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Courtney Puckett // Alexis Granwell // Experiences of Contingent Faculty in Teaching Studio Art

Jay Buchanan, Holly Gabelmann, Caroline Giddis, and Clarissa Chevalier: "Collaboration, finding purpose, occupying intermediate space and making noise together!" In this conversation, Jay Buchanan and Holly Gabelmann, co-creators of Idiosynchrony, talk to Caroline Giddis and Clarissa Chevalier, founders and co-editors of Tesserae Press. They discuss "Collaboration, finding purpose, occupying intermediate space and making noise together!" Jay Buchanan is a theorist, poet, and arts orchestrator. Holly Gabelmann is an artist, writer, and asker of questions. They are the co-creators of Idiosynchrony, a podcast and collective sonic artwork. www.idiosynchronypodcast.com Caroline Giddis is a writer, emerging curator, and art historian of the long nineteenth century focusing on intersectional feminism. Clarissa Chevalier is an interdisciplinary researcher, writer, and art historian specializing in modern and contemporary ecological art.They are the founders and co-editors of Tesserae Press, an online arts publication for emerging creative voices. www.TesseraePress.com

Jay Buchanan // Holly Gabelmann // Caroline Giddis // Clarissa Chevalier // Collaboration

Join us for a conversation with Sean Nash, a visual artist and food fermentation experimentalist, and Stephanie Maroney, a feminist science and food studies scholar, as they discuss “Microbial Teachers and Fermentive Pedagogies.” Sean Nash is a visual artist and food fermentation experimentalist. His multidisciplinary work integrates fermented foods with sculptures as edible, time-based, and socially engaged components of programs and exhibitions. Sean's work has been shown nationally, with solo shows at the Kniznick Gallery at Brandeis (Krautsourcing, 2019), Plug Projects in Kansas City, MO (Lactobacillus Amongus, 2017), and Black Ball Projects in Brooklyn, NY (They/Them/Their, 2016). His work can be found at senash.com Stephanie Maroney is a feminist science and food studies scholar creating collaborative projects on fermentation and mycology. She has published on the topics of queer fermentation praxis, the colonial afterlife of microbiome science, and probiotic dietary culture. Stephanie has a Ph.D in Cultural Studies and administers a community-engaged arts and humanities research program at UC Davis.

Sean Nash // Stephanie Maroney // Microbial Teachers and Fermentive Pedagogies

In this conversation, the pair discuss Schwartz’s new book Walker Evans: No Politics. The first book to take seriously Evans’s refusal to act or work politically, Walker Evans offers a sweeping reassessment of American documentary and its histories. Opening with a discussion of Evans’s place in the canon as well as Schwartz’s efforts to problematise canonical histories of documentary, the podcast covers a range of topics, from the publication of Evans’s short, but punchy, review of photographic books, his 1931 essay “The Reappearance of Photography,” to the 1971 retrospective exhibition of his work at the Museum of Modern Art. At the centre of this conversation is a debate about Evans’s legacy, about how and why it needs to be reimagined today. Stephanie Schwartz is an Associate Professor of the History of Art at University College, London. Jorge Ribalta is an independent curator and photographer living and working in Barcelona.

Stephanie Schwartz // Jorge Ribalta // Walker Evans: No Politics

In this conversation, educator, artist, and technologist Chris Carruth and Ph.D. candidate Kristina M. Stamatis discuss pedagogy, empathy, and structural racism in higher ed. Chris Carruth is an educator, artist, and technologist who is currently splitting teaching/making engagements between Boulder, CO and Vancouver, BC. He is an interdisciplinary creative artist who weaves philosophical inquiry, investigative journalism, and personal narrative together to examine life in the digital age. Kristina M. Stamatis is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Education at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her research focuses on the ways that cultural storytelling can support teaching and learning and the disruption of whiteness. Her latest work can be found in the book Compose Our World: Engaging Educators and Students with Project-Based Learning in Secondary English Language Arts.

Chris Carruth // Kristina M. Stamatis // Pedagogy, Empathy, and Structural Racism

