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Mistakes Rebuilt: Parallels In The Construction And Reconstruction Of The World Trade Center Site, 1973 And 2003, Lauren Gallow May 2006

Mistakes Rebuilt: Parallels In The Construction And Reconstruction Of The World Trade Center Site, 1973 And 2003, Lauren Gallow

Lauren L. Gallow

On September 11, 2001, as terrorist planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City, few Americans were likely thinking of the rebuilding process that would inevitably ensue. However, since the site is so deeply invested with both commercial and public interests, the project to redesign the World Trade Center has become one of the most unique and challenging revitalization projects in history. While the political and commercial forces charged with rebuilding the World Trade Center site have outwardly appeared to be heavily concerned with the outpouring of public sentiment expressed concerning this project, in reality the redesign …


Program Booklet: 15th Annual James Porter Colloquium, Department Of Art Apr 2006

Program Booklet: 15th Annual James Porter Colloquium, Department Of Art

15th Annual James Porter Colloquium

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2006 Artist In Residence Biennial (Exhibition Catalogue), Sam Yates, Michael Brakke, Joe Fyfe Jan 2006

2006 Artist In Residence Biennial (Exhibition Catalogue), Sam Yates, Michael Brakke, Joe Fyfe

Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture

The presence of acclaimed artists—who have lived and worked in major cultural centers across the country—enhances the educational opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in the University of Tennessee School of Art. With daily contact over the course of a full semester, resident artists develop a unique relationship with the student body which complements the creative stimulation offered by guest lecturers and the School of Art’s faculty. Representing diverse ethnic, cultural, educational, and professional backgrounds, these resident artists introduce another layer of candor and a fresh artistic standard for the students who, though early in their formal art …


26: School Of Art Faculty (Exhibition Catalogue), Sam Yates, Paul Lee Jan 2006

26: School Of Art Faculty (Exhibition Catalogue), Sam Yates, Paul Lee

Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture

This exhibition featured the work of current professors in the University of Tennessee School of Art.

Exhibiting faculty were: Emily Ward Bivens, Michael Brakke, Sally B. Brogden, Jason S. Brown, Marcia Goldenstein, Baldwin Lee, Paul Lee, Whitney Edward Leland, Wade Lough, Sarah Lowe, Beauvais Lyons, Norman Magden, Frank Martin, Tom Riesing, Deborah Shmerler, Jered Sprecher, Carolyn Staples, Patricia Tinajero-Baker, David Wilson, and Sam Yates.

Also included in the catalogue are art history faculty members: Alexis L. Boylan, William J. Dewey, Timothy W. Hiles, Dorothy Metzger Habel, Amy Neff, and Suzanne E. Wright.


The Space Of Freedom: Apartment Exhibitions In Leningrad, 1964-1986, Joseph C. Troncale, Evgeny Orlov, Sergei Kovalsky Jan 2006

The Space Of Freedom: Apartment Exhibitions In Leningrad, 1964-1986, Joseph C. Troncale, Evgeny Orlov, Sergei Kovalsky

Exhibition Catalogs

The Space of Freedom: Apartment Exhibitions in Leningrad, 1964-1986

Joel and Lila Harnetl Museum of Art, University of Richmond Museums, VA

September 16 to December 3, 2006

We are very pleased to present this traveling exhibition of artwork from the collection of the Museum of Nonconformist Art, Pushkinskaya 10 Art Centre, St. Petersburg, Russia, presented within the context of a re-created "apartment" exhibition from Leningrad. [...]

To our knowledge, [...] The Space of Freedom is the first exhibition organized in the United States to focus on both the artwork shown in communal apartments and on the exhibition space of the …


Participation, Claire Bishop Jan 2006

Participation, Claire Bishop

Publications and Research

An anthology of key writings on the topic of participation in art, from the 1950s to the 2000s.