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Tim Griffin has been appointed the new Editor-in-Chief of Artforum International magazine. Griffin, 33, joined Artforum in 2002; he worked briefly as US Reviews Editor and was promoted in February to Senior Editor. Before coming to Artforum, Griffin was Art Editor of Time Out New York from 2000 to

2002. He has also served as Editor of ArtByte magazine and as Senior Editor of Art on Paper. A visiting critic in the painting department of the Yale Graduate School of Art in 2003, Griffin has written for numerous publications, including Vogue, artext, Art in America, Index,, and artpress. For Artforum, he recently reviewed Matthew Barney's Cremaster exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum and the Museum of Modern Art's Drawing Now. Griffin succeeds Jack Bankowsky, who will become Editor-at-Large for Special Products upon completing the September issue.

Maxwell L. Anderson will step down as director of the Whltney Museum of American Art in the fall. Anderson,, who has led the institution since 1998, has accepted a position as a Leadership Fellow at the Chief Executive Leadership Institute at the Yale School of Management. "I am grateful for everything that the staff has accomplished," says Anderson, "and that the board has supported, across all aspects of the museum - from the collection to education to audience-building to programming." Anderson built the Whitney's collection in several ways, chiefly by establishing acquisition committees in previously unsupported areas (film and video, architecture, new media) and, most recently, by securing a landmark gift of postwar art from members of the Board of Trustees. Anderson begins his fellowship in the fall at the Yale School of Management, whore he will advise on emerging leadership and governance challenges for public organizations.

The Public Art Program of the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs has Invited 12 artists to occupy a vacant storefront in the Page Brothers Building, 177 N. State Street, in a series of brief open projects running through September. The project will allow the public to see the art-making process as it happens, with artists working in a variety of media. Artists in the program include: Rashid Johnson,, whose past works examine the effects of slavery on African-American culture; Brooke Williams, a New York photographer who makes collections of images through Polaroid photography; and Donald Stahlke, who works in a variety of media exploring the myth of the "Wildman" through sculpture, painting, and dioramas, and who also creates a series of tattooed fruits and vegetables whose aging process is fascinating to observe. The artists will work in the space from approximately noon to 6 p.m., Monday - Friday, as the public observes through the windows.

The Chrysler Museum of Art and Historic Houses in Norfolk, VA is the recipient of a $350,000 grant from the Norfolk Foundation. The grant will assist in the creation of the Norfolk Foundation Art Education Center, and a portion will provide for new easels, work tables, computers, and audiovisual and digital projection equipment. The Norfolk Foundation has been a frequent contributor to the Chrysler in an effort to improve the Museum's computer systems and expand its galleries. This particular grant supports the Foundation's interest in improving education throughout Hampton Roads.

Roy R. Neuberger, the founding patron of the Neuberger Museum of Art at SUNY Purchase, will be 100 years old this July. The Museum is marking the event with a celebration in Neuberger's honor, to be held on Thursday, July 17 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Neuberger began collecting art in 1937, and has since amassed an extensive collection, much of which he has donated to museums and other institutions. In 1965, New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller offered to create a museum to house Neuberger's works, and Neuberger agreed to donate to the proposed SUNY Purchase Museum. At 100 years of age, Neuberger continues to be a passionate patron of the arts. His second biography, The Passionate Collector, is available through the Neuberger Museum.

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California is set to commence with the construction of a 16,000-square-foot addition to its American Art Gallery. Los Angeles-based architect Frederick Fisher and Partners designed the $6 million building which will nearly double the size of the current Virginia Steele Scott Gallery, providing for more gallery and storage space. The new building will adjoin the west side of the 1984 Paul Grey building, currently housing the Huntington's collection of American paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts, and will also serve as exhibition space during future renovation of the Huntington Gallery. Construction will begin this fall.

James Hunkin, former secretary of the Camera Club in south London, has announced plans to create a new international profile photographic centre in the U.K. The International Photographic Centre will focus on photographic practice and affordable education and training. Hunkin realized the need for professionally run photographic facilities in the wake of widespread darkroom closures. His is one of at least eight new U.K. photographic centers that are currently in the works.

