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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