Updated  June 4  2008         Dernière mise à jour le 4 juin    2008

 

NEWS AND MESSAGES OF INTEREST TO

MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITIES ART ASSOCIATION OF CANADA

 

 

 

UAAC Conference 2008 – Congrès de l’AAUC 2008

 

The  2008 conference will be hosted by  York University in Toronto , Nov 6-8, 2008.

A Call for Papers has been issued on June 2nd.  Deadline is July 1st.  

Details are posted under “Conference” on this site.

 

 

If you have news of interest to members of the UAAC please send it to the association manager, Mary Hughes at maryhughes@saltspring.com  for posting on this site.

 

 

Explore Design ’08

 

Explore Design ’08 (ED) is a 2-day event held on October 1st and 2nd, 2008 at the Metro Toronto Convention Center in Toronto, where senior high school students and post-secondary students are provided with the information required to pursue an education and ultimately a career in the world of design. Featured design disciplines include furniture, interior and architecture, fashion, video, graphic, digital, multimedia and many more…

Interactive experiences for attendees include workshops offered in exhibitors’ booths, installation environments and the chance to test the latest technology. In addition, leading members of the design community will be presented in the speaker and seminar series.

ED 2007 was visited by over 4000 focused students.  Students attended primarily in groups organized by their schools from across Ontario and beyond.  In 2008, 5000 qualified students, parents and teachers are anticipated. To date, many respected universities, colleges and private schools have already signed up for ED 2008: Simon Fraser University, Fanshawe College, George Brown College, Sheridan College, Vancouver Film School, St Clair College, Lawrence Technological University, College for Creative Studies, New England School of Art & Design Suffolk University, and Herzing College Toronto are just a few.

If you are interested in attending or have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact:

Roberta Brown
Seminar + Project Coordinator
roberta@mmpicanada.com
416-960-4524

Brendan Harte
Account Manager
416-960-4504
brendan@mmpicanada.com

Shauna Levy
VP MMPI Canada
shauna@mmpicanada.com
416-960-4505

Or visit us at www.ExploreDesign.ca

 

 

(La version française suit)

 

 

Call for Papers

 

Media in Motion:

The Challenge of Preservation in the Digital Age

 

October 29, 2008

 

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec

 

 

The DOCAM (Documentation and Conservation of the Media Arts Heritage) Research Alliance and Media@McGill invite submissions of abstracts for the presentation of papers at the inaugural Media in Motion Symposium. The interdisciplinary event aims to bring together graduate students across the sciences, humanities, and social sciences in order to explore the many facets of media art preservation. To that end, submissions related to the conference theme, ”The Challenge of Preservation in the Digital Age,” are strongly encouraged. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

 

- Archival Practices

- Challenges of Audio, Film, Video, and Digital Media Preservation

- Cultural Influences, Impacts, and Considerations

- Cultural Property Law

- Digital Preservation and Cultural Memory

- Digitization of the Humanities

- Effects on Artistic Practices

- Ethical, Social, and Philosophical Concerns

- Preservation Strategies and Techniques

- Future Trends and Directions

 

As the symposium will be held in conjunction with the Annual International DOCAM Summit (on October 30-31, 2008, at McGill University), preference will be given to proposals that address issues related to the alliance’s activities. For more information on DOCAM and its mandate, please visit http://www.docam.ca/en.

 

All presented papers will be considered for publication in an edited volume of the proceedings. Additional information will be provided upon acceptance.

 

Proposals should include a title; the name, affiliation, and e-mail address of the author; an abstract of 300 words; and a brief statement explaining how the paper fits within the research priorities of DOCAM. Submissions in English or French are welcome. Please send proposals by June 15 2008 to Marilyn Terzic at docam.symposium@mac.com.

 

DOCAM is an international research alliance on the documentation and the conservation of the media arts heritage, initiated by the Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science, and Technology. Its main objective is to develop new methodologies and tools to address the issues of preserving and documenting digital, technological, and electronic works of art.

 

Media@McGill is a hub of research, scholarship, and public outreach on issues and controversies in media, technology, and culture. Based in the Department of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University, Media@McGill is supported by a range of sources, most notably a generous gift from the Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation. For more information, please visit http://media.mcgill.ca.

 

 

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Appel de communications

 

Enjeux médiatiques:

le défi de la préservation à l’ère numérique

 

29 octobre 2008

 

Université McGill

Montréal, Québec

 

 

L’Alliance de recherche DOCAM (Documentation et conservation du patrimoine des arts médiatiques) et Média@McGill vous invitent à soumettre des résumés pour la présentation de communications au Symposium inaugural Enjeux médiatiques. L’événement interdisciplinaire vise à réunir des étudiants des deuxième et troisième cycles en sciences, en lettres et sciences humaines, et en sciences sociales afin d’explorer les nombreuses facettes de la préservation des arts médiatiques. À cette fin, les propositions liées au thème du symposium, « Le défi de la préservation à l’ère numérique », sont vivement encouragées. Parmi les sujets possibles figurent, sans y être limité :

 

- Pratiques en matière d’archivage

- Défis de la préservation de contenu audio, filmique, vidéo, et numérique

- Influences, incidences, et considérations culturelles

- Droit en matière de biens culturels

- Préservation numérique et mémoire culturelle

- Numérisation du patrimoine des sciences humaines

- Effets sur les pratiques artistiques

- Enjeux éthiques, sociaux, et philosophiques

- Stratégies et techniques de préservation

- Tendances et orientations futures

 

Comme le symposium se tiendra conjointement avec le Sommet annuel international DOCAM (les 30-31 octobre 2008, à l’Université McGill), la préférence sera accordée aux propositions portant sur des problématiques liées aux axes de recherche de l’Alliance. Pour plus de renseignements sur DOCAM et son mandat, veuillez visiter <http://www.docam.ca/fr>.

 

Toutes les communications présentées seront prises en considération pour être publiées dans un recueil des actes. Des renseignements supplémentaires seront fournis sur acceptation.

 

Les propositions doivent comprendre un titre; le nom, l’affiliation et l’adresse électronique de l’auteur; un résumé de 300 mots; et un bref énoncé expliquant comment la communication cadre avec les priorités de recherche de DOCAM. Les propositions sont acceptées en anglais ou en français. Veuillez les faire parvenir d’ici le 15 juin 2008 à Marilyn Terzic à docam.symposium@mac.com.

 

DOCAM est une alliance internationale de recherche sur la documentation et la conservation du patrimoine des arts médiatiques, établie par la fondation Daniel Langlois pour l’art, la science et la technologie. Son objectif principal est le développement de nouvelles méthodologies et d’outils adaptés aux enjeux de la conservation et de la documentation engendrées par les pratiques artistiques reposant sur l’emploi de technologies.

 

Média@McGill est un pôle de recherche, d’érudition, et de sensibilisation qui se consacre aux enjeux et aux polémiques liés aux médias, à la technologie, et à la culture. Hébergé au Département d'histoire de l'art et d'études en communications de l’Université McGill, Média@McGill peut compter sur diverses sources de financement et a notamment reçu un don très généreux de la Fondation canadienne Beaverbrook. Pour plus de renseignements, veuillez visiter <http://media.mcgill.ca>.

 

NEW SERIES ANNOUNCEMENT

McGill-Queen’s/Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation Studies in Art History

Martha Langford and Sandra Paikowsky, series editors

McGill-Queen’s University Press and the Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation are proud to announce a new series devoted to the study of Canadian art and Canada’s visual and material culture. Recognizing the need for a better understanding of Canada’s artistic culture both at home and abroad, the generous support of the Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation makes possible the publication of innovative books that will support, stimulate, and energize scholarship. We welcome submissions from Canadian and international scholars for book-length projects on historical and contemporary Canadian art and visual and material culture, including Native and Inuit art, architecture, photography, craft, design, and museum studies. We will also consider studies on non-Canadian themes by Canadian scholars.

This series continues the contribution that the Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation has made to scholarship and publishing in the arts in Canada by supporting the following McGill-Queen’s University Press publications: Pegi by Herself: The Life of Pegi Nicol MacLeod, Canadian Artist by Laura Brandon; Crafting Identity: The Development of Professional Fine Craft in Canada by Sandra Alfoldy; Radical Gestures: Feminism and Performance Art in North America by Jayne Wark; Persuasion and Propaganda: Monuments and the Eighteenth-Century British Empire by Joan Coutu; From Drawing to Visual Culture: A History of Art Education in Canada edited by Harold Pearse; Seduced by Modernity: The Photography of Margaret Watkins by Mary O'Connor and Katherine Tweedie; and Scissors, Paper, Stone: Expressions of Memory in Contemporary Photographic Art by Martha Langford.

Martha Langford is associate professor of art history at Concordia University, author of Suspended Conversations and Scissors, Paper, Stone, and editor of Image & Imagination. She is the founding director of the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography.

Sandra Paikowsky is professor of art history at Concordia University and the co-founder and current publisher and managing editor of The Journal of Canadian Art History/Annales d’histoire de l’art canadien.

MQUP welcomes inquiries from authors. If you have a project

that you think would fit the series, please contact:

McGill-Queen’s University Press

3430 McTavish Street

Montreal, QC H3A 1X9  www.mqup.ca

 

 

 

 

Announcing the new

 

Journal of Photography and Culture.

