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Two journals featuring the work of PAA member Jewel Castro have recently been published:

The Contemporary Pacific, vol. 20, no. 2., ISSN 1043-898x
Cover features the work of Jewel Castro; also includes an article by Dr. Stacy Kamehiro.
 
Pacific Studies special issue: "Women Writing Oceania: Weaving the Sails of Vaka," vol. 20, nos. 1/2-March/June 2007, The Pacific Institute Brigham Young U. Hawai'i, Guest Editors Caroline Sinavaiana and J. Kehaulani Kauanui.
Featuring artwork and an essay, "Communicating Tradition in Samoan American Art, An Artist's Reflection" by Jewel Castro; also includes important pieces by PAA member Rosanna Raymond.

Chasseurs de diables et collecteurs d'art: Tentatives de conversion des Asmat par les missionnaires pionniers protestants et catholiques
Written by Astrid de Hontheim

Peter Lang Publishing Group
Bruxelles, Bern, Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2008.
317 pages, 26 illustrations
ISBN 978-90-5201-380-0  br.

From the Series: Dieux, Hommes et Religions: Gods, Humans and Religions  Vol. 12
Year of Publication: 2008

Available for purchase at www.peterlang.com.
 

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 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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