The Department of History of Art and Architecture of University of Pittsburgh in collaboration with Carnegie Museum of Art and the Film Studies Department is pleased to announce the 2008 edition of its graduate student symposium.

The topic of the forthcoming event is "Storytelling: Playful Interactions and Spaces of Imagination in Contemporary Visual Culture." The symposium is scheduled for October 10-12, 2008 and it will tie in with some of the thematics of Life on Mars, the 55th Carnegie International (CI08), a world-renowned exhibition of contemporary art, which has been organized every three or four years by Carnegie Museum of Art since 1896.

The symposium will feature prestigious keynote speakers. In conjunction with it, Carnegie Museum of Art will organize University Night, a special event including vibrant gallery and social activities to which one of the artists in the 55th Carnegie International will be invited to give a talk.