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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 ----- Original Message ----- 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] > > __________________________________________________________________ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] > For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: > http://www.arlisna.org/join.html > Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, > etc) to [log in to unmask] > ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: > http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html > Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: > [log in to unmask] __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask]