CALL FOR PAPERS: The Arts of the Americas at Congress V www.udlap.mx/congress Deadline is 1 June. Event is 18-21 October, 2001 in Puebla, Mexico 2001 marks the inaugural year for sessions devoted to the Arts of the Americas as part of the Congresso de las Americas biennial conference. Papers on any aspect of art in the two Americas will be considered but we are especially interested in those relating to the theme of "identity" and self-expression. Artists often reveal deeply personal concerns through art relative to their own ethnic backgrounds, their responses to the calls of nationalism, their ideas associated with gender and life style, and the impact of intimate experiences and personal tragedies. Nowhere is this mix of identity crisis themes more evident than in the arts of the Americas where descendants of immigrants and natives alike still struggle with questions regarding their places in the multi-cultural climate of the New World. Papers might deal with issues of ethnicity or "mestizidad" (mixture), of the ways in which gender. Religion and custom influence the visual artist's work, or of the response to violence and corruption associated with the revolutionary era. Full information on the Congress, including data on travel, hotels, registration, and amenities can be found on the web site for the meeting: www.udlap.mx/congress Mail or e-mail a one-page proposal for a twenty minute presentation to Robert Sheardy, Jr. at Kendall College of Art and Design, 17 Fountain NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503-3002. A slide projector will be provided. For more information contact Robert Sheardy [log in to unmask] ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu