In this free and open article from Art Journal’s summer issue, Jennifer Dorothy Lee reviews the book, Drawing from Life: Sketching and Socialist Realism in the People's Republic of China by Christine I. Ho.
Art Journal Open is an open-access digital journal for the visual arts, which presents artists’ projects, conversations and interviews, scholarly essays, and other forms of content from across the cultural field.
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The Professional Committees address critical concerns of CAA’s members. Each Professional Committee works from a charge that is put in place by the Board of Directors. For many CAA members, service on a Professional Committee becomes a way to develop professional relationships and community outside of one’s home institution, and to contribute in meaningful ways to the pressing professional issues of our moment.
Applications are due September 13, 2021.
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CAA invites nominations and self-nominations for individuals to serve on our Awards for Distinction, Publication Grant, Fellowship, and Travel Grant juries. Terms now begin August 2021. Candidates must possess expertise appropriate to the jury’s work and be current CAA members. They should not hold a position on a CAA committee or editorial board beyond May 31, 2021. CAA’s president and vice president for committees appoint jury members for service.
Materials are due to CAA by July 14, 2021.
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For our members and the larger visual arts community, CAA is disheartened by recent and continued actions on departmental closures in Art and Art History departments. This week, we're offering resources as we continue to determine actions going forward.
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CAA, along with 23 other member societies, has signed on to a statement issued by the ACLS urging the Kansas Board of Regents to uphold employment protections for faculty.
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Since 2018, several other institutions have closed and continue to close. Today our constituency has been affected by this ongoing situation over the past 13 years.
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CAA developed these guidelines in response to many high-profile reductions or closures of arts and humanities departments, institutions, or faculty positions by colleges and universities
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Aubree Penney writes about Panteha Abareshi’s solo exhibition Tender Calamities, on the complexities of portraying pain, illness, and disability through art. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
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Featured Jobs and Opportunities
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Postdoctoral Research Associate
National Gallery of Art | Washington, D.C.
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Assistant Professor in Book Art
University of Wisconsin-Madison Art Department | Madison, Wisconsin
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Image Credits
Panteha Abareshi, New Artifacts, 2021. Installation view, Panteha Abareshi: Tender Calamities, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, 2021. Photograph provided by the artist and Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
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