DEADLINE: MAY 9, 2014


AHAA-sponsored Scholarly Session
CROWDS IN THE AMERICAN IMAGINATION
College Art Association 2015 (New York, February 11-14, 2015)

During the nineteenth century the United States shifted from an
agrarian to an urban nation. Its population boomed as the influx of
immigrants altered its demographics, pressing more people against one
another in tighter spaces. In a nation that had been defined by its
frontier and free spaces, the contingent social phenomena of the crowd
loomed large in the nineteenth- and twentieth-century American visual
imaginary and for social psychologists and reformers. If sometimes
threatening and dangerous, crowds were also a sign of the massive
population and economic productivity of the country. In representing
crowds, artists tackled the problems of social cohesion and division
in a nation of individuals that nonetheless sought to forge a stable
national identity. This panel seeks papers, from any period, that
explore how artists confront the problem of groups, group identity,
and crowds, whether in or outside of urban contexts.

Chairs:
James Glisson, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Leslie Ureña, National Gallery of Art


Proposals are due on May 9 and should be sent to
[log in to unmask] Please include:
1. Completed CAA session participation proposal form.
2. Preliminary abstract of one to two double-spaced, typed pages.
3. Letter explaining speaker’s interest, expertise in the topic, and
CAA membership status.
4. CV with home and office mailing addresses, email address, and phone
and fax numbers. Include summer address and telephone number, if
applicable.
5. Documentation of work when appropriate, especially for sessions in
which artists might discuss their own work.

For additional guidelines, please see:
http://www.collegeart.org/proposals/2015callforparticipation.

Notifications will be sent by June 9, 2014.

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