This podcast explores key concepts of decolonization, settler responsibility, and treaty principles. Join Dr. Julie Hollenbach in conversation with Dr. Carla Taunton in a dynamic dialogue that considers key ideas and concepts of decolonization. Hollenbach and Taunton discuss the potential roles and responsibilities of white-settler scholars in decolonizing and unsettling initiatives within museums, academia, and the classroom to include the movement towards decolonial accomplice focused methodologies. Dr. Carla Taunton, a white-settler scholar, is an Associate Professor in the Division of Art History and Contemporary Culture at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University and an Adjunct Associate Professor in the department of Cultural Studies at Queen’s University. She is the Special Advisor to the VP Academic and Research, Social Justice and Decolonization. Her research contributes to arts-based critiques of settler colonialism, Indigenous arts and methodologies, contemporary Canadian art and activism, museum and curatorial studies, as well as theories of decolonization, anti-colonialism and settler responsibility. Her recent publications include, “Unsettling Canadian Heritage: Decolonial Aesthetics in Canadian Video and Performance Art,” with Sarah E.K Smith in Journal Canadian Studies (2018), “Embodying Sovereignty: Indigenous Women’s Performance Art in Canada,” in Narratives Unfolding (2017), and “Performing Sovereignty: Forces to be Reckoned With” in More Caught in the Act: An Anthology of Performance Art by Canadian Women (2016). She co-edited PUBLIC 54: Indigenous Art, the first special issue on global Indigenous new media and digital arts, and RACAR: Continuities Between Eras: Indigenous Arts (2017). She is an independent curator and was a curatorial team member for Abadakone at the National Gallery of Canada (2019). Taunton’s recent collaborative research projects include: The GLAM Collective, The Pilimmaksarniq/Pijariuqsarniq Project: Inuit Futures in Arts Leadership (2017), and The Archive/Counter-Archive: Activating Canada’s Moving Image Heritage (2017). Julie Hollenbach is a queer white-settler scholar also at NSCAD University where she is an Assistant Professor of Craft History and Material Culture. Her work addresses craft practices and craft cultures at the intersections of history and location, tradition and ritual, contact and connection, meaning and use. Julie’s curatorial and academic research is influenced by queer, feminist, anti-racist and decolonial methodologies. If you’d like to learn more about her work, check out an article she published online with Studio magazine entitled, “Moving Beyond a Modern Craft: Thoughts on White Entitlement and Cultural Appropriation in Professional Craft in Canada,” or check out her recent curatorial project Unpacking the Living Room at Mount St. Vincent University Art Gallery. A website chronicling and documenting the exhibition can be found at: www.unpackingthelivingroommsvu.ca.

Julie Hollenbach // Carla Taunton // Decolonization, Settler Responsibility, and Treaty Principles

Join us for a conversation between Thanavi Chotpradit, a modern and contemporary Thai art historian, and Chanon Kenji Praepipatomongkol, curator at Singapore Art Museum, as they discuss “The Iconography of Protest in Bangkok." Thanavi Chotpradit is a lecturer in modern and contemporary Thai art history at Silpakorn University in Bangkok, Thailand and a member of the editorial collective of Southeast of Now: Directions in Contemporary and Modern Art in Asia. Her areas of interest include modern and Thai contemporary art in relation to memory studies, war commemoration, Thai politics and archival practices. Chanon Kenji Praepipatmongkol is a Curator at Singapore Art Museum. He holds a PhD in art history from the University of Michigan, with a focus on postwar art in the Philippines and Thailand. His latest research project explores technical dimensions of design as the basis for understanding new media ecologies of form, experience, and image in 21st century Thailand.

Thanavi Chotpradit // Chanon Kenji Praepipatmongkol // The Iconography of Protest in Bangkok

Lorne M. Buchman, President of ArtCenter College of Design and host of Change Lab podcast, speaks with Beyond the Studio co-hosts Nicole Mueller and Amanda Adams about the shifts happening in higher education, how art and design colleges are responding to the financial challenges of the pandemic, rethinking the model in order to increase sustainability, access, and affordability, what organizations can learn from adopting a mindset similar to that of individual artists, and key questions we should all be asking within the arts at large. About Beyond the Studio: Beyond the Studio is a podcast that focuses on the behind the scenes work of visual artists— how they're supporting and sustaining themselves and their creative work. Co-hosted by artists Nicole Mueller (San Francisco, CA) and Amanda Adams (Baltimore, MD), Beyond the Studio features candid conversations with contemporary artists, makers, and art world professionals about their business practices, time management, financial planning, and how they're navigating the unique challenges of making a living, creatively. Artists are inherently resourceful, resilient, and ambitious, with a unique and diverse set of skills. Beyond the Studio wants to know how they're connecting the dots in their own life, and demystify the process. It's founded on the belief that by sharing these stories openly and honestly, artists will feel more empowered and become better equipped to live out their own creative life's work. The podcast can be found on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and on their website www.beyondthe.studio About Lorne M. Buchman: Lorne M. Buchman is the fifth president of ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California, an international leader in art and design education. During Buchman’s presidency, the College increased the undergraduate and graduate degree programs and realized record enrollments. Buchman previously served as president of both Saybrook University and California College of the Arts (CCA). Buchman holds a PhD from Stanford University and a BA from the University of Toronto. He founded Buchman Associates, a consulting firm focused on facility development projects for nonprofit organizations. A trained theater director and scholar, Buchman is the author of Still in Movement: Shakespeare on Screen and has taught and served as an administrative leader at the University of California, Berkeley. About ArtCenter: Founded in 1930 and located in Pasadena, California, ArtCenter College of Design is a global leader in art and design education. ArtCenter offers 11 undergraduate and seven graduate degrees in a wide variety of industrial design disciplines as well as visual and applied arts. In addition to its top-ranked academic programs, the College also serves members of the Greater Los Angeles region through a highly regarded series of year-round continuing education programs for all ages and levels of experience. Renowned for both its ties to industry and its social impact initiatives, ArtCenter is the first design school to receive the United Nations’ Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) status. Throughout the College’s long and storied history, ArtCenter alumni have had a profound impact on popular culture, the way we live and important issues in our society. Beyond the Studio beyondthe.studio

