The International Center of Medieval Art expresses deep concern and outrage regarding the recent acts of xenophobia, violence, and intolerance toward Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities (AAPI) in the US. We denounce this violence, and we assert our unwavering support to our AAPI colleagues, and to everyone who has been impacted and hurt by recent acts of racial violence. The ICMA affirms its anti-harassment policy and stands with other ACLS societies in condemning Anti-AAPI violence. The ICMA will continue to work to address issues of inclusivity in the field of medieval art history, and to determine how we might best move forward in building a supportive and welcoming profession. We want all members to feel safe in sharing their experiences, concerns, challenges, and vision for how we can improve the ways we work together.
Mining the Collection: In the Storeroom at Dumbarton Oaks with Elizabeth Dospel Williams - Monday, March 29 at 1:00 pm ET
Mining the Collection: In the Storeroom at Dumbarton Oaks with Elizabeth Dospel Williams
Monday, March 29 at 1:00 pm ET, RSVP here.
Please join us Monday, March 29th, at 1:00 pm ET for an investigation of these and other jewelry and textiles at Dumbarton Oaks presented by Elizabeth Dospel Williams, Associate Curator of the Byzantine Collection. The brief presentation will be followed by an informal discussion in the mode of an object study session; please bring your questions and ideas.
Sign up here.
Additional events in this series to follow!
In case you missed it...
You can watch a selection of previous Mining the Collectionevents here: https://www.medievalart.org/mining-the-collection
The Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) Helen C. Evans Scholarship, due 30 April 2021
The AGBU Helen C. Evans Scholarship is intended to honor Helen C. Evans, the Mary and Michael Jaharis Curator of Byzantine Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was established to recognize exceptional students from around the world pursuing studies in the areas of Armenian art, art history, architecture, and/or early Christianity. Helen C. Evans Scholars are to demonstrate a strong interest in pursuing world-leading research, teaching, dissemination of future work that will help develop the areas of Armenian art, art history, architecture, and/or early Christianity, and related fields. Applicants must be enrolled in full-time graduate degree programs and this scholarship is available for a maximum of three (3) years toward college/university education expenses. This scholarship is open to students of both Armenian and non-Armenian descent.
The Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) is the world’s largest non-profit organization devoted to upholding the Armenian heritage through educational, cultural and humanitarian programs. Each year, AGBU is committed to making a difference in the lives of 500,000 people across Armenia, Artsakh and the Armenian diaspora. Since 1906, AGBU has remained true to one overarching goal: to create a foundation for the prosperity of all Armenians.
Applicants must complete and submit the following pre-screening form before being invited to apply.
For more information, go to: https://www.agbu-scholarship.org/dates
We mourn the death of David S. Raizman, who served as ICMA Treasurer from 2015-2018
The International Center for Medieval Art mourns the death of David S. Raizman, who served as the Treasurer of the ICMA from 2015-2018.
David Raizman (1951-2021)
David Seth Raizman died on February 22, 2021 in Abingdon, PA at the age of 69. A scholar of medieval Spain who, perhaps improbably, became an international authority on modern design, he is survived by Lucy, his wife of 46 years, daughter Rebecca Newman, son-in-law David Newman, and grandson Jacob Orion Newman of Los Angeles; and son Joshua Raizman and daughter-in-law Sommer Mateer, of Havertown, PA.
Raizman earned all three of his degrees in Art History at the University of Pittsburgh. His 1980 dissertation “The Later Morgan Beatus (M. 429) and Late Romanesque illumination in Spain,” was written under the direction of John Williams. His training with Williams prepared him for work in a field that was, especially then, marginalized and difficult of access. Raizman went on to publish several works in the area of manuscript illumination as well as an oft-cited article on Mudejar architecture, “The Church of Santa Cruz and the Beginnings of Mudejar Architecture in Toledo,” Gesta 38, no. 2 (1999): 128-141, which was sitting on my computer desktop awaiting a re-read when I received notification of his death. David maintained a deep friendship with Williams as well as a lifelong interest in medieval Iberia, contributing a groundbreaking article to the 2005 Festschrift Therese Martin and I edited, as well as helping to organize and secure ICMA sponsorship for sessions held in Williams’s memory at the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo in 2016.
