NEWSLETTERSpring 2009Volume 2, Issue 3

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Please Welcome Jessie MattsonPlease welcome Jessie Mattson, our new office manager and departmental representative.Ms. Mattson is also the Human Resources Representative for the College of Visual Arts,Theatre & Dance.

Ms. Mattson recently graduated from FSU’s College of Criminology/Criminal Justice.Previously, she was a flutist in the Marine Band in San Diego, where she also taught MarineCorps mixed martial arts.

I AM 1789 Sponsors Artist LectureI AM 1789, the Interdisciplinary Association of Modernists,sponsored a lecture by Deborah McIntosh Whistler February 26.Ms. Whistler received her MFA from the University of Cincinnati in1996 and her BFA from Miami University in 1981. In 2007 she wasnamed Indiana Artist of the Year. Her work deals with the fraying ofdivisions between the interior and the exterior in the currentcontext of globalization. Ms. Whistler’s work challenges thecontemporary individual’s false sense of security and strives toencourage a dissolution of boundaries between truth and artifice.

Roald Nasgaard, “Paul-Émile Borduas (1905–1960)” in The Thomson Canadian Collection atthe Art Gallery of Ontario: Canadian Art, and catalogue entries on Pollock, de Kooning, andBorduas in Drawing Attention: Selected Works on Paper from the Renaissance to Modernism,Art Gallery of Ontario.

Lauren S. Weingarden, Louis H. Sullivan and a 19th-Century Poetics of Naturalized Architecture (London:Ashgate, 2009). For most of the twentieth century,modernist viewers dismissed the architectural ornament ofLouis H. Sullivan (1856-1924) and the majority of histheoretical writings as emotional outbursts of an outmodedromanticism. In this study, Lauren Weingarden revealsSullivan's eloquent articulation of nineteenth-centuryromantic practices—literary, linguistic, aesthetic, spiritual,and nationalistic—and thus rescues Sullivan and hislegacy from the narrow role imposed on him as a pioneerof twentieth-century modernism. Using three interpretivemodels, discourse theory, poststructural semiotic analysis,and a pragmatic concept of sign-functions, she restoresthe integrity of Sullivan's artistic choices and his historicalposition as a culminating figure within nineteenth-centuryromanticism.

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PresentationsRichard K. Emmerson was one of the keynote speakersat the Vagantes Graduate Medieval Conference held atFlorida State, March 5-7. He presented “John as VisionaryWitness, Participant, and Intermediary in MedievalApocalypses.”

Jack Freiberg co-chaired the Italian Art Societysponsored session, “The International Contribution toItalian Renaissance and Baroque Art” at the College ArtAssociation annual conference in Los Angeles, February23-27.

Lynn Jones discussed “Sacred Spaces: Mary CrossPhotographs from Greece and Turkey” in an interview on“Princeton Connect,” which aired on Princeton PublicAccess Television in January. She will participate in thecolloquium “Change and Cultural Exchange in theThirteenth Century” at the University of Pennsylvania, April4. She will also present “Iconclasm: Text and Image” atRutgers, April 7 and 9.

Roald Nasgaard presented “Edmonton’s Modernism andRoads Not Taken” at the Art Gallery of Alberta at theUniversity of Alberta, Edmonton, April 10, 2008; “OnResearching and Writing Abstract Painting in Canada,” apublic lecture at Fanshawe College, London, ON, October20, 2008 and “Conversation: Odili Donald Odita and RoaldNasgaard,” at the Institute of Contemporary Art, University ofPennsylvania, October 29, 2008.

Sarah Andyshak (M.A. student) presented “Saints in theMargins of the Luttrell Psalter” at the Vagantes GraduateMedieval Conference.

Deirdre Carter (M.A. student) presented “History andHagiography in the Illustrated Narratives of Matthew Paris”at the Vagantes Graduate Medieval Conference.

Jennifer Feltman (Ph.D. candidate) chaired a panel,“Word, Image, and the Monument,” at the VagantesGraduate Medieval Conference. She is chairing a panel,“Pedagogy in Medieval Studies: Making the Transitionfrom Student to Teacher,” at the Medieval Academy ofAmerica’s Annual Meeting in Chicago, March 26-28. Shewill also be presenting a paper at the 44th AnnualInternational Congress on Medieval Studies, “CreatingInterdisciplinarity on your Campus,” in Kalamazoo, May 7-10.

