PAA Announcements

Cantor Arts Center Appoints PAA Member Dr. Barbara Thompson

sbailey — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:10:23 -0500

Cantor Arts Center Appoints New Curator for the Arts of Africa and the Americas

The Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University announces the appointment of Dr. Barbara Thompson as the new Phyllis Wattis Curator for the Arts of Africa and the Americas. Her work begins at the Center on September 2, 2008. Thompson will oversee the collection of African, precolombian, and Native American art---a selection of which is on view in three galleries---develop changing exhibitions, and conduct related scholarship. read more »

National Gallery of Australia Appoints PAA President Dr. Michael Gunn

sbailey — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:07:35 -0500

National Gallery of Australia announces appointment of Dr Michael Gunn

The National Gallery of Australia today announced the appointment of Dr Michael Gunn to the newly created position of Senior Curator, Pacific Arts.

Dr Gunn joins the National Gallery of Australia from Missouri, America where he has been Associate Curator, Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas at the Saint Louis Art Museum since 1999.
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Assume Nothing

sbailey — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:43:10 -0500

Assume Nothing
12 April - 30 August, 2008
The New Dowse, Lower Hutt, New Zealand

What does it mean to identify yourself as ‘transgender or gender fluid’, in a world determined to define you as either male or female? In this challenging yet sensitive exhibition entitled Assume Nothing, TheNewDowse invites you to leave your preconceptions at the door and take a walk in the shoes of those who identify as ‘alternatively gendered’. read more »

Taualuga; the last dance, live performance featured in Dateline Returns

sbailey — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:43:10 -0500

Taualuga; the last dance
31 May - 24 August, 2008
Live performance and work featured in 'Dateline Returns'
Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand

The solo performance entitled Taualuga; the last dance was first performed at the 4th AsiaPacific Triennial of Contemporary Art in 2002 with the Pasifika Divas performance art collective. Since then Shigeyuki Kihara has developed the Taualuga further by exploring indigenous Samoan belief systems while silmutaneously commenting on New Zealand's history and presence in the South Pacific region.
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Polynésie: arts et divinités 1760-1860

sbailey — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:33:49 -0500

Polynésie: arts et divinités 1760-1860
16 June - 14 September, 2008
Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, France

For more information, please visit www.quaibranly.fr. read more »

L'art ancestral des Iles Marquises: Te haa tupuna kakiu no te henua enana

sbailey — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:29:21 -0500

L'art ancestral des Iles Marquises: Te haa tupuna kakiu no te henua enana
21 June - 28 September, 2008
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Chartres, Chartres, France

There are almost 300 pieces on view from French museums and institutions as well as from Tahiti & Neuchatel and of course a large group of art works from private collections. Many of these pieces are being shown in public for the first time. A group of early illustrations by Max Radiguet (artist on the Dupetit-Thouars expedition) and Ernest Goupil (the artist for the Dumont d'Urville expedition) are included in the show. A catalogue is being published with over 225 illustrations.

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'Samoa Contemporary' tours The Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, New Zealand

sbailey — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:27:31 -0500

Samoa Contemporary
28 June – 24 August, 2008
The Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, New Zealand

The successfull group exhibition 'Samoa Contemporary' curated by Pataka Museum in Wellington will be touring The Sarjeant Gallery in Wanganui, New Zealand opening on the 28th June 2008.

A selection of works from the Fa'a fafine series 2005 recently aquired by the Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand will accompany the 'Samoa Contemporary' exhibition.

For more information please visit: www.sarjeant.org.nz read more »

Altogether: Contemporary Papua New Guinea Art, East-West Center Gallery, Honolulu, HI

sbailey — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:27:31 -0500

Altogether: Contemporary Papua New Guinea Art
29 June – 5 September, 2008
East-West Center Gallery, Honolulu, Hawai‘i

Guest Curator: Dr. Jacquelyn Lewis-Harris

Featured Artists: Timothy Akis, Jakupa Ako, Wkeng Aseng, Wendi Choulai, Ruki Fame, Elisabet Kauage, Mathias Kauage, Gigmai Kundun, Watu Lopo, Benny Moore, Joe Nalo, Simon Novek, Larry Santana, Taba Silau, Albert Susuve,WakiWaikali, JaneWena, Cecil KingWungi
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Night Visions III Call for Submissions

sbailey — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:51:37 -0500

Night Visions III
27 September - 6 November, 2008
Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ

Postmark Deadline for submissions: August 11

Artists are encouraged to submit work that explores or celebrates the night, the naturally dark sky, or the stars. The work in this exhibit should reflect the deep, positive connection that human beings can have with the nighttime. read more »

PAA at CAA, 2010: Call for Session Proposals

sbailey — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:51:37 -0500

Pacific Arts Association at College Art Association
Call for 2010 Session Proposals for February 10-13 in Chicago
Deadline: August 25, 2008

PAA is an affiliate society of the College Art Association (CAA), the primary national professional organization in the United States whose members are committed to excellence in the practice, teaching, and research of and about art, art history, and related disciplines.

As an affiliated society, PAA may sponsor one proposal for a 2½ hour regular session at the Annual Conference. The Annual Conference Committee will consider a PAA-sponsored session proposal, along with the other submissions it receives, on the basis of merit.
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