February 22–25, 2012, Los Angeles Convention Center
Register by December 16, 2011 to secure the lowest rates.
The College Art Association (CAA) will head to the Golden State to celebrate the conclusion of its Centennial year at the 100th Annual Conference, taking place February 22–25, 2012, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Register by December 16, 2011, to secure the lowest rates and join over 5,000 artists, art historians, students, educators, critics, curators, collectors, librarians, gallerists, and other professionals for the largest international visual arts forum. Prices start at just 95 USD for student members of CAA.
The conference program features four days of presentations and panel discussions exploring art, art history, and visual culture from ancient times to the present. It also offers an array of professional-development workshops on topics ranging from securing tenure to job hunting to grant writing for artists. Attendees can take advantage of mentoring opportunities, as well as prospects for job interviews with colleges, universities, and museums.
The Book and Trade Fair gathers more than 130 publishers of art books, journals, and magazines, manufacturers and distributors of materials for artists, and providers of digital images and resources, among other companies and organizations. In addition, schools, museums, and galleries will host special events and exhibitions throughout southern California.
Conference highlights include:
The twelfth annual Distinguished Scholar Session, this year honoring Rosalind Krauss
Centennial Convocation, which kicks off the conference with a keynote address delivered by National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco Landesman
Centennial Reception hosted by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The annual Awards for Distinction presentation for prominent artists, scholars, teachers, authors, and curators (recipients announced January 2012)
Annual Artists’ Interviews with Mary Kelly and Martin Kersels
A wealth of tours, receptions, open houses, and other special events
Speakers for nearly two hundred sessions will present their recent artistic projects and art-historical research, while others will discuss relevant issues in pedagogy, technology, publishing, and the academic workforce. Historical and contemporary art in Los Angeles will be another important focus.
Notable session titles include:
Pacific Standard Time and Chicano Art: A New Los Angeles Art History?
Urbanization and Contemporary Art in Asia
New Approaches to Post-Renaissance Florence, ca. 1600–1743
Theory, Method, and the Future of Precolumbian Art History
Design Education 2.0: Teaching in a Techno-Cultural Reality
Punk Rock and Contemporary Art on the West Coast
Flying Solo: The Opportunities and Challenges Presented to the Solitary Art Historian in a Small College
For more information about CAA’s 100th Annual Conference, please visit http://conference.collegeart.org. For details on CAA membership, including discounts on registration, write to [email protected] or call 212-691-1051, ext. 1.
About CAA
The College Art Association is dedicated to providing professional services and resources for artists, art historians, and students in the visual arts. CAA serves as an advocate and a resource for individuals and institutions nationally and internationally by offering forums to discuss the latest developments in the visual arts and art history through its Annual Conference, publications, exhibitions, website, and other events. CAA focuses on a wide range of issues including education in the arts, freedom of expression, intellectual-property rights, cultural heritage, preservation, workforce topics in universities and museums, and access to networked information technologies. Representing its members’ professional needs since 1911, CAA is committed to the highest professional and ethical standards of scholarship, creativity, criticism, and teaching.
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