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Advance registration for CAA’s 100th Annual Conference, taking place February 22–25, 2012, at the Los Angeles Convention Center, has been extended to Monday, January 30, 2012.  This is also your last chance to purchase advance tickets for special events and workshops.

Registration

Advance registration ends on Monday, January 30, 2012.

• Members: $235
• Student and retired members: $135
• Nonmembers: $365

Special Events

Join us for a variety of special events including CAA’s Centennial Reception at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Tours to the Getty Villa and the Getty Center, An Evening at UCLA, as well as the Santa Monica and Venice Art Tour!

Workshops

Looking to advance your career? This year’s conference will include a bevy of professional-development workshops designed specifically for artists, art historians, and professionals in the visual arts. Workshops address topics such securing tenure, job hunting, and much more! Workshop space is limited, so book your place today! Each workshop costs $45.

Hotel Discounts

Have you booked your accommodation yet? Conference attendees can also take advantage of substantial discounts on rooms at the JW Marriott Los Angeles LA Live, just steps away from the Los Angeles Convention Center. The Westin Bonaventure, the Millennium Biltmore, and the Figueroa Hotel also offer discounts to conference attendees.

September 22 update: Registration for the Richmond workshop is full and has closed.

CAA, in partnership with the School of the Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCUarts), will present its next National Professional-Development Workshop for Artists at the Grace Street Theater on Saturday, October 1, 2011. The one-day event, called “Toolkit for a Sustainable Life in the Arts: Ideas XS, S, M, L, XL,” will explore strategies for launching, renewing, and sustaining a career in the arts.

“Toolkit for a Sustainable Life in the Arts” will take place 8:00 AM–7:00 PM at VCUarts, Grace Street Theater, 934 West Grace Street, Richmond, VA 23284 (map). The workshop is free for all VCUarts students, faculty, and staff; $25 for all other participants. A limited number of stipends are available; please contact Susan Schear, CAA national workshop project consultant, at 973-482-1000 for more information.

Check-in and registration begin at 8:00 AM, with a complimentary continental breakfast and an opportunity for group networking. At 9:00 AM, Aaron Landsman, a renowned playwright, actor, and teacher, will deliver the keynote address, “Exploring How a Life in the Arts Can Be Sustained.” Next, the artist Karen Atkinson, also an independent curator and the founder of GYST, will present “Analog Toolkit: Pragmatic Strategies for Creating Opportunities.”

After a buffet lunch (included in the registration fee), Peter Baldes, an artist and VCUarts professor in the Department of Painting and Printmaking, will lead workshop participants through “2.0 Toolkit: Extending Opportunities through Social Media, Web Presence, and New Distribution Channels.” Next, two speakers—Sarah Cunningham, former director of arts education for the National Endowment for the Arts and now VCUarts director of research, and Melissa Potter, an artist and faculty member in the Interdisciplinary Arts Department at Columbia College Chicago—will present “Solvent Toolkit: Realizing Grant Opportunities.”

The final panel, “DIY Toolkits: Innovative Models for Making Art and Collaborating with an Engaged Community,” moderated by Jack Risley, VCUarts associate dean of academic affairs, will consist of three VCUarts professors with diverse artistic practices: Kendall Buster and Corin Hewitt from the Department of Sculpture and Extended Media and Hope Ginsburg of the Department of Painting and Printmaking. A Q&A session will conclude the workshop.

Following the workshop, VCUarts cordially invites participants to a networking reception at its Anderson Gallery (907½ West Franklin Street, Richmond, VA 23284), to be held 5:30–7:00 PM. The exhibition Environment and Object: Recent African Art will be on view.

Registration for the workshop is first-come, first-served. Because space is limited, CAA encourages you to register in advance. Participants from VCUarts should contact Susan Schear at 973-482-1000; please include your name, mailing address, and telephone number in your voicemail or email to receive a confirmation for registration. All others can pay by credit card, debit card, or PayPal. If paying with cash or by check at the door, or if requesting a stipend, please contact Susan Schear and include your name, mailing address, and telephone number in your voicemail or email.

