Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Faculty News: Aaron Collier at UMass

"Datum Drawing" gallery talk with Prof. Aaron Collier
Datum Drawing (February 4-March 8) is an exhibition that explores the use of datum in drawing as an architectural or spatial point of reference. A Datum Line is a line to which dimensions are referred on engineering drawings, and from which measurements are calculated. The term datum refers to a piece of information or fixed point of scale that serves as a reference in defining the geometry of a composition and in measuring aspects of that geometry to assess its relation to another value in space. Artists, architects, designers, engineers, cartographers and many others use datums to construct and define visual representation of space and place.  This show brings together two artists and   two architects who employ the use of datum lines in their work.

ARTISTS:
Aaron Collier, Assistant Professor of Art, Tulane University 
Perry Kulper, Professor of Architecture, University of Michigan 
Derek Lerner, NYC based artist
Tiffany Lin, Associate Professor of Architecture, Tulane University      


Curated  by Sandy Litchfield, Assistant Professor Department of Architecture

DESIGN BUILDING GALLERY
University of Massachusetts 
John W Olver Design Building #180
551 North Pleasant Street
Amherst MA

Monday, February 4, 2019

ELIZABETH HILL BOONE, 2019 CAA DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR

The College Art Association is honoring Elizabeth Hill Boone, Professor of History of Art and Martha and Donald Robertson Chair in Latin American Art at Tulane University, as the 2019 CAA Distinguished Scholar.

The Distinguished Scholar Session honoring Elizabeth Boone will take place Thursday, Febrary 14, 2019, from 4-5:30pm.

An expert in the Precolumbian and early colonial art of Latin America with an emphasis on Mexico, Professor Boone is the former Director of Pre-Columbian Studies at Dumbarton Oaks and recipient of numerous honors and fellowships, including the Order of the Aztec Eagle, awarded by the Mexican government in 1990.

CAA media and content manager Joelle Te Paske corresponded with her recently to learn her thoughts on art history, scholarship, and challenges in the field. Read their interview here