Wednesday, November 28 9 am to 4 pm

Thursday, November 29 9 am to 7 pm

University art museums are uniquely poised to foster collaborative projects and partnerships across campus. Borrowed from quantum physics, the notion of “entanglement” provides an exciting metaphor for the kinds of interdisciplinary exhibitions that academic institutions can and should cultivate. Art historian and museum professional Joyce Robinson will discuss the rich nexus of scholarship and outreach that can result from “curatorial entanglements,” looking in particular at Plastic Entanglements: Ecology, Aesthetics, Materials.

Speaker Bio:

The Association of Graduate Art Students, in conjunction with Arts Career Entrepreneurship Space, welcomes Dr. Kathryn Floyd for a talk on professional development in the field of art history. Dr. Floyd is a Professor of Art History at Auburn University where she teaches courses in Modern and Contemporary Art. She received her MA in Art History from the Lamar Dodd School of Art and PhD from the University of Iowa. Before teaching at Auburn, Dr. Floyd worked at the International Dada Archive at the University of Iowa.

The Interdisciplinary Modernisms Workshop (ModSquad), in conjunction with the Association of Graduate Art Students will host Dr. Kathryn Floyd for a workshop on her essay "Exhibited in Photographs: Objects, Displays, and the Installation Shots that Define Them." Dr. Floyd is a Professor of Art History at Auburn University where she teaches courses in Modern and Contemporary Art.

Come to learn more about the 2019 NYC Maymester course.

Come to learn more about the 2019 Croatia Maymester course.

Come to learn more about the 2019 LA Maymester course.

In her talk entitled “Seeing Appalachia,” writer and public historian Elizabeth Catte will take a critical look at representations of the region in contemporary writing, photography and reporting, underscoring how the visual archive of Appalachia often renders a diverse and complicated place into a series of problems that threaten the nation's progress.

Associate Professor Katerie Gladdys from the University of Florida will give a presentation on the graduate program at UF for interested Dodd students.