David’s first appointment after completing his dissertation was at Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois in 1980. Nine years later, he and his young family moved to Philadelphia where he accepted a position at Drexel University. Raizman would remain there teaching, eventually at the rank of Distinguished University Professor, and serving in various administrative capacities including Department Chair and Dean until his retirement in 2017. His scholarly shift in focus grew directly out of the unmet needs of students studying design. The lack of appropriate course materials prompted David to write a comprehensive history (History of Modern Design, London, Laurence King and New Jersey, Prentice-Hall, 2004, 2nd edition, 2010). This was followed by additional publications, conference work, and a fruitful collaboration with Carma Gorman, (Objects, Audiences, and Literature: Alternative Narratives in the History of Design, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2007), whose impact is detailed by Professor Gorman in the obituary she authored for the College Art Association. David had found a second, appreciative home in the History of Design.
Beyond teaching, mentoring, and producing exemplary scholarship in two fields, David served as Treasurer both for ICMA (2015-18) and for CAA (2018-2021). For nine months (2019-20), he agreed to serve as interim executive director of CAA, commuting from Philadelphia to New York every other week on the condition that this be a strictly unpaid position. In these administrative duties, he applied financial management skills bequeathed to him by his accountant father—who, as David told me, was concerned that he might one day need a “real job.”
As a friend, I found David to be unfailingly optimistic and caring. Passionate about music both as a listener and maker (he was an accomplished guitarist), he also enjoyed tennis, conversation with friends, and simply adored his family. He was probably the kindest person I knew in the academic world. This affability could be misleading: on numerous occasions, I witnessed him parse an utterly incomprehensible conference paper in a few choice words—completely on point and completely without animus. That he was a Squirrel Hill mensch who never lost his “Pittsburghese” or the values of our community as well as the product of a beloved shared mentor made our bond even tighter.
Even those of us who write professionally soon learn how inadequate words are when it comes to expressing devastating loss. I will miss him forever. May his memory be a blessing.
-Julie Harris, with the kind assistance of Carma Gorman.
We share the obituary released by his family.
Mining The Collection: Cleveland Museum Of Art With Gerhard Lutz & Elina Gertsman; 4 March 2021, 11am ET. Sign up today!
Mining the Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art with Gerhard Lutz and Elina Gertsman
Thursday, March 4 at 11:00 am Eastern, RSVP here.
Left: Calvary, c. 1450. Germany, Middle Rhine?, 15th century. Mother-of-pearl; diameter: 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 1968.240 Right: Virgin and Child, late 1200s. Mosan (Valley of the Meuse), Liège(?), late 13th century. Wood (oak) with polychromy and gilding; overall: 83 x 24 x 20 cm (32 11/16 x 9 7/16 x 7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2014.392
We are delighted to invite you to another installment of Mining the Collection. Gerhard Lutz, Robert P. Bergman Curator of Medieval Art at The Cleveland Museum of Art, and Elina Gertsman, Professor of Art History at Case Western Reserve University, will present two fascinating sculptures from the museum’s collection.
Please join us Thursday, March 4th at 11:00 am ET for a brief presentation of these works followed by an informal discussion. Sign up here!
Additional events in this series to follow.
In case you missed it...
You can watch Mining the Collection: The J. Paul Getty Museum with Elizabeth Morrison and Bryan C. Keene here.
ICMA Oral History Project Launches
We are delighted to announce the launch of the ICMA Oral History Project.
With the goal of preserving the unique stories and experiences of our longest-serving members and supporters, the ICMA Student Committee has launched the Oral History Project. Students interview members who have made significant contributions to the study of medieval art and the ICMA. In the interviews, these members reflect on their initiation into the field, their lifelong experiences as researchers, professionals, and peers, as well as their involvement in the organization.
This podcast series is linked here, and is available on the ICMA website, accessible by clicking “ABOUT” in the menu at the top of the home page.
