CAROL S. IVORY
Professor, Department of Fine Arts
email: ivorycs@wsu.edu
RESEARCH
My research focuses on the arts made by the Polynesian people of the Marquesas Islands, today part of French Polynesia http://www.marquises.pf. Specifically, I document the stages of change in Marquesan art in the post-contact period (1774-present) and place that art within the framework of the contemporary historical, economic, and social forces of each period. My research has taken four main avenues: 1) the reading of hundreds of primary sources, such as journals, logs, and reports from visitors to the Marquesas; 2) the collection and study of illustrations, drawings, and photographs from all periods of Marquesan history; 3) the location, documentation, and analysis of Marquesan objects in museums and private collections world-wide (I've been to more than 80 museums, and have to date recorded and photographed nearly 2,500 Marquesan pieces); and 4) collaborative work in the Marquesas with contemporary Marquesan artists and cultural leaders.
CURRENT RESEARCH
My current research is focused on several projects:
1) development of several publications on various aspects of contemporary arts and handicrafts in the Marquesas, to be written in collaboration with artists and cultural leaders from the islands.
2) development of an edited volume on Marquesan art, history, and culture with contributions by all the major scholars working in/with the Marquesas.
3) continued research on and attendance at the Marquesan Festivals of Art. The next one will take place 17-20 December 2007 on the island of Ua Pou.
I am fortunate to be able to travel to the Marquesas at least once a year to lecture on board the Aranui, a mixed freighter/cargo ship that goes between Tahiti and the Marquesas every three weeks. My next trip on the Aranui is scheduled for 21 July-4 August 2007.
I would like to acknowledge all of the granting agencies below for support at various times. I would also like to especially recognize the on-going support of CPTM, the owners of the Aranui.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2005: “Arts Festivals in the Marquesas Islands (Te Henua ‘Enana/Te Fenua ‘Enata): Identity, Pride and Politics on Display,” in Reñaca Papers: Proceedings of the VI International Conference on Easter Island and the Pacific. Los Osos, CA: Easter Island Foundation, 335-340.
2005: Adorning the World: Art of the Marquesas Islands. Eric Kjellgren with Carol Ivory. New Haven: Yale University Press and New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Catalog of exhibition by same name, May 2005 - January 2006, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
2004: “Images of the Marquesas from the Krusenstern Expedition, 1804,” Rapa Nui Journal 18(2):126-130.
2002: "Marquesan Art at the Millennium," in Persistence, Change and Meaning in Pacific Art: Festschrift to Honour Dr Phillip J. C. Dark. Robert Welsch et al. (eds). Sydney: Crawford House.
2002: "Revisiting Late Nineteenth Century Sculpture in Te Henua Enana, the Marquesas Islands," in Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Easter Island and Pacific, Christopher Stevenson, Georgia Lee and F. J. Morin (eds). Los Osos, CA: Easter Island Foundation:313-319.
2001:Tatouage by Pierre and Marie-Nöelle Garanger-Ottino. Book Review in Pacific Arts
2000:"Tiki," in Sculptures Afrique Asie Océanie Amériques, Jacques Kerchache (ed.). Paris: Reunion des Musées Nationaux:311-314.
2000: "A Coconut Container from the Marquesas Islands," in Arts and Cultures, 1:138-148.
1999: "Art, Tourism and Cultural Revival in the Marquesas Islands," in UnPacking Culture: Art and Commodity in Colonial and Postcolonial Worlds. Ruth Phillips and Christopher Steiner (eds). Berkeley: University of California Press:316-333.
1999: "The Marquesas Islands," in Arts of Indonesia and the Pacific. Douglas Newton (ed). Munich, London and New York: Prestel-Verlag:332-341.
1998: "Les Iles Marquises," in Arts des Mers du Sud: Insulinde, Melanésie, Polynésie, Micronésie. Douglas Newton (ed). Munich and New York: Prestel-Verlag:332-341.
1998: "Painted Tapa in the Marquesas," in Easter Island in Pacific Context - South Seas Symposium. Easter Island Foundation, Occasional Paper 4. Los Osos, CA:51-54.
