The Contemporary Artists’ Books Conference is a dynamic, two-day event focused on emerging practices and debates within art-book culture. For the first time, the Conference will be free and open to the public.

Six ninety-minute panel sessions will be held, covering such topics as the state of artists’ books criticism, new pedagogical approaches and audiences, artists’ books in Latin America, and samizdat as a model for radical distribution. This year’s keynote speaker is artist Tauba Auerbach, who will discuss artists’ books as a central part of her practice, including her recent oversized pop-up books.

The regular sessions will be followed on Friday, September 30, by an hour-long pecha kucha, or lightning round, in which invited guests will each present for five minutes, discussing one or more artists’ books, zines, or multiples; and on Saturday, October 1, by a reception and book launch for Adventures (see below), the new publication that benefits the conference.

The Conference is organized by the CABC Committee, a national group of art library professionals (listed below). Funding for the Conference is supported by generous donations from David Teiger and from Philip Aarons and Shelley Fox Aarons.

In conjunction with the Conference:

Adventures, a new publication to benefit the Conference

Bringing together language-based artworks, poetry, and image-text dialogues, Adventures will pay homage to assembling practices developed by mid-twentieth century artists’ periodicals. Adventures is edited by David Senior and will include contributions from Alejandro Cesarco, Eve Fowler, Dora Garcia, William E. Jones, MPA, Carl Pope, Scott Reeder, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, among many others. Artist and designer Aaron Flint Jamison coordinated production of the edition at YU, Portland, OR. Sales will support the Contemporary Artists’ Books Conference, which for the first time will offer free admission to all visitors. For more information, call (212) 925-0325 or write shannon@printedmatter.org.

Loose Leaf: Publications as Assemblage, related exhibition

Semina, the art and literary journal published by artist Wallace Berman from 1955–1964, will be proudly featured alongside a number of other assembled magazines from the 1960–70s as part of “Loose Leaf.” This special exhibition will examine an era during which the composition of printed matter was performed, transmitted, and scrambled, generating new possibilities for published artworks. “Loose Leaf” is organized by David Senior, Museum of Modern Art Library.

CABC COMMITTEE:
Kate Adler
AA Bronson, NY Art Book Fair
Stephen Bury, Frick Art Reference Library
Matthew Carson, International Center for Photography Library
Deirdre Donohue, International Center for Photography Library
Ryan Evans, Museum of Modern Art Library
Ryan Haley, New York Public Library
Milan Hughston, Museum of Modern Art Library
Deirdre Lawrence, Brooklyn Museum Library
James Mitchell
Rachael Morrison, Museum of Modern Art Library
Faith Pleasanton
Sara Rubinow, Pratt Institute
Lori Salmon, Museum of Modern Art Library
David Senior, Museum of Modern Art Library
Jennifer Tobias, Museum of Modern Art Library
Tony White, Indiana University Library

About the NY Art Book Fair

Printed Matter, Inc. presents the sixth annual NY Art Book Fair, from September 30 to October 2, 2011, at MoMA PS1, Long Island City, Queens. A preview will be held on the evening of Thursday, September 29th. Free and open to the public, and featuring more than 200 exhibitors, the NY Art Book Fair is the world’s premier event for artists’ books, contemporary art catalogs and monographs, art periodicals, and artist zines. Exhibitors include international presses, booksellers, antiquarian dealers, artists and independent publishers from twenty-one countries.

Hours

Preview: Thursday, September 29, 6 pm–9 pm
Friday, September 30, 11 am–7 pm
Saturday, October 1, 11 am–7 pm
Sunday, October 2, 11 am–7 pm

Printed Matter, Inc.

Printed Matter, Inc. is an independent 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 1976 by artists and art workers with the mission to foster the appreciation, dissemination, and understanding of artists’ books and other artists’ publications.

Support

Printed Matter, Inc. has received support, in part, through grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, The Morris B. and Edith S. Cartin Family Foundation, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, The ERSTE Foundation, Furthermore: a program of the J.M. Kaplan Fund, The Gesso Foundation, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the Schoenstadt Family Foundation, Shapco Printing, Inc., the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and individuals worldwide.

www.nyartbookfair.com/conference
www.printedmatter.org

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In case you’re a budding artist, well, here is your opportunity: NOW is the time to apply for your MFA at this wonderful art school.

Good luck!

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September 19, 2011

Installation by Walt Ohnesorge-Fick, 2011 MFA Graduate Exhibition.

San Francisco Art Institute SFAI now accepting MFA applications for Spring 2012

The San Francisco Art Institute is currently accepting applications for the MFA program for the Spring 2012 term.

The priority deadline is October 15, 2011.

SFAI offers internationally regarded graduate programs in Design and Technology, Film, New Genres, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, and Sculpture. The programs reflect a legacy of studio-based practice that challenges students to consider the contemporary, traditional, and theoretical practices of art. These programs are founded on the tradition of experimental studio practice, academic rigor, and interdisciplinary discourse taught by SFAI’s distinguished faculty. We invite you to become part of a global community of artists and thinkers noted for their diverse, provocative, and innovative work.