The series was first imagined by former ICMA President Helen Evans, and was brought to fruition by a team of enterprising members of the Student Committee: Dustin Aaron, Sarah Mathiesen, Robert Vogt, and Lauren Van Nest.
The first interviews posted are:
Lucy Sandler, interviewed by Christopher T. Richards
Dorothy F. Glass, interviewed by Cristina Aldrich
Charles Little, interviewed by Dustin Aaron
Coming soon will be interviews with: Paula Gerson, Stephen Scher, Elizabeth (Libby) Parker, and Madeline Caviness.
Students interested in serving as interviewers for future podcasts can sign up on the site.
THE 2020 ICMA ANNUAL BOOK PRIZE AWARDED TO TRACY CHAPMAN HAMILTON
The International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA) awards the 2020 Annual Book Prize to:
Tracy Chapman Hamilton
Pleasure and Politics at the Court of France: The Artistic Patronage of Queen Marie of Brabant (1260-1321)
Brepols Publishing, Harvey Miller Series, 2019.
Click here for the Brepols site.
In Pleasure and Politics at the Court of France: The Artistic Patronage of Queen Marie of Brabant (1260–1321), Tracy Chapman Hamilton presents an intellectually rich recuperation of an understudied Gothic patron, refined aesthete, and politically savvy survivor in thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Paris. In this exquisite, impeccably researched and abundantly illustrated cultural history, the author examines ways in which a medieval queen asserted political influence through systematic patronage. Marie also created the model later queens, such as Marie’s granddaughter, Jeanne d’Evreux, would emulate at the end of the Capetian dynasty, and long into the tumultuous Valois period of the Hundred Years’ War. Given the author’s extensive firsthand experience with developments in feminist art historical practice since the 1990s, the book doubles as a historiographic journey of both medieval and modern struggle and renewal, supplying an exemplary model of herstory for others to follow. Manuscripts, shrines, seals, funerary sculpture, reliquaries, and stained glass illustrate an extraordinary medieval life in which one royal woman, Marie, exerted Brabantine influence over courtiers in Paris, supplied a catalyst for the development of vernacular French traditions in verse, lyric and song, cultivated pilgrimage, and supplied a cultural linchpin fostering the arts at the turn of the fourteenth century in medieval France.
We thank the Book Prize Jury: Eric Ramirez-Weaver, chair; Péter Bokody; Till-Holger Borchert; Dorothy Glass; Julie Harris
Submissions for the 2021 ICMA Annual Book Prize are now being accepted.
Single or dual-authored books on any topic in medieval art printed in 2020 are eligible. No special issues of journals or anthologies or exhibition catalogues can be considered. The competition is international and open to all ICMA members. Languages of publication: English, French, German, Italian, or Spanish. Prize: US $1,000 to a single author, or $500 each to two co-authors
For more information and to submit, visit https://www.medievalart.org/book-prize. Send questions to icma@medievalart.org.
ICMA Lecture, now available online: Notre Dame of Paris: Past and Present
Notre Dame of Paris: Past and Present
Online lecture by Dany Sandron and Lindsay Cook
To view, go to: https://www.medievalart.org/friends-of-the-icma-lectures
Professor Sandron co-authored, with the late professor Andrew Tallon, Notre-Dame de Paris: Neuf Siècles d'Histoire (Parigramme, 2013/2019), whose English version, Notre Dame Cathedral, Nine Centuries of History (Penn State University Press, 2020), was translated by Professor Cook, Assistant Teaching Professor of Art History, Ball State University.
Nancy Wu, Friends of the ICMA and Educator Emerita, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, introduces the speakers and moderate the discussion.
To view, go to: https://www.medievalart.org/friends-of-the-icma-lectures
This lecture is organized by Friends of the ICMA.
Credits: Image (l) from Notre Dame Cathedral, Nine Centuries of History, pp. 28-29; images (c,r) by Lindsay Cook.
