Clark/Mellon International Initiatives
The Clark/Mellon international initiative is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support events that foster a fresh, global vision of the discipline of art history and embrace geographic, cultural, and disciplinary diversity.
2009 – 2010 Clark/Mellon International Initiative
Unfolding Narratives: Art Histories in East-Central Europe after 1989
The Clark’s Research and Academic Program, together with regional partners, is organizing this series of three travelling seminars in 2010 and 2011. The seminars are linked thematically as well as by the presence of a core group of participants. The discussion in each location, however, is influenced primarily by the particular intellectual, cultural, and political interests and issues of the specific region and its audiences. Discussion will revolve around the extraordinary intellectual energies and innovations that mark the best of the East-Central European intellectual life and will seek to continue the facilitation of open dialogue and contact between those working in the US and Western Europe with those in East-Central Europe.
- Thinking Art History in East-Central Europe
Tallinn, Estonia, May 14-15, 2010.
Organized in collaboration with partners from the Institute of Art History at the Estonian Academy of Arts. Please click here for more details about the seminar in Tallinn. - Art History on the Disciplinary Map in East-Central Europe
Brno, Czech Republic, 18-19 November 2010
Organized in collaboration with partners from the Moravian Gallery and Masaryk University, Brno. Please click here for more details about the seminar in Brno. - Historiography and Theory in East-Central Europe
Bucharest, Romania, May 2011
Organized in collaboration with partners from New Europe College, Bucharest. Please click here for more details about the seminar in Bucharest.
2007 – 2008 Clark/Mellon International Initiative
Contemporary African Art: History, Theory, and Practice:
"Contemporary African Art: History, Theory, and Practice" was a workshop organized by the Research and Academic Program of the Clark and the Wits School of the Arts at the University of Witwatersrand (WITS) in Johannesburg, South Africa. This project, undertaken with the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, examined more than forty years of art historical scholarship about modern and contemporary African art. The two components of the workshop, international gatherings of distinguished scholars and artists, took place in 2007 and 2008. The initial phase of the workshop was held at WITS (October 25–28, 2007), and the second phase at the Clark in Williamstown, Massachusetts (May 22–25, 2008). This was followed by a Getty-funded residency for African participants in Williamstown and New York City from May 25–30, 2008.
Please click here to learn more about “Contemporary African Art: History, Theory, and Practice.
