The Center for the Study of Material and Visual Cultures of Religion at Yale University (MAVCOR) is delighted to announce the public launch of our redesigned website (mavcor.yale.edu). MAVCOR is characterized by its subjects of inquiry and by the forms of scholarly, interdisciplinary activity it promotes. The Center is equally about the study of the material, visual, sensory, and spatial “stuff” of religious practice and about multiplying ways of being in conversation, of sharing information and producing knowledge, about this set of subjects.

This collaboration shapes a multidisciplinary scholarly Center for religion and visual/material culture studies at Yale University. From this local base, the Center aims to facilitate a network of institutional and individual partners in varied settings, including higher education, religious communities, arts and architectural professions, museums, and civic life.

As part of the Center's promotion of conversation around its subjects of inquiry, the Center publishes the Material Objects Archive, a growing database of material and visual objects activated in religious practices broadly conceived, and Conversations, a born-digital, peer-reviewed journal. Conversations includes a variety of contribution types, including Object Narratives, Essays, Material Mediations, Constellations, Interviews, and Medium Studies. Scholars at all ranks of training and profession in related fields are encouraged to contribute to Conversations and the Material Objects Archive. Both text and image contributions may be submitted to the Center's peer review process by emailing mavcor@yale.edu

Over the past year, a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation, along with additional support from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, has allowed MAVCOR to complete this work of revision and enhanced functionality. In addition to a more attractive and streamlined interface, the redesign incorporates a number of changes to expand visitor experience of the site. These include a sophisticated search engine specific to MAVCOR’s Material Objects Archive and a global site search engine that allows visitors to search all site content, or to limit searches to our blind-peer-reviewed born-digital journal Conversations. A new Fellows Portal supports MAVCOR’s multi-year project cycles; these center around a specific theme related to MAVCOR’s interests and bring together groups of interdisciplinary scholar/fellows from a range of institutions, national and international.

Two new content types contribute to MAVCOR’s investment in innovative ways of engaging its publics and doing digital scholarship. One of these, Mediations, joins the other content types offered within Conversations. Mediations provides space for theoretical and experimental reflection within the journal.

The second new category, Collections, expands the possibilities of MAVCOR’s Material Objects Archive, allowing individual scholars to curate large, multi-object contributions to the archive. Collections exist both within the Archive and as separate entities, associated with the name of their contributor/author, and accompanied by optional discursive text. Contributors may also divide each Collection into subfields accompanied by further written introductory content. One anticipated use of Collections is to display color images related to print publications, and to do so in numbers that exceed the possibilities of the print format. Such Collections would complement the print publication and include links to the publisher’s page for the volume in question.

MAVCOR welcomes contributions that combine substantial and original scholarship with accessibility to a generally educated public. We look forward to future collaborations and invite you to explore the new site.

'Beneath the Covers: The Art of the Imperial Russian Book' presents a visual survey of publications that received official and elite sponsorship during the reigns of Peter the Great (r. 1696–1725) to Nicholas II (r. 1894-1917). Often printed for special occasions, these titles mirror the major cultural events and movements in tsarist Russia.

The majority of the books presented here date to the middle of the nineteenth century when the development of printing and illustration technologies — primarily chromolithography — allowed for oversized, illustrated volumes and large print runs. They were commissioned by the upper echelons of Russian society and lay the foundation for the Silver Age of Russian book arts (1890–1917). The exhibition continues through the transition to the artistic styles of the Mir Iskusstva, or World of Art, movement in the late 1890s and concludes with the development of the avant-garde, futurism, and constructivism movements in the early-twentieth century.

The categories for this exhibition emerge from the common themes featured in the selections, which are drawn mainly from art libraries in Washington, D.C. and the surrounding region. Subjects covered include the secularization of Russian society, travel and exploration of Russia and its empire, architecture, antiquities, royalty, and the military. They are not intended to be comprehensive, but to serve as jumping-off points for inspiration, research, and collaboration.

Celebrating Print, the magazine on Central and Eastern European printmaking, participates at the Book and Trade Fair of the 104th Annual Conference of the College Art Association in Washington, DC. I would like to invite you to stop by Table #533 to check the magazine, and join two talks on Central and Eastern European printmaking tradition.

venue
Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Exhibit Hall C and B South, Exhibit Level, 2660 Woodley Road NW, Washington, DC 20008

dates of the Book and Trade Fair
Thursday & Friday, February 4-5, 9:00 AM-6:00 PM
Saturday, February 6, 9:00 AM-2:30 PM

Celebrating Print Magazine Talks:
Thursday, February 4, 2:30 PM (15 min), Table #533
>> Passage of Time, in Prints by Jiri Anderle
Friday, February 5, 2:30 PM (15 min), Table #533
>> Fantastic and Surreal in Central European Prints

This month-long event will include juried print exhibitions, artist talks, signings and panels, and printmaking demonstrations at several Austin galleries and venues.

