by Jon Lackman | 27 October 2006 | Uncategorized
From Artnet: “Duke University has received a $2.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to sponsor a “visual studies initiative,” an interdisciplinary program designed to explore ‘visual literacy.’ ‘The visual can have its own logic that can’t be expressed in text,’ said Hans van Miegroet, chair of Duke’s dept. of art, art history and visual studies, and director of the initiative. ‘Every society and culture has a particular set of visuals that have meaning, whether it’s an AC/DC poster or the latest video game.’ The project also involves Duke’s new Nasher Museum of Art. The grant allows the hiring of five new faculty members as well as the establishment of graduate fellowship endowments. The program is expected to launch in fall 2008.”