Application information: www.sfai.edu/graduate-application-process, or contact the Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions, Jana Rumberger, at 415.351.3507 or jrumberger@sfai.edu.

Western Graduate Portfolio Day

On Sunday, October 9, the San Francisco Art Institute will be hosting the Western Graduate National Portfolio Day.

Graduate National Portfolio Days are designed for prospective students who are looking to further their education at the graduate level. Prospective MFA, MArch, and MA students will receive feedback on their portfolios from colleges accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. In addition, these sessions provide the opportunity to learn more about the curricula, faculty, and application procedures at participating schools. The event is free and open to the public.

Additional details on Graduate National Portfolio Day events can be found on the website.

SFAI Fall 2011 Graduate Admissions Events

SFAI’s Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions attends Graduate National Portfolio Days and other fall events in San Diego, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Portland, Seattle, and New York. Additional details can be found at www.sfai.edu/admissions-events.

San Francisco Art Institute

Founded in 1871, SFAI is one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious schools of higher education in contemporary art. Focusing on the interdependence of thinking, making, and learning, SFAI’s academic and public programs are dedicated to excellence and diversity. SFAI also strives to be a leader in promoting awareness of the relevance of the arts in contemporary culture.

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The Art Basel ~ Art Film Program – Highlights

One of my favorite programs of Art Basel, the Art Film Program, will be on all week long. The Art Film program at Art 42 Basel features a varied program of films by and about artists, screened at the Stadtkino Basel.

The nightly program from Tuesday to Sunday, curated by film scholar Marc Glöde (Berlin), presents films by artists including Jennifer Bornstein, Anna Gaskell, Anthony McCall, Nathalie Djurberg, Agnieszka Polska, Huang Ran, Lawrence Weiner and Sam Samore.

On Wednesday evening, This Brunner, the Zurich film connaisseur, will present the Swiss premiere of the feature-length 3D documentary film’The Cave of Forgotten Dreams’ (2010) by Werner Herzog.

Another highlight will be the Swiss premiere of Lawrence Weiner’s film ‘Dirty Eyes’ (2010) on Friday, followed by a conversation with Lawrence Weiner.

See the Art Basel 42 detailed, day-by-day art film program overview below.

About Art Basel

The premier annual art show, Art Basel feels like the summer reunion of the international artworld scene.  300+ galleries from 35 countries showcase contemporary art work by 2,500+ interesting artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Founded by a group of local gallerists, the first Art Basel took place in 1970 and the event has long ranked as the most prestigious annual art show worldwide.

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Art Film | Program Overview

TUESDAY | June 14
8pm | Stadtkino Basel | Landscapes of/for Theatricality | The screening is followed by a conversation with Huang Ran
10pm | Stadtkino Basel | Animated Worlds

WEDNESDAY | June 15
8pm | Cinema Rex | The Cave of Forgotten Dreams by Werner Herzog | 3D projection | Swiss Premiere | The screening is followed by a conversation with Harald Floss, Professor and Author, and Film Historian Marcy Goldberg.

THURSDAY | June 16
10pm | Stadtkino Basel | Landscapes of/for Theatricality | The screening is followed by a conversation with Anna Gaskell.

FRIDAY | June 17
8pm | Stadtkino Basel | Dirty Eyes by Lawrence Weiner | Swiss Premiere | The screening is followed by a conversation with Lawrence Weiner.
10pm | Stadtkino Basel | Animated Worlds

SATURDAY | June 18
11am | Cinema Rex | The Cave of Forgotten Dreams by Werner Herzog | 3D projection
8pm | Stadtkino Basel | Hallucinations/Paradise by Sam Samore | European Premiere | The screening is followed by a conversation with Sam Samore.
10pm | Stadtkino Basel | Dirty Eyes by Lawrence Weiner | The screening is followed by a conversation with Lawrence Weiner.

SUNDAY | June 19
11am | Stadtkino Basel | Hallucinations/Paradise by Sam Samore

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(image source: Galleri Bo Bjerggaard)

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Art Film | Program Details
The Cave of Forgotten Dreams | 2010 | by Werner Herzog | 3D projection | Swiss Premiere, Running Time 95′
Since the Chauvet Cave’s discovery in 1994, access has been extremely restricted due to concerns that overexposure, even to human breath, could damage the priceless drawings. Only a small number of researchers have ever seen the art in person. Legendary film director Werner Herzog gains exclusive permission to film inside the Chauvet Caves of southern France, capturing the oldest known pictorial creations of humankind. Putting 3D technology to profound use, he takes us back over 30,000 years in time.
Curated by This Brunner

The screening on June 15 is followed by a conversation with Harald Floss, Professor and Author, and Film Historian Marcy Goldberg.
The screening on June 18 is followed by a conversation with Jürgen Wertheimer, Professor and Author, and Film Historian Marcy Goldberg.

