- or even a willful misrecogniton of it? Are there limits to what can be seen as queer and can this form of seeing be taught? What is the political potential of seeing queerly and is it an under-utilized political strategy? How do different cultures and communities -- racial, ethnic, classed, gendered, but also regional, national, etc. -- see and create queerness differently? Why is the discursive/literary assessment of queerness so widely influential these days while its visualization comparatively weak? This conference looks at looking queerly in ways historical and theoretical. Inquiries can be framed in any medium, at any historical moment, across any specific communities.
Please submit a one page abstract and short bio or CV with all your contact information to: Jonathan Katz, Department of Art, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794-5400 or via email to Katzartfag @aol.com. For questions, please call 631-632-9692. Extremely limited funds may be available to offset travel costs.
Astraea Lesbian Action Foundation has launched a new grants program for visual artists. In the first round, two artists will be awarded $1000 each. Deadline for submissions is 25 February 2002 with decisions by 8 April 2002. Lesbian, U.S.-based artists must submit slides of original works of art in sculpture, painting (any medium), print, drawing, work on paper, or mixed media (traditional or non-traditional materials). For more information about Astraea, or for eligibility and submission information, visit www.astraea.org or call Sonja Sivesind at 212-529-8021 ext. 14.
Jim Sanders is on the Editorial Board for a new journal entitled Journal of lesbian and gay issues in education. Volume 1, number 1 is expected in fall 2003 and will be published by Haworth Press, Binghamton, N.Y. The board is considering arts-based theme issues that illustrate and queerly examine the broad range of interests, concerns, and actions taken by queer artists, students, and educators. Art work by queer youth (up to age 25) may be included in each issue, based on space and theme. For more information, go to http://www.jtsears.com/jglie.htm
Robert Atkins has prepared a lecture on “The artworld, community and activism: a meditation inspired by the events of September 11th.” He is interested in finding venues for presenting the lecture. Contact robertatkins@earthlink.net
Interested in feminism and art history? The MA program at American University provides a strong emphasis on feminist analysis and the opportunity to explore recent scholarship in gender studies. For more info: http://www.american.edu/
academics.depts/cas/art/arthistory/ Caucus member Helen Langa is on the faculty.