Committees
Services to Artists Committee
Description
The Services to Artists Committee (SAC) was formed by the CAA Board of Directors in order to seek broader participation by artists and designers in the organization and the Annual Conference. SAC identifies and addresses concerns facing artists and designers; creates and implements programs and events at the conference and beyond; explores ways to encourage greater participation and leadership in CAA; and identifies ways to establish closer ties with other arts professionals and institutions.
Recent Projects
At the 2001 Annual Conference in Chicago, the committee launched ARTspace, the “conference within a conference” that presents a series of innovative programs of special interest to artists, though people of all disciplines are welcome. ARTspace offers an informal, dynamic setting with morning coffee hours, sessions and panels, and other social events. Past sessions and presentations have covered artists’ residencies, health and safety issues, and conservators speaking on artists’ materials. Other diverse, timely panels have addressed arts funding, politics and art, censorship, and criticism. For the Annual Artist’s Interviews, renowned artists, usually those with long-standing connections to the host city, are invited to discuss their work publicly with a respected colleague.
Related SAC activities at the conference include the Media Lounge, which allows artists to present single-channel video or interactive work in a continuously running program. Another successful event, first held at the 2004 Annual Conference in Seattle, is ARTexchange, which allows artists to present portfolios of drawings, photographs, sculptures, paintings, prints, books, and work on battery-powered laptops on, under, or above six-foot tables. The call for participation for the Media Lounge and Art exchange is published in the September and November issues of CAA News.
CAA members with proposals or ideas for ARTspace at the 2008 Annual Conference in Dallas–Fort Worth should contact Virginia Derryberry, SAC chair.
SAC also works with the Exhibitions Committee to promote exhibition opportunities that are comparable to CAA’s prestigious publications program.
Committee Members
Brian Bishop, The University of Alabama, Chair (2010)
Derrick Buisch, University of Wisconsin, Madison (2009)
Patricia Flores, California College of the Arts (2011)
Ken Gonzales-Day, Scripps College (2011)
Reni Gower, Virginia Commonwealth University (2011)
Thomas Morrissey, Community College or Rhode Island (2011)
Judith Thorpe, University of Connecticut (2010)
Philip Van Keuren, Southern Methodist University (2010)
Reva Wolf, State University of New York, New Paltz (2009)