Partners

The School of the Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University comprises sixteen programs in fine art, design, the performing arts and art history. The main campus in Richmond hosts more than 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students in the arts, while a sister campus in Doha, Qatar, counts 214 students enrolled in five programs. VCUarts has grown to become the top American public university for the visual arts, as ranked by US News and World Report.

Founded in 1911, the College Art Association serves the needs and interests of 13,000 individual and 2,000 institutional members. It publishes two scholarly journals in art history, an online reviews journal for books and exhibitions, a weekly email newsletter, and a website with news about the organization, its members, and the larger art and academic worlds. CAA also hosts an Annual Conference for 4,000 to 7,000 artists, art historians, and students, provides career counseling, and advocates for national issues in the visual arts.

CAA, in partnership with Artworks and Arts Plan New Jersey, will present its next National Professional-Development Workshop for Artists at the Mill Hill Playhouse on Saturday, May 14, 2011. The one-day event, called “Achieving Success as a Visual Artist: Your Art Practice Made Real,” will address important career issues for visual artists and provide them with valuable skills, resources, best practices, and networking techniques to help meet their professional goals.

“Achieving Success as a Visual Artist” will take place 9:00 AM–5:00 PM at the Mill Hill Playhouse, 205 East Front Street, Trenton, NJ 08611. Registration is $15 for students, seniors, and CAA members; $25 for all other participants. A limited number of stipends are available; please contact Susan Schear, CAA national workshop project consultant, at 973-482-1000 for more information.

The day will begin at 8:00 AM with registration, check-in, and an opportunity for group networking; complimentary coffee will be served. At 9:00 AM, Judith K. Brodsky, the renowned printmaker and founder of the Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions, will give a keynote presentation that reflects on her personal journey and her vision as an arts leader. Next, the artist and educator Michelle Hinebrook will present a seminar on “Artists: Maximize Your Marketing through Social Media, Websites, Print Materials, and Networking.” The afternoon panel, to address “Linking Artists to Opportunities: Galleries, Grants, Residencies, and Public Spaces,” will feature five successful women in the arts: Diane Burko, artist and professor; Dahlia Elsayed, artist and educator; Kat Griefen, curator and director of A.I.R. Gallery; Teresa Jaynes, artist, curator, and director of Philagrafika; and Lin Swensson, artist, professor, dealer, and arts consultant. For the lunch break at noon, attendees can either buy a $8 lunch onsite or bring their own.

Participants can continue experiencing the arts in Trenton after the workshop ends. The Candlelight Lounge (24 Passaic Street) will host a postworkshop networking reception during its Saturday afternoon jazz series, and the Passage Theatre will offer group rates for its production of Samuel J. and K., to be presented at the Mill Hill Playhouse at 8:00 PM.

Registration for the workshop is first-come, first-served; space is limited. You can pay by credit card or PayPal. If paying with cash or by check at the door, or if requesting a stipend, please contact Susan Schear at 973-482-1000 and include your name, mailing address, and telephone number.

Partners

Artworks, a center for the visual arts in downtown Trenton, has offered classes, exhibitions, and events for over twenty years, serving professional, aspiring, and visionary artists throughout central New Jersey and the Delaware Valley.

Conceived by almost 1,000 citizens, cultural leaders, and government officials in all sectors, Arts Plan New Jersey is a blueprint to create a better New Jersey through and for the arts. Its statewide agenda harnesses the power of the arts to enrich and inspire individuals and to address civic challenges such as the economy, education, community development, and cultural understanding. One of Arts Plan’s six goals is to “foster a strong network of support for artists.”