Landscapes of/for Theatricality | Curated by Marc Glöde, Running Time 59′
The program addresses questions relating to theatricality in the landscape and the theatricality of the landscape. The screened works alternate between performances in landscapes and processes in which landscapes themselves become performative, raising questions about the relationship between body, image, and space.
Anna Gaskell | SOSW Ballet, 2011, 27’04” | Galerie Gisela Capitain
Chen Quilin | Garden, 2011, 14’36” | Long March Space
Huang Ran | Blithe Tragedy, 2010, 14’52” | Long March Space
Elina Brotherus | Bright, bright day, 2010, 2’19” | gb agency
Jennifer Bornstein | Frauenkörperbewegungsbilder, 2011, 5’15” | greengrassi
Anthony McCall | Landscape for Fire, 1972, 7’05” | Galerie Thomas Zander, Sprüth Magers
Anthony McCall | Landscape for White Squares, 1972, 1’45” | Galerie Thomas Zander
Anthony McCall | Earthwork, 1972, 1’45” | Galerie Thomas Zander
The screening on Tuesday, June 14, is followed by a conversation with Huang Ran.
The screening on Thursday, June 16, is followed by a conversation with Anna Gaskell.

Animated Worlds | Curated by Marc Glöde, Running Time 35′
This program brings together some of the most interesting new and historical trends in animated film. A cross-section of works ranging from clay animation to the latest developments in CAD demonstrates the diversity and aesthetic scope of the medium.
Keiichi Tanaami | Good-Bye Marilyn, 1971, 4’25” | Nanzuka Underground
Per Dybvig | Hunter Hare Dog, 2009-2010, 6’51” | Christine König Galerie
Magnus Wallin | Elements, 2011, 5′ | Galerie Nordenhake, Elastic Gallery
Agnieszka Polska | The Forgetting of Proper Names, 2009, 3’45” | ak Branicka foundation
Józef Robakowski | The Dynamic Rectangle, 1971, 3′ | ak Branicka foundation
Józef Robakowski | Attention: Light!, 2004, 5′ | ak Branicka foundation
Nathalie Djurberg | Untitled, 2010, 6′ 05”, Music by Hans Berg | Gió Marconi Gallery

Dirty Eyes | 2010 | by Lawrence Weiner | Swiss Premiere | Konrad Fischer Galerie, Mai 36 Galerie, Running Time 49′
Lawrence Weiner’s latest film, ‘Dirty Eyes,’ probes cinematic conditions per se. In conjunction with the conceptual text pieces that typify his work, cinematic images transmute into questions about the specific conditions of looking and seeing.
Curated by Marc Glöde
Both screenings are followed by a conversation with Lawrence Weiner and Art Film curator Marc Glöde.

Hallucinations/Paradise | 2010 | by Sam Samore | European Premiere | Galerie Gisela Capitain, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Running Time 70′
In his most recent film the American artist Sam Samore tells the story of three couples who have moved from other cities to Shanghai. Oscillating between reality and fiction, the story is told in a non-linear way and reminds the viewer of fragmented fairy tales or dream sequences. Samore describes ‘Hallucinations/Paradise’ as ‘a fable about everyday life, madness, love and Shanghai.’
Curated by Marc Glöde
The screening on Saturday, June 18, is followed by a conversation with Sam Samore and Art Film curator Marc Glöde.

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1. MA Curatorial & Critical Studies;  Frankfurt, Germany

2. Gwangji Bienanale Int’l Curator Course, China

3. MFA Graduate Programs, Maryland Institute College of Art, US

The opportunities to study art are as diverse as art itself.

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1. Goethe University Frankfurt / The State Academy of Fine Arts – Staedelschule

Two-year Master of Arts Program by Goethe University Frankfurt and the State Academy of Fine Arts – Staedelschule – in cooperation with Staedel Museum, Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, the MMK Museum fuer Moderne Kunst Frankfurt, the Historisches Museum Frankfurt and the Weltkulturen Museum Frankfurt am  Main

Start: Winter Semester (Wintersemester) 2011/12

Application deadline: May 31, 2011
www.kuratierenundkritik.net

Master of Arts Program in Curatorial and Critical Studies

Conception:

The main focus of this Master of Arts Program Curatorial Studies – Theorie – Geschichte – Kritik is the scholarly examination of the complex tasks of curating and art criticism, with an emphasis on their theoretical and practical application. It is the aim of this program to combine an object-related approach with theoretical expertise. While other programs have primarily focused on contemporary art, here the examination of curating and art criticism includes earlier periods and different fields of cultural studies as well.

In a globalized art world, and in response to developments within contemporary art, the presentation of art and art historical objects has become a complex challenge, which necessitates the consideration of art historical as well as cultural, social, political and philosophical aspects. Museums and other art institutions have to face the task of rephrasing the notion of the public realm. The repercussions apply not only to institutions directly involved with contemporary art. In fact, the shift is as fundamental as to be of concern to the operations of traditional art historical, ethnological and historical collections.

Program description:

The Master’s study program provides prospective curators, exhibition organizers and art critics with a theoretical and practical basis for their future occupation. Already during their master’s program, students have the opportunity to combine academic expertise with curatorial skills and practical knowledge. The Frankfurt program of study features a cooperation—unique in Germany—of committed university departments, outstanding museums and an internationally renowned academy of fine arts.