The Texas Tech University (TTO) School of Art gallery selection committee has selected nine artists for solo photography exhibitions at the SRO Gallery during 2003-2004. The selection committee, comprised of photography faculty, the faculty director, and graduate and undergraduate students, faced the challenging task of selecting from among just less than one hundred local and national submissions. The nine artists are as follows: Mark Slankard, Susan Casentini, Andrew Ortiz, Ken Indermark, Ardine Nelson, Fredrick Marsh, Martin Brief, Andrea Hoelscher, and Christine Holtz. The solo exhibitions will run from August 25, 2003 - May 21, 2004. The TTU School of Art and SRO Gallery hold the annual "Call for Entries" each spring.

New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. has announced the launch of a redesigned, updated, and expanded NEW AMERICAN RADIO (NAR) website. The website, "http://somewhere.org/NAR/NAR_home.htm," features archived radio art programs by artists such as Terry Allen, Diamanda Galas, Sheila Davies, and Gregory Whitehead. NAR is no longer active, but during its 15 years of broadcast life it became known nationally and internationally as the principle source of radio experimentation in America, winning numerous prizes and garnering critical praise. For more information, please contact Helen Thorington at newradio@turbulence.org.

At a recent Christie's auction in New York, photographs garnered $1,938,649 in sales. The highest selling lot was a portfolio of small-format North American Indian text volumes by Edward Curtis, 1-18, that sold for $101,575. Curtis lots represented over 30% of the total dollar take for the house ($587,852). Other top earners included Alexander Rodchenko's Sokolniki Park, Winter Hockey and Paul Strand's House on Hill, New England, both of which sold for $77,675. Notable items included a very rare photomontage by Vinicio Paladini, Movement and Space, which sold for $21,510 and Paul Strand's Mullen in Rain, possibly one of only two prints currently in existence, which sold for $65,725.

Camera Austria will move into its new premises at the Kunsthaus Graz when the building opens in September. In the Eisernes Haus (Iron House), Camera Austria will have exhibition rooms with a library and reading-room, editorial offices, and a workshop and depots. The new space will allow for the organization to pursue larger exhibition projects in addition to publishing its Camera Austria International magazine. The first project at the new site will be the exhibition Positions in Japanese Photography, opening October 3, 2003. More information is available at www.camera-austria.at.

Le Mois de la Photo a Montreal is planning a series of 20 exhibitions to be held from September 4-October 28, 2003. The theme of the exhibitions is "Maintenant/Now." More information is available at www.moisedelaphoto.com.

Guggenheim 2003 Fellowship Awards announced. The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has announced the winners of its 79th annual United States and Canada competition. The 2003 Fellowship winners include 184 artists, scholars, and scientists selected from over 3,200 applicants. Fellows are appointed on the basis of distinguished achievement in the past and exceptional promise for future accomplishment. The 2003 Fellows are as follows: Photography - Joann Brennan, Fred Cray, Justin Kimball, Anne Rearick, Paul Shambroom, Wendel A. White, and William Earle Williams; Film - Nicole Cattell, Thomas Allen Harris, Reynold Reynolds, Deborah Stratman, Paul Vester, and Sam Wells; Video and Audio - Zoe Beloff, Jim Campbell, Mary Ellen Carroll, Neu Goldberg, Mike Kelley, Jennifer Nelson, Kathy Rose, and Igor Vamos; Film, Video, and Radio Studies - Stuart Klawans, and William Uricchio; Photography Studies - David Levi Strauss. According to Foundation president Edward Hirsch, since its inception in 1925, the Foundation has awarded over $220 million in Fellowships to over 15,200 individuals. This year's winners share $6,750,000, with 89 institutions being represented by one or more fellows. A number of those named have no academic affiliation. A full list of winners is available at www.gf.org.

Pittsburgh Center for the Arts (PCA) announces Artists of the Year. Diane Samuels, Artist of the Year, 2003, and George Megalios, Emerging Artist of the Year, 2003, are currently at work preparing for their exhibition slated to open September 13 at PCA. James Duesing has been named Artist of the year, 2004, and Adam Sipe is the Emerging Artist of the Year, 2004. They will begin work in early 2004 for their Fall 2004 exhibit. Candidates are nominated by PCA's resident artist guilds and former Artists of the Year, and are selected by committee based solely on artistic merit. "What always delights me about our Artist of the Year," says PCA interim director, Lou Karas, "are the often dynamic contrasts that appear between the established and emerging artists." Established in 1945 by artists, PCA fosters a vibrant contemporary art scene in Southwestern Pennsylvania by promoting creativity and accessibility to art, and offering instruction to people of all levels of ability. Diane Samuels has exhibited widely in galleries since 1981, and has worked extensively with European institutions. She has served as a visiting artist in France, Poland, and Slovakia. George Megalios has been exhibiting nationally and internationally since 1992. He currently teaches in the Studio Arts Department of the University of Pittsburgh. An Associate Professor of Art at Carnegie Mellon University, James Duesing has been working as an animator and video artist since 1983, focusing on computer animation since 1987. A relative newcomer, Adam Sipe graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 1999, and has exhibited both locally and in Chicago.