Keri Fredericks (Ph.D. candidate) is presenting “A Patternof Three: Mabel Choate, Fletcher Steele, and NaumkeagGardens,” and chairing a panel, “Popular Art, Architecture

& Design XIV: American Prerogatives” at the PopularCulture Association/American Culture Association annualconference in New Orleans, April 8-11. She is chairing apanel, “Bridging Difference,” at the Eudora WeltyCentennial Conference and Celebration in Jackson,Mississippi, April 16-19, and presenting “‘Black Saturday’:Eudora Welty's Unpublished Photographic Essay ofDepression-era Mississippi” at the American LiteratureAssociation annual conference in Boston, May 21-24.

Karlyn Griffith (Ph.D. student) chaired a panel,“Constructing, Transmitting, and Receiving Identity in theMiddle Ages,” at the Vagantes Graduate MedievalConference. She will present “Public Reading and PrivatePerformance: Viewing Performance in the Images in MSBesançon 579” at the 44th Annual International Congresson Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo, May 7-10.

Tanja Jones (Ph.D. candidate) is presenting “TheConstantine and Heraclius Medallions: The Franco-Byzantine Origins of the Italian Renaissance Medal” at theannual conference of the Renaissance Society of Americain Los Angeles, March 19-21.

Morgan McCormick (Ph.D. student) presented a lecture,“Colonial Interaction in the Badianus Manuscript,” atMission San Luis, March 7.

Jennifer Naumann (Ph.D. candidate) presented “DoesSize Matter? Enlargement, Ego, and the Performance ofIdentity in the Grandes Heures of Jean de Berry” andchaired a panel, “Consuming God: Lexical Flexibility andthe Late Medieval Body of Christ,” at the VagantesGraduate Medieval Conference. She will present “A NewPlayer in the Game of Art and Legitimacy: GuillaumeJouvenel des Ursins and the Formation of Identity in LateMedieval Paris” at the 44th Annual International Congresson Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo, May 7-10.

Nadia Pawelchak (Ph.D. student) chaired a panel,“Journeys in Medieval Poetry and Prose,” at the VagantesGraduate Medieval Conference.

Julianne Parse Sandlin (Ph.D. candidate) will present“Representations of the Church of Saint-Louis-des-Jésuites: Exposing the Intentions of Louis XIII and theJesuits” at the Society for French Historical StudiesConference in St. Louis, March 26-29.

Jennifer Pride (Ph.D. student) will present “Stories thatShape our Lives: Didactic Word and Image in the QueenMary Psalter” at the 44th Annual International Congress onMedieval Studies at Kalamazoo, May 7-10.

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FSU Hosts VagantesFSU hosted Vagantes’ Eighth Annual Graduate Medieval Conference, March 5-7. Vagantes, an annual traveling conferencefor graduate students studying any aspect of the Middle Ages, was conceived with several goals in mind: to foster a senseof community among junior medievalists, to provide exposure to an interdisciplinary forum, and to showcase the resourcesof the host institutions.

Students from institutions across the United States and Great Britain including Berkeley, Johns Hopkins, Cornell, CatholicUniversity of America, Longwood, Pittsburgh, Connecticut, Illinois, Emory, Delaware, Eastern Illinois, Southern Illinois,University of York, Florida, Indiana, Wisconsin, Ohio State, and Louisiana State participated in this year’s conference.

During the three-day symposium, twenty-four students presented papers, six of whom are FSU students. In addition to ourdepartment’s students, Ginger Assadi (Department of Interdisciplinary Humanities), Carla Thomas (English Department),and Lyndsey Woods (College of Music) presented papers.

Congratulations!Richard K. Emmerson was awarded the Medieval Academy of America Annual Award for Excellence in Teaching MedievalStudies for 2009. The CARA Award for Excellence in Teaching Medieval Studies recognizes Medieval Academy memberswho are outstanding teachers who have contributed to the profession by inspiring students at the undergraduate orgraduate levels.

Ceil Bare (Ph.D. candidate) successfully defended her dissertation “Achilles and the Roman Aristocrat: The Ambrosian Iliadas a Social Statement in the Late Antique Period” on March 2. Prof. Paula Gerson chairs her committee.

Keri Fredericks (Ph.D. candidate) was awarded an Office of Graduate Studies Dissertation Research Grant.

Karlyn Griffith (Ph.D. student) published “Viewing the Romance of Antichrist in the Miniatures of Besançon MS 579,”Athanor 27 (2009).

Pete Mauro (M.A. 2001) is now in a tenure-track line at CUNY-Queensborough.

Lori Neuenfeldt (M.A. student) will defend her thesis, “Eros and Erotes in the Late Antique Mosaics of Antioch,” March 23.Asst. Prof. Lynn Jones heads her committee.

Julianne Parse Sandlin (Ph.D. candidate) is scheduled to defend her dissertation “Monarch, Churches, and Politics:Ecclesiastical Architecture in Paris during the Regency of Maria de’ Medici and the Reign of Louis XIII” on March 23. Prof.Robert Neuman chairs her committee.

Jennifer Pride (Ph.D. student) published “Double Identities in Phantasmagorian Modern Paris,” The Hawaii InternationalConference on Arts and Humanities Proceedings (2009).

Diantha Steinhilper (Ph.D. student) won the prestigious Ristow Prize competition of the Washington Map Society for herarticle, “Mapping Identity: Defining Community in the Culhuacán Map of the Relaciones Geográficas,” The Portolan (2009).Previous winners have included doctoral candidates from institutions such as Berkeley, Michigan, and Johns Hopkins.

Andrea Bonilla Wells (B.A. 2005) was appointed Assistant Director of the Tibor de Nagy Gallery in New York City.

Fall GraduatesDoctor of PhilosophyElizabeth Heuer

Master of ArtKristie Cox and Kaylin Evans

Bachelor of ArtLindsey Fish, Ginna Raymer, Sarah Smith, Jean Spivey, Meredith Watkins, and Michelle Maney

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Where are they now?

SAVE THE DATE

Mason Applications Due

3/30

I. N. Winbury PapersDue

3/30

I. N. Winbury AwardAnnounced

4/03

Eudora Welty’s 100th

Birthday

4/13

Last Day of Classes

4/20

CVAT & D AwardsCeremony

4/22

Commencement

5/02

A Message from the Undergraduate Art History Association…

A Message from the Art History Association…The Art History Association (AHA) is the departmental graduate student organization. Inaddition to acting as a liaison between students and faculty, AHA sponsors lectures,luncheons, fundraisers, and social events. Want to get involved and serve your departmentwhile learning valuable skills and building your curriculum vitae? Run for office! OfficerElections for 2009-2010 will be held the week of March 23. Please submit any nominationrequests to Ressa Mackey or Lesley Marchessault.

We are now accepting nominations for the I. N. Winbury Award, a $100 prize for bestpaper. Please submit anonymous papers with a separate cover sheet that includes yourname and the title of your paper to Kathy Braun. The deadline for papers is March 30. Thewinner will be announced April 3.

AHA is currently selling tote bags as part of its annual fundraiser. The bags are $6 or twofor $10. Please see any AHA officer to purchase a tote bag.

Ramiro Fernandez, who graduated from FSU’s School ofVisual Arts and Dance in 1974, has recently published a bookof his photographs. I Was Cuba is an original look at Cubanhistory as seen through the Ramiro Fernandez Collection,arguably the world’s leading archive of Cuban photographs.With texts from famed Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas (BeforeNight Falls), this captivating volume is an intimate view into abygone era of glamour, political upheaval, and astoundingvisual culture. On October 23 Mr. Fernandez will give apresentation about his collection of rare, vernacular imagesfrom the nineteenth century through the revolutionary period.Mr. Fernandez recently retired after a thirty-year career as aphoto-editor for Time-Life and People magazines.

We love to hear from our alumni! Drop us a line and let us know how you are doing ...arh@www.fsu.edu …and remember the deadline for submissions to the Summer

Newsletter is June 20.

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The Undergraduate Art History Association (UAHA) is dedicated to fostering a positiverelationship between undergraduate majors, graduate students, and the faculty in theDepartment of Art History.

Please join us for “Marketing Art History 101: A Career as an Art Auctioneer,” a lecture byPolly Sartori, Senior Vice President and Director of the Nineteenth-century European ArtDepartment at Sotheby’s New York, at 6:30 pm in FAB 249 on March 31.

Want to get involved? Meet new people? Work with students, faculty, and the Tallahasseecommunity? Get your chance by getting involved with U.A.H.A. Watch out for e-mails andflyers about April elections for President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, andHistorian.

Bake Sales: Every 1st and 3rd Monday of the month in the FAB LobbyStay in touch by joining the listserv: fsuuaha@yahoo.com

A Message from the Undergraduate Art History Association…

Leslie Cone (M.A. 2005) works for Atlanta-based PremierExhibitions, which organized “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition” and“Bodies: The Exhibition & Bodies Revealed.”

Bernadine Heller-Greenman (Ph.D. 2002) is an adjunct professorin the Department of Art and Art History at Florida InternationalUniversity in Miami, Florida.

Susan Kloman (M.A. 1999) is the former Assistant Vice President/Department Head of Sotheby's African and Oceanic ArtDepartment in New York, and is currently consulting withSotheby's and other private collectors.

James Peck (B.A. 1995) is the Curator of European and AmericanArt at the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma.