International Symposium VIII, 2005
Due to unforeseen circumstances, PAA will not publish a book including the symposium papers and presentations from the VIII International Symposium in Salem. However, a new relationship between Pacific Arts Journal and the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota presents another venue for the publication of these papers. Over the next year and a half, PAA will publish 2 to 4 special volumes of the journal devoted to the Salem conference. The first papers will be featured in the Fall 2010 issue of the journal.
The Executive Committee thanks the membership, particularly those who presented and submitted papers for publication, for their patience.
PAA INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM VIII, 2005
19-23 July 2005
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts
Theme: Pacific Diasporas: People, Art, and Ideas On the Move
Since the arrival of the earliest voyagers, people, art/objects, and ideas have been continually on the move within, beyond, and back to the Pacific. The extensive holdings at Peabody Essex Museum foster dialogue about collections and collecting, both historically and in the present; of repatriation issues; of strategies within the Pacific to recapture cultural traditions and histories, and encourage, collect or showcase contemporary art in new cultural centers; of the lives of Pacific Island artists, scholars, and collectors, past and present, including those transplanted to other lands in the Pacific, to North America and/or Europe; of the impact of new and expanding technologies, markets, and telecommunications, as well as cross-cultural artistic exchanges taking place around the world.
VENUE
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts
Peabody Essex Museum, in historic Salem, Massachusetts, will host the VIII Pacific Arts Association Symposium. PEM reopened in June 2003 after a dramatic transformation featuring 250,000 square feet of new and renovated galleries and public spaces. With its first acquisitions in 1799, augmented by early nineteenth century contributions by the East India Marine Society, the Oceanic collection now includes more than 15,000 pieces from over thirty-six island groups in the Pacific. Several hundred are well-documented Polynesian pieces from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, many of which are of world significance, such as the Hawaiian temple image, Kuka'ilimoku, a double Fijian spirit house, a Marquesan carved wooden arm, and unique painted tapa from the Austral Islands.
Salem is located 16 miles north of Boston, on Massachusetts' Atlantic coast. Rich in history, Salem was founded in 1626 in an area originally called Naumkeag by its Native American residents. Over the next two centuries, Salem developed into a rich and famous seaport, its merchants trading across the Pacific to China and India. It is also well-known as the site of the 1692 Salem witchcraft trials and home to Nathaniel Hawthorne and his House of the Seven Gables. Salem is filled with historic homes, museums, good restaurants, and shop-lined streets.
Many other important museums lie on the Atlantic coast. For example, at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, only four hours by train from nearby Boston, the exhibition, Adorning the World: Art of the Marquesas Islands, will be on display.
For more information about PEM, visit the web site: http://www.pem.org
CALL FOR PAPERS: now closed
SELECTION OF PAPERS: The program committee met at CAA in Atlanta. Notification regarding acceptances has been made. The full program is now posted at Symposium Schedule
HOTEL INFORMATION
There are two official symposium hotels, the Hawthorne Hotel and the Salem Waterfront Inn (this hotel is now fully booked). Both hotels are within two blocks of PEM. Special conference rates are available until 19 JUNE 2005 on a first-come, first-served basis. Participants are encouraged to reserve rooms early.
TO MAKE RESERVATIONS HAWTHORNE, CALL ONE OF THE NUMBERS BELOW!! Mention the PAA symposium. If you try to make reservations online, it will say the hotel is full because they are blocking the public from taking our rooms.
Hawthorne Hotel: MAKE RESERVATIONS THROUGH THE PHONE NUMBERS BELOW (14 ROOMS AS OF 25 MAY 2005
Singles, $155/Doubles $165 (plus tax)
web site: http://www.hawthornehotel.com
email: info@hawthornehotel.com
phone: 978-744-4080 or 800-729-7829
Salem Waterfront Inn: FULL AS OF 25 MAY 2005
Singles/doubles $149 (plus tax)
web site: http://bwsalem.com
email: info@bwsalem.com
phone: 978-740-8788
Salem State College
Additional accommodations will be available at Salem State College in residence hall suite-style rooms.* SSC is about 10 city blocks from PEM. A local bus stops near by and parking is available.
Central Campus (air-conditioning, apartment style)
US$30.00 per person for double room
US$35.00 per person for single room
Rooms are on a space-available, first-come / first-serve basis. If all singles are filled, it is possible to request a double room for one person. The rate for this is $45.
*rooms are private, common areas (bathrooms, kitchens) will be shared by other PAA attendees.
Contact Jason Marshall directly either by email, summerconferences@salemstate.edu or phone, 978-542-6416.
Other possibilities:
The Salem Inn (convenient location, prices comparable to the hotels above)
978-741-0680; http://www.salemInnMa.com
Here are several sites that give good info about bed and breakfast accommodations in Salem and about the general area:
www.salem.org
www.northofboston.org
salemweb.com
www.massvacation.com
vgp.com (Boston's multilingual guide)
GENERAL TRAVEL INFORMATION
For a very useful map of Salem, please click here and scroll to p26: http://www.salem.org/pdf/visitorsguide.pdf Adobe Acrobat Reader is required.
Click here for Shuttle, train, and bus info from Boston and Logan Airport to Salem
SYMPOSIUM CONVENORS/SPONSORS
SYMPOSIUM CONVENORS:
Carol Ivory, Pacific Arts Association
Christina Hellmich, Peabody Essex Museum
Organizing Committee:
Christina Hellmich, Carol Ivory, Virginia-Lee Webb, Hilary Scothorn, Eric Kjellgren, Anne Allen, Anne D’Alleva, Norman Hurst, Robert Welsch
SYMPOSIUM SPONSORS:
Peabody Essex Museum: www.pem.org
Washington State University: www.wsu.edu
New Bedford Whaling Museum/Kendall Whaling Institute www.whalingmuseum.org
Museum of Natural History, Providence, RI: www.osfn.org/museum
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: www.mfa.org
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University: www.peabody.harvard.edu
Education through Cultural and Historical Organizations (ECHO) Act
Norman Hurst, Hurst Gallery: www.hurstgallery.com
Aranui 3/CPTM: aranui.com
Air Tahiti Nui: www.airtahitinui-usa.com
Tahiti Tourisme: www.tahiti-tourisme.com
TRIBAL: the magazine of tribal art: www.tribalarts.com
Mark and Carolyn Blackburn
John and Marcia Friede
William Teel
A Friend of PAA
We are grateful to all of these sponsors, and we hope this list will grow. Please let us know if you can help in any way! Contact Carol Ivory at