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Show Your Art at the Los Angeles Conference

posted by Emmanuel Lemakis


CAA’s Services to Artists Committee invites artist members to participate in ARTexchange, an open forum for sharing work at the Annual Conference. ARTexchange, to be held Friday evening, February 27, at the Los Angeles Convention Center, is free and open to the public; a cash bar is available. The... 

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Participating as a mentor in CAA’s two Career Services mentoring programs—the Artists’ Portfolio Review and Career Development Mentoring—is an excellent way to serve the field while assisting the professional growth of the next generation of artists and scholars. Artists’ Portfolio Review CAA... 

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Curated by Mary Nooter Roberts, Continental Rifts: Contemporary Time-Based Works of Africa is the 2009 CAA Annual Exhibition, to be held at the Fowler Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Opening on February 22, Continental Rifts will be presented in the Getty Gallery, the Fowler... 

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Recent Deaths in the Arts

posted by Christopher Howard


CAA recognizes the lifetime professional and personal achievements of the following artists, art historians, curators, educators, and critics, who recently passed away. Tracey Baran, a contemporary art photographer, died on November 18, 2008, at the age of 33 Don Baum, a Chicago artist, teacher, and... 

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Filed under: Obituaries, People in the News

CAA seeks applications for projectionists at the 2009 Annual Conference in Los Angeles. Successful applicants are paid $10 per hour and receive complimentary conference registration. Projectionists are required to work a minimum of four 2½-hour program sessions, from Wednesday, February 25, to Saturday,... 

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Filed under: Annual Conference

2009 Annual Conference Sessions Posted

posted by Emmanuel Lemakis


The titles of papers and names of presenters at the 2009 Annual Conference in Los Angeles have been published on the conference website. Arranged by day and time, session listings also give the chronological order of speakers, session locations, and names of session chairs. Information about poster sessions... 

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Filed under: Annual Conference

Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the members of the College Art Association, Inc., will be held on Friday, February 27, 2009, 5:00–6:00 PM (PST) in West Hall Meeting Room 502A, Level 2, Los Angeles Convention Center, 1201 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, California. CAA President Paul Jaskot... 

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Filed under: Annual Conference, Governance

MFA Standards Updated

posted by Christopher Howard


Last month, the CAA Board of Directors approved revisions to the MFA Standards, one of the organization’s many Standards and Guidelines for visual-art professionals. The revised document, prepared by a subcommittee of the Professional Practices Committee (PPC), is now published to the CAA website. During... 

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Bruce Cole to Leave the NEH

posted by Christopher Howard


The National Endowment for the Humanities has announced that Chairman Bruce Cole will leave the endowment to join the American Revolution Center as its president and chief executive officer, effective January 2009. Appointed NEH chairman by President George W. Bush, Cole was confirmed by the Senate... 

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Morey and Barr Award Finalists

posted by Lauren Stark


CAA is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2009 Charles Rufus Morey Book Award and the Alfred H. Barr, Jr., Award. The winners of both prizes, along with the recipients of other Awards for Distinction, will be announced in mid-December and presented in February during Convocation at the 2009 Annual... 

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