Caucus on Social
Theory and Art Education (CSTAE)
Minutes: GENERAL
BUSINESS MEETING
Thursday, April 2, 1998
2:00 P.M.
Chicago
In Attendance:
- Barbara Cay
- Ed Check
- Susan Colley
- Kim Cosier
- Marianna Delafield
- Grace Deniston
- Maria Deniston
- Hank T. Foreman
- Yvonne Gaudelius
- Arthur Guagliumi
- Olivia Gude
- jan jagodzinski
- Karen Keifer-Boyd
- Laurel Lampela
- Connie Landis
- Harold Pearse
- Robert Saunders
- Deborah Smith-Shank
- Amy Brook Snider
- Michele Goulette Tarailo
- Gayle M. Weitz
1. INTRODUCTIONS:
- a. Opening remarks by coordinator, Ed Check: Ed brought the
meeting to order. He passed out the Annual Report for the Caucus on
Social Theory and Art Education submitted to the NAEA Board Members.
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- b. Welcome to new members Everyone identified him/herself.
2. REPORTS:
- a. Coordinator: Ed Check
- Ed called attention to the January issue of "School Arts Magazine",
in
- particular the article on AIDS, "Borders & Boundaries"
and thanked Mike Emme for coordinating this CSTAE project.
-
- b. Coordinator-Elect/Program Coordinator:
Karen Keifer-Boyd
- *Karen explained how she chose the proposals for the Journal. She
also
- announced the "Caucus Social Event and Get-Together" co-sponsored
by The Social Caucus, the LGBIC, and the School of the Art Institute, to
be held
- this Friday from 4:00 - 6:00. This event was organized by Drea Howenstein
and
- will be held at 280 S. Columbus Drive.
-
- *Deborah Smith-Shank invited everyone to the NIU gallery at Superior
- on Friday from 4:00 - 6:00.
-
- c. Treasurer, Connie Landis:
- *Connie gave the financial report. The current balance is $1,664.84.
We
- have 120 members.
-
- *Karen Keifer-Boyd observed that $1,100 is not enough to cover the
cost of
- the journal. The 1997 journal was 170 pages, and 200 copies were printed.
-
- *Membership status was discussed. Several memberships have lapsed
and hopefuly will be renewed to receive the annual journal. The question
of charging dues for years of unpaid membership was discussed. In addition,
suggestions were made regarding raising the cost of journal subscriptions
for the 12 to 15 libraries and institutions currently subscibed. There
was agreement that an institutional form be drawn up for journal subscriptions
for libraries and institutions. This membership form would
be mailed along with the newsletter.
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- d. Conference and Journal theme for 1999:
- "Dialogue as pedagogy" was introduced for next year's conference
and journal theme. Ed suggested that the Caucus incorporate dialogue in
future conventions. CSTAE members decided that the 1999 theme would be
"Dialogue as Empowered Pedagogy."
-
- Arthur Guagliumi proposed that we look at ourselves again and decide
the
- identity of the Caucus, the characteristics that distinguish it.
-
- e. Columnist: Drea Howenstein
- Send news items to Drea Howenstein for the CSTAE column in the NAEA
News. Drea also asked members who wish to contribute as guest columnist
to contact her.
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- f. Journal Editor: jan jagodzinski
- The next issue of the journal (the JSTAE, vol. 18, 1998) will be mailed
by June, 1998 . There are not many essays. The rejection rate was 60%.
Many authors did not meet revision deadlines. Three people reviewed the
proposals. Because it is cheaper to publish in Canadian funds, there
will be substantial savings. Color reproductions will be considered.
jan will be on sabbatical next year and so asked to only serve a one year
editor term. Yvonne Gaudelius will serve as editor for two years--for vol.
19 (1999) & 20 (2000). jan offered to complete his two-year-term as
editor with volumes 18 and 21.
-
- g. Delegate: Gayle M. Weitz reported on the Delegates Assembly.
- The major issue is the power structure within NAEA. The Bylaws had
been
- rewritten and reinterpreted. Consequently, the delegates have no power.
- Instead, ten committees have handled the work. The VIPs decided
- that ten committees were too much work and consolidated the ten areas
into four groups. The meeting was chaotic and contentious.
-
- h. Archivists: Arthur Guagliumi & Robert Saunders
- *Arthur Guagliumi has been working on an index for all Caucus journals.
