For Graduate Students and Artists
Terra Summer Residency in Giverny Fellowship
Giverny, France, Summer 2010
Applications due by 15 January 2010
Since 2001, the Terra Summer Residency in Giverny has provided artists and scholars with an opportunity for the independent study of American art within a framework of interdisciplinary exchange and dialogue. Located in an environment rich in historical and cultural significance, the residency fosters a community for the creation, exploration,and discussion of transatlantic cultural contributions and their contemporary resonance while building an intellectual network for lifelong exchange.
The Terra Foundation for American Art offers ten summer fellowships to artists and scholars from the United States and Europe. These fellowships are awarded to artists who have completed their studies at the Master’s level and to doctoral students engaged in research on American art (from the eighteenth century to the 1980s). During their eight-week stay, senior artists and art historians are in residence to mentor fellows and pursue their own work.
Each Terra Summer Residency Fellow is provided with lodging and study or studio space, daily lunches, and a program consisting of independent study, meetings, and seminars. Terra Summer Residency fellows are awarded a stipend of $5,000 and artists receive an additional $200 for the purchase of materials.
Applicants must be nominated by a professor at an academic institution. Such nominees must fall within one of the two following categories: American and European doctoral candidates researching a subject that contains a significant American art component, or that examines artistic exchange between America and Europe. Candidates should be at an advanced stage of their doctoral research and writing. American and European artists who have completed a Master’s program (or its equivalent) in mixed media and/or painting. Preference is given to applicants who completed a Master’s program within the past five years. All applicants are expected to be fluent in English. Knowledge of French is desirable, but not required. (more…)
CAA’s Call for Dissertation Listings
From the November issue of CAA News:
Dissertation Listings
Due by 15 January 2010
Dissertation titles in art history and visual studies from US and Canadian institutions, both completed and in progress, are published annually on the caa.reviews website, making them available through web searches. Dissertations formerly appeared in the June issue of The Art Bulletin and on the CAA website.
PhD-granting institutions may send a list of doctoral students’ dissertation titles to dissertations@collegeart.org. Full instructions regarding the format of listings can be found here. CAA does not accept listings from individuals. Improperly formatted lists will be returned to sender. For more information, please write to the above email address. Deadline: January 15, 2010.
For a sample of the most recent listings, click here»
Mary Vidal Fund — Applications Due November 15
HECAA members who are graduate students or who have completed the Ph.D. within the past three years are eligible to apply for modest subventions (between $100-$200, depending on the number of applicants and available funds). Named in memory of Professor Mary Vidal, the funds are intended to defray costs associated with research travel, conferences in which the recipients are presenting, or publication permission fees.
Applicants should send a CV and a brief description of the project, including an explanation of how the funds will be used, to Julie Plax by May 15th or November 15th (there are two deadlines).
Wanted: Best Graduate Paper on a Feminist or Women’s Studies Subject
Catharine Macaulay Prize Competition
The Catharine Macaulay Prize is an annual award made by the Women’s Caucus of ASECS for the best graduate student paper on a feminist or Women’s Studies subject presented at the ASECS Annual Meeting or at any of the regional meetings during the academic year. In addition to special recognition, the prize carries a cash award of $200.
To be eligible for the prize, papers must advance understanding of women’s experience and/or contributions to eighteenth-century culture or offer a feminist analysis of any aspect of eighteenth-century culture and/or society.
The deadline for submission is September 1, 2009. The paper you submit for the prize should be the one you presented at the conference without expansion or significant revision. Submissions for the Catharine Macaulay Prize must be sent directly to the ASECS office for consideration. PO Box 7867, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109; or as an email attachment (Word): asecs@wfu.edu. The winner of the prize will be notified soon after the committee has made its decision and will be announced at the following year’s annual meeting as well as in the Summer or Fall news circular.
The Eighteenth Century, Today & Tomorrow
With topics ranging from the colonial Enlightenment (Gabrillea De la Rosa) to eighteenth-century China (Yun-Chiu Mei), art history dissertations completed in Canada and the United States in 2008 offer an array of intriguing titles. The College Art Association’s tally at caa.reviews lists eight completed dissertations in the eighteenth century, including:
- Anne-Louise Fonseca, “Pedro Alexandrino de Carvalho (1729–1810) et la peinture d’histoire à Lisbonne: cycles religieux et cycles profanes” (Université de Montréal, L. de Moura Sobral)
- Hope Saska, “Staging the Page: Graphic Satire and Caricature in Eighteenth-Century England” (Brown, K. D. Kriz)
- Kristel Smentek, “Art, Commerce, and Scholarship in the Age of Enlightenment: Pierre-Jean Mariette and the Making of Art History” (Delaware, N. Athanassoglou-Kallmyer)
- Pamela Whedon, “Sensing Watteau: The Artist’s Musical Images as Preludes to the Age of Sensibility” (UNC Chapel Hill, M. Sheriff)
CAA likewise, provides an account of dissertations in progress. For 2008 there were twelve, including:
- Amber Ludwig, “‘She is all Nature, and yet all Art’: Portraits of Emma Hamilton” (Boston, B. Redford)
- Molly Medakovich, “Between Friends: Representations of Female Intimacies in French Genre Paintings and Prints, 1770–1830” (UNC Chapel Hill, M. Sheriff)
For the full lists, see the caa.reviews site.
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