The Concordia University Art History Dept. undergrads have published a journal for 2005-2006 which is available to purchase for a modest $7.96 u.s. plus shipping on Lulu.com.
The journal includes the work of 13 authors, many of them exploring topics of Canadian art. Since Concordia obviously attracts students from a cross-section of Canada, west to east, urban to rural, and diverse family backgrounds, a journal such as this has a cool randomness about it.
Topics include Armand Vaillancourt, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Grizzly embracing the berry picker (Haida Artistic Expression in Argillite), and Carolee Schneemann's 1964 Meat Joy (included in Ashley Belanger's look at the effects of documentation of art).
I ordered one right away today, even though I found out you can also read it on the net! One reason is because I had discovered the self-publishing operation Lulu a few months ago and have been waiting to see something on there that I would not be able to resist ordering. Now, I'll get a good idea of how the service works, both from the production point of view and from the online shopper's perspective. Another reason is that Concordia is in Montreal, which is where this blog is based.
The number of these self-publishers out there is growing exponentially and this is something of interest to me as much as anyone. Lulu is one of the more accessible, offering a wide variety of services and options with no upfront costs to publishers, and accepting Paypal as well as credit cards.
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