American Art and Architecture Call for Papers

PCA/ACA National Convention

Atlanta 2006

The Art and Architecture Area of the American Culture Association

is seeking proposals for papers for the PCA/ACA Annual Conference

in Atlanta, April 12 to 15, 2006.

Any aspect of American Visual Culture will be considered. Open Sessions are

scheduled along with Theme Sessions.

Proposals for papers for three and four person panels on any topic related to Art and Architecture in North America may be submitted by e-mail to either the A&A Area Chair or to the Theme Session Chairs noted below.

Send a 150 to 200 word abstract, a one-page CV by October 15, 2005 (addresses below).

NOTE: AV equipment will be DVD players and TV monitors only. You may bring

a laptop and S-Video cable to do presentations in that manner, if you choose.

For more conference information: http://www.h-net.org/~pcaaca

GENERAL SESSIONS:

Send to A&A Area Chair Robert Sheardy

sheardyr_at_ferris.edu or sheardyr_at_aol.com

THEME SESSIONS:

Art Critics and Their Critics: Especially the influence of the writings of

Clement Greenberg on criticism of the Modernist Period and reactions to

Modernist criticism in the Post-Modern era.

Alice Goldfarb-Marquise

amarquise_at_aol.com

Identity Theft! Portraits and Self Portraits: Especially Native Artists and Art

Representing Natives from Colonial Times to the Present.

Robert Sheardy

sheardyr_at_aol.com or sheardyr_at_ferris.edu

Transcendentalism and its Effects on American Art; or Vice Versa:

On the Influence of Transcendentalist Thought on Nineteenth Century

American Art--Especially Landscape Painting

Mark Sullivan

mark.sullivan_at_villanova.edu

Public Place/Public Space: On the Role of Contemporary Art in the Transformation

of Public Space; Defining the Difference in Public and Private Space, Funding, and

Challenging Our Perceptions of Art

Dean Turner

rdturner01_at_comcast.net

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