The 21st Annual Arkansas College Art History Symposium will be held at UALR Thursday and Friday, March 3-4, in the Fine Arts Building, featuring a 7:30 p.m. Thursday lecture by Dr. James Farmer. The topic: “One Twisted Monkey: Ecuadorian Ceramics, the Classic Moment, and the Search for the “Human” in Ancient American Art.” The event is free and open to the public.

Chair of the Department of Art History at Virginia Commonwealth University, Farmer holds a BFA in studio art and a Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Texas at Austin. His general areas of specialization include Precolumbian and North American Indian art, with secondary interests in modern and contemporary Native and Latin American art. He has participated in archeological excavations in Colorado and Ecuador, and has conducted study abroad classes in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru and the Southwest.

This year marks the 21st annual symposium, established in 1991 by Dr. Floyd Martin of UALR and Dr. Gayle Seymour of the University of Central Arkansas as a means of encouraging and recognizing student achievements in art history in the state.  Over the years the symposium has been hosted by UALR, UCA, and Hendrix College.

Friday’s agenda:

Morning Session I

9:05-9:10    Welcome

9:10-9:30       “The Myth of Persephone and Demeter as Metaphor for Sexual Initiation,” Alex Leme, UALR

9:30-9:50       “Art, Love, Death, and Orpheus as Prophet,” Eileen Turan, UALR

9:50-10:10      “Angelica Kaufmann: Exploring Gender,” Samantha White, UCA

10:10-10:30    “Pestilence and Propaganda: Gros’ Plague House at Jaffa as a Napoleonic Response to                      Anti-Bonapartism,” Jessica Wright, UALR

Session II

10:50-11:10     “Edmonia Lewis: Paving the Way For African American Artists,” Ronald Mosby, UCA

11:10-11:30       “Siqueiros’  Zapata,”Lauren Sukany, UALR

11:30-11:50      “The Iconology of Fire in José Clemente Orozco’s Prometheus,” Meredith Bagby Fettes, UALR

11:50-12:10        “Monument and Memory,” Laurence McMahon, UAF

Session III

01:25-01:45     “Sonia Delaunay: Redefining Success and Lifestyles,” Jordan Karpe, UCA

01:45-02:15     “The Rhythm of Jazzkapelle:  Visualizing Weimar culture in an early drawing by Max                         Beckmann,” Rachel S. Golden, UALR

02:15-02:25     “Isabel Bishop’s Depression Era Office Workers and “Spaces of Femininity,” Megan A.              Massanelli, UAF

02:25-02:45     “Shepard Fairey: Fine Art Masquerader,”  LeeAnne Maxey, UCA

02:45-03:10     Comments on Papers

03:15-04:00     “Pachacuti and Machu Picchu,”  Dr. James Farmer