Dismantling the Canon
Recent Years Funded
2022 - 2023
Previous Funding Periods
2021-2022
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By focusing on the art versus craft divide, this group recognizes inequities and then identifies and implements solutions for artists, activists, curators, educators, and researchers in their respective practices. In particular, participants advocate for expanded definitions of “High Art” centered around principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and access. Activities include monthly meetings culminating in workshops featuring guest speakers at the end of each quarter that are open to the broader UW community.
The project hosted an online, two-day symposium May 18-19, 2022. Read more about the "Dismantling the Body" symposium.
Installation view in image is of "Be/longing": Contemporary Asian Art, Seattle Art Museum, 2020.
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The Graduate Students of Art History (GSAH), who also run the Graduate Research Cluster, "Dismantling the Canon" at the Simpson Cetner, are pleased to invite you to the two-day virtual symposium “Dismantling the Body: Possibilities and Limitations in Art Making”...
Kaitlyn Boulding, who co-leads the cluster with Caitlin Postal and Lauren Hanley, wrote an article on the group for the Simpson Center Medium news platform that explores how these questions are being variously answered and expanded the group ventures into...
UW doctoral students students speak about their experiences of carrying their learning beyond the academy.