RASC/a is an innovative, multidisciplinary graduate program offering M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in art history that prepares students for academic and museum careers in several areas of specialization in Europe and the Americas. RASC/a ("Rhetorics of Art, Space, and Culture") encompasses historical and new media, spatial practices, and critical theories of culture, race, and gender. In addition to close mentorship from award-winning faculty, students enjoy:

• Ph.D. fellowship packages of up to five years of tuition and health benefits plus a stipend of up to $25,000 per year; and M.A. support including two years' tuition scholarships and assistantships for top applicants. Many students receive internships at outstanding local institutions including the Dallas Museum of Art, the Kimbell Museum, the Amon Carter Museum , the Nasher Sculpture Center, and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.

• Site-specific graduate seminars that take students off-campus for a week to ten days to sites
such as Venice, Madrid, and Rio de Janeiro, and co-taught "RASC/a double" seminars that allow thematic explorations beyond a single art historical geography or time period.

• Substantial campus resources including the Hamon Library, a dedicated art and art history library; the Meadows Museum, with one of the most comprehensive collections of Iber i an art outside Spain; Bridwell Library, an internationally recognized collection of manuscripts, incunabula, and early print media; DeGolyer Library, whose collections include a wealth of materials on early voyages and travels, Western Americana, and the history of science and technology.

For more information about RASC/a and graduate study in Art History at SMU in Dallas, go to http://www.smu.edu/Meadows/AreasOfStudy/ArtHistory/GraduateStudies
To apply, go to https://www.applyweb.com/smum/

The Print Council of America's "Guidelines for Lending Works of Art on Paper" is now available as a free download on the PCA's website (link below). The PDF takes the place of the 1995 edition of the pamphlet, which is now out of print. The foreword to this publication spells out its long history. Many distinguished members of the PCA had a hand in the compilation and review of the original manuscript, including Verna Curtis, Suzanne Boorsch, Marjorie Cohn, and Meg Graselli who all contributed to the 1995 edition. Joan Wright of the MFA Boston brought the text up to date with evolving standards and practices of the 21st century.

The first print edition of the Celebrating Print Magazine is now available for purchase online at www.celebratingprint.com. The biannual publication features articles, interviews and projects exploring printmaking and print-related culture primarily in Central and Eastern Europe. The first issue introduces modern printmaking in Slovenia, contemporary print in Poland and Czech Republic. The featured artists in this issue succeed in finding meaning in printmaking without aiming to justify the medium’s relevance. It addresses tradition, peeks into the 20th century and explores matrix and printmaking process.

To celebrate the New York Print Week, we would like to offer APS members 30% off the print edition: “Celebrating Print | USA, Vol.1 No.1”. Enter code: CPMagAPS30. The offer ends November 30, 2015. It cannot be combined with volume discounts or other offers. Digital edition is also available. Visit www.celebratingprint.com to view sample and buy your issue. Add the code during checkout. Contact: info@celebratingprint.com.

Thank you. Katerina Kyselica.

Each year, the Friends of the Princeton University Library offer short-term Library Research Grants to promote scholarly use of the library’s research collections. Up to $3,500 is available per award.
Applications will be considered for scholarly use of archives, manuscripts, rare books, and other rare and unique holdings of the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, including the Graphic Arts Collection of approximately 75,000 works of art; along with the rare books in Marquand Library of Art and Archaeology, and in the East Asian Library (Gest Collection). Special grants are awarded in several areas: the Program in Hellenic Studies supports a limited number of library fellowships in Hellenic studies, Graphic Arts, and the Cotsen Children’s Library supports research in its collection on aspects of children’s books. The Maxwell Fund supports research on materials dealing with Portuguese-speaking cultures. The Sid Lapidus '59 Research Fund for Studies of the Age of Revolution and the Enlightenment in the Atlantic World covers work using materials pertinent to this topic.

The deadline to apply is January 15, 2016.

13 Litho Stones for Sale
$9,000.00 -- Price Reduced
Stone List available as a package

Light grey 11” x 13” x 2.75”
Light grey 12” x 16”x 3”
Light grey 14” x 16” x 2.75”
Light grey 12” x 16”x 2”
Light grey 18” x 24” x3.5”
Dark grey 19.5” x 26” 3.5”
Light grey 19.25” x 26” x 3”
Grey 19” x 25.25” x 3”
Light grey 18” x24” x3”
Light grey 20” x26” x3.5”
Light grey 16” x20” x2.5”
Grey 11” x14” x2”

Contact Toby Michel
310 804 9253
toby_michel@mac.com
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APS members are invited to a book signing for Ruth E. Iskin's new publication, The Poster: Art, Advertising, Design, and Collecting, 1860s–1900s in New York.

Saturday, October 24 at 2 pm
Posters Please Gallery
26 West 17th Street (between Fifth and Sixth Avenues)

For more information, please visit:

http://www.upne.com/1611686159.html
http://www.postersplease.com/