Art History Association Meeting Minutes

May 9, 2003 at 11am | Hearth Café

Elections (Heather Russell and Nissie Ellison, Co-Chairs)

• Elections were held for 2003-4 Co-chairs – Elizabeth Barber and Gayle Goudy Kochanski were elected.
• Justin Gershwin was nominated for 2003-4 Treasurer. He declined the position.  Elections for treasurer are tabled for next fall.

Graduate Symposium (Liz Parr, Committee Chair)

• Liz calls ideas for symposium topics.  Email them to her (parrelizabeth@hotmail.com)
• She is researching rooms to reserve and dates that do not conflict with other symposiums.

Art Collecting Project (Violet Clark, Committee Chair)

• She has been in contact with the visual arts department and will hold a competition.  The winning piece of art will be added to the collection
• The competition is tabled until next fall because it conflicts with the visual departments final reviews and art history paper deadlines.
• She calls for ideas for prizes (cash award, gift certificate for supplies, restaurants, etc)

End of the Year Party

• Rather than an informal picnic like last year, we will have a more formal reception in Gerlinger Hall.

Technology

• Gayle Goudy Kochanski will get a majordomo list to make it easier to communication during the summer
• She will also get a URL for organization’s web site.

 Graduate Student Faculty Liaison (Clare Redhead and Gayle Goudy Kochanski)

• New Contemporary Architecture Faculty Position: After much discussion, Deborah Hurtt was offered a two-year contract.
• New MA requirements were offered to faculty for approval.

Meeting was adjourned at 12 noon.