CFP 21.10.2011

The Art of Travel (New Brunswick, 23 Mar 12)

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 23.03.2012
Eingabeschluss : 05.12.2011

Olena Martynyuk

Call for Abstracts:
Art History Graduate Symposium, Rutgers, The State University of New
Jersey

The Art of Travel

"Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change
that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living." – Miriam
Beard

How has travel opened up possibilities and challenges for the arts? How
and why are artists transformed by their experiences of traveling to
new places and encountering other peoples? How has foreign travel
impacted host cultures? How does the movement of artistic media and
materials from one location to another shape their meaning?

The Art History Graduate Student Organization (AHGSO) at Rutgers, The
State University of New Jersey invites interdisciplinary exploration of
these and other questions concerning art and travel. Papers may
discuss art in any creative medium, including painting, prints,
photography, literature, music, theater, and so on. Professor
Christopher Atkins (Queens College/The Graduate Center, CUNY), a
specialist on Dutch painting whose current research focuses on art and
travel, will be our keynote speaker.

Topics may include, but are not limited to:

- Cultural and philosophical potential of travel
- Travel of artists in every epoch
- The artistic iconography of travel
- Travel and artistic education or inspiration
- Creativity zones and artistic retreats
- Reception of different artworks at geographical/cultural crossroads
- Traveling and international exhibitions
- The impact of the tourist industry on art
- Colonial and post-colonial encounters
- Dialogic spaces of diasporic art
- The perils of globalization

We invite graduate students from across disciplines to submit abstracts
(maximum 300 words) and a current CV to
rutgers.ahgso.symposiumgmail.com by December 5, 2011. Our symposium
will take place on Friday, March 23, 2012 at Rutgers, the State
University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ. Applicants will be
notified of the committee’s decisions by December 15, 2011.

Quellennachweis:
CFP: The Art of Travel (New Brunswick, 23 Mar 12). In: ArtHist.net, 21.10.2011. Letzter Zugriff 28.03.2024. <https://arthist.net/archive/2110>.

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