Posted by Benjamin Lima at 6:04 PM
Why does CAA have a blog such as this one in the first place, and what roles could such a blog or blogs play in the future? Because I have been asked such questions by blog-skeptical colleagues (as well as...
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Posted by Lauren O'Neill-Butler at 5:31 PM
After four full days of listening intently, scribbling notes, and blogging, it's a little hard to believe that I won't be in sessions anymore or roaming around the book fair. But, as the saying goes, all good things must come...
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Posted by Benjamin Lima at 10:12 AM
Abstract Fever. The annual conference is rich but bittersweet, like a very large piece of dark chocolate. I am referring to the many interesting papers that you don't get to hear because you are listening to other papers. Fortunately there...
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Posted by Valerie Eggemeyer at 2:02 AM
The session, Digital Differrence: Recontextualizing New media was a very thought provoking experience, with the speakers invoking Freud, The Yes Men, and concepts of interactive pleasure through New Media and I was inspired by the presentation of the information. However,...
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Posted by Valerie Eggemeyer at 1:59 AM
My students were so inspired by the art in New York. We especially enjoyed the "El Greco to Picasso" show at the Guggenheim. Too back the International Center for Photography was not free with our badges; their Bresson exhibit was...
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Posted by Valerie Eggemeyer at 1:55 AM
One of my students went to the brown bag lunch but no on was there. How did you use the center? It is a great place to network, have some quiet time, or check email; consider it for next year....
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Posted by Valerie Eggemeyer at 1:51 AM
Today I went back to the book fair for the last 30 minutes and found great deals; my art students loaded their suitcases with paints and I found the John Currin book I have coveted for half price....
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Posted by Lauren O'Neill-Butler at 9:56 PM
In addition to Benjamin's excellent book list, I'd like to add a few others that I had the pleasure of skimming today at the book fair:...
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Posted by Lauren O'Neill-Butler at 7:34 PM
Though the ubiquitous topic of the art market seemed peculiarly absent from my experience at the Hilton so far, it was only a matter of time before the ivory tower bubble popped. For A Faustian Bargain? Emerging Artists, Critics, and...
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Posted by William Joseph Mancuso at 2:19 PM
As we were flying back to Ohio this morning I kept thinking about a number of things I had seen and heard in the last few days. One of those moments was when a moderator read comments from someone not...
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Posted by Benjamin Lima at 2:05 PM
Virtualities: Contemporary Art Between Fact and Fiction. Friday, 2:30 to 5:00pm. Organized by T. J. Demos and Margaret Sundell. Papers by David Joselit, Vered Maimon, Tim Griffin, Mark Godfrey, and Hannah Feldman. After listening to these papers, few listeners would...
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Posted by Benjamin Lima at 11:49 AM
Globalism and its Discontents. Thursday, 2:30 to 5:00pm. Organized by Aruna D'Souza and Tom McDonough. Papers by T.J. Demos, Helge Mooshammer and Peter Mörtenböck, Grant Kester, Krista Geneviève Lynes, and James Meyer. As introduced by Aruna D'Souza and Tom McDonough,...
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Posted by Paul Jaskot at 11:21 AM
Well, here it is, the last day. The session grid seems to be getting a lot of commentary (e.g., why exactly were both sessions on Art & Torture at the same time?), but I have also heard some great feedback...
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Posted by Myra Greene at 10:50 PM
It was a long morning for me at the conference, frustrated by panels, and audience participation. My perspective of being a young black female academic seems to be the window which framed my day, and the glasses that many people...
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Posted by Myra Greene at 10:38 PM
Each day at the conference the crowds grow, the pressure mounts, and I continue to question my presence here. I mean I am a photographer... we have our own conference, the Society for Photographic Educators. It seems more laid back,...
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Posted by Lauren O'Neill-Butler at 10:20 PM
Today, for the sake of experimentation, I picked three sessions that I hoped would be widely divergent: Virtualities: Contemporary Art between Fact and Fiction, 35 Years Later: Feminist Art Practice after Womanhouse, and The Qualities of Enduring Art Publications. While...
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Posted by Paul Jaskot at 3:50 PM
In going to a bunch of meetings of ed boards and the like, as well as attending a very interesting session on appropriation and copyright this morning, it seems that the advocacy work CAA does on behalf of our membership...
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Posted by Benjamin Lima at 12:35 PM
It's good to think that via internet, anyone could go to publishers' websites and learn basically what I learned from browsing the book booths. The only lack would be the thrills of holding, inspecting, and leafing-through (and I suppose schmoozing)....
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Posted by Lauren O'Neill-Butler at 11:07 PM
A marathon day today: Painting and Plurality, The Transition/New Directors and Old Organizations, Globalism and Its Discontents, and finally the MFA exhibition opening reception at Hunter College's Times Square Gallery. Probably just like everyone else, I roamed through the book...
