OSU to host Oklahoma Conference of Art Historians

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

(February 27, 2008  STILLWATER, Okla.) – Oklahoma State University will host the annual Oklahoma Conference of Art Historians on March 1 in the Bartlett Center for the Visual Arts.  
 
The organization, now in its 20th year, has more than 100 members. About 60 are expected to attend the event in Stillwater, which is hosted on a rotating basis each year by Oklahoma colleges, universities and museums.
 
“Art faculty, as well as undergraduate and graduate students from throughout the state, will present research that has undergone a competitive proposal and acceptance process,” says Jennifer Borland, assistant professor of art and a member of the conference’s organization committee.
 
Four sessions are planned with the first starting at 9:30 a.m. Topics include portraits of women of the 15th century, power and patronage in colonial Santa Fe, N.M., commentary on nationalism and social order, medieval gynecological manuscripts and The Last Supper.
 
Arthur Feldman, of the Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art, will discuss preparing an ethnically-oriented exhibit for an American audience.
 
Registration starts at 9 a.m. on Saturday, March 1, in the Gardiner Art Gallery in the Bartlett Center. The event is open to the public. For more information, phone (405) 744-6016 or visit http://art.okstate.edu/departmental/events.html.