A limitless inventory of alternatives is now included within the creative act. Participants in any of today's art-related disciplines confront a tumultuous array of options that tease and stretch the traditional constructs of their professions.
Artistic possibilities are as bountiful as they are eclectic and chaotic.
The Program in the Emerging Arts, and its Luce Professor, Linda Weintraub, seeks to examine the concepts, ethics and aesthetics of the moment, and aspires to bridge contemporary art making with academic scholarship. The work she intends to do at Oberlin over the next three years will culminate in a conference on new issues in the teaching of art that could well have national significance. The Luce Professorship in the Emerging Arts is made possible by the generous support of The Henry Luce Foundation.