ICMA Graduate Student Essay Award - due 7 March 2021
GRADUATE STUDENT ESSAY AWARDS
The International Center of Medieval Art wishes to announce its annual Graduate Student Essay Award for the best essay by a student member of the ICMA. The theme or subject of the essay may be any aspect of medieval art, and can be drawn from current research. Eligible essays must be produced while a student is in coursework. The work must be original and should not have been published elsewhere. We are pleased to offer First Prize ($400), Second Prize ($300), and Third Prize ($200).
We are grateful to an anonymous donor for underwriting the Student Essay Award competition. This member particularly encourages submissions that consider themes of intercultural contact — for instance, between Latin Christendom and the Byzantine realm; among Jews, Muslims, and Christians; or the dynamics of encounters connecting Europe, Africa, and Asia. These are not requirements, however, and the awards will be granted based on quality of the papers, regardless of topic.
The deadline for submission is 7 March 2021. The winners will be announced at the Spring Board Meeting in May.
Applicants must submit:
1. An article-length paper (maximum 30 pages, double-spaced, not including footnotes) following the editorial guidelines of our journal Gesta.
2. Each submission must also include a 250-word abstract written in English regardless of the language of the rest of the paper.
3. A Curriculum vitae.
All applicants must be ICMA members.
All submissions are to be uploaded here for 2021.
Email questions to Ryan Frisinger at awards@medievalart.org. The winning essay will be chosen by members of the ICMA Grants and Awards Committee, which is chaired by our Vice-President.
ICMA Student Travel Grants - due 7 March 2021
STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS
The ICMA offers grants for graduate students in the early stages of their dissertation research, enabling beginning scholars to carry out foundational investigations at archives and sites. Winners will be granted $3,000, and if needed, officers of the ICMA will contact institutions and individuals who can help the awardees gain access to relevant material. Three grants are awarded per year, and they are designed to cover one month of travel.
The grants are primarily for students who have finished preliminary exams, and are in the process of refining dissertation topics. Students who have already submitted a proposal, but are still very early on in the process of their research, may also apply.
All applicants must be ICMA members.
Applicants must submit:
1. Outline of the thesis proposal in 800 words or less.
2. Detailed outline of exactly which sites and/or archives are to be visited, which works will be consulted, and how this research relates to the proposed thesis topic. If you hope to see extremely rare materials or sites with restricted access, please be as clear as possible about contacts with custodians already made.
3. Proposed budget (airfare, lodging, other travel, per diem). Please be precise and realistic. The total need not add up to $3,000 precisely. The goal is for reviewers to see how you will handle the expenses.
4. Letter from the thesis advisor, clarifying the student’s preparedness for the research, the significance of the topic, and the relevance of the trip to the thesis.
5. A curriculum vitae.
Upon return, the student will be required to submit a letter and financial report to the ICMA and a narrative to the student section of the Newsletter.
NOTE: Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions and closures, we can delay disbursements until international travel is safe.
Applications are due by 7 March 2021. The ICMA will announce the winners of the three grants at the Spring Board Meeting in May.
Applicants submit materials here.
Thesis advisor submit letter of recommendation here.
Email Ryan Frisinger at awards@medievalart.org with any questions.
ICMA at the CAA Annual Conference 2021: Destruction and Preservation: Pre-Modern Art in a Perilous World: Saturday, February 13, 2021; 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
ICMA at the CAA Annual Conference 2021
Destruction and Preservation: Pre-Modern Art in a Perilous World
Saturday, February 13, 2021; 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Live Q&As Online - Meeting J
Thomas Cole's Course of Empire: Destruction Oil on canvas, 1836, 39 1⁄2 × 63 1⁄2 in. New-York Historical Society.
CHAIRS
Anne Heath, Hope College
Gillian B. Elliott, George Washington University
DISCUSSANT
Bryan Keene, Riverside City College
Contemporary Reframing and Preservation of Ancient Religious Sites in China Christopher A Born, Belmont University
Rising Waters: The Conservation of San Marco in Venice and Disappearing Cosmic Floors Malarie Zaunbrecher, George Washington University
ICMA Annual Meeting, Online Edition on Thursday 11 February 2021, 4-5pm EST
ICMA Annual Meeting. Online Edition
Thursday, February 11, 4-5pm EST
Please join us for a virtual gathering, the Annual Meeting of the International Center of Medieval Art.
