College Art Association Conference Feb 10-14 in NYC

[Brigitte Martin]

COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE

If you are attending the CAA Conference Feb. 10-14th in NEW YORK CITY, here are a few sessions you don’t want to miss:

 

The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design Session
WHERE IS TRADITION IN AMERICAN STUDIO CRAFT?
Friday, Feb. 11,12:30-2 pm in Bryant Suite, 2nd Floor, Hilton New York

Chair: Katie Lee, Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design, University of North Carolina Asheville
Moderator: Namita Wiggers, Museum of Contemporary Craft

Negotiating Tradition and Modernity in the Early Studio Craft Movement
            Caroline Hannah, MPhil, PhD candidate, Bard Graduate Center
Reconstructing Tradition: Inventing Craft All Over Again
            Elizabeth Agro, Curator, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Peeling Back the Veneer: Finding Tradition Even When it Doesn’t Look Like It Is There
            Tom Loeser, Furniture maker and Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison

 

National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS: CLAY’S ROLE IN CONTEMPORARY ART
Wednesday, February 09, 12:30 PM–2:00 PM
Sutton Parlor North, 2nd Floor, Hilton New York
Chair: Patsy Cox, California State University, Northridge

 

CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND HUMAN CREATIVITY: 
THE CONTINUATION OF TRADITIONAL CRAFTSMANSHIP
Friday, February 11, 9:30 AM–12:00 PM
Sutton Parlor South, 2nd Floor, Hilton New York
Chairs: Betty Crouther, University of Mississippi; Crystal Hui-Shu Yang, University of North Dakota

 

Studio Art Open Session
TEXTILES AND SOCIAL SCULPTURE
Saturday, February 12, 9:30 AM–12:00 PM
Sutton Parlor Center, 2nd Floor, Hilton New York
Chairs: Sabrina Gschwandtner, independent artist; Hazel Siegel, Pratt Institute

Dialogues with Nature and Time
            Julie Schlarman, University of South Dakota
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            Elaine Reichek, independent artist
Dis(in)habit: Performances and Installations of Shell-ter-wear
            Christine Foerster, University of Texas at El Paso
Temporary Spaces for Resistant Histories
            Olivia Robinson, Maryland Institute College of Art

Discussant: Anne Wilson, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

 

 

Museum of Contemporary Craft
CRITICAL CRAFT FORUM: PLATFORM FOR EXCHANGE
Saturday, February 12, 12:30 PM–2:00 PM
Gibson Room, 2nd Floor, Hilton New York
Chairs: Namita Wiggers, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Pacific Northwest College of Art; Elisabeth Agro, Philadelphia Museum of Art

 

Source: Center for Craft, Creativity & Design