Founded in 1911, the College Art Association serves the needs and interests of 12,000 individual and 2,000 institutional members. It publishes two scholarly journals in art history, an online reviews journal for books and exhibitions, a weekly email newsletter, and a website with news about the organization, its members, and the larger art and academic worlds. CAA also hosts an Annual Conference for 4,000 to 6,000 artists, art historians, and students, provides career counseling, and advocates for national issues in the visual arts.

In March 2011, CAA received two significant grants to continue offering the Wyeth Foundation for American Art Publication Grant for three more years and to fund the National Professional-Development Workshops for Artists through 2012.

The Wyeth Foundation for American Art approved funding that will allow CAA to award $40,000 in grants to publishers each year from 2011 to 2013. Wyeth grants support the publication of books on the history of American art, visual studies, and related subjects that have been accepted by a publisher on their merits but cannot be published in the most desirable form without a subsidy. The program has helped publish twenty-two books since 2005.

The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation awarded $70,000 to CAA for sustaining the National Professional-Development Workshops for Artists. This program focuses on supporting visual artists in underserved areas across the United States and providing essential training to emerging, midcareer, and established professionals. CAA has held sixteen Tremaine-sponsored workshops since 2007.

CAA will present its next National Professional-Development Workshop for Artists at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), in partnership with the Baltimore Museum of Art, on Saturday, March 26, 2011. The one-day event, called “Galleries, Grants, and Networking: Effective Strategies for Artists to Make It Happen,” will address important career issues for visual artists and provide them with valuable skills, resources, best practices, and networking suggestions to help meet their professional goals.

“Galleries, Grants, and Networking” will take place 9:00 AM–5:00 PM on the MICA campus: Brown Center, Falvey Hall, 1301 West Mt. Royal Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21217. Registration is free for MICA students, alumni, faculty and staff; $15 for all other participants. A limited number of stipends are available; please contact Susan Schear, CAA national workshop project consultant, at 973-482-1000 for more information.

The day will begin at 8:00 AM with registration, check-in, and an opportunity for group networking; complimentary coffee will be served. At 9:00 AM, Doreen Bolger, director of the Baltimore Museum of Art, will give a keynote presentation. Next, René Treviño will lead a panel discussion on “Leveraging Opportunities for Your Artwork” with Julie Cavnor, George Hemphill, and Jack Rasmussen. The three afternoon presentations are “Compelling Grant Writing” with Deborah Bedwell; “Maximizing Social Media and Networking” with Cara Ober; and “Realizing Your Goals” with Susan Schear.

A postworkshop reception, taking place 5:00–6:00 PM, will conclude the day’s program. Workshop participants can either bring their lunch or take advantage of a $10 all-you-can-eat buffet at MICA.

Participants from MICA and those requesting stipends must register in advance; please contact Susan Schear at 973-482-1000 and include your name, mailing address, and telephone number. All others can register and pay by credit card or PayPal. If paying with cash or by check at the door, you must still register in advance; call or email Susan Schear.

Sponsors

Established in 1826, Maryland Institute College of Art is the oldest continuously operating degree-granting school of art and design in the United States. It enrolls more than 2,000 undergraduate, graduate, and continuing-studies students and offers degrees and noncredit programs in fine art, design, electronic media, art education, the liberal arts, and professional studies. MICA has pioneered interdisciplinary approaches to art and design education, emphasizing innovation, research, and community and social engagement. The school’s alumni and programming reach around the globe, even as the school remains a cultural cornerstone in the Baltimore and Washington, DC, regions, hosting hundreds of exhibitions and events annually by students, faculty, and emerging and established artists.

The Baltimore Museum of Art is home to an internationally renowned collection of nineteenth-century, modern, and contemporary art—including the largest holding of works by Henri Matisse in the world. Among the museum’s 90,000 works are an outstanding selection of European and American fine and decorative arts; prints and drawings from the fifteenth to nineteenth centuries; contemporary art by established and emerging artists; objects from Africa, Asia, the ancient Americas, and Pacific Islands; and two beautifully landscaped sculpture gardens. The museum organizes and presents a variety of dynamic exhibitions and innovative programs and hosts special events with cultural and educational partners. Thanks to extraordinary government and private support, general museum admission is free.

Founded in 1911, the College Art Association serves the needs and interests of 12,000 individual and 2,000 institutional members. It publishes two scholarly journals in art history, an online reviews journal for books and exhibitions, a weekly email newsletter, and a website with news about the organization, its members, and the larger art and academic worlds. CAA also hosts an Annual Conference for 4,000 to 6,000 artists, art historians, and students, provides career counseling, and advocates for national issues in the visual arts.

Today, CAA introduces a series of podcasts devoted to professional-development topics for artists. Evolving from the National Professional-Development Workshops for Artists and now produced in tandem with them, the series will continue throughout the year, with new audio to be added on a regular basis. While the initial focus is on artists, CAA hopes to develop podcasts for art historians, curators, nonprofit art professionals, and other constituencies in the future.

To download an mp3 file, please visit the Podcasts section and right click or control click on the podcast icon or title. To stream the audio, click the podcast icon or title; the audio will open in a new tab or window.

CAA is committed to assisting its members through a variety of means and at various stages in their careers. The podcasts join CAA’s other Career Services programs, which include workshops and mentoring sessions for artists and scholars at the Annual Conference, fellowships for graduate students, professional Standards and Guidelines, and the Online Career Center.

Space One Eleven in Birmingham, Alabama, will present the next CAA National Professional-Development Workshop for Artists on Saturday, November 20, 2010, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. The one-day event, called “Professionalizing and Enhancing Your Art Practice,” will concentrate on career-building skills for both emerging and established artists.

In the morning session, Larry Jens Anderson of the Savannah College of Art and Design will guide participants through the ins and outs of producing bios, résumés, and artist’s statements for job applications and gallery presentations. Leading an afternoon panel of artists and professors, Erin Wright of the University of Alabama in Birmingham will discuss such topics as “Getting into Galleries,” “Marketing and Marketing Yourself,” “Pricing Your Work,” and “Social Media.”

A light breakfast and lunch are included for participants, and a postworkshop reception will take place from 4:00 to 5:30 PM.

Registration for the workshop is first-come, first-served; seating is limited. The investment is $20 for students, seniors, and CAA members; $30 for all others. Stipends are available; contact Susan Schear, CAA national workshop project consultant, at 973-482-1000. You may pay by credit card or PayPal. Please make checks payable to College Art Association and mail to: Linda DeRocher, CAA Workshops, Space One Eleven, 2409 2nd Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35203.

CAA’s National Professional-Development Workshops for Artists, sustained by a generous grant from the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, focus on supporting visual artists in underserved areas. The Birmingham workshop concludes CAA’s program for 2009–10.

For the 2011 Annual Conference in New York, CAA seeks established professionals in the visual arts to volunteer as mentors for two Career Services programs: the Artists’ Portfolio Review and Career Development Mentoring. Participating as a mentor is an excellent way to serve the field and assist the professional growth of the next generation of artists and scholars.

Artists’ Portfolio Review

The Artists’ Portfolio Review provides an opportunity for artists to have digital images or DVDs of their work critiqued by professionals in the visual arts. CAA member artists are paired with a critic, curator, or educator for twenty-minute appointments. Whenever possible, artists are matched with mentors based on medium or discipline. Mentors provide an important service to artists, enabling them to receive professional criticism of their work. Art historians and studio artists must be tenured; critics, museum educators, and curators must have five years’ experience. Curators and educators must have current employment with a museum or university gallery.

Interested candidates must be current CAA members and willing to provide at least five successive twenty-minute critiques in a two-hour period on one of the two days of the review: Thursday, February 10, and Friday, February 11, 8:00 AM–NOON and 1:00–5:00 PM each day. Conference registration, while encouraged, is not required to be a mentor. Please send your CV and a brief letter of interest to Lauren Stark, CAA manager of programs. Deadline: December 3, 2010.