Thursday, February 11, 4:00-5:00pm ET - On Zoom
Please RSVP here.
At this yearly reception we welcome new members of the ICMA Board of Directors and Associates, and we thank those who are rotating off positions in the leadership of the organization. Of course, this year things will be different. But we can still connect on screen, raise a glass together, and look forward to the day when we can gather in person again.
Our President, Nina Rowe, will announce and celebrate the new initiatives undertaken by the ICMA. And attendees will have the opportunity to share recent achievements, offer coping strategies, even report on hobbies picked up in 2020-21!
We hope that this online get-together will be a jolly occasion and one that offers hope for better things to come.
ICMA Lecture: Notre Dame of Paris: Past and Present with Dany Sandron and Lindsay Cook, Wednesday 3 February 2021. RSVP today!
Notre Dame of Paris: Past and Present
Online lecture by Dany Sandron and Lindsay Cook
Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at 1pm EST
RSVP here
The Friends of ICMA invites you to an online lecture/webinar on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. EST by Dany Sandron and Lindsay Cook, Notre Dame of Paris: Past and Present.
Professor Sandron co-authored, with the late professor Andrew Tallon, Notre-Dame de Paris: Neuf Siècles d'Histoire (Parigramme, 2013/2019), whose English version, Notre Dame Cathedral, Nine Centuries of History (Penn State University Press, 2020), was translated by Professor Cook, Assistant Teaching Professor of Art History, Ball State University.
Nina Rowe, President of ICMA and Professor of Art History, Fordham University, and Nancy Wu, Friends of ICMA and Educator Emerita, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, will introduce the speakers and moderate the discussion.
To join us on February 3, please RSVP here. A Zoom link will be sent to participants closer to the lecture date.
Attendees will be offered a special discount on the publication.
Credits: Image (l) from Notre Dame Cathedral, Nine Centuries of History, pp. 28-29; images (c,r) by Lindsay Cook.
Join the ICMA! 2021 memberships now available
Join the ICMA for 2021!
Click here to join or renew your membership!
Gift memberships are also available by clicking here
All memberships purchased today are valid until 31 December 2021.
We know it's been a stressful and uncertain year, but the International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA) continues to bring its members benefits and support to navigate these challenging times. By renewing your 2021 ICMA membership, you'll be helping the ICMA bring timely, meaningful programming to its members. Your membership supports the future of medieval art and architecture studies!
The ICMA is an inclusive organization with members around the globe. We invite anyone with an interest in the art and architecture of the Middle Ages to join, including but not limited to students, teachers of any rank at any institution (elementary, secondary, college, university), independent scholars, curators, librarians, art dealers, and collectors. The ICMA's core mission is to enable appreciation, study, and preservation of visual and material cultures from every corner of the medieval world.
Will you help us?
2021 Membership Fees
Student ($20), Independent Scholar/Retiree ($55), Individual ($65), Individual + subsidy ($85), Joint ($80), Contributor ($150), Patron ($300), Sustainer ($600), Benefactor ($1,200)
Please note the "individual + subsidy" option for donating beyond your standard membership. Contributing a subsidy of $20 helps keep costs for student membership low and supports new outreach initiatives.
All prices in USD. Memberships are valid until 31 December 2021.
January Calendar Page, from Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain, fol., 2r, Flanders, ca. 1500 (Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1963.256.2.a)
In case you missed it...
The ICMA is committed to social justice; read our Statement of Solidarity and Action. We initiated a Diversity Working Group, which will hold a Town Hall Meeting in November. The New Initiatives Working Group is planning for the upcoming year on ways to increase medieval art's presence and inclusiveness.
The Advocacy Committee evaluates concerns of the ICMA Community, including the ICMA Mentoring Intiative.