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Posted by Myra Greene at 5:16 PM
Well The Art History Newsletter is doing its own reporting on this CAA event. If you haven't ventured over to their site, their coverage is quite extensive. So good in fact, they reference my teaching blog, a place I intended...
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Posted by Benjamin Lima at 4:47 PM
Thursday, 9:30am to noon. Papers by Evonne Levy, Daniela Bohde, Daniel Adler, Veronica Davies. Response by Paul Jaskot. In Germany, the National Socialist period lasted from 1933 to 1945. But to bracket Naziism within these years, and close the book...
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Posted by Benjamin Lima at 1:00 PM
Wednesday, 2:30-5:00pm. Talks by Jon Wood, Morgan Thomas, MaryJo Marks, Julia Gelshorn, Philip Ursprung. What is the significance of the 'artist's studio', or what should it be? The papers on the panel organized by Wouter Davidts and Kim Paice all...
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Posted by Myra Greene at 12:35 PM
The pulse of the conference seems to have accelerated this morning. Maybe because today marks the start of job interviews, or that the book fair is now open. There are more people in the hallways, waiting for Starbucks, pacing before...
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Posted by William Joseph Mancuso at 10:53 AM
Just grabbing a few minutes before the next event but wanted to plug the aforementioned session. Some nice real world info and Mark Klassen's succient insights were excellent....
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Posted by Valerie Eggemeyer at 10:44 AM
After the book fair, I hustled over to the Interviewer Hall. I am on the other side of the table this year. Resumes were waiting for my perusal. Some advice for jobseekers: spellcheck, remember that cv guidelines are available on...
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Posted by Valerie Eggemeyer at 10:30 AM
This morning I gathered with the masses to enter the Book Fair; I am always fascinated by the people waiting for the fair. There are the nervous young scholars working on their first proposal, the women with totes to fill...
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Posted by William Joseph Mancuso at 8:09 AM
Sorry for the double entry but my computer connection has been a bit wonky. Thank you for your patience. William...
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Posted by William Joseph Mancuso at 8:02 AM
Today the job fair begins. I remember walking around Boston last year being overwhelmed by the large number of applicants for what in comparison seemed like a minuscule number of positions. Perhaps, as I believe it was Newton who suggested,...
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Posted by William Joseph Mancuso at 8:02 AM
Today the job fair begins. I remember walking around Boston last year being overwhelmed by the large number of applicants for what in comparison seemed like a minuscule number of positions. Perhaps, as I believe it was Newton who suggested,...
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Posted by College Art Association at 10:00 PM
CAA has a "competitor" blog this year. Our friends at the Art History Newsletter are also covering the New York conference, day by day. Although we don't want to direct readers away from CAA's blog, of course, we do want...
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Posted by Lauren O'Neill-Butler at 9:59 PM
What is the role of the curator in an age where independents are popping up everywhere, institutions seem to be bound by diminishing budgets, artists are organizing brilliant shows, and you can count the number of private school curatorial programs...
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Posted by Paul Jaskot at 9:41 PM
How did folks feel about convocation this year? I loved that we actually stayed within time and all, so that we could get to the MOMA, but I was disappointed at the keynote of Duane Michals. He seemed to want...
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Posted by Myra Greene at 5:30 PM
Sitting in the student lounge, many people typing away on their laptops. Most of us are just happy that the Wi-FI is working better than it has been all day. There have been two concepts that weaved their way in...
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Posted by Myra Greene at 2:43 PM
It has been many years since I have attended a CAA conference. Partially due to the overwhelming nature of my last conference, where I was an MFA student, job searching and scared for my life. Now years later, with a...
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Posted by William Joseph Mancuso at 8:13 AM
Coming to CAA in "the City" (having spent part of numerous summers in Queens with my aunt this will always be "the City" to me) creates an opportunity to reflect, assess and question once again. What do I do that...
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Posted by Lauren O'Neill-Butler at 11:38 PM
Well, hello everyone. The conference begins tomorrow already and I'm still undecided as to what sessions I'll attend. Seems like the biggest concern is really how to see it all, or at least, how to pick one event over another....
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Posted by Benjamin Lima at 6:07 PM
The scheduling fates are smiling this year -- I will participate in a session that meets Wednesday morning, leaving the rest of the week free to observe and record. The session, organized by Stephen Perkins, is "Artists' Periodicals: 1945-1990."...
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Posted by Benjamin Lima at 8:43 AM
For as long as I've known, when CAA meets in New York, it meets at the Hilton. In spite of its familiarity, however, the hotel itself has been something of a mystery to me. In honor of the 2007 Conference...
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