24 OCTOBER 2010
We seek to establish a society for the promotion of art history as it does exist and as it can exist:
1. as a field of critical academic knowledge
2. as a method of elevating and sustaining the visibility of women in the arts including critics, historians, artists, curators, and other contributors to the field's excellence
3. as a mode of communication and the development of ideas between and of members of the Art History Society community
4. as a way of attaining a higher level of independence and individuality as thinkers and participants regarding art and art history
5. as contributors to art history as a field of study and a mode of thinking that can and will be utilized for the betterment of the arts and of ourselves
We seek to affirm more powerfully our lives through art and to learn how to more meaningfully integrate art into our lives; to realize the power of art as a method of expression, be it cultural, personal, public, political or otherwise; and to know art as an affirmation of existence, suffering, enlightenment, empowerment, intelligence, emotion and visibility as beings.
The Society's goals as a collective are to deepen and expand the connection between Art History Society members and the arts. Methods of accomplishing this goal include attendance of regional arts events in the San Francisco Bay Area, including but not limited to museum and gallery exhibitions, forums, performances and discussions; serious discussions about the arts, with no exclusive focus on any particular society, period or culture; networking; inviting figures from the art world to speak at the College; creating and sustaining a space online and/or in print where members of the Society can publish art critiques, art essays, art announcements, and other relevant documents pertaining to the Art History Society.
The Art History Society of Mills College
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