Questioning Aesthetics Symposium

March 13, 2015

Questioning Aesthetics Symposium

March 13, 2015

9:30am-5:30pm
308A Doe Library
History of Art Department, UC Berkeley

Free and open to the public

Watch Part 1 here, Part 2 here, and Part 3 here!

In conjunction with the launching of the second, fully revised and expanded six volume edition of the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (July 2014), the Arts Research Center will co-host a full day symposium on Friday, March 13, 2015, looking at aesthetics as both the subject and object of critique, and as a way to explore and expand new forms of aesthetics research in many disciplines.

Topics and Speakers

9:30am: Introductions

Arts & Humanities Dean Anthony Cascardi and the George C. and Helen Pardee Professor of History of Art Whitney Davis

10am-12pm: When Is Art Participatory?

Shannon Jackson (UC Berkeley), Moderator
Grant Kester (UC San Diego)
Dee Hibbert-Jones (UC Santa Cruz)
Ted Purves (California College of Art)
Susanne Cockrell (California College of Arts)
Jen Delos Reyes (Artist, Educator and community arts organizer)

Topics

Past Events topic page, Curatorial topic page, Scholar topic page, Visual Arts topic page

Questioning Aesthetics Symposium