100 Years of History, Practice, and Theory: Celebrating Art, Art History, and Visual Studies at Duke University

This symposium seeks to present a critical discussion by some of our alumni about art and visual culture in their life/at Duke/in the world. What was the art world they came into, i.e. before Duke or as they were turning to the arts at Duke? What was the art world for them at Duke? After Duke, what changed in their art world and/or their participation in the arts? As part of these reflections, we asked the speakers to focus on critical themes related to questions of justice and equity, and to discuss experiences/work/histories related to bias and the arts, environment and resources, art and the Anthropocene, digital accessibility and divides, globalization and de-colonization, patriarchy, and class inequality. 2:00 PM Opening Remarks Soohyun Yoon, Instructor (Art History Ph.D., '23) Introduction Paul B. Jaskot, Professor and Chair 2:15-3:45 Panel I - Possibilities and Priorities in Contemporary Visual Culture Moderator: Stephen Hayes, Esbenshade Assistant Professor of the Practice Shifting Priorities in a Contested Europe: Contemporary Art in the Former Yugoslav Space and its Diasporas Jasmina Tumbas (Art History Ph.D., '13; University at Buffalo) My Art History Bishop Ortega (Master of Fine Arts in Experimental & Documentary Arts, '20; independent artist) Advocating for Artful Photography in Editorial and Advertising. Maya Robinson (Visual & Media Studies B.A., '11; Apple) Machine Learning and Deep Remixability Quran Karriem (Computational Media, Arts & Cultures Ph.D., '23; Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University) 3:45-4:05 Discussion Respondent: Shambhavi Kaul, Associate Professor of the Practice 4:05-4:25 Coffee Break 4:25-5:25 Panel II - Environment, Community, and Art Moderator: John J. Taormina, Curator of Visual Resources Intersections-Art History and Interdisciplinarity in the Classroom Elizabeth Baltes (Art History Ph.D., '16; Coastal Carolina University) Muddy Boots Charles Sparkman (Art History B.A., '09; Quinn Evans) Presente: Finding Community in the Art World Susanna V. Temkin (Art History B.A., '07; El Museo del Barrio) 5:25¬-5:45 Discussion Respondent: Mark Olson, Associate Professor of the Practice 5:45-5:50 Closing Remarks Soohyun Yoon, Instructor (Art History Ph.D., '23) 5:50- Reception