Program structure:

During the first year students are in constant contact with the cooperating museums. University seminars provide an opportunity for the participants to extend their expertise. Furthermore, criteria and categories of art criticism as well as academic principles of art theory and aesthetics will be discussed.

A course module on the history of the museum and exhibitions complements the program. A two-month-long internship, preferably resulting in the collaboration on an exhibition project, offers insight into the curatorial departments of a museum or exhibition institution. Fundamental to the second year is the development of the master’s thesis, and in-depth work on object-related approaches combined with theoretical inquiry.

Exams:

The master’s thesis consists of the theoretical and methodical substantiation of a curatorial and critical project, yet there is no set format. A scholarly text is obligatory in each case. One part of the master’s thesis may be submitted in a different format, for example an exhibition concept or a documentation of an exhibition.

The degree "Master of Arts" (MA) is being jointly awarded by Goethe-University and the Staedelschule; respective competencies acquired will be certified by a "Diploma supplement".

The Master of Arts Program Curatorial Studies – Theorie –Geschichte –Kritik creates the opportunity for admission to a subject-specific doctorate.

Teaching Staff and Lecturers:

Staff includes university teachers at Goethe-University and the Staedelschule as well as directors and curators of the Staedel Museum, Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, the MMK Museum fuer Moderne Kunst Frankfurt, the Historisches Museum Frankfurt, the Museum der Weltkulturen and the Portikus. Additional experts will be brought in for individual events and projects. The program is taught in German and English. Proficiency in English is expected.

Number of Students:

Annual admission of between 12 and 15 students ensures a small and intensive research experience in specially arranged seminars and events.

Application requirements:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent degree with a minimum of 6 semesters, with at least 120 CPs in art history, archaeology, art education, philosophy, ethnology or history. Fine art graduates may also apply.

Applications must be sent in by August 31, 2010 (postmark), and include a single-page statement of purpose (SoP), résumé (CV) as well as copies of relevant certificates, to the following address:

Kunstgeschichtliches Institut der Goethe-Universitaet, Studiengang Curatorial Studies – Theorie – Geschichte – Kritik, Senckenberganlage 31, 60325 Frankfurt. Please also send your application via email to the following address: kuratierenundkritik@kunst.uni-frankfurt.de. Further information on the program and the application process is available on our website.

2.

Gwangju Biennale

Call for Applications: The 3rd Gwangju Biennale International Curator Course

August 8–September 3, 2011

Application deadline: May 17, 2011

http://www.gb.or.kr

? Hosted by the Gwangju Biennale Foundation & the Metropolitan City of Gwangju
? Chaired by Yongwoo Lee (Executive Vice President, Gwangju Biennale)
? Directed by Co-Directors, 2011 Gwangju Design Biennale (Ai Weiwei, Seung H-sang) 
Co-Artistic Directors, 2012 Gwangju Biennale (Nancy Adajania, Wassan Al-Khudhairi, Mami Kataoka, Sunjung Kim, Carol Yinghua Lu)
? Visiting Professor: Ute Meta Bauer (Associate Professor & Director of Program in Art, Culture, and Technology at MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning)
? Sponsored by Chosun University

The Gwangju Biennale hosts its third edition of International Curator Course. The course, which has attracted much attention from young curators across the globe since its inception in 2009, takes place in parallel with the Gwangju Biennale and the Gwangju Design Biennale.

The visiting professor for this year’s course will be Ute Meta Bauer, an internationally acclaimed curator and professor at MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning. She was co-curator of Documenta11 (2002), artistic director of the 3rd Berlin Biennale (2004), and founding director of the Office for Contemporary Art Norway (2002–2005.) Her exhibitions include Architectures of Discourse at the Fundació Antoni Tàpies in Barcelona (2001), First Story – Women Building / New Narratives for 21 Century, a main exhibition for the European Cultural Capital Porto 2001 and the Mobile_Transborder Archive for InSite05, Tijuana /San Diego. Most recently she served as the director of SITAC VI What’s left…What remains? SITAC VI (Mexico City 2008.) The first visiting professor was Barbara Vanderlinden, founder and artistic director of the Brussels Biennial, followed by Dan Cameron, artistic director of Prospect New Orleans Biennial.

This year, the course will include practice in preparation of the 4th Gwangju Design Biennale, which will start on September 2. The key subject of the course is the Exhibition as Communicative Space and will include: discussions about criticism and analysis of comprehensive phenomenon of how contemporary art, design, architecture, sound and performance, and publications as dominant art forms of visual culture adapt, co-exist, and conflict with market system; the course will reflect upon creative responses to conflict and crisis versus problems of value judgment on today’s market-led cultural phenomenon and cultural movement, and the role of curator as a cultural translator and mediator between the two; and exploration of alternatives for ecological health of increasingly globalized art and culture.

The course consists of special lectures by visiting professor Bauer along with discussions and practices under the guidance of artistic directors and curators of 2011 Gwangju Design Biennale as well as 2012 Gwangju Biennale. Co-Directors of 2011 Gwangju Design Biennale, Co-Artistic Directors of 2012 Gwangju Biennale, Prof. Maurizio Bortolotti of NABA, Milan, and Nader Tehrani, architect and Head of Department of Architecture at MIT who participates in 2011 Gwangju Design Biennale will join the lectures and seminars.

