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Forwarded from the VRA-L since these activities are open to and may be of interest to ARLIS members. Best wishes, Maureen >The College Art Association (CAA) conference will be held at the Los >Angeles Convention Center from February 22nd to 25th. > >From the CAA's website: >"Speakers and panelists will present their recent artistic projects >and art-historical research, while others will talk about relevant >issues in pedagogy, technology, publishing, and the academic >workforce." > >The CAA is the VRA's oldest affiliate society and this year marks >the VRA's 30th anniversary and CAA's 100th. >We're planning a number of activities to celebrate this momentous >year, including, a panel on the history of teaching with images, a >business meeting and a walking tour with the LA Conservancy: > > >Thursday, February 23rd >12:30-2:00pm >Concourse Meeting Room 403A. >Paint, Prints and Pixels: Learning from the History of Teaching with Images > >Chair: John Trendler, Scripps College > >Revisioning Art History: How a Century of Change in Imaging >Technologies Helped to Shape a Discipline >Allan T. Kohl, Minneapolis College of Art & Design > >Light Explorations: Teaching 19th - 21st Century Intersections of >Photographic, Scientific, and Digital Technologies >Sheila Pinkel, Pomona College > >Pictures of Art History: The Getty Research Institute's Photo Study Collection >Anne Blecksmith and Tracey Schuster, The Getty Research Institute > >New Challenges for a Digital Generation: An Information Literacy >Approach to Teaching Visual Literacy >Joanna Burgess, Reed College; Ann Medaille, University of Nevada, Reno > > >Saturday, February 25th >12:30-2:00pm >Concourse Meeting Room 407 >VRA Business Meeting >In addition to organizational updates, we plan to discuss the VRA's >new Fair Use Guidelines and how VR curators might consider >implementing ACRL's Visual Literacy Standards. > > >ARLIS/NA is also holding a session focused on image issues. > >Friday, February 24th >5:30-7:00pm >West Hall Meeting Room 511BC, Level 2 >Collaboration, Access, Sustainability: The Future of Image Research >Collections > >Chairs: Tony White, Indiana University Bloomington; Laura Graveline, >Dartmouth College > >Picturing the Future: Private Collections and Public Institutions >Inge Reist, Frick Art Reference Library > >Digital Humanities and New Emerging Paradigms for Librarians >Ann Whiteside, Harvard University > >The Evolution of Corporate-Personal-Public Image Collections: >Implications for Research and Preservation >Andrea Copeland, Indiana University > >Yours, Mine, and Our Common Cultural Heritage: Losing Control of >Digital Visual Information >Joane Beaudoin, Wayne State University > > >Saturday, Feb 25th >2:30-4:30pm >Historic Downtown walking tour led by the LA Conservancy > >The business meeting will be followed by a walking tour of "Historic >Downtown" provided by the LA Conservancy. >Whether you attend the CAA affiliate events or not, anyone >interested in the Historic Downtown walking tour led by the LA >Conservancy should send their RSVP >(<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] or 310-489-3792) and >check for $10 per person to Maureen Burns at 2174 W. Rockinghorse >Road, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 by FRIDAY, FEB 17th. Information >forthcoming about meeting spot and other details. Everyone welcome. >After the tour we will be meeting casually for food and drinks. > > >In order to attend either the VRA or ARLIS activities (or any >affiliate society 1.5hour sessions) you do not need to be a member >or register for the conference. > >More about the conference can be found here: ><http://conference.collegeart.org/2012/>http://conference.collegeart.org/2012/ > >Full session information and schedules can be found here: ><http://conference.collegeart.org/2012/sessions/>http://conferencecollegeart.org/2012/sessions/ > >Hope to see you there! > > > >John M. Trendler >Curator of Visual Resources >Scripps College >(909) 607-3099 > -- Maureen Burns, Ed.D. IMAGinED Consulting 310-489-3792 [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] http://imageminders.net/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~