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| Pacific Art Association Session at the College Arts Association Annual Conference Chicago, Feb. 10-13, 2010. Pacific Art Association Session: Views from the Continent: Art and the US Pacific Diaspora Chairs: Margo Machida, Dept. of Art and Art History, University of Connecticut (margo.machida@uconn.edu); and Jewel Castro (jewelcastro@cox.net) This panel draws attention to visual art produced by Pacific Islander peoples living in the continental United States. Employing the central notion of diaspora as a framework for this session suggests a fluidity of identifications and transnational linkages between places of ancestral origin and various points of circulation and settlement. At the same time, it is meant to acknowledge the particularities of place and how Oceanic artists' presence in the United States bears on their sensibilities and negotiations of history, ancestry, family, tradition, and changing cultural practices. What questions emerge about the possibilities and limitations of existing discourses, artistic strategies, and modes of display in conveying and contextualizing the ideas, histories, conditions, and subjectivities that catalyze this art? The organizers encourage submissions from visual artists, as well as arts writers, curators, and scholars. Contact: Margo Machida and Jewel Castro (contact info, above). Deadline: May 8, 2009. Proposals must be sent to Margo Machida and Jewel Castro. Selected presenters will be determined by June 1, 2009. For detailed instructions regarding the proposal submission process and conference information, download the '2010 Call for participation' at http://conference.collegeart.org/2010/ Stacy L. Kamehiro Associate Professor History of Art and Visual Culture Department University of California 1156 High Street Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA |
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