 

The first issue is scheduled to be published in July 2008.

 

  For more information, see the flyer here:Photo&Cult Flyer.pdf

 

 

 

Canadian Art Review/Revue d’art canadienne

RACAR Receives Grant

 

 

Tony Urquhart – Biography/Biographie

Tony Urquhart was born in 1934 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. In the late 1950s and early 1960s he was recognized as one of Canada's pioneering abstract artists, having been one of the painters associated with The Isaacs Gallery in Toronto, and later with The Heart of London group (which included Jack Chambers, Greg Curnoe, and Murray Favro.)

Tony Urquhart est né en 1934 à Niagara Falls, Ontario. Vers la fin des années 1950 et au début des années 1960 il est reconnu comme un des pionniers de l’abstraction au Canada, ayant été associé à la Galerie Isaacs à Toronto et, plus tard, au groupe The Heart of London (auquel ont aussi participé Jack Chambers, Greg Curnoe et Murray Favro.)

Between 1954 and 1958 he attended the Albright Art School in Buffalo. In 1960 he became the first artist-in-residence at the University of Western Ontario, where he subsequently started his teaching career. In 1972 he became a full-time professor of Fine Arts at the University of Waterloo and remained on the faculty for three decades (living with his family in the nearby town of Wellesley, Ontario.)

Entre 1954 et 1958 il suit des cours à l'Albright Art School de Buffalo, NY. En 1960 il devient le premier artiste-en-résidence de l'University of Western Ontario, où il débutera par la suite sa carrière d'enseignement. En 1972 il devient professeur de Beaux-arts à temps plein à l'University of Waterloo, où il enseigne depuis trois décennies (vivant avec sa famille dans la ville voisine de Wellesley, Ontario.)

In 1958 he embarked on the first of many annual trips to Europe, where he was attracted to what he called the 'otherness' of the visual experience he encountered there. He was particularly drawn to the landscape, architecture and pilgrimage sites (such as Lourdes and Vimy Ridge in France.)

En 1958 il entreprend le premier d’une série de voyages annuels en Europe, où il est attiré par ce qu'il nomme ‘l’altérité’ de l'expérience visuelle européenne. Il est particulièrement captivé par les paysages, l'architecture et les sites de pèlerinage (comme Lourdes et la crête de Vimy en France.)

Tony has been involved in the illustration of works by his wife, the writer Jane Urquhart, as well as those of Michael Ondaatje, Matt Cohen, Louis Dudek, and Rohinton Mistry.

Tony a illustré les ouvrages de sa femme, l'auteure Jane Urquhart, ainsi que ceux de Michael Ondaatje, Matt Cohen, Louis Dudek et Rohinton Mistry.

His work is featured in many important private and public collections (including New York's Museum of Modern Art; the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England; the Hirshhorn Collection of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.; the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris; the Museo Civico in Lugano; the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa.)

Ses œuvres sont inclues dans plusieurs collections privées et publiques importantes (dont le Museum of Modern Art de New York; le Victoria and Albert Museum de Londres, Angleterre; la Collection Hirshhorn du Smithsonian Institution à Washington, D.C .; la Bibliothèque Nationale à Paris; le Museo Civico à Lugano; le Walker Art Center à Minneapolis et la Galerie Nationale du Canada à Ottawa.)

He was one of the founders of CAR/FAC (Canadian Artists Representation), that successfully established a fee structure for public museum and gallery exhibitions of contemporary artists. Tony Urquhart was named to the Order of Canada in 1995. He divides his time between Stratford, Ontario and Ireland. He's an avid golfer.

Il est un des fondateurs de CAR/FAC (Le front des artistes canadiens), qui a établi avec succès un barème d’honoraires d’exposition pour les artistes contemporains dans les musées et les galeries publics. Tony Urquhart a été nommé à l'Ordre du Canada en 1995. Il partage son temps entre Stratford, Ontario et l'Irlande. Il est passionné du golf.

 

 

 

 

Canadian Brushstroke Magazine

 

HIGH RESOLUTION VERSION of CANADIAN BRUSHSTROKE MAGAZINE: http://www.brushstrokemagazine.com/issues/2007/hires/2007_05_hr.pdf   (6.7MB)

 

LOW RESOLUTION VERSION of CANADIAN BRUSHSTROKE MAGAZINE:

http://www.brushstrokemagazine.com/issues/2007/lores/2007_05_lr.pdf   (1.3 MB)

 

If you have problems, you likely need the most up-to-date version of Adobe Reader and it is available free from http://www.adobe.com/downloads/. (It is a safe site).

