[oldboys] ArtWomen.org

[Mary Jo Aagerstoun <mjaag@wam.umd.edu>]

Hi to the oldboys!

My first post, here. I joined in to see what is going on in this corner of
the cyberfeminist world, and already have enjoyed the couple of posts I
have seen so far...

Me and my interests: I am a feminist art historian (US)specializing in
contemporary art that takes an activist form. I am writing my dissertation
now on the '80s and '90s in the US, and the activist art during that
period that utilizes the gendered monstrous. 

My connection with cyberfeminism and art is fairly superficial. I served
on the Board of NOMADS (you can still see at at www.nomadnet.org) a site
dedicated to cultural commentary and webart and sound art. Unfortunately,
in the flesh world we were unable to get enough paper ($$) to keep going.
But the site stays up, thanks to its fabulous creator, Laura McGough. To
see my cultural commentary work on NOMADS, go to
www.nomadnet.org/massage5. This is the special issue I edited, of NOMADS'
webjournal _massage_ on the monstrous feminine. From time to time, the
NOMADS site will host special projects, but it is basically quiescent.

A few months ago, my colleague, curator MaryRoss Taylor (she lives in
Texas, and, until recently directed the Lawndale Arts Center in Houston)
and I (in Washington, DC) launched www.artwomen.org. It is a place where
artists, art historians, critics, gallery and museum professionals,
scholars and writers--whose areas of interest include feminism, art and
visual culture-can find news and exchange ideas and information. I
encourage you to visit the site and give us your impressions and
suggestions.

We are looking for suggestions of cool art-related websites by
cyberfeminists that we can feature on ArtWomen. We curate them, so any
suggestions will be perused by us, and if we like them, we will put them
up periodically. We are also looking for someone who is very well-informed
about the area of cyberfeminist art who could do an article for us that
would describe the history and current scene of this phenomenon. If you or
a colleague may be interested, please contact me at mjaag@wam.umd.edu with
a proposal (no more than 500 words) for a longish article (6,000-10,000
words) with illustrations. We would also like to see a sample of your
published or unpublished writing. We are an all-volunteer effort, so no
payment is offered.

I look forward to lurking awhile on the list to check out what everyone is
interested in. And I hope to hear from some of you soon regarding my
request for ArtWomen!

Best,

MJAagerstoun


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Mary Jo Aagerstoun
University of Maryland at College Park
mjaag@wam.umd.edu
phone:(202)234-6038
fax:(202)332-1479
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