Curated Itinerary: CAA in L.A.
ForYourArt Curates Focused Itineraries for You Around Particular Themes And Interests.
The College Art Association (CAA) is coming to the Los Angeles Convention center February 22-25 to celebrate the conclusion of its centennial year at the 100th annual conference. More than 5,000 artists, art historians, educators, students, curators, critics, collectors, gallerists, librarians and other professionals in the visual arts will gather to discuss the visual arts from ancient times to the present, although historical and contemporary art in L.A. will be a focus. With more than 200 presentations over the course of the four-day event, a book fair and even special tours around L.A., there’s a host of things to do and see. This event is open to the public, but registration is required onsite at 5pm Tuesday, February 21.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22
Exhibition Tour and Discussion with guest curator Richard Meyer
MOCA Grand Avenue (Downtown)
5:30 PM
Price: $10. Tickets available online.
On view: Naked Hollywood: Weegee Los Angeles
This is the first museum exhibition dedicated to the Los Angeles photographs of Weegee including many produced for his 1953 book Naked Hollywood. Following Weegee’s lead, the exhibition documents the lurid, irresistible undersides of stardom, fandom, commerce, and self-promotion in mid-century LA. In addition to roughly 200 photographs, the exhibition encompasses Weegee’s related work as an author, filmmaker, and photo-essayist.
Directions: Transportation from the Los Angeles Convention Center to MOCA is fairly easy by DASH bus, Metro Silver Line, or Metro Rail. Consult www.ladottransit.com/dash or www.metro.net to plan your trip. The museum is within walking distance from both the Biltmore and Bonaventure hotels.
CAA Centennial Reception
LACMA (Miracle Mile)
7:30–9pm
Price: $50. Ticket required for admission. Limited availability.
REGISTER ONSITE on February 21
All tickets to the reception must be in the registration area of the Los Angeles Convention Center at Concourse Foyer, Level 1. Tickets will not be sold at LACMA.
Transportation: Depart by bus from the Los Angeles Convention Center West Hall entrance.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23
The Kitchen Table, reprise
Watch livestream or view on live monitors outside the Book and Trade Fair at the College Art Association Conference, Los Angeles Convention Center
12:30pm
The Kitchen Table is a reprise of the series of conversations organized by Eugenia P. Butler in 1993 at the ART/LA art fair. Situated within the College Art Association Conference at the same LA Convention Center that was the site for the ’93 talks, X-TRA will bring together a group of articulate cultural thinkers of our time—primarily artists—seating them around a table.
Creative Capital Program Session for the College Art Association 2012
Concourse Meeting Room 403A, Level 2, Los Angeles Convention Center
5:30 PM–7:00 PM
Admission: Free
Embedded: A Social Practice in the Neighborhood
Presentations and discussion by the following Creative Capital artists (See bios below):
- Cesar Cornejo (CC Grantee, 2009)
- Mario Ybarra, Jr. (CC Grantee, 2008)
- Ted Purves & Susanne Cockrell (CC Grantee, 2005)
In addition, the session will be occupied by students from the Otis College of Art and Design’s MFA in Public Practice, led by Suzanne Lacy (artist & CC Grantee, 2002), Sara Daleiden (artist), Sally Tallant (curator) and Pablo Helguera (artist & CC Grantee, 2005) .
Cornejo, Purves & Cockrell and Ybarra will talk about their practices using their Creative Capital supported projects (and others) to illustrate their experiences in working closely with communities to bring about change through creative engagement, embedding themselves in particular neighborhoods to realize social goals, build networks and affect cultural practices. After which, there will be a short discussion among the panelists, audience, and occupiers as to how this kind of work might be best evaluated.
LA RAW: Conversations on Art, Life and Practice in Los Angeles
Los Angeles Convention Center, West Hall Meeting Room 515B, Level 2
2:30–5:00 PM
Chair: Michael Duncan, independent curator
Carole Caroompas, Otis College of Art and Design
Frohawk Two Feathers, independent artist
Llyn Foulkes, independent artist
Stas Orlovski, Long Beach City College
Charles Garabedian, independent artist
John Sonsini, independent artist
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24
The Kitchen Table, reprise
Watch livestream or view on live monitors outside the Book and Trade Fair at the College Art Association Conference, Los Angeles Convention Center
12:30pm & 3pm
The Kitchen Table is a reprise of the series of conversations organized by Eugenia P. Butler in 1993 at the ART/LA art fair. Situated within the College Art Association Conference at the same LA Convention Center that was the site for the ’93 talks, X-TRA will bring together a group of articulate cultural thinkers of our time—primarily artists—seating them around a table.
ARTspace Annual Distinguished Artists’ Interviews
West Hall Meeting Room 515A, Level 2, Los Angeles Convention Center
2:50-5:30pm
Mary Kelly and Martin Kersels will be interviewed.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25
The Feminist Art Project Special Sessions
Ahmanson Auditorium, MOCA Grand Avenue (Downtown)
9am–5:30pm
Free and open to the public.
Coorganizers: Audrey Chan, J. Paul Getty Museum; and Elana Mann, Scripps College
The day’s conversations will reflect the greater inclusivity of a contemporary feminist art that embraces a multiplicity of identities and philosophies. These panels will build upon a tradition of feminism in Los Angeles through new readings and modes of engagement with this vital movement.
Highlights of talks from SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25:
Feminist Art Education: Renewal and Revision
9:10–10:30 AM
Chairs: Nancy Buchanan, California Institute of the Arts; Christine Wertheim, California Institute of the Arts
Panelists include Kaucyila Brooke, California Institute of the Arts; Andrea Richards, independent writer; and Claudia Slanar, California Institute of the Arts. Also included will be a video by Vanalyne Green, a participant of the Fresno and California Institute of the Arts Feminist Art Projects; an illustrated lecture on previously undiscovered 1970s work by scholar Claudia Slanar; and more.
Colleagues, Coconspirators, and Partners: Perspectives from Feminist Men
10:40am–12pm
Chairs: Audrey Chan, J. Paul Getty Museum; Elana Mann, Scripps College
Panelists include Tavia Nyong’o, New York University; Glenn Phillips, Getty Research Institute; and Howard Singerman, University of Virginia. This panel seeks to embrace the diversity of practitioners of feminist art scholarship today, particularly men who are influenced by and contribute to these expansive bodies of thought. Panelists will address such questions as: How has the professional training of artists been influenced by gender dynamics? Who were the men of the Feminist Art Movement? How has queer performativity shaped the way women and men make arttogether or independently? Panelists will also discuss their relationship to contemporary feminist discourse.
Viewing and Opening Reception
The Cadillac Hotel (Venice)
12–2pm; 6-11pm
This event is free and open to the public.
On view: DISCARDED: Los Angeles, a portrait of Los Angeles created by artists Kurt Gohde and Kremena Todorova. This exhibition features portraits of people all around Los Angeles sitting on sofas and easy chairs found on the curb. The viewing will occur from NOON–2:00 PM and the opening reception will begin at 6:00 PM.
Directions: Take Highway 10 East to Exit 1A, Fourth Street South. Take a right on Ocean Park Boulevard, a left on Main, a right on Rose, and left on Speedway. The Cadillac Hotel is a pink building with blue trim on your right. On-street parking.