Career Development Mentoring

CAA seeks mentors from all areas of art history, studio art, art education, film and video, graphic design, the museum professions, and other related fields to serve in Career Development Mentoring. In this program, mentors give valuable advice to emerging and midcareer professionals, reviewing cover letters, CVs, digital images, and other pertinent job-search materials in twenty-minute sessions.

Interested candidates must be current CAA members and prepared to give five successive twenty-minute critiques in a two-hour period on one of the two days of the session: Thursday, February 10, and Friday, February 11, 8:00 AM–NOON and 1:00–5:00 PM each day. Conference registration, while encouraged, is not required to be a mentor. Art historians and studio artists must be tenured; critics, museum educators, and curators must have five years’ experience. Curators and educators must have current employment with a museum or university gallery.

Career Development Mentoring is not intended as a screening process by institutions seeking new hires. Applications are not accepted from individuals whose departments are conducting a faculty search in the field in which they are mentoring. Mentors should not be attending the conference as candidates for positions in the same field in which mentoring participants may be applying. Please send your CV and a brief letter of interest to Lauren Stark, CAA manager of programs. Deadline: December 3, 2010.

Space 4 Art will present a CAA National Professional-Development Workshop for Artists on Saturday, October 2, 2010, from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM. The full-day event, called “The Nuts and Bolts of Professionalizing Your Art Practice,” will concentrate on career-building skills for both emerging and established artists. The San Diego Foundation is cosponsoring the workshop.

Presenters from the San Diego and Los Angeles areas will conduct the workshop, which includes these topics: “It’s All about You”; “Marketing Yourself to Market Your Art”; “Show Me the Money”; and “Getting Your House in Order to Do Business.” Karen Atkinson, an artist, curator, collaborator, and founder of GYST, will offer a lunch keynote on “Hybrid Careers.”

A light breakfast and lunch are included for participants, and a postworkshop reception will take place from 5:00 to 6:00 PM.

Registration for the workshop is first-come, first-served. The investment is $15 for students, seniors, and CAA members; $25 for all others. Stipends are available; contact Susan Schear, CAA national workshop project consultant, at 973-482-1000. You may pay by credit card or PayPal. Please make checks payable to College Art Association and mail to: CAA Workshops, Space 4 Art, 325 15th Street, San Diego, CA 92101.

CAA’s National Professional-Development Workshops for Artists, sustained by a generous grant from the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, focus on supporting visual artists in underserved areas. Three additional workshops are scheduled for this fall in Portland, Albuquerque, and Birmingham.

The University of New Mexico in Albuquerque will host a CAA National Professional-Development Workshop for Artists on Saturday, October 9, 2010, from 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM. The full-day event, called “Professionalizing Your Art Practice,” will concentrate on career-building skills for both emerging and established artists.

Preceded by a keynote address from the art historian Libby Lumpkin on “The Changing Climate of the Art World,” the workshop will include these topics, each one hour in length: “CV/Résumé/Artist Statement Preparation”; “Creating a Digital Portfolio”; “Social Media: Facebook and Twitter”; and “Marketing/Self-Promotion/Networking.” A panel discussion on “Getting into Galleries” will conclude the presentations.

Registration for the workshop is first-come, first-served. The investment is $25 for students and CAA members; $40 for all others. Stipends are available; contact Susan Schear, CAA national workshop project consultant, at 973-482-1000. You may pay by credit card or PayPal. Please make checks payable to College Art Association and mail to: Dept. of Art and Art History, MSC04 2560, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131.

CAA’s National Professional-Development Workshops for Artists, sustained by a generous grant from the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, focus on supporting visual artists in underserved areas. Three additional workshops are scheduled for this fall in Portland, San Diego, and Birmingham.