1996: "The Fourth Marquesan Festival of the Arts," with Debora Kimitete, Pacific Arts No. 13-14 July:43-46.
1996: "Contemporary Marquesan Sculpture," Le Pasefika 1(4) Summer:27-30.
1995: "Le role de la parure personnelle aux îles Marquises entre 1774 et 1820," Bulletin de la Societé des Études Océaniennes. No. 268, XXII no. 5 December:63-73.
1995: "Late Nineteenth Century Marquesan Clubs: A Preliminary Analysis," Pacific Arts No. 11-12 July:20-28.
1994: "Marquesan 'u'u: A Stylistic and Historical Review," Pacific Arts No. 9-10 July:53-63.
1993: "Re-viewing Marquesan Art," in Artistic Heritage of a Changing Pacific. Roger Rose and Philip Dark (eds). Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press:63-73.
1985: "Northwest Coast Uses of Polynesian Art," American Indian Culture and Research Journal 9(4):49-66.
SELECTED RECENT FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
2002-2003 Asian American Pacific Islander Faculty/Staff Assn. Enhancement Grant
2002-2003 WSU Internationalization Mini-grant
2000-2001 Washington States Arts Commission Professional Development Grant
2000-2001 Washington State Univ. Humanities/Social Sciences Travel Grant
1999-2000 Asian American Pacific Islander Faculty/Staff Assn. Enhancement Grant
1999-2000 Washington State Univ. Humanities/Social Science Travel Grant
1998-99 American Philosphical Society Research Grant
1997-98 Washington State Univ. Humanities/Social Science Travel Grant
1996-97 Washington State Univ. Humanities/Social Science Travel Grant
1995-96 American Council of Learned Societies Senior Fellowship
1993-94 Washington State University Research Grant-in-Aid
1993 American Council of Learned Societies Summer Fellowship
1992-93 National Endowment for the Humanities Travel to Collections Grant
1992-93 Washington State Univ. Humanities and Social Science Travel Grant
1991 Summer Fulbright Group Travel Fellowship to China
SELECTED RECENT AND UPCOMING CONFERENCES
2005 Pacific Arts Association VIII International Symposium, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts: co-organizer with Christina Hellmich.
2004 'Pacific Art,' VI International Congress of Easter Island and Pacific Studies, Viña del Mar, Chile; invited panel chair
---‘Arts Festivals in the Marquesas Islands [Te Henua ‘Enana, Te Fenua ‘Enata]: Identity, Pride, and Politics on Display, ‘VI International Conference on Easter Island and the Pacific, Viña del Mar, Chile
2003 Exhibiting Pacific Art, College Arts Assn., panel co-chair with Virginia-Lee Webb, New York, Feb. 19-22
2002 Pacific Arts Association Europe, November 1-2, Dresden, Germany
2001 'The Fifth Marquesan Festival of the Arts, 1995,' Pacific Arts Assn. 6th International Symposium, Nouméa, New Caledonia, paper presented
2001 'Pacific Island Artists in a Global World,' College Art Assn., Chicago, IL, panel chair
2000 'Contemporary Sculpture in Te Henua Enana, the Marquesas Islands,'
'Revisiting Late Nineteenth Century Sculpture in Te Henua Enana, the Marquesas Islands,' Pacific 2000, Easter Island Foundation, Kamuela, HI, papers presented
1999 'Marquesan Art at the Millennium,' Pacific Arts Assn. Festschrift in honor of Philip Dark, Chicago, IL, paper presented
1999 'Images from the Krusenstern Expedition, 1804,' College Art Assn., Los Angeles, CA, paper presented
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
1983-present - Pacific Arts Association
- 2003- present, President (re-elected to second term, 2005)
- 1999-2003, Vice-President, North America
1986-present - Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania
1983-present - Native American Art Studies Association
1988-present - College Art Association
1993-present - Pa'evi'i, Documentation Center of the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
-Comité des Representants (U.S. representative), elected position
-Conseil Scientifique (Arts advisor), elected position
1992-present - WSU Association for Faculty Women
- 2000-2001, President
- 1999-2000, President-Elect
- 1994-1995, Treasurer
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