The course will be delivered in English. Participants will have the opportunity to take part in the process of installation and preparation for the biennale as assistants of artistic directors and curators. They will make group presentations in the final week before guests including biennale participating artists and curators. Visits to museums, galleries, and artists’ studios in Gwangju and Seoul are also scheduled.

The Gwangju Biennale will grant tuition and accommodation to participants during the entire course in Gwangju. Participants will be responsible for their roundtrip airfares to Gwangju and living expenses during their stay in Gwangju. Since the course aims to give young curators opportunities to receive in-depth training, an age restriction has been set at 35 and under.

The application must include:

1. Application form (download from http:// www.gb.or.kr)
2. Curriculum Vitae
3. Motivational statement illustrating the applicant’s interests and explaining the reason for application (1,000 words max.)
4. A copy of the most relevant published texts and reports of realized curatorial projects.

Send your application by email: curatorcourse@gb.or.kr

3. Maryland Institute College of Art

Graduate Programs at MICA Provide Cutting-edge Approaches to Art & Design

New MPS in Information Visualization

http://www.mica.edu

For over a decade, MICA has created robust educational programs that balance fine arts with design and electronic arts. This trend continues as the college offers an expanded array of graduate offerings, launching six new and innovative programs in 2011. MICA is also developing additional programs for 2012, including a MPS in Information Visualization, the first professional degree of its kind offered by an art college.

New Graduate Programs at MICA

The MFA in Curatorial Practice, the first such MFA in the country, prepares students to expand the definition of the practice and bring new audiences to visual art through a variety of curatorial projects.

The MFA in Community Arts program allows artists to use their artmaking in support of community development and investigate the relationship of the citizen artist to community building.

MFA in Illustration Practice candidates elevate their artistic and business abilities, blend media within new cultural contexts, and integrate research and critical analysis into their work.

MA in Social Design candidates explore the belief that social change can happen through design by participating in collaborative projects supporting a range of community-defined objectives.

The unique MPS in the Business of Art and Design provides a comprehensive, highly concentrated education in business management specifically for artists, designers, and related professions.

The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Graphic Design offers students an intensive immersion in the practice, preparing them for advancing their careers and applying to competitive MFA programs.

In Development for 2012

The MPS in Information Visualization, the first such program offered by an art college, will allow artists and designers to translate their existing skills to the visualization industry and related fields. The program is designed for artists and designers as well as professionals in fields where the access to and management of large amounts of complex data through visualization is essential—including architecture, urban planning, homeland security, strategic planning, health, social networks and more.

Additional Graduate Programming at MICA

• Graphic Design (MFA)
• Hoffberger School of Painting (MFA)
• Mount Royal School of Art  (Multidisciplinary MFA)
• Photographic & Electronic Media (MFA)
• Rinehart School of Sculpture (MFA)
• Studio Art (Summer Low-Residency MFA)
• Art Education (Online/Low-Residency MA)
• Community Arts (MA)
• Teaching (MAT)

Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Fine Arts

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• Art and Design Education
• Fashion Design
• Film/Video and Photography

All three departments are located on Pratt’s historic 25-acre campus in the culturally rich and diverse neighborhood of Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. We seek exceptional applicants who will bring the experience necessary to assume the academic and administrative leadership of their respective departments, and the vision to build for the future. These administrative appointments carry a 12-month per year workload and a three-year contract that may be renewed.

Pratt provides one of the most comprehensive professional art and design educations available, supported by a distinguished faculty and exceptional technical and studio resources. Gifted students from across the United States and around the world collaborate and learn at Pratt, weaving creative energy and opportunity into an unmatched educational experience.

The faculty is composed of professional artists, designers, critics, historians, and practitioners, whose works, projects, and publications are recognized and respected around the world and whose ranks include numerous recipients of prestigious awards such as the Tiffany, Fulbright, and Guggenheim fellowships.
Two major objectives guide every department. The first is an emphasis on professional skills development. The school’s students gain the techniques, skills, methodology, and vocabulary required for success as productive artists, designers, and scholars.

The second objective—imperative so that professional expertise is not simply technical training—is development of the critical judgment and historical perspective needed to become a problem solver. Art and design history, melded with studies in the liberal arts and sciences, provide the context for stimulating intellectual and creative inquiry.

In addition to the outstanding curricula and faculty, the School of Art and Design offers a diverse range of degree offerings. Art and design programs are also enriched by Pratt’s distinguished professional programs in architecture and in information and library science, all within the broader cultural campus of New York City.

RESPONSIBILITIES of the chair will include oversight of budget and course scheduling; curriculum development, program reviews, and assessment; recruitment of faculty and students; participation in fundraising and development; and establishment of linkages with relevant professional organizations and leading practitioners.

QUALIFICATIONS:
Art and Design Education
We require an earned doctorate in a related field (ABD considered); at least five years of administrative management experience, preferably in higher education; a minimum of five years of college level teaching experience; and recognized standing in the field. Applicants must have proven achievement in publications and/or scholarship.

