2008 CAA Symposium in Dallas

Friday, February 22, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Dallas Ballroom D2, 1st Floor, Adam’s Mark Hotel

REPRESENTING MATERIAL CULTURE AROUND THE WORLD

Chairs:
Constance Moffatt, Los Angeles Pierce College
Nina Berson, Los Angeles Pierce College

Participants included:
Jeanne S.M. Willette, Otis College of Art and Design

Introduction: Material Culture Studies as Art History
Birgitta Lindros Wohl, California State University, Northridge

Material and Culture: Let There Be Light!
Briana Simmons, California State University, Northridge

Global Images, Local Context: Chromolithograph use in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church
Sean Roberts, University of Southern California

The Everyday and the Distant: Ottoman and Egyptian Costume in the Paintings of Tintoretto
Ramela Abbamontian, Los Angeles Pierce College

“Let’s Have some Surj”: Drinking Coffee and Creating Community in the Armenian Diaspora