The Midwest Art History Society will hold their annual conference April 7th through April 9th. All sessions will be held in the 8th Floor Conference Center of the DePaul University Center, 1 E. Jackson [at Jackson and State] in the Loop (unless stated otherwise).
This event will include Panels hosted by UIC Faculty and Students.
Conference schedule is as follows:
THURSDAY, APRIL 7th
10:00-11:30
Undergraduate Session I (Heidi Hornik-Parsons)
El Arte in the Midwest (Jamie L. Ratliff)
Asian (Curt Hansman)
Chicago Design: Histories and Narratives (Jonathan Mekinda and Bess Williamson Stiles)
1:15-2:45
The Social Role of the Portrait (Amy M. Mooney)
Ancient (Omur Hamansah)
Latin American and Pre-Columbian (Ellen Taylor Baird)
History of Photography (David Travis)
3:00-4:30
The Personal is Political: Feminist Social Practice (Neysa Page-Lieberman)
International Art Collections of Chicago (Onur Öztürk)
The Chicago World’s Fair: A Reevaluation (Navjotika Kumar)
Native American Images in Modern and Contemporary Art (Soo Kang)
6:00-7:30 Keynote Address, Gloria Groom on Van Gogh’s Bedrooms, Fullerton Auditorium,
Art Institute of Chicago
FRIDAY, APRIL 8th
8:30-10:00 Members Breakfast, DePaul Center, Rm. 8005
10:00-11:30
Art for All Seasons: Art and Sculpture in Parks and Gardens (Wendy N. DePaolis)
Open Session I (Lindsay J. Twa)
Architecture (Cheryl Bachand)
20th-Century I (William B. Sieger)
Event: Open House in Print Room, Art Institute of Chicago (10:30-12:30 pending)
1:15-2:45
American Art I (Patricia Smith Scanlan)
Italian Renaissance and Baroque (Marilyn Dunn)
Contemporary (Miguel Alvar deBaca)
Nineteenth-Century (Christine Bentley)
Recent Acquisitions in Midwest Collections (Judy Mann) (held at Art Institute of Chicago, Morton Auditorium; 1:00-3:00)
3:00-4:30
The Chicago Bauhaus: A Force of Modernism (Susan J. Baker)
Black Arts Movement (Marissa Baker)
Medieval I (Susan Solway)
American Art II (Amy M. Mickelson)
5:00-6:30 Reception (tbd), S. Michigan Ave.
SATURDAY, APRIL 9th
9:00-10:30
Undergraduate Session II (Valerie L. Hedquist)
Islamic Art and Architecture (Bilha Moor)
Twentieth Century Art II (Mark Pohlad)
Curatorial Programs in Higher Ed (Lorelei Stewart)
10:45-12:15
Medieval II (Susan Solway)
Alternative Exhibition Spaces (Tricia Van Eck)
Open Session II (Catherine Zurybida)
Bookish: The Global World of Artists' Books in Chicago (Hannah B. Higgins and Nicole N. Woods)