Fashion Design
We require a terminal degree in fashion design or its equivalent in a related field; at least five years of administrative management experience, preferably in higher education; a minimum of five years of college level teaching experience with the rank of associate or full professor; and recognized leadership in the field. Achievement in publications and/or scholarship is a plus.
Film/Video
Applicants must have proven professional achievement in the discipline of film/video. A record of film broadcasts and/or exhibitions is desirable; a record of publications and/or scholarship is a plus. We require a terminal degree or its equivalent in film, video or a related field; at least five years of administrative management experience, preferably in higher education; a minimum of five years of college level teaching experience with the rank of associate or full professor; and recognized standing in the field.

SALARY: Commensurate with experience and qualifications.

TO APPLY: Review of applications will continue until position is filled. Please submit your cover letter, CV, and the names and contact information for three professional references electronically to:

Chair Search Committee: Art and Design Education
EDChair@pratt.edu – Use subject line A&D Art & Design Education Chair
Chair Search Committee: Fashion Design
FDchair@pratt.edu – Use subject line: A&D Fashion Design Chair
Chair Search Committee: Film/Video
FVChair@pratt.edu – Use subject line A&D Film/Video Chair

PRATT INSTITUTE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND RECOGNIZES AND VALUES THE BENEFITS OF A DIVERSE WORKFORCE.

http://www.pratt.edu

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Last Saturday, November 13, 2010, the New Museum unveiled acclaimed German artist Isa Genzken’s first public artwork in the United States, installed on the façade of the Museum’s building on the Bowery. Standing twenty-eight feet tall, Genzken’s Rose
II (2007) is the second work to be presented as part of the New Museum’s ongoing Façade Sculpture Program since the building’s completion in December 2007. A crucial figure in Post-war contemporary art, Genzken is a sculptor whose work re-imagines architecture,
assemblage, and installation, giving form to new plastic environments and precarious structures. The artist represented Germany at the 2007 Venice Biennale and has shown her work in leading museums across Europe.

Part of original image by Naho Kubota

She was among a group of prominent international artists featured in the exhibition “Unmonumental,” the survey that inaugurated the New Museum’s SANAA building. Genzken’s first Rose was created in 1993 and reprised in 2007. The work can be seen as the culmination of a practice that explores the way we perceive objects and images through our senses; the implications of scale; and the integration of architecture, nature, and mass culture.

Although Genzken is a longtime resident of Berlin, she has had a forty-year love affair with New York City, which began when she first visited as a student. Looking back on
that experience, she commented, “To me, New York had a direct link with sculpture…(It) is a city of incredible stability and solidity.” The installation of Rose II can be seen as a tribute to a place Genzken continues to love. Rose II will remain on view through 2011. The New Museum Façade Sculpture Program is made possible by an endowment established by The
Jacques and Natasha Gelman Trust. Rose II is on extended loan, courtesy David Zwirner Gallery, New York.

About the Artist

Isa Genzken’s diverse practice draws on the legacies of Constructivism and Minimalism and often involves a critical, open dialogue with Modernist architecture and contemporary visual and material culture.

Using plaster, cement, building samples, photographs, and bric-a-brac, Genzken creates architectonic structures that have been described as contemporary ruins. She further incorporates mirrors and other reflective surfaces to literally draw the viewer into her work. As part of her deep-set interest in urban space, she also arranges complex, and often disquieting, installations with mannequins, dolls, photographs, and an array of found objects.

Born in 1948 in Bad Oldesloe, Germany, Isa Genzken studied fine arts and art history in Hamburg, Berlin, and Cologne before completing her studies at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in 1977.

Genzken was the subject of a major retrospective in 2009, jointly organized by the Museum Ludwig, Cologne and the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London. She represented Germany at the Venice Biennale in 2007, and other notable solo exhibitions in the past decade include Malmö Konsthall, Sweden (2008); the Camden Arts Center, London (2006); the Photographers Gallery, London (2005); the Kunsthalle Zürich (2003); and the Städtlische Galerie im Lenbachhaus Kunstbau, Munich (2003).

Her work is included in the collections of many prominent institutions internationally, including the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; the Generali Foundation, Vienna; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; the Museum Ludwig, Cologne; and the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven. Genzken lives and works in Berlin.

Façade Sculpture Program at the New Museum

The first artwork for the Façade Sculpture Program was installed in December 2007. Ugo
Rondinone’s Hell, Yes! (2001), was unveiled on the façade to celebrate the opening of the New Museum’s first freestanding building at 235 Bowery. The sculpture quickly became such a pivotal part of the Museum’s new identity that it was acquired and donated to the New Museum by several museum trustees. The New Museum plans to reinstall Hell, Yes! in another location soon. The Façade Sculpture Program is made possible by an endowment established by The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Trust.

