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