Friday, November 1, 2019
Our Journey So Far: Field Notes
Presented by Craig McDaniel and Jean Robertson
Friday, November 1, 2019
Craig McDaniel
Craig McDaniel is a professor of fine arts at Herron School of Art + Design at IU Indianapolis. Professor McDaniel’s past positions at Herron include serving as chair of the Department of Fine Arts from 2003 to 2005, associate dean from 2005 to 2018; director of graduate programs from 2008 to 2013; and interim chair of the Department of Visual Communication Design from 2010 to 2011. His publications include essays, experimental fiction, and artworks published widely in journals. McDaniel also co-authored three volumes with Jean Robertson including Themes of Contemporary Art: Visual Arts after 1980 (Oxford University Press). His artworks have been featured in over 20 solo exhibitions. McDaniel received degrees from University of Pennsylvania, Ohio State University, Drexel University, and University of Montana. A primary focus throughout McDaniel’s career is exploring relationships of visual and verbal modes of expression.
Jean Robertson
Jean Robertson is a Chancellor’s Professor at IU Indianapolis and a member of the art history faculty at Herron School of Art + Design where she serves as inaugural chair of the A3 Department (Art History, Art Education, and Art Therapy). She joined the IU Indianapolis faculty in 1995. Previous positions include serving as founding co-director, with Craig McDaniel, of the Southern Ohio Museum and as associate curator at the Columbus Museum of Art in Ohio. Her specialization is contemporary art history. In addition to publishing numerous exhibition catalogues, essays, and art criticism, she has co-authored three books with Craig McDaniel, including: Spellbound: Rethinking the Alphabet (Intellect, U.K./distributed University of Chicago Press, U.S.); and Painting as a Language: Materials, Techniques, Form, Content (Cengage) with translation into Chinese. She received a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.
Below is a video of Dr. Robertson and Professor McDaniel's Last Lecture presentation at IU Indianapolis.