American Photography Institute
National Graduate Seminar
June 1-13, 1998

Table of Contents

Monday, June 1

SEMINAR WELCOME
Dean Mary Schmidt Campbell and Tom Finkelpearl

SEMINAR INTRODUCTION
Anna Novakov and Cheryl Younger

LECTURE
Eleanor Heartney: Inside Public Art

ARTIST PRESENTATION
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Two Works In Progress: The Gates, project for Central Park, New York, and Over The River, project for the Arkansas River, Colorado

Tuesday, June 2

LECTURE
Rosalyn Deutsche: The Question of "Public Space"

ARTIST PRESENTATION
Michael Clegg and Martin Guttmann

LECTURE
Allan Bérubé: On the Gay Waterfront

ARTIST PRESENTATION
Mike Mandel and Larry Sultan: Public Works

Wednesday, June 3

LECTURE
Anna Novakov: Private Dicks: The Detective in Art and Popular Culture

ARTIST PRESENTATION
Julia Scher: Always There

ARTIST PRESENTATION
Tony Labat: The Ester Diaries

ARTIST PRESENTATION
Dennis Adams: Apertura

ARTIST PRESENTATION
Laura Kurgan: You Are Here

PANEL DISCUSSION:
Public Penetration: Issues of Voyeurism, Surveillance and Contemporary Public Art
Participants: Anna Novakov (moderator), Dennis Adams, Laura Kurgan , Tony Labat, Julia Scher

Thursday, June 4

ARTIST PRESENTATION
Julie Ault: Context Specific

ARTIST PRESENTATION
Bob Haozous

ARTIST PRESENTATION
Mierle Laderman Ukeles: Can the Artist Give You Freedom? Do We Share Anything?

PANEL DISCUSSION
Community as Context
Participants: Julie Ault (moderator), Bob Haozous, Mierle Laderman Ukeles

ARTIST PRESENTATION
Shimon Attie: Sites Unseen

Friday, June 5

ARTIST PRESENTATION
Esther Shalev-Gerz: Place = Public

LECTURE
Leslie King Hammond: The New York African Burial Ground and the Aesthetics of Sacred Space in African American Community

ARTIST PRESENTATION
Krzysztof Wodiczko: Who is the audience?

PANEL DISCUSSION
The Role of the Audience
Participants: Esther Shalev-Gerz (moderator), Leslie King Hammond, Krzysztof Wodiczko

Saturday, June 6

ARTIST PRESENTATION
Judith Baca

ARTIST PRESENTATION
Suzanne Lacy

LECTURE
Amalia Mesa-Bains: Artists Working in Social Space: A Theoretical Approach

PANEL DISCUSSION
New Strategies: Education of Public Artists
Participants: Judith Baca, Amalia Mesa-Bain, Suzanne Lacy

Sunday, June 7

LECTURE
Miwon Kwon: Public Art and Urban Identities

Monday June 8

LECTURE
Christopher Phillips: Bookmobile

ARTIST PRESENTATION
Linda Gammell and Sandra Menefee Taylor: Re-picturing Rural Identity/ Spirit/ Politics

ARTIST PRESENTATION
Maxine Payne-Caufield

Tuesday, June 9

ARTIST PRESENTATION
Mel Rosenthal: Custodians Of Memory

ARTIST PRESENTATION
Seitu Jones: The Artist As A Community Agent For Change

ARTIST PRESENTATION
Francesc Torres: If Art Exists in the Public Arena, What Constitutes Public Art?

ARTIST PRESENTATION
Joyce Kozloff: Sources and Evolution of Work Over Time

ARTIST PRESENTATION
Bill Arnold: Returning Pictures

Wednesday, June 10

PANEL DISCUSSION
Commissioning Art in Public Places
Participants: Charlotte Cohen, Anne Pasternak, Tom Eccles