Board of Directors Election
2010 Candidates
Arthur F. Jones, University of North Dakota
Arthur F. Jones, University of North Dakota
Statement: My broad experiences as an art administrator, scholar, curator, artist, and educator allow me to represent a wide range of professional constituencies nationally. In addition, I can effectively represent the geographic region of the upper northern plains. Through experience in academic administration, I know how to develop goals and strategic plans. I possess skills and accomplishment in the areas of management, budget, and development, having served as a board member of two community-based organizations in Grand Forks: the Marketing Services Partnership Advisory Board (funded by the Knight Foundation to increase effective marketing for cultural activities) and ArtWise (a nonprofit organization that seeks to increase art experiences for children). I also serve on the board of directors of the Ibram Lassaw Foundation in East Hampton, New York. One of my primary goals is to increase CAA’s diverse membership by extending the appeal of the organization to artists, as well as to professionals in the museum and art-education fields.
Biography: Arthur F. Jones received his BA from the State University of New York at New Paltz and his MA and PhD in art history from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. In addition to his achievements as an administrator, curator, art historian, scholar, and critic, Jones has made and exhibited his own art throughout his career. At the beginning of his professional life, he taught art history at the University of Kentucky, where he also worked as an associate of the Appalachian Center and as director of the Center for Contemporary Art. In 1993, he became chair of the Art Department at Radford University in Virginia and contributed as a curator at the Radford University Art Museum. Since 2003, Jones has served as chair of the Department of Art and Design at the University of North Dakota, where he is also the director of the university’s Art Collections. In the latter position, he provides oversight for artworks owned by the university and facilitates their use for research and educational purposes.
Over the years, Jones has organized exhibitions and authored numerous catalogue essays for museums and galleries. His scholarship has appeared in catalogues produced by museums nationwide (including the Metropolitan Museum of Art), and his books include Native North American Art: From Collections at the University of North Dakota (New York and Manchester, VT: Hudson Hills Press: December 2009—projected publication date), Ibram Lassaw: Deep Space and Beyond (Radford University Foundation Press, 2002), and The Art of Paul Sawyier (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1976). From 1990 to 1993, Jones served as the Kentucky editor of the New Art Examiner. Jones was a scholar in residence at the Pollock/Krasner House and Study Center in East Hampton, New York, in 1992, 1993, and 2001.
Throughout his career, Jones has been actively engaged in presentations and other activities at the meetings of professional organizations, especially the Southeastern College Art Conference, the Mid-America College Art Association, the National Art Educators Association, and CAA. At CAA, Jones has served on the Nominating Committee, the Diversity Practices Committee, and the Professional Practices for Academic Art Administrators Guideline Task Force.