Lorne M. Buchman // Nicole Mueller // Amanda Adams // The Future of Art and Design Colleges

Join us for a live CAA podcast recording made for the CAA 2021 Conference! Rachel Beth Egenhoefer and Peter Dean discuss Sustainable Design: Beyond the Stuff, Towards the System Rachel Beth Egenhoefer, Professor, Design, University of San Francisco Peter Dean, Senior Critic, Department of Furniture Design, Nature-Culture-Sustainability Studies Concentration, Rhode Island School of Design

Rachel Beth Egenhoefer // Peter Dean // Sustainable Design: Beyond the Stuff, Towards the System

Mattie Schloetzer and Jason Vrooman come together to discuss trials and triumphs of remote and virtual museum internships during the COVID era. Mattie Schloetzer is the administrator of internships and museum fellowships at the National Gallery of Art and a member of the CAA professional practices committee. She is co-chairing the session, "Best Practices and Lessons Learned from the Digital Shift to Prepare Students for Professional Success," at the 2021 CAA Annual Conference, February 10–13. Jason Vrooman is a curator and educator at the Middlebury College Museum of Art. He especially enjoys letting conversations with museum-goers of all ages inform acquisitions and talking about ethics and equity with the next generation of museum professionals.

Mattie Schloetzer // Jason Vrooman // Remote and Virtual Internships

Warren Cariou is a photographer, filmmaker, writer, and interdisciplinary scholar whose work often explores links between environment, culture, and storytelling, with a particular focus on Indigenous communities in western Canada. He directs the Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture at the University of Manitoba, where he teaches in the Department of English, Theatre, Film and Media. His petrographs can be viewed at: http://www.warrencariou.com Siobhan Angus is a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History of Art at Yale University and a visiting scholar at the Yale Center for British Art. Her research, informed by a commitment to social and environmental justice, explores the visual culture of resource extraction in Canada, with a focus on photography and visual archives.

Warren Cariou // Siobhan Angus // Art, Pedagogy, and Environmental Justice, Part II

Alicia Grullón is an artist, author, curator, and activist based in New York City. She is an organizer of the People’s Cultural Plan and the legislative art project Percent for Green. She is an adjunct professor at the School of Visual Arts and Queens College, City University of New York. Chloë Bass is an artist and public practitioner based in New York City. She is an assistant professor of art at Queens College, where she co-runs Social Practice Queens, an experimental pedagogical platform that seeks to integrate studio art with research, community collaboration, and environmental justice. Her project "Wayfinding" closed in September 2020, and the audioguide is available to listen at: https://www.chloebass.com/wayfinding

Alicia Grullón // Chloë Bass // Art, Pedagogy, and Environmental Justice

Roland Betancourt is a Professor of Art History at the University of California, Irvine, whose forthcoming book with Princeton University Press is entitled, Byzantine Intersectionality: Sexuality, Gender, and Race in the Middle Ages. Bryan C. Keene is assistant professor of art history at Riverside City College and formerly associate curator of manuscripts at the Getty Museum; his 2019 edited volume is Toward a Global Middle Ages: Encountering the World through Illuminated Manuscripts.

Roland Betancourt // Bryan C. Keene // "In Raking Light"

Naomi J. Falk’s work considers our relationships with manufactured and natural landscapes, exploring the current climate, socially, environmentally, and politically. Facing swiftly changing classroom environments, this spring, she and Stacy Isenbarger began a new project share platform for art educators called, www.WhatDoWeDoNow.art. Falk is an Assistant Professor of Studio Art in 3D Studies at the University of South Carolina. She lives and works in Columbia, SC. Susan Altman is a Professor and Assistant Chair of the Visual, Performing and Media Arts Department at Middlesex County College in Edison, NJ. In addition to teaching studio courses, she is also the Director of the Center for the Enrichment of Learning and Teaching. Her studio practice is in drawing and printmaking, and she lives and works in New York City.

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