Number 12, June 2002

THE PACIFIC ARTS ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER
Number 12 June 2002

Pacific Art: Persistence, Change and Meaning
Crawford House Publishing has just released the volume of papers presented at the special session in Chicago to honor Philip Dark
We are pleased to announce the publication of Pacific Art: Persistence, Change and Meaning. This volume of essays is based on papers presented at the PAA special session in Chicago, 1999. Edited by Anita Herle, Nick Stanley, Karen Stevenson and Robert Welsch, the book contains 350 pages and 200 illustrations. In addition to the Introduction and Testimonial, twenty-eight essays are arranged in five chapters titled: Interrogating the past through the photographic image; Defining and contesting identities through art; Exploring museums, collectors and meanings; Studying agency and objects, and Negotiating change in contemporary Pacific art. Congratulations and thanks to the editors, publisher, and authors for producing another outstanding PAA volume.

Crawford House Publishing catalogue is online at http://www.chp.com.au or orders can be mailed to the publishers at PO Box 181, Hindmarsh SA 5007, Australia. Hardcover, ISBN: 1 86333214 6, price $69.95 inc. GST. Tel: +61 8 8340 1411 Fax: +61 8 8340 1811. [Ed.note: this information now outdated]

7th International Symposium of the Pacific Arts Association
Repositioning Pacific Art: Artists, Objects, Histories
Christchurch, New Zealand June 2003
Karen Stevenson, Vice President Pacific
The 7th International Symposium will be held in Christchurch New Zealand 23-26 June 2003. We have coordinated the city's galleries and arts residency programs to focus on Maori and Pacific arts so there will be much to see and discuss. Christchurch's new Art Gallery will open in April with a major exhibition of contemporary Ngai Tahu (South Island) artists. The Canterbury Museum will be putting together an exhibition of some of their treasures, the dealer galleries will show you their best, and a program of Pacific music, dance, and theatre will round out the experience. We are hoping that during your time in New Zealand that you will be able to visit Te Papa, the Auckland Museum and the Otago Museum. We will have a travel agency in place to help you with that.
We encourage members to send suggestions for panel topics, focusing on Contemporary Art, Collecting, Revamping/Updating Museum exhibitions, Textiles, Performance, Literature, and Oral Traditions. We want to look at "art" in the broadest terms. We will send out a Call for Papers very soon. We hope that you will make plans to join us. If you have any questions please contact paa@exti.canterbury.ac.nz or k.stevenson@fina.canterbury.ac.nz.

Publication Update: 6th International Symposium
Michael Mel and Karen Stevenson will be editing the volume of papers presented at the symposium held in Noumea and Lifou. Authors are to send their revised papers to Karen in June. The editors hope to have the volume well under way by the next symposium.

Save the Dates: 1-2 November 2002
PAA Europe Annual Meeting
Christian Kaufmann, President PAA Europe
(GO TO: PAA Europe for the full program, detailed hotel and registration information)
The Administrative Council (Executive Committee) has decided the location of the annual meeting. It will be held on Friday and Saturday, 1-2 November 2002 at the Museum für Völkerkunde, Dresden, Germany. Please send suggestions and pre-registration for the conference to PAA-Europe Secretary Ingrid Heermann email: heermann@lindenmuseum.de .
The exhibitions "Die Kunst Neuguineas"(Art of New Guinea); "Lebendige Traditionen in Neuguinea-Neuerwebungen 2000: Wantoat - Zentrales Hochland, Südwest Neuguinea" (Living Art Traditions in New Guinea: Recent Acquisitions from the Wantoat, from the Central Highlands, from Southwest New Guinea) and "Inslen der Sehnsucht: Palau, Die Sammlung Karl Gottfried Semper von 1862" (Islands of Nostalgia: Palau, The Collection of Karl Gottfried Semper, 1862) – are extended until the beginning of 2003.

The official address of PAA-Europe remains at the Musée national des arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie in Paris as is until further notice; however the new treasurer of PAA-Europe works at the Musée d'ethnographie de Genève, Case postale 191, 1211 Genève 8, Switzerland, e-mail: Roberta.Colombo@ville-ge.ch

PAA becomes an Affiliated Society of the College Art Association
The CAA Executive Board has approved the application for PAA to formally affiliate with the organization. PAA held a business meeting this past February at CAA’s annual conference in Philadelphia.
PAA members are encouraged to consider joining CAA. Among the obvious benefits of meeting with international colleagues with shared interests, the conferences offer many opportunities. Members receive their choice of two publications: Art Journal or Art Bulletin, a newsletter CAA News issued six times a year, and reduced rates on subscriptions. Exhibition and fellowship opportunities are offered. CAA has an excellent website where all of its activities are described www.collegeart.org .
CAA meets annually in a different American city. The affiliation will enable PAA to have two special sessions at each conference, one for a business meeting and the second for a session to present papers. The two sessions may not be used for the same purpose. Each time slot available at the conference is ninety minutes. The session titles and speakers are listed in the preliminary and final programs. Anyone may attend the conference by registering or paying for individual sessions. You may contact the CAA offices for information, 275 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10001, USA. Fax: 212-627-2381, Telephone: 212-691-1051.

