To Talk About What I Didn’t Talk About

At some point during the conference I’d gotten a little flack on twitter for the perceived triviality of a post of mine, and so I responded by asking for suggestions of meatier topics. I got this response:

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While I’m a gal who generally tries to draw attention to the elephant in the room, this is a topic I didn’t really feel I could speak to, at least experientially. I’m still a student in graduate school, not really intending to look for a full-time faculty position upon graduating and simply eyeing adjunct teaching as one of several future possibilities, as an artist without a family to support and a high tolerance for financial instability. When I worked as a university administrator elsewhere, it was in an academic department with relatively few adjuncts (considering graduate student teaching a separate though related issue). I’m woefully undereducated on the topic, knowing little beyond that it’s a bad scene, an exploitative system that hurts students and faculty. However, I could not in good conscience let this solicitation go ignored.

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To Talk About What I Didn’t Talk About

At some point during the conference I’d gotten a little flack on twitter for the perceived triviality of a post of mine, and so I responded by asking for suggestions …

MFA Candidate, Interdisciplinary Arts & Media Sid Branca, sid@sidbranca.com
600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605

“I Saw You” (Again) at CAA in Chicago

“I Saw You” gets candid with CAA conference go-ers, capturing the movers and ‘shapers’ of the conference in the act. Will you be next?

Special Thanks to Michael D.

Special Thanks to Michael D.

Your blogger ran into Michael D, a Professor of Photography at Lycoming College in Pennsylvania. Are all the cool cats networking in the lobby? Yes.

Q: What brings you to the conference this year?

A: I am here for the panels, the dialogue; I’m here to learn and engage my colleagues.

Q: What are your interests personally?

A: Well, I am a Professor who is interested in  wide-range of panels and discussions. Also, I am very interested in mixing Art and Science.

Q: Have you seen the Museum of Contemporary Photography, and what’s your take on Archive State?

A: Yes, I have. I was very captivated by the STASI photos by Simon Menner. [On found photography] As artists we’re always used to looking and composing, and we all train ourselves toward our interests and toward aesthetic clarity. I can appreciate the craft in that respect.

Thanks Michael!

 

“I Saw You” (Again) at CAA in Chicago

“I Saw You” gets candid with CAA conference go-ers, capturing the movers and ‘shapers’ of the conference in the act. Will you be next? Your blogger ran into Michael D, a Professor …

Arts Management/ Art History Matt Robinson, matthew.robinson1@loop.colum.edu
600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605

“I Saw You” at CAA in Chicago

“I Saw You” gets candid with CAA conference go-ers, capturing the movers and ‘shapers’ of the conference in the act. Will you be next?

Special thanks to Nicole E

Special thanks to Nicole E

Your blogger ran into Nicole E, a current PHD candidate at the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO just before a panel at the prime lunch and social hour in the lobby.

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“I Saw You” at CAA in Chicago

“I Saw You” gets candid with CAA conference go-ers, capturing the movers and ‘shapers’ of the conference in the act. Will you be next? Your blogger ran into Nicole E, …

Arts Management/ Art History Matt Robinson, matthew.robinson1@loop.colum.edu
600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605

“I Saw You” at CAA 2014 Chicago

Robert Blanford and Neysa Page-Lieberman at the College Art Association Conference

Robert Blanford and Neysa Page-Lieberman at the College Art Association Conference

Your blogger ran into Professor Robert Blandford and Neysa Page-Lieberman during the first full day of CAA 2014. They had both chaired a morning discussion panel entitled: Curatorial and Exhibition Studies: Bridging Theory and Practice.  Needless to say the panelists at this year’s conference are both well-versed and well-dressed.

Bob and Neysa briefly provided me some advice on a popular concept and essential ‘to-do’ at conferences like CAA. Networking. Networking has become an essential trade of academics, cultural workers, and artists alike; a trend that has parallels with the growing and sometimes disparate skill sets of the contemporary work force in a variety of industries. Exhibitions and opening receptions will draw the attention of conference go-ers within the next several days. These events are the perfect opportunities to contact, confront, and investigate both your favorite panelist and that cutey with the elbow-patched blazer.

Neysa Page-Lieberman is curator of the upcoming exhibition RISK: Empathy, Art, and Social Practice whose opening reception is tomorrow, February 13th from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm.

 

 

“I Saw You” at CAA 2014 Chicago

Your blogger ran into Professor Robert Blandford and Neysa Page-Lieberman during the first full day of CAA 2014. They had both chaired a morning discussion panel entitled: Curatorial and Exhibition Studies: …

Arts Management/ Art History Matt Robinson, matthew.robinson1@loop.colum.edu
600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605