The participatory spirit inhere to arts community driven efforts pervades a number of the commissions in this July/August issue. This summer, ART PAPERS, investigates the means through which artists acquire agency, with an emphasis on identity and education.--Victoria Camblin, excerpt, Letter from the EditorTABLE OF CONTENTS:DOSSIERArt Education Reaches an Apexin the American SouthAs Emory University closes its fine art department, Lilly Lampe asks what it says about the system. The Data SelfDan Weiskopf examines the portraiture of the digital age, then speaks to Rob Horning about social media and subjectivity. DOSSIERBruce Mau Commencement AddressGerald FitzGerald interviews RISD's 2014 graduation speaker, who told students to "work on what [they] love." DOSSIERAn Informal Survey of Post-Graduate Visual Arts ProgramsKari Rittenbach asks about professional development. Process ProcessesAs My Holy Nacho, Jamie Allen and Bernhard Garnicnig visualize data relative to the creation of artworks. Showing and Sharing in PhiladelphiaLocal magazines are shaping the arts through public programming; Becky Huff Hunter reports. New British CeramicsFanny Singer addresses the recent past and near future of ceramics in the UK, and speaks to Aaron Angell and Jesse Wine, two artists working with clay. Artist Statement, 9.7, and Sixty Five Percent of What I Throw Away Is CompostThree poems by Elaine Kahn. Shanzhai Biennial No. 3New experiments in the art of branding are coming soon. Proust's MirrorJordan Silver and Jakob Haglof illustrate the creative condition, daily. GLOSSARYSocial CapitalMartin G. Fuller is "kind of friendly with" the ART PAPERS editorial team. ReviewsDonelle Woolford (US Tour); Institutional Time (Book); Sae A Lee (Staunton, VA); Jerstin Crosby (Raleigh, NC); Jake and Dinos Chapman (Montreal); Before Our Eyes (Barcelona); A Thousand Doors (Athens, Greece); Instructions for an Ordinary Utopia (Frome, UK)