The New Museum

The New Museum is the only museum in New York City exclusively devoted to contemporary art. Founded in 1977, the New Museum was conceived as a center for exhibitions, information, and documentation about living artists from around the world. From its beginnings as a one-room office on Hudson Street to the inauguration of its first freestanding, dedicated building on the Bowery designed by SANAA in 2007, the New Museum continues to be a hub of new art and new ideas and is a place of ongoing experimentation about what art and arts institutions can be in the twenty-first century.

source: newmuseum.org

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Art Basel Miami Beach is seen as one of the more important cultural events in the US, where works from artists represented by the major galleries of the world are shown. Besides the exhibition at the Miami Beach Convention Center, further cultural activities are programmed in other spaces of the locality. Such is the case of Art Public, in which works are sited in the public streets, parks, and corners of Miami Beach.

Art Public, curated this year for the second time by Patrick Charpenel of Guadalajara, Mexico, features 9 projects by internationally renowned artists from seven countries. The projects will be installed in the outdoor public spaces of Miami Beach, within close proximity to the Oceanfront area and the Miami Beach Convention Center.

The 2010 edition of Art Public will present works that engage directly with the viewer, interrupting the daily routine of passersby in poetic and surprising ways. Most of the works are site-specific and commissioned for Art Basel Miami Beach, including the projects by François Bucher and Minerva Cuevas; Fyodor Pavlov Andreevich will present a new site-specific performance.

One of the nine exihibitions will be of the art by Andrea Bowers. Andrea is an artist who works in Los Angeles. Her sign piece, ‘Educate, Agitate, Organize’ based on the iconic American labor slogan, was originally chosen as a gesture of solidarity towards the University of California teachers and students who were facing extreme budget cuts. The slogan also acts as a mantra for her artistic practice. With this work Bowers argues that radical education is intimately connected to active citizenry. Also the artist’s sign is a reminder that art works have historically functioned as agents for social change, and that social movements have always relied on graphic and aesthetic imagery to agitate, educate and organize.

2010 Art Projects at Public Art, Art Basel Miami Beach

Andrea Bowers: Educate, Agitate, Organize, 2010 / Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
François Bucher: The Man Who Disappeared, 2010 / Proyectos Monclova, México
John Chamberlain: Piquanteagle, 2009 / Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco
Carlos Cruz-Diez: Color Aditivo, 1975-2010 / Sicardi Gallery, Houston
Minerva Cuevas: Atlas (Homage to Jean Vigo), 2010 / kurimanzutto, México D.F.
Runa Islam: Magical Consciousness, 2010 / White Cube, London
Marco Maggi: Global Myopia, 2010 / Josée Bienvenu Gallery, New York
Jorge Méndez Blake: There is no Easy Way from the Earth to the Stars, 2010 /
OMR, México, Meessen De Clercq, Bruxelles
Fyodor Pavlov Andreevich: The Great Vodka River, 2010 / Galeria Luciana Brito, São Paulo

A detailed description of each project: www.artbasel.com/public

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and has been sub-divided into four evenings with different themes.

On Saturday evening, This Brunner, the Zurich film connaisseur, will present “Women Without Men” (2009) by Shirin Neshat which won the Golden Lion of the 2009 Venice Filmfestival. The evening will be followed by a Q&A with Shirin Neshat, moderated by the Swiss filmmaker Samir.

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ART BASEL ~ 41 ART FILMS ~ PROGRAM DETAILS

Tuesday, June 1

5, 10 p.m.:

And This Is How The Story Goes…

Total running time approximately 78 minutes, curated by Marc Glöde
Second screening, Wednesday, June 16, 10 a.m.
Telling stories – weird, smart, abstract, straightforward, complicated… it is the neverending fascination for the filmic narrative that connects this diverse corpus of films. In the range of different formats these works unfold the question “What is narration?”
Michaela Meise “Lettre to the Eltern” 2010 / 18’35" (Johann König)
Rä di Martino “August 2008” 2009 / 5′ (Monitor)
Guy Ben-Ner “If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate” 2009 / 16’30" (Konrad Fischer Galerie)
Mario Pfeifer “Untitled (Two Guys)” 2008 / 7’30" (Koch Oberhuber Wolff)
Korpys/Löffler “Stadt von Morgen” 2007 / 16’30" (Meyer Riegger)
Sean Snyder “Casio, Seiko, Sheraton, Toyota, Mars” 2004/2005 / 13’09" (Galerie Neu)
Sean Snyder “Afghanistan” 2009 / 2’10" (Galerie Neu)

Wednesday, June 16, 10 p.m.:

 Reference Points

Total running time approximately 71 minutes, curated by Marc Glöde
Second screening, Thursday, June 17, 10 a.m.
Relating to different dynamics of the world is one of the crucial interests in new film positions. This program brings together some of the most remarkable works that ask questions about the relation to the medium, about iconic figures, about historical aspects or just about the self.
Clemens von Wedemeyer “Found Footage (the Fourth Wall Project)” 2009 / 31′ (Galerie Jocelyn Wolff)
Ryan Gander “Basquiat” 2008 / 5’30" (gb agency)
Laurent Grasso “Satellite” 2006 / 9’50" (Sean Kelly Gallery)
Jeanne Faust “Reconstructing Damon Albarn in Kinshasa” 2010 / 9′ (Meyer Riegger)
Alexandra Leykauf “uit de bibliotheek van Wolfgang Frommelt” 2009 / 10’40" (Sassa Trülzsch)
Isabell Heimerdinger “Good Friends” 2010 / 4’30" (Mehdi Chouakri)