By vote of its members, the ICMA updated its mission statement to include "every corner of the medieval world." We invite multiplicities into every aspect of ICMA's activities as a guiding principle.
The ICMA created a Teaching Resources and Tips page to help navigate new ways of teaching. Included on this page is the Online Resources for Teaching Art History and Teaching a Global Middle Ages. We also have other digital offerings, including information on Education and Careers.
Our Programs and Lectures Committee sponsors ICMA sessions and Keynote Lectures at the College Art Association Annual Conference, Association for Art History Annual Conference, International Congress on Medieval Studies Kalamazoo, International Medieval Congress Leeds, Forum Kunst Des Mittelalters, Canadian Conference of Medieval Art Historians, Andrew Ladis Trecento Conference, and St. Louis Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies. If presenting at one of our sponsored sessions, members are eligible for the ICMA-Kress Travel Grants.
The ICMA sponsors the Annual Book Prize, awarding 1,000 USD to best book!
The Grants and Awards Committee sponsors several programs: ICMA-Kress Research and Publications Grant, ICMA-Kress Exhibition Development Grant, Student Travel Grant, Student Essay Grant. Additionally, the ICMA is a nominating body for the Whiting Foundation Public Engagement Grants.
We have a new publication, ICMA Viewpoints, which accepts proposals on an ongoing basis.
Gesta now accepts articles in English and French. Les auteurs peuvent soumettre leurs articles en anglais ou en français.
The ICMA newsletter, ICMA News, is published three times a year and contains up-to-date information concerning the activities of the ICMA, as well as articles about current events and issues in medieval art history. You can read it here - we've made it available to all!
Take a few minutes to visit www.medievalart.org and look around our newly designed website. Add your event, CFP, or other announcement to our calendar there - we'd love to include items from your part of the world!
If you have any questions, you can always email icma@medievalart.org
As always, ICMA member perks include:
Gesta is the premier scholarly journal for the history of medieval art (two issues annually) and appears in print and online for members.
Study Days and Other Special Opportunities: The ICMA has a robust schedule of Study Days, receptions, and tours held in conjunction with museum exhibitions, conferences, and other special events.
Sponsorship of Conference Sessions and Special Lectures: The ICMA sponsors sessions at major academic conferences, as well as funded special lectures by scholars.
Grants and Awards: The ICMA has funding available for members to support travel, research, publication, and exhibition development. There is also an annual book prize.
Graduate Student Mentorship: The ICMA Student Committee actively promotes the concerns of our student members. Most ICMA Study Days include special opportunities for students to meet with curators and conservators. ICMA also sponsors travel grants and essay awards for student members.
And during the unusual conditions of 2020-21, when we have been unable to gather in person, the ICMA has developed a robust suite of programming aimed at fostering connections and providing professional support.
Pay online here.
Or, to pay by check (USD only; payable to ICMA):
1. Print and fill out the form below.
2. Email icma@medievalart.org for the mailing address (ICMA staff is working remotely during the pandemic).
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Gift memberships make great gifts for your students, colleagues, or anyone you want to introduce to the ICMA! Click here for information.
Information about Planned Giving can be found here.
If you have an idea for a new initiative that you would like to fund, please contact icma@medievalart.org to discuss details and how it fits with ICMA's mission. The ICMA has future projects that are in need of funding, too.
If you’re unable to make an additional gift, you can support the ICMA at no further cost to yourself:
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We mourn the death of William D. Wixom, who served as ICMA President from 1971-74
The International Center for Medieval Art mourns the death of William D. Wixom, who served as the president of the ICMA from 1971-74. Bill served as the Michel David-Weill Chairman of the Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1979 until his retirement in 1998. Before coming to New York, Bill was curator of Medieval and Renaissance art at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Under his stewardship, the medieval collection at The Met grew at a pace not seen since the opening of The Cloisters in 1938. During his tenure, the Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters organized numerous exhibitions, both at The Met Fifth Avenue and at The Cloisters, with Mirror of the Medieval World capping off his career. Bill’s passion for works of art extended well beyond Medieval art, as the collection that he and his wife, Nancy Coe Wixom, built together bears witness. They generously donated art to a wide range of departments at the Met, including the American Wing, Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Modern and Contemporary Art, and Medieval Art. Bill’s delight in works of art and good humor were legendary and infectious. He remained actively involved in the field until his passing; his mentorship of his staff ranks among the most significant of his many legacies.
