Threads of Remembrance: Artistic Visions of the Holocaust:
Dec. 13, 2006 through Feb. 18, 2007
A stirring exhibition, it visually complements the Maltz Museum's permanent collection by addressing the horrors of the Holocaust as seen through the eyes of survivors and their families. Threads of Remembrance: Artistic Visions of the Holocaust is a dramatic display of 45 textile masterpieces. With consummate skill, profound emotion and a remarkable depth of understanding, Judith Weinshall Liberman uses designs on soft fabric to question and explore the cold brutality of the Holocaust. The exhibition also features a portion of 50 Faces, an incredible photographic journey by Herbert Ascherman, Jr., that captures the faces and stories of 50 Northeast Ohio Holocaust survivors, POWs and concentration camp liberators.
Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage
2929 Richmond Road
Beachwood, Ohio 44122
216.593.0575
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Museum Anthropology Jobs in NY, TN, and the UK
(1) Chair, Department of Material Culture Sciences:
The Department of Material Culture Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, NY)
For details, see full AAA posting.
(2) Lecturer in the Arts of the Americas:
The Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas (Norwich, UK)
For details, see full AAA posting.
(3) Associate Professor/Director of Chucalissa Archaeological Museum:
The College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Memphis (Memphis, TN)
For details, see full AAA posting.
The Department of Material Culture Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, NY)
For details, see full AAA posting.
(2) Lecturer in the Arts of the Americas:
The Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas (Norwich, UK)
For details, see full AAA posting.
(3) Associate Professor/Director of Chucalissa Archaeological Museum:
The College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Memphis (Memphis, TN)
For details, see full AAA posting.
Quilts to Debut at the Winterthur Museum
"Quilts in a Material World: Selections from the Winterthur Museum"
Exhibition: March 10 - September 16, 2007
Conference: March 31, 2007 with workshops and tours on March 30 and April 1
Winterthur's first quilt exhibition will feature approximately 50 quilts, outstanding documents of the history of their time and their makers. They range in date from the 17th to the 19th centuries, but the exhibition is particularly rich in examples from the late 1700s and early 1800s. "Quilts in a Material World" is a unique opportunity to view some of the most outstanding quilts from Winterthur's superb collection.
Exhibition: March 10 - September 16, 2007
Conference: March 31, 2007 with workshops and tours on March 30 and April 1
Winterthur's first quilt exhibition will feature approximately 50 quilts, outstanding documents of the history of their time and their makers. They range in date from the 17th to the 19th centuries, but the exhibition is particularly rich in examples from the late 1700s and early 1800s. "Quilts in a Material World" is a unique opportunity to view some of the most outstanding quilts from Winterthur's superb collection.
Monday, November 27, 2006
The Penn Museum: JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2007
{Image from "Year of Egypt" webpage, Penn Museum website, 11/27/06}
New at The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology:
Amarna, Ancient Egypt’s Place in the Sun (opened November 12).
Find out more about this exhibition and related "Year of Egypt" events at their online calendar.
[Information provided by the Penn Museum's e-news update.]
Navajo Artist Redraws the Southwest
Navajo Artist Rethinks Iconic Monument Valley in "Draw Me a Picture" Exhibit
Artist Steven Yazzie, Navajo, on location in Monument Valley filming "Draw Me a Picture," October 2006.
PHOENIX, Ariz. — Venture on a wild ride through the isolated landscape of Monument Valley in the exhibition "Draw Me a Picture” by Navajo artist Steven Yazzie, opening January 27, 2007.
For decades, Monument Valley was used as a backdrop in Hollywood Westerns that depicted American Indians in racist terms. These films fed into a mythology of the American West in which Indians were either stoic noblemen or fierce savages. In "Draw Me a Picture,” Yazzie challenges these stereotypes of Indian identity by re-envisioning this landscape from a fresh, alert vantage point.