Conde Nast Traveler wins the National Magazine Award for Photography. The American Society of Magazine Editors bestowed the award on May 8, based on the September 2002 All-Star Issue, the October 2002 issue, and the November 2002 15th Anniversary Reader's Choice Awards issue. Contributing photographers were William Abranowicz, Knut Bry, Brigitte Lacombe, Lisa Limer, and Hakan Ludwigson. The National Magazine Awards, established in 1996, are the preeminent honors for editorial excellence in the magazine industry. Nominated a total of 19 times, Conde Nast Traveler has won a total of six awards from ASME over its 15 years of publication - twice for General Excellence (1991 and 1999), twice for Special Interest (1988 and 1999), and once for Design (1991). Unlike many other travel magazines, Conde Nast's correspondents travel anonymously as much as possible, refusing to accept free travel and accommodations in order to experience travel as would an ordinary consumer, with reporting that is fair and honest. With a circulation of 750,000, Conde Nast Traveler is rated the Best Travel Magazine by the 2003 Zagat Survey.

The Photographic Historical Society of Rochester, NY presents PhotoHistory VII September 19-21. Held tri-annually since 1970, PhotoHistory is the longest running series of its kind in the world. Held at the George Eastman House, the symposium includes tours of both the Eastman House Museum with its unparalleled collections of photograph and cameras and the adjacent Eastman Mansion, a full scale working Tent Camera Obscura erected in the Eastman House gardens, and, on the final day, the Photographica Trade Show and Sale. Additionally, there will be 16 presentations, including topics such as "Humor in Daguerreotypes," "Traveling the Nile: Photographic Expedition, 1881-1882," and "Zeiss in the USA." "Filmless (digital) Photography," "The Business of Photography" in the nineteenth century, the "Art of the Album," and a presentation on Frank A. Brownell, the inventor of the Brownie Camera, by his grandson, round out the series. Deardorff cameras and new findings from the Fox Talbot correspondence in Lacock Abbey will also be presented. Details of the event may be obtained at www.tphs.org or by email at tphs@rochester.rr.com.

New Gallery opens in NYC. VOLUME, located at 530 West 24th St. in Chelsea adjacent to LFL Gallery, has a two-fold mission. First, it is a forum dedicated to exhibiting books and book related art, both contemporary and antiquarian; second, it is a press, devoted to publishing limited edition broadsides and collaborations or contemporary artists and writers. The gallery is a joint venture, founded and owned by Nick Lawrence, co-owner of LFL Gallery, and owner of DNA Gallery in Provincetown, MA, and John W. Wronoski, co-owner of Locus Solus, and Jan van Der Donk Rare Books, both in NYC, and Lame Duck Books in Boston. The first exhibition, Alexandre Alexeieff, closed June 15. The current exhibition, BUK: The Life and Times of Charles Bukowski, fealures illustrated books, drawings and paintings of the inimitable hard - drinking poet, barfly and Rabelasian cult figure, referred to by Genet as "the best poet in America." Additionally, VOLUME hosts an extensive stock of rare and antiquarian artist/writer collaborations, including a major collection of surrealist works by Ernst, Edouard, Duchamp, Tanguy and Breton. For additional info call (212) 989-8700 or email volumegallery@yahoo.com.

