The International Institute for Fine Arts Practice, Research, and Preservation invites submissions for paper proposals and presentations by artists and scholars related to the following topics: The role of art in contemporary society/the relationship between machine made (digital) and hand-made artwork/the history and contemporary evolution of the patron/artist relationship, the value of classical technique in  contemporary culture, establishing criteria for visual literacy in the arts, potential and the benefits of visual literacy to fields of study outside of the arts. Other related topics will be considered.

Please send abstracts of no more than 250 words as well as a short bio including institutional relationship to saskia@practicepreservation.org  Accepted papers will be presented at our first annual conference in New Orleans in Autumn of 2020.