 

Our publisher found that Canadian artists were not getting the recognition they deserve, and often take a back seat in the global art industry. Through the coverage in Canadian Brushstroke Magazine, we hope to increase the profile of Canadian artists and serve the art industry with important news and information. We hope you enjoy this magazine as much as we enjoy writing it. We welcome any and all input to make sure we are serving you in the best way possible.

 

*All images and editorial material in Canadian Brushstroke Magazine are protected by copyright. Reproduction is strictly prohibited by law. Subscribers may save a copy on their computer for their own use, print a copy for their personal use or for their files, but may not use it for any other purpose without express written permission from the publisher, and in most cases the writer and artist.


Susan Blackman Publisher

 

Canadian Brushstroke Magazine
Box 5483
Leduc, AB
T9E 6L7 Ph. 780-986-0789
Fx. 780-986-8393
E.  info@brushstrokemagazine.com

 

 

 

 

 

Canadian Art News


The Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art presents the Canadian Art News website: http://canadianartnews.concordia.ca/  This website announces conferences and speaker series, major exhibitions, discussion forums, significant publications, and other events within Canada and around the world. There is also a "call for papers section." In the "calendar section" you can see what is happening each month in one quick look.


The cumulated data in the "archives section" over time will become a source of recent and historical information.


If you would like to post an event you will find all the necessary information in the contact section.

Nouvelles en art Canadien


L'Institut de recherche en art canadien Gail et Stephen A. Jarislowsky présente le site Nouvelles en art canadien : http://canadianartnews.concordia.ca/  Ce site annonce les colloques et les séries de conférences, les expositions majeures, les forums, les publications importantes, et les autres événements au Canada et dans le monde. On y retrouve aussi une section pour l'appel de communications. Le calendrier vous permet de voir rapidement les événements mensuels. Les événements cumulés dans la section « archives » deviendront, avec le temps, une source d'information récente et historique.


Pour soumettre un événement en art Canadien, vous trouverez le formulaire et l'information nécessaire dans la section contactez-nous.

Denis Longchamps, administrator
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext.: 4713
Fax: (514) 848-4584
Email: institut@alcor.concordia.ca

Mailing address:
Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art
Concordia University, EV 003-725
1455 De Maisonneuve Boulevard West,
Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1M8

 

 

                        Announcing– www.craftjournal.ca/

 

                                                                                     Annonce / www.cahiersmetiersdart.ca

 

A bilingual (French-English) journal devoted to the dissemination of craft research on the international stage… visit our website at www.craftjournal.ca

Cahiers métiers d'art * Craft Journal is a non-profit organisation that encourages and publishes critical, historical and technical research about local and international craft. Cahiers métiers d'art * Craft Journal participates also in the organization of conferences, symposiums and exhibitions on specific craft related themes. Become a member today and contribute to the advancement of craft research… www.craftjournal.ca

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Une revue bilingue (français-anglais) pour la dissémination de recherche en métiers d'art sur la scène internationale… visitez notre site web à www.cahiersmetiersdart.ca  

Cahiers métiers d'art * Craft Journal est un organisme sans but lucratif visant à encourager et à diffuser les recherches critiques, historiques et techniques en métiers d'art d'ici et d'ailleurs. Cahiers métiers d'art * Craft Journal participe aussi à l'organisation de conférences, colloques et expositions sur diverses thématiques. Devenez membre aujourd'hui et contribuez à l'avancement de la recherche en métiers d'art… www.cahiersmetiersdart.ca


BOOKS BY UAAC MEMBERS

 

Click on the following link for news about Laura Brandon’s book, Art and War.  Art and War 2.pdf

 

Editor Harold Pearse, From Drawing to visual Culture: A History of Art Education in Canada Montréal and Kingston, Ont.: McGill – Queen’s University Press, 2006.   This pioneering book on the history of art education in Canada contains two chapters by UAAC members J Craig Stirling, Ph.D University of Edinburgh and one chapter by E Lisa Panayotidis, University of Calgary.

 

 

FAX AND PHONE FOR UAAC

 

The fax number for the UAAC is 250 538 5518. The address is UAAC, 122 Woodhall Place, Salt Spring Island, B.C.  V8K 2W8 and phone number is 250 537 4464.

 

Le numéro du télécopieur est 250 538 5518. L'adresse est 122 Woodhall Place, Salt Spring Island, B.C. V8K 2W8, et le numéro de téléphone est 250 537 4464. 

 

EARLY NOTIFICATION OF POSITIONS AVAILABLE

 

If you would like prompt notification by email when information is received about positions available, please contact Mary Hughes, association manager at maryhughes@saltspring.com.  The advisories are sent as blind copies so the mailing list is confidential.