California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, receives $5 million gift, the largest in the College's 96 year history. The anonymous gift was given by a longtime trustee of the college to start an endowment fund for the Center for Art and Public Life, established in 1988, which creates community partnerships based on creative practice. CCAC is unique among art colleges in its commitment to community practice. CCAC President Michael S. Roth commented, "This extraordinary gift not only validates the work of the Center and assures its future, but also underscores the importance of the arts in the community. One of our primary educational goals is to demonstrate that successful art practice can take many forms. By identifying this goal and developing the infrastructure and programs to achieve it, namely the Center for Art and Public Life, CCCAC has taken a leadership role in defining the artist-as-citizen as a critical issue in contemporary studio practice. We are extremely grateful to our donor for this generous act, which demonstrates a firm belief in this model of art education." With 1500 full-time students, CCAC is the largest regionally accredited, independent school of art and design in the western United States. Founded in 1907 at the height of the Arts and Crafts movement, CCAC is noted for the interdisciplinary nature and breadth of its programs, offering studies in 18 undergraduate and five graduate majors in the areas of fine arts, architecture and design.

California College of Arts and Crafts announced on June 19 that, effective August 1, it is changing its name to California College of the Arts, to better reflect its broad curriculum, which includes traditional fine arts disciplines as well as architecture, design, curatorial practice, visual studies, and creative writing. The new name is designed to affirm the college's mission to educate those who shape culture through art, architecture, and design while reflecting the inclusive and interdisciplinary nature of its pedagogy. Along with a new name, the college will also be unveiling a new visual identity in September. The college's new web address is www.ccarts.edu.

Avant-garde Japanese Architects, Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa/SANAA Ltd. of Japan have been selected to design the New Museum building in the Bowery. Widely considered the most original and influential of a new generation of Japanese architects, the pair will create a state-of-the-art, multi-use $35 million facility for the New Museum on the site of what is now an 8,000 square foot parking lot at 235 Bowery. The proposed 60,000 square foot facility will double the size of the New Museum's current quarters at 583 Broadway in Soho. The project, which marks the culmination of a 2 1/2-year international search process, will result in the first major art museum constructed in downtown Manhattan in the city's modern history. The design will be unveiled in Fall 2003, with construction beginning Summer 2004 and expected completion in early 2006. The facility will offer increased, flexible exhibition space, an innovative new media center, a black box theater, bookstore, expanded classrooms, a study center and cafe. Saul Dennison, President of the Board of Trustees of the New Museum, said, "Downtown Manhattan has been home to generations of artists from around the world. With SANNA Ltd., we intend to take a leadership role in the revitalization of this great and storied district, and affirm New York's enduring role as the world's most international, dynamic, and accessible cultural capital. Our building on the Bowery will firmly establish the New Museum as the premier contemporary arts destination in the city." Lisa Phillips, Henry Luce III Director of the New Museum, adds that "it is particularly exciting that after more than 25 years of presenting the best of contemporary art and engaging the community of artists internationally, we will create a building that is both a superb facility for programs and a significant work of contemporary art itself. (Sejima and Nishizawa) are at the forefront of their generation, concerned with the same issues that pre-occupy artists working today, and are deeply engaged in the priorities that will shape architecture and cities for many years to come." Images of previous work are available at www.newmuseum.com, or contact Rebecca Metzger at 212- 219-1222, or by email, rmetzger@newmuseum.org.

New Photo Gallery opens in Boston. Located at 450 Harrison Avenue in Boston's South End, gallery Kayafas opened with Modern Architecture: Photos by Ezra Stoller. Gallery Director Arlette Kayafassa and husband Gus have spent over 3 decades collecting photography. The gallery will offer both contemporary and vintage works, with a special exhibition space devoted to new and emerging artists.

Dorthea Lange chosen for the National Women's Hall of Fame. Chosen by a national panel of judges, Lange, the celebrated documentary photographer, and to others, will be inducted into the Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, NY, during an October 4th ceremony at the Hall, in New York's Finger Lakes Region.

Denver Photographer John Bonath wins grant. The Ultimate Eye Foundation in Burlingame, CA has awarded the 2003 grant to Bonath for excellence in digital fine art photography. The grant recognizes creativity using digital output in photography.