There was agreement that this will be of great value.Arthur called for
back issues of journals in order to carry on his project of indexing the
entire collection. There has been only one request this year for back
journals. He has all the newsletters.
-
- *There was discussion as to whether or not the older issues should
be sold
- at $15 each (their original price), and it was agreed that current
prices
- should be charged. It was also agreed that the Caucus history that
Robert Saunders
- wrote in 1985 should be recirculated.
3. ELECTIONS/APPOINTMENTS:
- a. Treasurer: Hank Foreman was nominated
as treasurer. Connie Landis moved. Gayle Weitz closed the nominations.
The vote was unanimous. Hank will serve as treasurer for the1999-2000
term. Ed thanked Connie Landis for her many years of service as Treasurer
of the Caucus.
-
- b. Communications Officer--Grace Deniston: A copy of the constitution
was passed around. Ed described the duties. Discussion ensued as to the
correct name of this office: Executive Secretary? Secretary? Recorder?
A motion was made by Karen Keifer-Boyd to keep the present name; Robert
Saunders seconded it. Connie Landis closed the nominations. Grace Deniston
was elected as the new
- Communications Officer. Gayle Weitz called a point of order: It's
necessary to
- vote on the by-laws before a new position can be filled.
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- c. Website Development. Ed Check asked
for volunteers interested in further developing the CSTAE Web site to contact
him at abech@ttacs.ttu.edu or
to contact Karen Keifer-Boyd at KarenKB@ttu.edu.
4. PROJECT UPDATES:
- a. School Arts, Mike Emme: Note Mike Emme's work in
the January 1998 issue of "School Arts."
-
- b. Website for caucus: Karen Keifer-Boyd
distributed a printout of the CSTAE homepage and described the organization
and content areas of the website. She will project the CSTAE website from
a computer at theWorks in Progress session to show the linkages.
She asked CSTAE members to send her digitized reproductions of art work
or project information for the "Member Gallery." Send text in
the body of an email and images in gif or jpeg formats to Karen Keifer-Boyd
( KarenKB@ttu.edu ) so she can add
it to the CSTAE website. She also asked members to send their Web site
URL address so she can link the CSTAE website to your website.
-
- Discussion about a dialogue area in the website ensued: E.g., Friday,
5:00 - 7:00 real-time, or to leave written messages, or both. There was
some agreement that we add an asynchonistic threaded discussion component
to the website.
-
- Karen will link the CSTAE website to the NAEA website after this conference.
-
- Membership information should be directed
to Hank Foreman.
-
- c. Affiliate booth/sale of publications: Ed stated that he
didn't register
- for a booth this year. Our journals are to be sold at the "Dialogue
with the Authors" session.
-
- d. Constitutional issues: Yvonne Gaudelius: Take old by-laws
and new; insert them and request written "yes"/"no"
vote. Robert Saunders: Vote suggested and moved. Arthur Guagliumi seconded
it.
-
- e. Dialogue theme: There was much discussion regarding "dialogue."
Yvonne Gaudelius suggested that we use the dialogue theme for future CSTAE
conference presentations. Karen Keifer-Boyd made a reference to Freire
and suggested: "Critical Dialogue in Art Ed". Some possibilities
for future conventions included: Dialogue on Race, Dialogue on Assessment,
Dialogue on Communications & Art, Panel on the Dialogue of . . . ,
etc. Amy Brook Snyder suggested that this could come across as too elitist.
People submitting proposals would state that they see their particular
presentation fitting into the dialogue on race, for example. Another
possibility: "Power, Teaching & Learning." Connie Landis
passed a motion, and Amy seconded it to use the title "Dialogue as
an Empowered Pedagogy".
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- f. Newsletter: Ed Check asked if anyone is interested
in helping Ken Marantz with the Newsletter. Kim Cosier offered to help
current newsletter editor, Ken Marantz. There was concern that people without
access to the Internet would no longer receive the Newsletter. There
was also concern over the cost of printing and mailing. Karen Keifer-Boyd
clarified that the newsletter editor would print hard copies for those
who request them.
6. ADJOURN:
- Laurel Lampela asked for information about the Works in Progress
session
- for next year. Contact Ed Check at abech@ttacs.ttu.edu
for information. Meeting adjourned at 3:15.
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