Hello ARLIS,
I would agree that going to CAA is a good experience. There are great
talks on a wide range of art historical topics, many by really well-
know experts in the field, and the book fair is top rate. I just went
when it was held in Boston last year.
Sandra Rothenberg
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From: Sherman Clarke <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, October 20, 2006 11:00 am
Subject: Re: [ARLIS-L] Attending CAA
To: [log in to unmask]
> Elise and all,
>
> Attending CAA is very important for me. I am active in an
> affiliated
> society beyond ARLIS/NA and VRA so a primary obligation at the CAA
> conference is to attend the activities of the Queer Caucus for Art.
>
> I know people through various jobs and activities so I like to go
> hear
> them if I can (conflict is probably even worse at CAA than at
> ARLIS/NA). Beyond that, I really like to just go to sessions. I
> used to
> try to split sessions if the papers at multiple sessions looked
> interesting; now, I usually split the difference and pick a
> session
> that has the most appeal overall. This leads to hearing about
> topics I
> would not have picked from the program and I've usually fallen
> into
> hearing interesting papers.
>
> My devotion to CAA may go back to the fact that I got my first job
> after library school at CAA, before ARLIS/NA was really up and
> running.
> My undergrad mentoring professor was also a strong supporter of
> CAA, as
> was my first post-MLS boss.
>
> As Joan Benedetti has said, attending CAA is also a chance to keep
> up
> with what other art academicians (both historians and studio folk)
> are
> talking about, and how they're talking about it.
>
> Oh, and they have a really nice book fair!
>
> Sherman Clarke - NYU Libraries - [log in to unmask]
>
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