From the driver's seat of a self-styled art car, Yazzie winds along a red dirt road into Monument Valley while simultaneously creating drawings-in-motion of the dramatic red rock formations passing by. Powered only by gravity, the art car is "part sculpture, part rolling studio” according to curator Joe Baker. "Fitted with an attached easel, [the car] allows the artist to be in motion while drawing the advancing landscape.” The entire process is captured on film.
"Draw Me a Picture” shatters outmoded thinking about Indians by offering a new representation of this well-known American landscape. According to Baker, "through his actions and urgent drawings of Monument Valley, [Yazzie] reclaims this picture, making it his own by creating images that are free of expectations and stereotypical gestures of 'Indianess.' The final result is drawing that is alert to self, place, and time.”
Filmed on a three-day trip to the Navajo Reservation in northern Arizona, "Draw Me a Picture” is the latest work in Yazzie's "Drawing and Driving” series. This series, which investigates the artist's relationship to landscape, evolved during a 2006 summer artist residency at the renowned Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine.
The art car, along with original drawings and paintings and a large scale video projection of the 1925 silent film, "The Vanishing American," will be on view in "Draw Me a Picture,” which opens January 27, 2007, at the Heard Museum. Opening day, at 2 p.m., don't miss a special gallery talk by artist Steven Yazzie and curator Joe Baker, at the Heard Museum. The opening and talk are free with regular museum admission.
For more information and a behind the scenes look at the filming of "Draw Me a Picture,” visit "Upcoming Exhibitions" on the Heard Museum website.
[News release provded by Nicole Haas at the Heard Museum.]
Artist Steven Yazzie, Navajo, on location in Monument Valley filming "Draw Me a Picture," October 2006.
PHOENIX, Ariz. — Venture on a wild ride through the isolated landscape of Monument Valley in the exhibition "Draw Me a Picture” by Navajo artist Steven Yazzie, opening January 27, 2007.
For decades, Monument Valley was used as a backdrop in Hollywood Westerns that depicted American Indians in racist terms. These films fed into a mythology of the American West in which Indians were either stoic noblemen or fierce savages. In "Draw Me a Picture,” Yazzie challenges these stereotypes of Indian identity by re-envisioning this landscape from a fresh, alert vantage point.
From the driver's seat of a self-styled art car, Yazzie winds along a red dirt road into Monument Valley while simultaneously creating drawings-in-motion of the dramatic red rock formations passing by. Powered only by gravity, the art car is "part sculpture, part rolling studio” according to curator Joe Baker. "Fitted with an attached easel, [the car] allows the artist to be in motion while drawing the advancing landscape.” The entire process is captured on film.
"Draw Me a Picture” shatters outmoded thinking about Indians by offering a new representation of this well-known American landscape. According to Baker, "through his actions and urgent drawings of Monument Valley, [Yazzie] reclaims this picture, making it his own by creating images that are free of expectations and stereotypical gestures of 'Indianess.' The final result is drawing that is alert to self, place, and time.”
Filmed on a three-day trip to the Navajo Reservation in northern Arizona, "Draw Me a Picture” is the latest work in Yazzie's "Drawing and Driving” series. This series, which investigates the artist's relationship to landscape, evolved during a 2006 summer artist residency at the renowned Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine.
The art car, along with original drawings and paintings and a large scale video projection of the 1925 silent film, "The Vanishing American," will be on view in "Draw Me a Picture,” which opens January 27, 2007, at the Heard Museum. Opening day, at 2 p.m., don't miss a special gallery talk by artist Steven Yazzie and curator Joe Baker, at the Heard Museum. The opening and talk are free with regular museum admission.
For more information and a behind the scenes look at the filming of "Draw Me a Picture,” visit "Upcoming Exhibitions" on the Heard Museum website.
[News release provded by Nicole Haas at the Heard Museum.]
Monday, November 13, 2006
2007 NAGPRA Grants
The [U.S.] National Park Service’s (NPS) National NAGPRA Program invites proposals for FY 2007 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) grants. NAGPRA is a Federal law passed in 1990 that provides a process for museums and Federal agencies to return certain Native American cultural items to lineal descendants, culturally affiliated Indian tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations. Two types of grants are available.
