PAD CAA 2014 Events Announced

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November 1, 2013
PAD 90-minute Session: Public Art and Its Role in Placemaking from an International Perspective (free and open to all public) Friday, Feb. 14, 12:30-2:00pm Hilton Chicago, 8th Floor, Lake Michigan Chairs: Marisa Lerer, University of Denver; Norie Sato, independent artist Panelist: Jack Becker, Forecast Public Art Business Meeting and PAD Award for achievement in the field of public art (free and open to all public) Friday, Feb. 14, 5:30-7:00pm Hilton Chicago, 8th Floor, Lake Michigan Join us for a brief business meeting followed by a conversation with this year’s recipient of the PAD award for achievement in the field of public art, Jack Becker. This annual award is presented to an individual whose contributions have greatly influenced public art practice. PAD Session: Vandalism, Removal, Relocation, Destruction: The Dilemma of Public Art’s Permanence Saturday, Feb. 15, 9:30am-12:00pm Chair: Erika Doss, University of Notre Dame Yankees, Automobiles, and Other Hazards: Shattered Monuments and the Problem of Confederate Memory Sarah Beetham, University of Delaware Marking Memory: Ambiguity and Amnesia in the Monument to Soviet Tank Crewsin Prague Jenelle Davis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Maintaining Problematic Art Julia E. March, independent scholar The Sordid Pasts of Public Art and How We Go About Protecting Them Michele Bogart, State University of New York at Stony Brook