We share the obituary released by his family.
Celebrate the memory of William Wixom at an online event
Mirror of the Medieval World: A Memorial Toast to William Wixom [President of the ICMA, 1971-74] (1929-2020)
Friday, January 15, 2021, 2-3pm ET.
Please join us in a memorial celebration of the life and work of William Wixom, Michel David-Weill Chair of the Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters, 1979-98, and President of the International Center of Medieval Art, 1971-74.
At this Zoom event, friends and colleagues will remember Bill’s contributions as a curator and scholar, and participants will have an opportunity to raise a glass and share memories. Please rsvp here
Give to the ICMA this holiday season
Want to support the ICMA beyond membership?
Here are ways to give:
There are two ways to make an unrestricted contribution online:
You can make a contribution to one of our named funds here.
Gift memberships make great gifts for your students, colleagues, or anyone you want to introduce to the ICMA! Click here for information.
Information about Planned Giving can be found here.
If you have an idea for a new initiative that you would like to fund, please contact icma@medievalart.org to discuss details and how it fits with ICMA's mission. The ICMA has future projects that are in need of funding, too.
If you’re unable to make an additional gift, you can support the ICMA at no further cost to yourself:
Go to smile.amazon.com to choose the International Center of Medieval Art as your preferred charity. Amazon will donate a percentage of your total purchases to the ICMA.
If you are on Facebook, you can amplify our year-end appeal, so that your friends and family can find a way to support your work, your community, and your colleagues through the ICMA. A simple social media post with a personal note to your Facebook audience is an easy way to show your support for the ICMA. Whether it’s $1 or $500, any amount helps ICMA achieve its fundraising goal before 31 December 2020. All donations are tax deductible via Network for Good. Click here to share: https://www.facebook.com/donate/1228088097569143/
"Nushirvan Receives Mihras, Envoy of Caesar", Folio from the First Small Shahnama (Book of Kings), Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus). ca. 1300–30, made in Iran or Iraq. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, H. 6 9/16 in. (16.7 cm), W. 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1934, 34.24.3.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT...
The ICMA is committed to social justice; read our Statement of Solidarity and Action. We initiated a Diversity Working Group, which will hold a Town Hall Meeting in November. The New Initiatives Working Group is planning for the upcoming year on ways to increase medieval art's presence and inclusiveness.
The Advocacy Committee evaluates concerns of the ICMA Community, including the ICMA Mentoring Intiative.
By vote of its members, the ICMA updated its mission statement to include "every corner of the medieval world." We invite multiplicities into every aspect of ICMA's activities as a guiding principle.
The ICMA created a Teaching Resources and Tips page to help navigate new ways of teaching. Included on this page is the Online Resources for Teaching Art History and Teaching a Global Middle Ages. We also have other digital offerings, including information on Education and Careers.
Our Programs and Lectures Committee sponsors ICMA sessions and Keynote Lectures at the College Art Association Annual Conference, Association for Art History Annual Conference, International Congress on Medieval Studies Kalamazoo, International Medieval Congress Leeds, Forum Kunst Des Mittelalters, Canadian Conference of Medieval Art Historians, Andrew Ladis Trecento Conference, and St. Louis Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies. If presenting at one of our sponsored sessions, members are eligible for the ICMA-Kress Travel Grants.
The ICMA sponsors the Annual Book Prize, awarding 1,000 USD to best book!
The Grants and Awards Committee sponsors several programs: ICMA-Kress Research and Publications Grant, ICMA-Kress Exhibition Development Grant, Student Travel Grant, Student Essay Grant. Additionally, the ICMA is a nominating body for the Whiting Foundation Public Engagement Grants.
