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Open Enrollment: Disciplinary Complex
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Open Enrollment: Disciplinary Complex
Over the past few decades, “interdisciplinary” has emerged as a popular designation in academic culture, particularly in the arts and humanities. Both as an undergraduate in studio art and as …
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Calling graduate student writers: deadline extended to Oct. 31
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Calling graduate student writers: deadline extended to Oct. 31
We are currently seeking graduate student writers to join our Open Enrollment column beginning in January 2011. See the full announcement here. The deadline has been extended to October 31.
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Contemporary Knowledge: Interview with João Ribas
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Contemporary Knowledge: Interview with João Ribas
What defines “the contemporary” as an area of study? How does it relate to the writing of history or other fields of inquiry? In this edition of Open Enrollment, Oliver …
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Art Journalism in the Twenty-First Century: Where Is It Headed?
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Art Journalism in the Twenty-First Century: Where Is It Headed?
This fall, I will be beginning my final year as a Masters candidate in New Arts Journalism (NAJ) at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). According to …
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The Collaborators: Artists Working Across Disciplines
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The Collaborators: Artists Working Across Disciplines
This spring, in lieu of yet another show of disparate student work, my MFA class decided to create an entirely collaborative exhibition. The seemingly idyllic idea was to work as …
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Meandering art school, advocating outsiderness
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Meandering art school, advocating outsiderness
Beginning with the writings of Michel de Certeau, over the past several months, I’ve thought a lot about the idea of meandering an institutional presence. That thinking bled into my …
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Concentrating on the Social in Portland
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Concentrating on the Social in Portland
As the distinctions between artist, curator, writer and administrator are increasingly less definite, developments in how individuals should be educated follow these new hybrid categories of working. Recently, an intriguing …
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The Exhibition in Art & Business
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The Exhibition in Art & Business
Oliver Wunsch considers the role of exhibition work in an art historical education by looking at MASS MoCA’s current show InVisible, curated by one of his classmates. Mike Brenner discusses different cost structures of grassroots art exhibitions, and how changing economic times force artists to adapt to find space and funds.
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The Radical Workshop: For Students, By Students
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The Radical Workshop: For Students, By Students
by Lily Rossebo and Carrie McGath Lily and Carrie add their two cents about the significance of radical workshops in art school programs. Lily Rossebo: Without student protests, what would …