Need Art History or Studio credits? Want to spend your summer in the city of water looking at art? Pratt in Venice is holding its first informational meeting on Wednesday, February 1^st at 12:30 in Main 230. This is a great chance to find out more about the program, meet the professors, and other specifics such as application procedures and dates. The program is running for its 28^th year, and has a distinguished reputation among study abroad programs at Pratt. Keep a look out for flyers around campus and feel free to stop by the Pratt in Venice office in room 250B to pick up a brochure and applications.

The Department of Art and the Department of Art History at the University of Oregon invite applications for a full-time tenure-track joint appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor. The successful candidate will have a research concentration in a region of Asia (broadly defined as East Asia, South and Southeast Asia, and beyond). Applications from candidates whose research explores cross-cultural and interdisciplinary aspects of contemporary visual culture especially welcomed. Active research and scholarship in the field is expected. The teaching assignment is five courses in an academic year comprising three quarters. Teaching duties include one graduate and one undergraduate contemporary art theory and criticism course in the Department of Art, and three courses in the Department of Art History, ranging from undergraduate surveys to graduate seminars. As a joint appointment, the candidate will be engaged with students and faculty in both departments, with his/her tenure home in Art History.

Art and Art History are located within the School of Architecture and Allied Arts, a dynamic, multidisciplinary community of scholars, practitioners, and students that also includes departments and programs in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Historic Preservation, Product Design, and Museum Studies. The UO also houses many programs, initiatives, and resources related to Asian art and culture, such as the Asian Studies Program, the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, and the collections of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, as well as programs in Ethnic Studies and Cinema Studies. In addition, the Schnitzer Museum and the White Box Gallery in the UO Portland Center afford potential curatorial opportunities.

Required qualifications: PhD completed by September 15, 2012, evidence of scholarly achievement, and a record of teaching excellence. The successful candidate will have the ability to work effectively with faculty, staff and students from diverse backgrounds.

Interested persons should apply online to the University of Oregon ART AND ART HISTORY SEARCH at academicjobsonline.org/ajo/UO/ArtHistory/1339. Submit a statement of interest, c.v., three letters of recommendation, and brief descriptions of courses taught or prepared to teach. The review of applicants will begin on January 9, 2012 and continue until the position is filled.

The University of Oregon is an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution committed to cultural diversity and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Education Internship: Research and Social Media
Commitment: 10 Hours per week
Schedule: Monday/Tuesday/Friday-Flexible Hours
Description: Seeking an intern to assist with a variety of museum related research projects and documenting, editing, and preparing media for distribution on Education related social media sites (web, blog, facebook, tubmlr).

Duties may include (but are not limited to):

• Web and publication research on certain areas related to Museums and Education issues.
• Documenting Education Events via photography or video
• Downloading and formatting media
• Preparing media for Web, Blog, Tumblr, Facebook posts and articles

Qualifications:
Candidate must be highly organized, able to work independently, and have a positive, flexible attitude. Experience with Microsoft Office, WordPress, iPhoto, Photoshop, Flickr, and other digital media a plus.

Rubin Museum of Art Overview:
Rubin Museum of Art is home to a comprehensive collection of art from the Himalayas and surrounding regions. Through changing exhibitions and an array of engaging public programs, the Rubin Museum offers opportunities to explore the artistic legacy of the Himalayan region and to appreciate its place in the context of world cultures. For more information, please visit: www.rmanyc.org

Intern Activities:
Interns in all museum departments are invited to participate several group activities per semester:

• Brown-bag lunches: staff guests discuss their jobs as well as their educational, professional, and artistic backgrounds allowing interns to learn about various museum departments and careers.
• Private tours of NYC cultural organizations: these trips are designed to expose interns to the broader New York City arts world, as well as the field of Himalayan studies. Past tours have included: Asia Society, ICP, Latse Contemporary Tibetan Cultural Library, and CUE Art Foundation.

Intern Benefits:
All internships are unpaid. Academic requirements may be fulfilled by arrangement with the individual college or university. Rubin Museum interns receive the following benefits:

• Free admission at museums across the country
• 10% discount in the Café @ RMA
• 25% discount on most items in the Shop @ RMA
• Free admission to most RMA programs when/if available
• 10% discount on selected RMA programs
• Invitation to an annual appreciation event

How to apply:
Please write a one-page cover letter which specifies (1) which internships you are applying for, (2) your relevant qualifications, (3) your interest in the Rubin Museum of Art, and (4) your availability (days/times).

Please email your resume and cover letter to: volunteersandinterns@rmanyc.org

Robertson also presented: VoiceThread Class Projects Turn Text-Based Teaching Practices On Their Head, based on her teaching of an Art History Survey I course at Pratt Institute, in a session on “Technology in the Art History Classroom,” at the 2011 SouthEastern College Art Conference (SECAC) in Savannah, Georgia, Nov. 9-12.

Both of these presentations were transformed into VoiceThreads: they can be viewed online by clicking on the above links.  And here are the original TCHADA posts for REWIRE 2011 and SECAC!

Here is a preview of some of their work (click for larger photos).

The Venice Printmaking Class portfolio included work by HA&D graduate students Annaliese Soden and Clara Wanatirta

Research Posters by the Venice Materials and Techniques Class

Photography from HA&D undergraduate Andrew Kurczak, whose work was also sold in support of the Scholarship Fund

HA&D graduate student Clara Wanatirta art was featured, and was sold in the silent auction to support the Pratt in Venice Scholarship Fund

HA&D graduate students and Venice alums Alex Watkins and Christina Manzella enjoying the art at the Exhibition’s opening reception

Professor Díaz’s article reviewing the recent exhibitions and literature about the Bauhaus appeared in the summer issue of Art Journal, and her article on the New Orleans-based artist Deborah Luster will appear in the forthcoming issue of the UK journal Art & the Public Sphere.  She will be writing on Sharon Lockhart for catalog of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and The Israel Museum, Jerusalem 2012 exhibition on the artist. She is a regular contributor to Artforum, and her writing has appeared this year in Frieze, Tate, Etc., and Grey Room.

R. Buckminster Fuller on the cover of World Game Report, 1969, R. Buckminster Fuller, Edwin Schlossberg, and Daniel Gildesgame, eds. Photography by Daniel Gildesgame and Herbert Matter.