The Art Historians of Southern California & Getty Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA present:

“Teaching and Writing the Art Histories of Latin American Los Angeles,” 10.6.17 at the Getty Center.

Our annual conference is developed in collaboration with the Getty Research Institute, and in conjunction with the Getty’s region-wide art initiative Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA – a far reaching and ambitious exploration of Latin American and Latino art in dialogue with Los Angeles taking place from September 2017 through January 2018 at cultural institutions throughout Southern California. LA/LA will provide educators and scholars with invaluable resources that will surely impact the study and teaching of art history for years to come. Aside from the practical concerns of aligning course curricula with a wealth of exhibitions that are temporally and geographically dispersed, there are many richly productive questions that arise in considering how these kinds of exhibitions impact pedagogy and scholarship. Our annual conference seeks papers that explore ideas related to the overall theme of LA/LA and that speak to the impact of such exhibitions on pedagogy and scholarship. These ideas include but are not necessarily limited to the follow potential topics:

How is Los Angeles a Latin American City?

Latin American, Latinx, and indigenous cultures and identities

Queer and feminist perspectives on Latin American and Latinx culture and identity

Historiography, history, identity, geography, pedagogy, and the teaching of Latin American and Latinx art

Uncovering "hidden histories"

Please submit one-page proposals and CV to arthistsocalgmail.com by July 1st 2017.

Those selected will be notified by July 21st. Presenters at the conference will be invited to be a part of the round table follow-up with the same theme at the College Art Association’s Annual Conference in Los Angeles in February of 2018.

Walter Meyer
President
Art Historians of Southern California