Questioning Aesthetics Symposium - RISD

Rhode Island School of Design

<A HREF="http://digitalcommons.risd.edu/questioningaesthetics/Program/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">“Questioning Aesthetics Symposium-RISD” (QAS-RISD)</A> provides a timely opportunity for the RISD community to come together and critically examine the nature and ramifications of art and design practices. In recent years RISD education has been moving toward transcending traditional disciplinary boundaries to encourage more holistic, multi-faceted approaches to art and design practice. This symposium aims to promote cross- and trans-disciplinary dialogues on aesthetic issues not only through presentations by prominent scholars and practitioners but more importantly through sustained discussion by all participants and audiences. 
Each QAS is funded, in part, by the Transdisciplinary Aesthetics Foundation (TAF), which was established in September 2014 to “explore, cultivate, and sustain transdisciplinary research in aesthetics (critical thinking about art, culture, and nature) and educate the general public as well as members of the academic community and art world about the importance and relevance of this research. The emphasis is on “transdisciplinary” aesthetics because, although aesthetics is part of philosophy, it is also practiced in many other disciplines, in the arts, and in the public (e.g., in the media). To reflect and further promote this transdisciplinary commitment embraced by both TAF and RISD, this symposium encourages discussion across disciplines on wide-ranging issues that are particularly pertinent to the RISD community. The discussion also promises to be thought-provoking to the general public interested in and concerned with contemporary art, design, and museum practices.
This symposium was made possible by the generous support, both in funding and in-kind contribution, from TAF and many parts of RISD, namely the Office of Provost, the Office of Dean of Faculty, Division of Liberal Arts, Division of Experimental and Foundation Studies, Department of History of Art and Visual Culture, Department of Illustration, Graduate Studies, Museum, Research Office, and Library.
Yuriko Saito Professor of Philosophy Division of Liberal Arts Rhode Island School of Design 
Michael Kelly Professor of Philosophy University of North Carolina Founder &amp; President Transdisciplinary Aesthetics Foundation

Metcalf Auditorium, Chace Center, RISD Museum

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