Sermin Ciddi, Foremost Practitioner and Private Teacher of Ottoman Miniature Painting
November 12, 2009
7:30 p.m.
“Ottoman Miniature Painting and Illumination Painting in Contemporary Times”
Miniature painting is a narrow and highly specialized field of Ottoman Turkish fine arts. As a form of painting, it reached a peak in the 17th century within the Ottoman Empire, but it was also popular in other regional civilizations, most notably Persia. Having declined and withered by the early 20th century, the artform is experiencing a revival that began in the early 1980s. In Turkey today, an increasing number of students are interested in learning about their ancestral painting styles. This event is co-sponsored by the European Studies Department.
Symposium: Recycling in African Art: Necessity, Metaphor, and Creative Expression
November 13, 2009
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Organized by Victoria L. Rovine, School of Art and Art History/Center for African Studies, University of Florida
Co-sponsored by the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere with support from the Yavitz Fund. In addition, funding generously provided by the Center for African Studies, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the Office of Sustainability.
In many parts of Africa, recycling is both an expressive medium and a strategy for survival. Artists working in a wide range of markets, from the local to the international, transform objects and images into aesthetic expressions. This symposium will explore the aesthetics, economics and paradoxes of recycling as an artistic practice in Africa. Presentations by art historians, anthropologists, artists and curators will address the reuse and reanimation of objects in Africa and the African diaspora. For more information visit http://www.sustainable.ufl.edu/events/recyclinginafrica.html.
UF Faculty Lecture Series
November 15, 2009
3 p.m.
Join us for a lecture series highlighting the research interests of faculty members from the UF School of Art and Art History. After each event, enjoy a reception to mingle with the presenters and continue conversations.
Robert Westin, Professor of Art History
Maya Stanfield-Mazzi, Assistant Professor of Art History
Harn Eminent Scholar Lecture: Jock Reynolds
November 18, 2009
6 p.m.
“The Original Work of Art: What It Has to Teach in a University Art Museum”
Jock Reynolds has been the Henry J. Heinz II Director of the Yale University Art Gallery since 1998. As such he oversees the oldest university art museum in North America, established in 1832 and currently with holdings of more than 80,900 works of art. He has emphasized true and ready access to the collections of the Yale University Art Gallery, and has reached new and expanded audiences through innovative approaches to permanent collection installations, changing exhibitions and education. Before assuming his position at Yale, Reynolds was director for 10 years of the Addison Gallery of American Art at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. He received his B.A. from the University of California at Santa Cruz and his M.F.A. from the University of California, Davis. Reynolds is an accomplished artist whose work is represented in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Walker Art Center, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the University of Washington’s Henry Art Gallery.
UF Faculty Lecture Series
November 22, 2009
3 p.m.
Join us for a lecture series highlighting the research interests of faculty members from the UF School of Art and Art History. After each event, enjoy a reception to mingle with the presenters and continue conversations.
Glenn Willumson, Associate Professor of Art History
Craig Roland, Associate Professor of Art Education
Victoria Rovine, Associate Professor of Art History