We have a new publication, ICMA Viewpoints, which accepts proposals on an ongoing basis.
Gesta now accepts articles in English and French. Les auteurs peuvent soumettre leurs articles en anglais ou en français.
The ICMA newsletter, ICMA News, is published three times a year and contains up-to-date information concerning the activities of the ICMA, as well as articles about current events and issues in medieval art history. You can read it here - we've made it available to all!
Take a few minutes to visit www.medievalart.org and look around our newly designed website. Add your event, CFP, or other announcement to our calendar there - we'd love to include items from your part of the world!
If you have any questions, you can always email icma@medievalart.org
Give the gift of ICMA membership for 2021! Gift memberships available
Gift memberships are available by clicking here
2021 Membership Fees
Student ($20), Independent Scholar/Retiree ($55), Individual ($65), Individual + subsidy ($85), Joint ($80), Contributor ($150), Patron ($300), Sustainer ($600), Benefactor ($1,200)
Please note the "individual + subsidy" option for donating beyond your standard membership. Contributing a subsidy of $20 helps keep costs for student membership low and supports new outreach initiatives.
All prices in USD. Memberships are valid until 31 December 2021.
ICMA MEMBER PERKS INCLUDE:
Gesta is the premier scholarly journal for the history of medieval art (two issues annually) and appears in print and online for members.
Study Days and Other Special Opportunities: The ICMA has a robust schedule of Study Days, receptions, and tours held in conjunction with museum exhibitions, conferences, and other special events.
Sponsorship of Conference Sessions and Special Lectures: The ICMA sponsors sessions at major academic conferences, as well as funded special lectures by scholars.
Grants and Awards: The ICMA has funding available for members to support travel, research, publication, and exhibition development. There is also an annual book prize.
Graduate Student Mentorship: The ICMA Student Committee actively promotes the concerns of our student members. Most ICMA Study Days include special opportunities for students to meet with curators and conservators. ICMA also sponsors travel grants and essay awards for student members.
And during the unusual conditions of 2020-21, when we have been unable to gather in person, the ICMA has developed a robust suite of programming aimed at fostering connections and providing professional support.
ICMA News, Autumn 2020 now available online
ICMA News
Autumn 2020
Melanie Hanan, Editor
Click here to read.
Also available on www.medievalart.org
INSIDE
Announcing the IDEA (Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, and Access) Committee
Announcing the new Viewpoints Editor
Our Colleague Connection Project
Statement on Executive Orders Regarding Monuments and Federal Architecture
Commemorations
Elly Miller, 1928-2020
Special Features
Reflections: Bodies at the Borders: Momentum in Medieval Studies from 2020 Movements, by Bryan C. Keene
Teaching Medieval Art History: Technology in the Medieval Art History “Classroom,” by Elizabeth Lastra
Report
A Work in Progress: Notre-Dame of Paris Since the Fire, by Lindsay Cook
Events and Opportunities
The deadline for the next issue of ICMA News is 15 February 2021. Please send information to newsletter@medievalart.org
If you would like your upcoming conference, CFP, or exhibition included in the newsletter please email the information to EventsExhibitions@medievalart.org.
Gesta Fall 2020 (Volume 59, Number 2) now available!
The latest issue of Gesta (Fall 2020) is available to members by logging in to your membership account.
In this volume:
Found in Translation: Images Visionary and Visceral in the Welles-Ros Bible Kathryn A. Smith
The Earls of Hereford and Their Retinue: A Network of Architectural and Sculptural Patronage in Twelfth-Century England, ca. 1130–55
Jonathan Andrew Turnock
Villard de Honnecourt and Bar Tracery: Reims Cathedral and Processes of Stylistic Transmission, ca. 1210–40
James Hillson
The Admiral, the Virgin, and the Spectrometer: Observations on the Coëtivy Hours (Dublin, Chester Beatty Library, MS W082)
Richard Gameson, Catherine Nicholson, and Andrew Beeby
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For ICMA members receiving a print copy along with the online version, there may be a delay in shipping the journal to you. Thank you for your patience.