Consultation/Documentation Grants are awarded annually through a competitive process, and provide support for consultation, collections documentation, and other activities. Grants range from $5,000 to $75,000. The deadline is March 1, 2007. The deadline for review and comment of draft proposals is December 29, 2006.
Repatriation Grants are awarded on an ongoing basis to help defray the costs associated with the repatriation of Native American human remains and other cultural items. Repatriation Grants can be for any amount up to $15,000.
Guidelines and application information is available online: http://www.cr.nps.gov/nagpra/grants. Or contact: Michelle Joan Wilkinson, Grants Coordinator, at (202) 354-2203, or michelle_j_wilkinson@nps.gov.
From an email announcement provided by Michelle Joan Wilkinson.
Consultation/Documentation Grants are awarded annually through a competitive process, and provide support for consultation, collections documentation, and other activities. Grants range from $5,000 to $75,000. The deadline is March 1, 2007. The deadline for review and comment of draft proposals is December 29, 2006.
Repatriation Grants are awarded on an ongoing basis to help defray the costs associated with the repatriation of Native American human remains and other cultural items. Repatriation Grants can be for any amount up to $15,000.
Guidelines and application information is available online: http://www.cr.nps.gov/nagpra/grants. Or contact: Michelle Joan Wilkinson, Grants Coordinator, at (202) 354-2203, or michelle_j_wilkinson@nps.gov.
From an email announcement provided by Michelle Joan Wilkinson.
Museum and Visual Culture Studies PostDoc at ANU
ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Research School of Humanities
Postdoctoral Fellow
Academic Level A
Fixed Term – 3 years
Salary Range: $49,690 - $59,963pa plus 17% super
Reference: RSH 3736
The Research School of Humanities is a newly-established initiative at The Australian National University incorporating the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research (CCR), Humanities Research Centre (HRC), National Europe Centre (NEC) and the Australian National Dictionary Centre (ANDC). The School is offering two targeted three-year postdoctoral fellowships to enable early career academics to undertake a program of research within nominated research programs.
The successful applicants will undertake a 25% teaching component into one of 2 postgraduate coursework programs – either Museums and Collections or Visual Culture Research- by contributing to related coursework provision. They will also be encouraged to undertake some graduate student supervision and participate in the School's conference, seminar and graduate training programs.
The applicant appointed to the Museums and Collections program would take up the position in February 2007, and the applicant appointed to the Visual Culture Research program would take up the appointment in mid 2007.
Selection Criteria: http://info.anu.edu.au/hr/jobs/ or from Ms Suzanne Knight, T: 02 61253901, E: Suzanne.Knight@anu.edu.au
Enquiries:
Museums and Collections: Dr Kylie Message; T: 02 6125 5429, E: kylie.message@anu.edu.au
Visual Culture Research: Dr Melinda Hinkson; T: 02 6125 8246 E: melinda.hinkson@anu.edu.au
For further information relating to the Research School of Humanities please contact Professor Adam Shoemaker; 02 6125 4583, dean.arts@anu.edu.au
Closing date: Friday 8 December 2006
Information for applicants: http://info.anu.edu.au/hr/Jobs/How_to_Apply/index.asp
Job Application Cover sheet: http://info.anu.edu.au/policies/Forms/Human_Resources/Recruitment/HR86.asp.
Information Courtesy of Haidy Geismar.
Research School of Humanities
Postdoctoral Fellow
Academic Level A
Fixed Term – 3 years
Salary Range: $49,690 - $59,963pa plus 17% super
Reference: RSH 3736
The Research School of Humanities is a newly-established initiative at The Australian National University incorporating the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research (CCR), Humanities Research Centre (HRC), National Europe Centre (NEC) and the Australian National Dictionary Centre (ANDC). The School is offering two targeted three-year postdoctoral fellowships to enable early career academics to undertake a program of research within nominated research programs.