Douglas R. Nickel is appointed as the new Director of the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, AZ. Formerly the curator of photography at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), Nickel will assume his new post in August 2003. His appointment follows a comprehensive national search by a 15-member panel. Carla J. Stoffle, the Dean of Libraries and the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona is delighted with the appointment, observing that "Doug represents the best of the new generation of art historians. His background as a curator, scholar, and professor make him ideally suited to leading the multi-faceted CCP, an archive, museum, and research center within a university environment." Nickel says, "I'm thrilled at the prospect of becoming the next director of the Center. The CCP was founded on a brilliant idea, totally unique in the world of photography: to become a place that collects, preserves, and exhibits not only individual works, but entire careers. Its setting on the campus of a major research university positions it to become the preeminent institution for the study of photography and its history in this country, as it continues to originate important exhibitions and publications." In addition to being named director, Nickel has also been appointed to a tenured faculty position as Associate Professor of Art History in the College of Fine Arts. Nickel graduated magna cum laude with a BA in Art History from Cornell University in 1983 and received his Ph.D. from Princeton in 1995, where he specialized in the History of Photography and American Art. he has taught at Cornell, Princeton and Sanford, is the author of books, reviews, and many articles, and has curated numerous exhibitions, most recently Dreaming in Pictures: The Photography of Lewis Carroll (2002) which was accompanied by a substantial exhibition catalogue. Nickel began his tenure at SFMOMA in 1993 as part of the curatorial staff, becoming the curator of photography in 1997. He has become an important voice for photography within both the scholarly community and the museum world.

Jana Sterbak will represent Canada in the Venice Biennial 2003. The Czech-born Montreal artist will officially represent Canada at the 50th edition of the Venice Biennial. A major figure in contemporary art, Jana Sterbak has worked prolifically for more than 25 years and has already had numerous exhibitions on the international scene. Sterbak has developed an eclectic, complex body of work examining the human condition and, in particular, the individual. Her works are presented in the form of sculptures, photographs, videos, films, and performances. For the Biennial, she will produce a new video piece, From Here to There. The piece, a multi-screen video installation, constitutes Canada's official representation at the 50th Venice Biennial. Comprised of a series of short segments, the work chronicles the adventures of Stanley the dog in the City of the Dogs, as well as on the banks of the St. Lawrence River. Without conventional plot development or predictable aesthetic choices, spectators will observe life as it appears form a height of 35 cm above the ground. From Here to There is not only a voyage in space, from Canada to Venice, but a voyage in time. 2003 marks the 400th anniversary of Samuel de Chaplain's exploration of New France, so named by Giovanni da Verrazzano, an Italian in the service of Francis I of France. Sterbak's participation is organized by the Musee d'art contemporain de Montreal, the second time they have been chosen to organize the exhibition presented at the Canadian pavilion. The first was in 1988.

Blue Earth Alliance announces the sponsorship of five photographic projects. A non-profit organization, Blue Earth Alliance of Seattle, WA, supports documentary photographic projects that inform the public about endangered environments, threatened cultures, and social issues. Proposals are considered twice yearly, June 1 and January 21. The selections from the January review are: Perry Dilbeck, CA - Truck Farmers: The Last Harvest, a series depicting the vanishing breed of small independent farmers in the rural South: SungKwan Ma, NY Koryo People: Modern Exodus and Discovering an Unknown Sad History, images documenting the lives of the Koryos, Koreans who settled in Siberia to escape Japanaese colonial policies; Kakulya Alban - East of a New Eden, images documenting the external border of the future European Union; Wes Pope, WA - Nature vs. Man in the Great Northwest, pinhole images documenting man's uses and abuses of forests, rivers, and wildlife; Melanie Stephens, CO - an international view of war from the perspective of women who live it. For more information visit www.blueearth.org.

The curatorial team for inSite2005, has been selected. InSite2005 is the fifth annual installment of the bi-national contemporary arts undertaking set in the San Diego/Tijuana region. Osvaldo Sanchez, former director of the Museo Rufino Tamayo in Mexico City, will be curator of Interventions, projects commissioned for public sites in the two cities. Sally Yard, a professor of Art History at the University of San Diego, will be curator of Conversations, a series of theoretical dialogs and publications engaging figures from a variety of fields. Adriano Pedrosa, director of the Pampulha Museum in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, will be curator of a museum-based exhibition jointly presented in San Diego and Tijuana. Sanchez will also serve as artistic director of the three-year project. Carmen Cuenca and Michael Krichman will continue as co-executive directors. Programming for inSite2005 will begin in Fall 2003. Artist's residencies and Conversations will initiate the process, leading to the opening of Interventions and the exhibition in Spring 2005. Fugitive Sites/Parajes Fugitivos, the 272-page book documenting inSite2000/01, is now available. Osvaldo Sanchez, one of the four curators of inSite2000/01, edited the book. InSite2000/01 which included 27 new projects ranging from performance to spectacle to video and film works exploring the limits of new technology. According to Michael Krichman, executive director, US, "Rather than an exhibition, inSite2000/01 was the installation of a cultural practice in the region. Given the length and scope of inSite2000/01 and the ephemeral nature and inaccessibility of some projects, the book will be the best way for people to appreciate the power and magnitude of the undertaking. For information contact Barbara Metz at (858) 677-0720, metzpr@san.rr.com, or visit www.insite2000.org.

