Issue XXII - OTH Arts Issue

Published by the Third Chapter Project, Inc. a 501(c)(3) nonprofit

SYLLABUS: Via the College Art Association, a framework, suggested topics, and readings on Transgender and Nonbinary Methods for Art and Art History. 

READ: The FCA Ghana- a place for critical thinking, conversation, and community engagement.

REPORT: Reflections from a recent trip to South Africa: An engaging art program and the value it brings to the community. 

The Armory Show at the Javits Center in New York City, one of the premier events of the art fair world, is showing works from galleries with locations in Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia and South Africa this year. According to the galleries, it’s a great opportunity to showcase contemporary African artists.

A critical mass of galleries from across Africa are participating in The Armory Show

- via Art News

Applications are open for the Getty/ACLS Postdoctoral Fellowships in the History of Art (deadline October 27). Independent and untenured scholars, scholars who are citizens of countries other than the United States, and scholars who have experience studying, teaching, and/or conducting art historical research in non-US contexts are especially encouraged to apply.

Getty/ACLS Postdoctoral Fellowships in the History of Art

- via ACLS

Is the art market discriminatory? Works by female artists sell for a fraction of the prices received for comparable works by male artists. And that’s not all:

The $192 Billion Gender Gap In Art

- via Forbes

In a ceremony at the White House, President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden unveiled new portraits of President Barack Obama by Robert McCurdy and of First Lady Michelle Obama by Sharon Sprung

In new Obama portraits, a traditional but necessary nod to goodwill

- via Washington Post

At the University of Pennsylvania’s Fisher Fine Arts Library this summer, artist-in-residence Katie Baldwin hand-printed her own book. The residency’s goal is to invite an artist to create a book inspired by a work in the Libraries and print it at the Common Press.

Creating an artist’s book at the Common Press

- via Penn Today