The successful applicants will undertake a 25% teaching component into one of 2 postgraduate coursework programs – either Museums and Collections or Visual Culture Research- by contributing to related coursework provision. They will also be encouraged to undertake some graduate student supervision and participate in the School's conference, seminar and graduate training programs.
The applicant appointed to the Museums and Collections program would take up the position in February 2007, and the applicant appointed to the Visual Culture Research program would take up the appointment in mid 2007.
Selection Criteria: http://info.anu.edu.au/hr/jobs/ or from Ms Suzanne Knight, T: 02 61253901, E: Suzanne.Knight@anu.edu.au
Enquiries:
Museums and Collections: Dr Kylie Message; T: 02 6125 5429, E: kylie.message@anu.edu.au
Visual Culture Research: Dr Melinda Hinkson; T: 02 6125 8246 E: melinda.hinkson@anu.edu.au
For further information relating to the Research School of Humanities please contact Professor Adam Shoemaker; 02 6125 4583, dean.arts@anu.edu.au
Closing date: Friday 8 December 2006
Information for applicants: http://info.anu.edu.au/hr/Jobs/How_to_Apply/index.asp
Job Application Cover sheet: http://info.anu.edu.au/policies/Forms/Human_Resources/Recruitment/HR86.asp.
Information Courtesy of Haidy Geismar.
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Seeking Curator at Royal Ontario Museum
Associate Curator in Toronto, Ontario
Salary: $50,427.00 - $61,911.00
Type: Full Time - Entry
The ROM is pleased to invite applications for the position of Associate Curator specializing in the art and material culture of Africa. This is a tenure-track entry-level position comparable to an Assistant Professor position at a university. The successful applicant will join the Anthropology section of the ROM’s Department of World Cultures. They will oversee a collection of approx. 6000 works with strengths in Central and West Africa. They will be expected to: develop a dynamic program of collection-based scholarship through acquisitions, permanent and temporary exhibits, publications, new media and public programs; liaise with the academic community; advance the scholarly field; publish in peer-review journals; secure external grant funding in support of research; participate in administrative work, museum service and community outreach.
Requirements:
Applicants must have a Ph.D. in hand by June 2007 in Cultural Anthropology, Art History or a related field, a strong research interest in the art and material culture of Africa, and be qualified for cross-appointment to the University of Toronto. Museum and university teaching experience would be an asset. Applications for the position will be accepted until December 31, 2006. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Applicants should provide a letter of interest detailing their research interests and projects, a curriculum vita, a published/scholarly writing sample, and should arrange to have three confidential letters of recommendation sent on their behalf. Forward all to: The Royal Ontario Museum, Human Resources Department, 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2C6 Fax #(416) 586-5827
Required Education: Doctorate
NOTES: International Candidates Will Be Considered. Employer will assist with relocation costs. Salary and rank are commensurate with expereince as stipulated in the Collective Agreement between the ROM and ROM Curatorial Association and the successful candidate is eligible for promotional progression through curatorial ranks to Senior Curator.
Find out more and apply online at the AAA Jobs Database.
Salary: $50,427.00 - $61,911.00
Type: Full Time - Entry
The ROM is pleased to invite applications for the position of Associate Curator specializing in the art and material culture of Africa. This is a tenure-track entry-level position comparable to an Assistant Professor position at a university. The successful applicant will join the Anthropology section of the ROM’s Department of World Cultures. They will oversee a collection of approx. 6000 works with strengths in Central and West Africa. They will be expected to: develop a dynamic program of collection-based scholarship through acquisitions, permanent and temporary exhibits, publications, new media and public programs; liaise with the academic community; advance the scholarly field; publish in peer-review journals; secure external grant funding in support of research; participate in administrative work, museum service and community outreach.
Requirements:
Applicants must have a Ph.D. in hand by June 2007 in Cultural Anthropology, Art History or a related field, a strong research interest in the art and material culture of Africa, and be qualified for cross-appointment to the University of Toronto. Museum and university teaching experience would be an asset. Applications for the position will be accepted until December 31, 2006. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Applicants should provide a letter of interest detailing their research interests and projects, a curriculum vita, a published/scholarly writing sample, and should arrange to have three confidential letters of recommendation sent on their behalf. Forward all to: The Royal Ontario Museum, Human Resources Department, 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2C6 Fax #(416) 586-5827
Required Education: Doctorate
NOTES: International Candidates Will Be Considered. Employer will assist with relocation costs. Salary and rank are commensurate with expereince as stipulated in the Collective Agreement between the ROM and ROM Curatorial Association and the successful candidate is eligible for promotional progression through curatorial ranks to Senior Curator.
Find out more and apply online at the AAA Jobs Database.
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Two Blogs are Better than One: Material World and Museum Anthropology
It is exciting and curious that two weblogs devoted to the fields of museum anthropology and material culture studies have both officially launched in the same brief time span. While the Museum Anthropology blog was begun quietly during the summer of 2006, we authored a story for the November issue of the AAA's Anthropology News that had the purpose of launching the blog officially. This appeared in digital form on AnthroSource in the last days of October. Unbeknownst to us, at the same time, a circle of colleagues at New York University and University College London began publication of Material World, a blog that will be "an interactive, online hub for contemporary debates, discussion, thinking and research centered on material and visual culture." One of the Chief Editors for Material World is Haidy Geismar, a great colleague who, during the past year of my editorship of Museum Anthropology, has proven to be an extremely active and energetic contributor to the journal. A review of the Darwin exhibition by Haidy and her NYU students will appear in the journal's next issue. One of the blog's Editors-at-Large is Aaron Glass, another stalwart supporter of Museum Anthropology. Aaron published one fine paper in my first issue as editor (29.1) and he has another one accepted for publication in volume 30.
I hope that there will be fruitful traffic between the two blogs and that they will both thrive, each in its own way. The Museum Anthropology blog is an extension of the journal and will be, in some ways, constrained by this fact and by the limits that editing the journal will place on my time. Material World has a more distributed editorial approach and it is not bound to the lifecycle of an established journal. It will be fun and productive to see where both efforts lead. I intend to read and contribute to Material World and I hope that Museum Anthropology readers and Council for Museum Anthropology members will do so as well.
Good luck to the Material World editorial team. Please visit the blog at
http://www.materialworldblog.com/
I hope that there will be fruitful traffic between the two blogs and that they will both thrive, each in its own way. The Museum Anthropology blog is an extension of the journal and will be, in some ways, constrained by this fact and by the limits that editing the journal will place on my time. Material World has a more distributed editorial approach and it is not bound to the lifecycle of an established journal. It will be fun and productive to see where both efforts lead. I intend to read and contribute to Material World and I hope that Museum Anthropology readers and Council for Museum Anthropology members will do so as well.
Good luck to the Material World editorial team. Please visit the blog at
http://www.materialworldblog.com/
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
"The Past from Above" at the British Museum
Minaret of the Great
Mosque at Samarra, Iraq © Georg Gerster / Panos Pictures 2006
Pioneers of aerial archaeology
Thursday 16 November, 13.30
Charlotte Trümpler, Ruhrlandmuseum, Essen, looks at pioneers of aerial photography including Georg Gerster. Admission free, booking required
Iraq and archaeology
Thursday 16 November, 18.30
Featuring guest speaker, Dr Donny George, formerly President of State Board of Antiquities and Heritage in Iraq. £5, concessions £3
Flying visits: The Past from Above
Thursday 23 November, 13.30
Lesley Fitton and Sam Moorhead, British Museum, introduce Georg Gerster's photographs and discuss the issues they raise. Admission free, booking required. Sign interpreted.
[From the British Museum e-newsletter.]
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