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ARLIS colleagues,
We often find ourselves in a situation where we would wholeheartedly
embrace an opportunity such as Linda outlines below, only to say,
"Gosh, I wish I had the time..." Well, you might substitute
something a bit more colorful or vernacular for "gosh" but I believe
you get my point.
Having participated in just such a CAA session at the 1994 annual CA
conference "Which History of Photography: Rethinking the Literature
and History of Photography," co-moderated with Max Marmor, I can
speak to both the time committment and the rewards of such an
enterprise. Max and I began planning the session in 1992 and it
required considerable effort to pull the program together. Our
speakers included a photography curator, a faculty member who
specializes in photography, and a Ph.D. student. The program was
well attended and led to the publication of a special issue of Art
Documentation on this topic, complete with the speakers' papers and
an additional essay and annotated bibliography by myself (v.13, no.4
(Winter 1994)). Besides the obvious benefits to our planning,
writing, and editing skills -- and of course our vitas -- we had the
privilege to represent our ARLIS colleagues at the CAA conference and
engage in exactly the sort of intellectual enterprise that all too
often we do not find or make the time for.
Even if you can not participate in the 2001 CAA conference, I urge
you to work with your colleagues on program ideas for the 2002, 2003,
2004, etc. conferences. Give yourself the permission engage in just
such an opportunity as Linda presents.
Cheers!
Peter Blank
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>TO: ARLIS colleagues
>This is a partial resend of an announcement I made
>last May regarding a CAA conference opportunity.
>I have not received any suggestions or offers yet
>and wanted to give a final deadline notice in case
>there is interest out there that has not yet been
>expressed.
>
>For those ARLIS/NA members who are also members of our
>affiliated society, the College Art Association, this
>is an opportunity for participation in the 89th annual
>College Art Association Conference to be held in Chicago,
>February 28-March 3, 2001.
>
>First, you may recall my prior overview of CAA's
>procedure for selecting the 2-l/2 hour formal conference sessions.
>There is a c
>topics well in advance of the actual conference. These
>proposals are vetted by a conference committee (which gets
>so many that only approximately half of the proposals get
>authorized). Then the authorized session chairs call for
>proposals for presentations within their sessions, then
>those are selected, etc., etc.
>
>However, there is another kind of session that affiliated
>societies can schedule for the annual CAA conference.
>And our decision deadline for this option is July 21.
>
>CAA sets aside certain 1-1/2 hour session periods for
>"Special Sessions" and/or business meetings of its
>affiliated societies. ARLIS/NA, as an affiliated society,
>may request such session(s).
>
>We have, at no charge, the use of a room and basic set-up
>(including two slide projectors and screens, and two
>microphones). We will be listed in the conference
>preliminary program. We are encouraged to submit session
>statements and abstracts of papers to be included in
>"Abstracts 2001"--the conference publication.
>
>However, as I noted above, we must make a formal request
>by July 21 if we intend to take advantage of this
>invitation. Does anyone have a suggestion for a special
>session that would be of interest to both ARLIS/NA and
>CAA attendees of the conference? This is an on-going
>opportunity, of course. But there is no time like the
>immediate present to act, if there is someting to act on.
>
>Regards,
>Linda Duychak
>ARLIS/NA-CAA liaison
>
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