Guest Speakers: MIT Press Team

The Arts Administration program is proud to welcome a team from MIT Press as a guest panel in the Writing for the Arts class, organized by Dr. Lanfranco Aceti (Program Director and Editor in Chief LEA with MIT Press) and Dr. Michael Spicher. They will share insights into how a press works for journals and books, in both online and print contexts. This valuable panel discussion is open to all students in art and arts administration graduate programs at Boston University.

Nick Lindsay is the Director of Journals and Open Access for MIT Press. He oversees the day-to-day and strategic operations of a group that produces 34 journals across the arts, humanities, and STEM fields. He is also responsible for the strategic development of the Press’ burgeoning open access book and journal programs.  Previous to MIT Press, Nick was the Journals Marketing and Circulation Manager for the University of California Press.

He will speak about university presses and publishing in the arts, particularly from the journals side. He will be showcasing some sample copies of October, Leonardo, Grey Room, ARTMargins, etc.

Victoria Hindley joined the MIT Press in 2016 after working in publishing and the arts for two decades in both the USA and Europe. She manages the art list and acquires books in contemporary art, architecture, design, and cultural studies. She also advises MFA students at Transart Institute (Berlin/New York) on research and writing in the arts.

She will share general considerations for writing in the arts that she developed through teaching MFA students in combination with how to think about proposal writing for academic presses, e.g., what makes a good proposal, what to avoid, etc.

Marcy Ross has served, over the past twenty years, as a production editor for a wide range of academic titles on topics that range from world history and international affairs to philosophy and linguistics. Her responsibilities at MIT Press include supervising freelance copy editors, managing the author review process, and checking all stages of proofs.

She will focus on the specifics of the editorial and production process once a book has been submitted for publication by an author. She will also talk about how students can tap into opportunities for freelance copy-editing in the future.

Thursday, November 30, 2017 at 6 pm.
Location: 750 Commonwealth Ave, room 203.

Panel discussion is open to all students in art and arts administration graduate programs at Boston University.