The Club is pleased to announce the latest installment of our favorite event. Please join us in welcoming Dale Kinney, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and Professor of History of Art on Sunday, April 14, 2:00 p.m. at the home of Eve Guth in Encino. Our special guests at this event will be future members of the Class of 2006.

Professor Kinney is a specialist in medieval art and architecture, especially the art of medieval Italy and specifically the city of Rome. Her research has been supported by fellowships from the Institute for Advanced Study (1982), the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (1989), and the National Endowment for the Humanities (1996). Her work has been published in American and European journals (Art Bulletin, 1986; Jahrbuch fur Antike und Christentum, 1994; American Journal of Archaeology, 1994), in collective volumes including "The Art of Interpreting" (1995), and in reference works including the Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (1991). Kinney is editor of the journal Gesta , which publishes international scholarship on all aspects of medieval art. She teaches an undergraduate seminar, "Icons and Idols," and undergraduate surveys of medieval art and medieval architecture. Topics of recent graduate seminars include "Spolia" and "Problems in Fourth-Century Art". Since coming to Bryn Mawr in 1972, she has supervised 14 M.A. theses and 14 dissertations, including four currently in progress.

If you would like to join us, please contact Saskia Subramanian. Guests are welcome.

Presentation Abstract
"Visual culture" denotes a new interpretative approach to art and artifacts. Although the assumptions and the compass of visual culture studies are postmodern, I have found that by adopting the principles laid out by some theorists of visual culture, it is possible to skirt dead-ends created by traditional art historical interpretations, and to refresh our understanding of objects made as long ago as the fourth and fifth centuries c.e. This talk will offer an informal precis of a conference presentation made in Berlin in March.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the many wonderful alums who have volunteered as interviewers and informational resources for the prospective students from Southern California. It would be impossible to manage such a large group of prospective students without them, and both the college and I are extremely grateful. If you would like to join our volunteer pool, please contact Saskia Subramanian.

Also, we are still asking all alums to complete our career development survey. An interactive version is available online. If you prefer a printed copy to complete, please contact Saskia.

Donors of $20 or more receive the 2001-2002 Club Membership Directory, which was updated this fall. You can help the Club and the students our scholarship donations support even more by applying for matching funds, if your employer or your spouse's employer matches charitable contributions.

One other way you can contribute to the Club is by shopping online through www.mycause.com. Use this site as the entrance to some of your favorite online retailers, identify the Bryn Mawr Club of Southern California as your cause, and the Club will receive a percentage of the amount you spend. It's a painless way to help the Club.

To everyone who has given previously, many thanks. We really appreciate your support.

Sincerely,
Janet Hoffman `77
Treasurer

Maria Rudolph '81 continued the Club tradition of hosting a holiday party at her home in Claremont this past December. This year several Haverford College alumni attended and expressed keen interest in attending upcoming Club events. Most partygoers attended the performance of the Inland Pacific BalletÕs production of the Nutcracker at the beautiful Bridges Auditorium in Claremont.

The BMCSC was delighted to host President Nancy Vickers at our Gala Cocktail Event on Saturday March 16. Over forty Bryn Mawr and Haverford alums and their guests attended, with classes represented from the 50's through the late 90's. It was a wonderful event; if you missed it, be sure to attend our forthcoming gatherings to welcome incoming frosh (4/14) and May Day (5/5)!

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