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CALL FOR PAPERS AND SUMMER NEWSLETTER August 25, 2008 Deadline to submit a proposal to Nina Berson for a 2-1/2 hour regular session of CAA, 2010 in Chicago. This session is under the aegis of AHSC. SEND TO: therizuli@ca.rr.com September 1, 2008: CALL FOR PAPERS deadline to submit. The AHSC annual conference will take place on October 18, 2008, at the University Art Museum at California State University, Long Beach. The theme is Old Media/New Media with an emphasis on the art and design of Italy, past, present and future. Our theme is inspired by the upcoming exhibition at the UMA, “art/tapes/22,” curated by Alice Hutchison from a seminal collection of important videotapes, property of the Venice Biennale archives. Proposals are invited from Southern California’s art history, media, design, and theater communities in fields ranging from traditional art history to performance, video, Advertising, art education, and aesthetics. Please submit your proposal and CV to Nina Berson by September 1. SEND THEM TO: therizuli@ca.rr.com All members of the AHSC are invited to the opening of the art/tapes/ 22 exhibition on September 13, 6-8 p.m. at the University Art Museum. You should have received an e-mail invitation. Contact Deana if you have not received it. deana.hight.37@csun.edu Please save the date, October 18, 2008 and look for more news about the AHSC Annual Conference. What do YOU want? Help us create a mission statement that
truly reflects the AHSC constituency. FALL WORKSHOP CAA is in Los Angeles from February 25 to 28, 2009. We will also have a business meeting at CAA, at a time and date to be decided during February 25-28, which will include a program called: SOCAL SHOW AND TELL: An assortment of High and Low culture from Southern California assembled by the Art Historians of Southern California. Art, food, cars, movies, sports, music, souvenirs: shallow stereotypes and deeper truths. We urge you to participate by bringing in an object or image connected to Southern California. In a 5+ minute presentation, be prepared to describe 1) its form, history, and cultural significance; 2) its intersection with your personal history: where was it found, purchased, received? Why it is important to you now? Paul Zelevansky is in charge. Contact him to find out more and to contribute. pzelevansky@roadrunner.com AHSC is 50 We are interested also in retrieving AHSC history and hope that anyone with amusing and or poignant memories of the early days of the organization will contact us. AHSC working for you At a meeting of the board on June 12th, the Board unanimously voted Rachel Pinto in as the new Treasurer pro-temp until the annual meeting when the general membership will vote. Rachel and Deana Hight are working to expand our membership database. Please help us by asking your colleagues to consider active membership in AHSC. Also keep us updated if your e-mail changes. Contact: Rachel Pinto eaurae@gmail.com or Deana Hight deana.hight.37@csun.edu. Our annual dues are only $10.00 AHSC Board of Directors
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We are looking for suggestions about the role the AHSC should take in our lives. Some have asked for advocacy on behalf of art historians. Others have asked for a chat room and a bulletin board listing Southern California art activities. Are you interested in more workshops? All thoughts are welcome. Send your suggestions to Nina Berson.