Rutgers Art Review Call for Papers

Greetings from RAR Volume 25 Editorial Committee!

Official Call for Papers Extension

Rutgers Art Review, a journal of graduate research in art history, hereby
invites all current graduate students, as well as pre-professionals who
have completed their master’s or doctoral degree within the past year, to
submit papers for its 25th edition.
Papers may address the full range of topics and historical periods within
the history of art and architecture, material culture, art theory and
criticism, aesthetics, film and photography. Interdisciplinary studies
concerning art and architecture written by students in other fields are
welcome. To be considered for publication, submissions must represent
original contributions to existing scholarship. Visit our website for more
information:

http://rar.rutgers.edu

Submissions must be postmarked no later than
OCTOBER 15, 2007

Please observe the following requirements:

•An abstract of 250 words or less must accompany all submissions.
•Papers must conform to style guidelines established by a standard
resource such as the Chicago Manual of Style.
•Papers must include full citations and bibliography, as well as necessary
or appropriate illustrations. Please keep the image selection to less
than 15.
•Information identifying the author or institution should not appear on
the paper. Please submit a separate cover sheet including the author’s
name, institutional affiliation, mailing address, and e-mail address.
•Papers should be approximately 15 to 25 typed, double-spaced pages in
length – and must not be more than 25 pages, without exception.
•Chapters of dissertations are acceptable only if sufficiently edited –
every submission must read as an independent paper.

Send two copies of your paper and a stamped, self-addressed reply postcard
to:

Hilary Haakenson, Brooke Falk, Katherine Weaver, Editors
Rutgers Art Review
Department of Art History, Voorhees Hall
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1248

Questions may be sent to the same address or e-mailed to rar@rci.rutgers.edu

Gerd Muesham Award Deadline

With the fall semester underway, please note that the deadline for submitting papers or projects for the Art Libraries Society of North America’s Gerd Muesham Award for best student paper is approaching.  We want to encourage any student with an appropriate paper or project written in the last 18 months (back to spring 2006) to send their work to the address below, postmarked no later than Monday, November 19, 2007.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions concerning the award.

Sincerely yours,

Tony White
Gerd Muehsam Award Committee Chair

ARLIS/NA Art Libraries Society of North America announces its 2007 Gerd Muehsam Award.  Sponsored by the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) the Gerd Muehsam Award is given annually to recognize excellence in a graduate student paper or project on a topic relevant to art librarianship. This award was established to honor the memory of Gerd Muehsam (1913-1979), distinguished scholar, teacher, and art bibliographer, whose support of and dedication to ARLIS/NA was an inspiration to her colleagues and students.

The Award Winner will Receive:
* $500=20
*Up to $300 travel reimbursement to attend the ARLIS/NA 32stAnnual Conference in Denver, CO, May 1-5, 2008
* Registration fee to this Conference
* A one year membership to ARLIS/NA

Requirements:
* The paper or project must have been created or written during the preceding 18 months (back to spring 2006) by a student enrolled in an accredited graduate library program or in a post-graduate library school program in art history or a related discipline.
* The paper or project must be in conjunction with a course assignment.
* One submission is allowed per person.

Required Format:
If a paper, it must be 10-25 pages, typed, double-spaced on single sides of 8.5 x 11 inch paper. The paper must include an abstract of 250 words.  The title page must include a paper title, the name of the entrant and the institution attended, the name of the faculty member for whom it was written, and the course title.  The bibliography and footnotes should follow an accepted format, such as the Chicago Manual of Style or The Elements of Style by Strunk and White.  In addition, authors should inform the committee chair if their contribution has been published previously or is being considered for publication.

If an Internet project, a 250 word summary of the project, its URL, the name of the institution and course for which it was created, and the name of the faculty member assigning the project must be included.  It must also be accessible to all of the committee members for review.

Finally, applicants should include their mailing addresses, their email addresses and telephone numbers.

Judging Criteria:
Papers and projects will be judged on their relevance to art librarianship or visual curatorship, depth of research and scholarship, quality of organization, appropriate use of terminology, style and readability, and originality of thought or observation.

Deadline:
Entries must be postmarked by the end of the day, Monday, November 19, 2007.  They will not be returned.  All applicants should receive notification of the results by the end of March 2008.

This announcement as well as additional information about ARLIS/NA can be viewed at: http://www.arlisna.org/
http://www.arlisna.org/about/awards/muehsam_info.html

Please Address Entries To:
Tony White, Chair
Gerd Muehsam Award Committee

Please Mail Entries To:
Tony White
Head, Fine Arts Library
Indiana University
1133 East 7th Street
Bloomington, IN  47405
antmwhit@indiana.edu
812.855.5743