The Midwest Art History Society (MAHS) will hold its annual conference in Chicago on April 7-9, 2016. For further information about the conference and a Call For Papers, please go to the MAHS Newsletter: http://files.ctctcdn.com/8bc01baa001/ed6c3a64-9d4f-4cb9-8622-21dbe5fc0872.pdf.

Jointly sponsored by the Art Institute of Chicago, Loyola University, Columbia College, and DePaul University, the conference is chaired by Mark Pohlad, Associate Professor in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at DePaul University. Gloria Groom, Chair of European Painting and Sculpture, and David and Mary Winton Green Curator at the Art Institute of Chicago, will give the plenary address on Vincent Van Gogh’s Bedroom paintings, a topic chosen to coincide with the subject of a major Art Institute exhibition on display in spring, 2016.

Please consider presenting a paper in one of the many sessions listed below. Session abstracts may be found in the MAHS Newsletter. Thanks!
Best wishes,
Susan Solway

Alternative Exhibition Spaces
Tricia Van Eck, Founder & Director of 6018 North, Chicago (tricia6018north.org)

Art for All Seasons–Art and Sculpture in Parks and Gardens
Wendy N. DePaolis, University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum (wendy.n.depaolisgmail.com)

Black Arts Movement
Marissa Baker, University of Illinois, Chicago (mbaker21uic.edu)

Bookish: The Global World of Artists' Books in Chicago
Co-Chairs:
Hannah B. Higgins University of Illinois, Chicago (higginsuic.edu)
Nicole L. Woods, University of Notre Dame (nwoodsnd.edu)

The Chicago Bauhaus: A Force of Modernism
Susan J. Baker, University of Houston-Downtown (bakersuhd.edu)

Chicago Design: Histories and Narratives
Co-chairs:
Jonathan Mekinda, University of Illinois, Chicago (mekindauic.edu)
Bess Williamson, Stiles School of the Art Institute of Chicago (swilliamson1saic.edu)

The Chicago World's Fair: A Re-evaluation
Navjotika Kumar, Kent State University (navjotikagmail.com)

Curatorial Programs in Higher Education
Lorelei Stewart, University of Illinois, Chicago, Gallery400.uic.edu (loreleiuic.edu)

El Arte in the Midwest
Jamie L. Ratliff, University of Minnesota, Duluth (jratliffd.umn.edu)

‘Good and Plenty?’: The Successes and Pitfalls of Fellowships and Grants for the Visual Arts
Lindsay J. Twa, Augustana College (twaaugie.edu)

International Art Collections of Chicago
Onur Öztürk, Columbia College Chicago (oozturkcolum.edu)

Native American Images in Modern and Contemporary Art
Soo Kang, Chicago State University (skangcsu.edu)

The Personal is Political– Feminist Social Practice
Neysa Page-Lieberman, Columbia College Chicago (npage-liebermancolum.edu)

The Social Role of the Portrait
Amy M. Mooney, Columbia College Chicago (amooneycolum.edu)

Undergraduate Research Session
Valerie Hedquist, University of Montana (Valerie.Hedquistmso.umt.edu)

OPEN SESSIONS:

African
Amy Mickelson, St. Thomas University, St. Paul (amnygaardstthomas.edu)

American
Patricia Smith Scanlan, independent art historian, Chicago (patrsmitumail.iu.edu)

Ancient
Omur Hamansah, University of Illinois, Chicago (omuruic.edu)

Architecture
Cheryl Bachand, DePaul University (cbachanddepaul.edu)

Asian
Curt Hansman, DePaul University (chansmandepaul.edu)

Contemporary
Miguel Alvar deBaca, Lake Forest College (debacamx.lakeforest.edu)

History of Photography
David Travis, Columbia College Chicago/formerly Art Institute of Chicago (davidbtravisgmail.com)

Islamic Art and Architecture
Bilha Moor, Northwestern University (bilha.moornorthwestern.edu)

Italian Renaissance/Baroque
Marilyn Dunn, Loyola University, Chicago (mdunnluc.edu)

Latin American and Pre-Columbian
Ellen Taylor Baird, University of Illinois, Chicago (etbairduic.edu)

Medieval
Susan Solway, DePaul University (ssolwaydepaul.edu)

Nineteenth-Century Art
Christine Bentley, Missouri Southern State University (Bentley-Cmssu.edu)

Northern Renaissance
Ann M. Roberts, Lake Forest College (robertsmx.lakeforest.edu)

Prints and Drawings
Suzanne Karr Schmidt, Art Institute of Chicago (skarrschmidtartic.edu)

Recent Acquisitions in Midwest Collections
Jonathan Canning, Loyola University Museum of Art (Jcanni3luc.edu)

Technology and Digital Media
Catherine Zurybida, DePaul University (CZURYBIDdepaul.edu)

Twentieth-Century Art
William B. Sieger, Northeastern Illinois University (w-siegerneiu.edu)

Susan Solway, Ph.D.
Professor and Founding Chair
Department of History of Art and Architecture
LAS representative, DePaul University Committee on Committees
DePaul University
2315 N. Kenmore Avenue, Suite #411-18
Chicago, IL 60614