The Institute of Contempary Art, Boston, launches its first artist web project. Internationally recognized multimedia artist Judith Barry, in collaboration with programmers Max Black, Robin Burgener, designer Michael McLoughlin, and the digital media design studio C404, has created a new web-based artwork for the Institute of Contemporary Art that explores the question of what a museum can be in the digital realm. Users activate the system by responding to a series of questions whose answers are instantly processed and realized on the screen, simultaneously with responses from other viewers, creating a continually evolving view of users' opinions about a potential virtual museum. The project, dubbed "the museum you want" was launched on the museum's web site, www.icaboston.org, on April 26 in conjunction with the Boston Cyberarts Festival. "This new project extends the ICA's mission to commission innovative, cross-disciplinary approaches to contemporary art and support a creative community, (helping) to shape our thinking about what a virtual museum can and should be," says Jill Medvedow, James Sachs Plaut Directoir of the ICA. Branka Bogdanov, Director of Media at the ICA, who, along with Gilbert Vicario, ICA Assistant Curator, organized the project, sees the project as "an important extension of the ICA's leadership in the media arts." While known for her multimedia work, this is Barry's first commission for the Internet. She is an artist and writer whose work crosses a number of disciplines: performance, installation, sculpture, architecture, photography, and media. The ICA project aims to lead the user into proposing other alternatives to the museum as currently defined. Says Barry: "We hope this project will become the linchpin for thinking about a different kind of museum - one that is creative rather than normative, responsive rather than reactive, inclusive, rather than exclusive, and one in which every user can potentially engage with what is culturally important to him or her.

The International Center for Photography will host its first Triennial of Photography and Video, September 12 - November 30 in NYC. Acclaimed Swiss artist Beat Streuli will create a major new public artwork as part of the event. The work will consist of a dramatic frieze of spontaneous, voyeuristic photographic portraits that will completely fill the half block window of the ICP's facade. The anonymous portraits are taken on city streets through out the world. Streuli has produced similar works worldwide including works for the Palais de Tokyo in Paris and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. The Triennial, a major new initiative from ICP, is the first recurring exhibition of its kind devoted to photography and related media. Utilizing the entire museum space, the exhibition will present the work of about fifty contemporary artists and photographers from around the world, with photographs made by both digital and traditional processes, multimedia installations and video screenings, as well as several site-specific installations to be shown in nearby settings. The title of this first Triennial is Strangers, a theme through which the timely notion of boundaries of trust and fear between strangers will be explored. In doing so, Strangers will highlight the unique ways in which contemporary artists are engaging with people unknown to them. This first Triennial is organized by the four core members of ICP's curatorial team: Brian Wallis, Christopher Phillips, Carol Squires, and Edward Earle. Project development began in December 2001 with a worldwide search for participants, including photographers Justine Kurland, Yto Barrada, Olivio Barbieri, Luc Delahaye and Joel Sternfeld and videographers Ben Judd and Rineke Dijkstra, to name a few. Additional information is available at (212) 857-0045 or info@icp.org.

Recontres d'Arles 2003 will begin in July in Arles, France. The program will include a festival (July 5 - 13), exhibitions (July 5 - October 12), workshops (July 5 - 26), film screenings, and seminars. Recontres d'Arles 2003 will feature thirty-nine exhibitions, with features on twenty Chinese photographers, Tina Barney, Jean-Pierre Sudre, Harvey Gruyeart, Suzanne Lafont, Hien Lamduc, the VU Agency, and a Noloya Hatakeyama retrospective. The seminars will be held by Anne Cartier-Bresson, Michel Poivert, Arnaud Claas, and Sam Stourze. More information is available at www.vencontres-arles.com/pages/index_an.htm.

COMPILED BY BETSY PHILLIPS AND NATHAN HOGAN