Thursday, June 17, 10 p.m.:

Focus Japan

Total running time approximately 61 minutes, curated by Marc Glöde in cooperation with Taka Ishii Gallery and Galerie Daniel Buchholz
Second screening, Friday, June 18, 10 a.m.
This program introduces the historical Japanese film avant-garde movement of Jikken Kobo/Experimental Workshop (1951–1958). The program subsequently presents contemporary films by both Japanese and European artists in an attempt to consider the relationship and mutual influence of a lesser-known Japanese post-war aesthetic on a present generation of artists.
Katsuhiro Yamaguchi / Toshio Matsumoto “The Silver Wheel” 1955 / 11’57"
(National Film Center, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokio)
Kiyoji Otsuji “Kinecalligraph” 1955/86 / 4’26" (Taka Ishii Gallery)
Takashi Ishida “Wall of the Sean” 2007 / 12′ (Taka Ishii Gallery)
Cerith Wyn Evans “Still Life with Phrenology Head” 1979 / 14′
(Taka Ishii Gallery and Galerie Daniel Buchholz)
Ei Arakawa “Peaceboat Revisiting MRTA” 2009 / 3’26" (Taka Ishii Gallery)
Florian Pumhösl “EI335721443JP” 2010 / 15’10" (Galerie Daniel Buchholz)
The screening is followed by a Q&A with Japanese art critic Minoru Shimizu and Art Film curator Marc Glöde.
Friday, June 18, 10 p.m.: Dark, Blurred And Diffused
Total running time approximately 73 minutes, curated by Marc Glöde
Second screening, Saturday, June 19, 10 a.m.
Dark spaces and diffused atmospheres shape the works that this program brings together. From historical works to new approaches, these films lead us into spaces that range from the uncanny and the irritating to the abstract and the archival.
Gerhard Richter “Volker Bradke” 1966 / 14’32" (Gerhard Richter Archiv Dresden)
Cerith Wyn Evans “I’ve been fooled by love” 2009 / 8’21" (Galerie Neu)
Tobias Zielony “Big Sexyland” 2008 / 3’10" (Koch Oberhuber Wolff)
Tobias Zielony “The Deboard” 2008 / 7’23" (Koch Oberhuber Wolff)
Gabriele Zimmermann and Helmut Nothelfer “US-Waffenschau in Berlin-West, Flughafen Tempelhof” 1972 / 7’18" (Galerie Thomas Zander)
Michael Wutz “Tales, Lies and Exaggerations” 2010 / 9′ (Aurel Scheibler)
Amy Granat “Untitled (Sabotage)” 2007 / 8’56" (Galerie Eva Presenhuber)
Hans Op de Beek “Extensions” 2009 / 10’58" (Galerie Krinzinger)
Joachim Koester “To navigate, in a genuine way, in the unknown necessitates an attitude of daring, but not one of recklessness (movements generated from the Magical Passes of Carlos Castaneda)” 2009 / 3’30" (Jan Mot)

ART FILMS, ART BASEL HIGHLIGHT

Saturday, June 19, 8 p.m.:

Women Without Men

Video clip (not suitable for children)

Running time 99 minutes, curated by This Brunner
Second screening, Sunday, June 20, 10 a.m.

Against the tumultuous backdrop of Iran’s 1953 CIA-backed coup d’état, the destinies of four women converge in a beautiful orchard, where they find independence, solace and companionship.

Acclaimed video artist Shirin Neshat makes her directorial debut with this incisive and sumptuously filmed reflection on the pivotal moment in history that directly led to the Islamic revolution and the Iran we know today.

Shirin Neshat “Women Without Men” 2009 / 99′ (Coproduction Office)
The screening is followed by a Q&A with Shirin Neshat, moderated by the Swiss filmmaker Samir.

Part allegory, part historical drama, Women Without Men chronicles the lives of five women living in Tehran during the British- and American-backed coup of the democratically elected government in 1953. Among them are Munis, a woman struggling against the restrictions of her fundamentalist brother; Farrokhlaqa, an upper-class wife frustrated with her passionless marriage to a general; Zarin, a young sex trade worker who becomes overwhelmed by her conditions; Mahdokht, who is struggling with the loss of her virginity; and Faezeh, a women obsessed with marrying her friend Munis’ brother. Though the women’s daily lives are depicted with a grainy realism, the film eventually gives way to saturated colours and fantastical panoramas as each of the protagonists finds her way to an enchanted garden without men.

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This Fall the art world in Scandinavia will gather in response to existing plans in Bergen to establish a biennial in the city in 2011.  The three-day conference will constitute one of the most extensive discussion about biennials to date.It will take place in Bergen Kunsthall, Norway.

BERGEN KUNSTHALL

BERGEN BIENNIAL CONFERENCE
17. SEPTEMBER – 20. SEPTEMBER 2009
Rasmus Meyers alle 5
5015 Bergen
Norway