Call for Papers College Art Association Conference, New York
19-23 February 2003
Carol Ivory and Virginia-Lee Webb will co-chair the PAA session at the New York conference. PAA members are invited to submit topics for consideration. Each person will be allowed fifteen to twenty minutes for a presentation with time for a discussion at the end of the session. Send a title and a one page abstract of your proposed paper topic by 2 July 2002 to Virginia at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dept. AAOA, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY. 10028 USA, Fax: 212-396-5039 or virginia-lee.webb@metmuseum.org

Conferences
Remaking Asia Pacific Studies: Knowledge, Power and Pedagogy
2-5 December 2002
School of Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific Studies, University of Hawai’I at Manoa
This four-day conference seeks to remake Asia Pacific studies around curriculum that better reflects movements of people and ideas across boundaries, as well as the complexities of global-local relations. It considers the changing relationship between knowledge and power in Asia Pacific scholarship, and explores exciting new interactive pedagogies that establish more equitable relations with studied communities. Remaking Asia Pacific Studies features analysis of the student-centered Asia Pacific learning communities recently created at the University of Hawai'i in collaboration with partner campuses in Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, Fiji, and New Zealand. Keynote Speaker: Neil Smith, Director, Center for Place, Culture, and Politics, City University of New York. Proposals for papers should address one or more of the following broad themes: Asia Pacific Studies for the New Millennium, Moving Cultures: Curriculum Issues; Institutional Collaboration; and Students Crossing Borders. One-page abstracts are due on 14 July 2002, and letter of acceptance will be sent via e-mail by 1 August 2002. Papers must be received by 31 October and may be considered for publication in an edited volume.
Remaking Asia Pacific Studies is the capstone conference of the Moving Cultures project, funded by Ford Foundation's Crossing Borders initiative. Further details about the conference, as well as registration materials, will be made available on the Moving Cultures website www.hawaii.edu/movingcultures/. Inquiries toTerence Wesley-Smith, twsmith@hawaii.edu

Pacific History Association Conference
9-13 December 2002
Le Papa-I-Galagala Campus, National University of Samoa, Apia, Samoa
The Pacific History Association will hold its 15th conference this year at the University of Samoa, Apia. For conference program, key dates, and information about accommodations contact Asofou So’o, Institute of Samoan Studies, National University of Samoa, email: a.soo@nus.edu.ws, fax: 685-2240 or Morgan Tuimaleai’ifano at Dept. of History and Politics, University of the South Pacific, fax: 679-301487 email: tuimalea_am@usp.ac.fj

Pacific Arts
Jerome Feldman, Editor
The latest volume (2001) of Pacific Arts is printed and being mailed. It should reach members soon. At 174 pages it is the largest volume we have ever produced. It includes a special section of articles and reviews exclusively on Australian Aboriginal art.

Exhibitions of Oceanic Art
A list of exhibitions of Oceanic art has been compiled by Katherine Fernstrom and will be listed in the electronic version of the Newsletter. To view the list, please visit our website link: EXHIBITIONS

Obituary
Sir Raymond Firth
Sir Raymond Firth died 22 February, in London. He was 100 years old. Sir Firth is well known for his numerous publications especially, We the Tikopia (1936). He was educated in Auckland and received his doctorate in London. Firth eventually became a professor at the University of London in 1944 until his retirement in 1968 when he became professor emeritus. He was knighted in 1973.

Reminder to renew your PAA Membership
Please remember to renew your PAA membership. General dues, questions, and changes of address, should be directed to Hilary Scothorn, Treasurer, PO Box 6061-120, Sherman Oaks, CA 91413 USA. Please use this email address to contact Hilary: PAATreasurerHLS@aol.com.

A Note of Thanks
The production of the Newsletter is made possible by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Pacific Arts Association would like to thank the Museum for its assistance. We are especially grateful to Paul J. Hahne, Connie Ekmekciyan, and the staff of Office Services for their assistance.

Newsletter Editor:
Virginia-Lee Webb, Dept. AAOA
C/o The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York USA 10028
virginia-lee.webb@metmuseum.org