ARTspaceColumbus GHIJ, East Tower, Gold Level, Hyatt Regency Chicago ARTspace is a conference within the conference that is tailored to the interests and needs of artists but is open to all attendees. Organized by CAA’s Services to Artists Committee, it includes a large-audience session space and a media lounge. ARTspace is the site of the Annual Artists’ Interviews held on Friday afternoon. Each morning begins with coffee, tea, and juice. Media LoungeSince 2005, the Services to Artists Committee has presented a roster of innovative video programming in conjunction with ARTspace at the Annual Conference. The selections are made by renowned artists, professors, and curators specializing in new media; they are shown on a continuous loop during the conference, featuring a different hour-long program each day. The 2010 ARTspace Media Lounge, organized in part by Columbia College Chicago’s Film & Video Department , will feature the work of artist and DePaul University professor Dolores Wilber in the second-annual solo invitational, along with two programs focusing on work created by Midwestern artists, curated by Josef Steiff and Wenhwa Ts’ao, both of who serve on the faculty of the Film and Video program at Columbia College Chicago. Thursday, February 117:30–9:00 AM 9:30 AM–NOON Proof Photographic: John William Draper and the Scientific Daguerreotype Photographic Facts, Painted Fictions: Challenges to Medium-Specificity in Victorian Photocollage Medium-Specificity and Its Surrogates: Practices around Photomechanical Reproduction in the Early Years of its Industrial Application On the Efficacy of Artifice: Radiophotographs and PM’s Pictorial Critique of Photojournalism Interrogating Photography’s Indexical “Identity Crisis” 12:30–2:00 PM Artist as Administrator Artist as Activist Artist as Archivist /Artist Assistant (Nam June Paik) Artist as Entrepreneur Artist as Designer 2:30–5:00 PM Installation and Nostalgia: Landscape of Desire Try a Little Tenderness Ah, but It Was Good The Interstice between the Sentimental and Cynical Act of Painting
Friday, February 127:30–9:00 AM 9:30 AM–NOON The Current Flavors of Ceramic Art Pedagogy at Institutes of Higher Education The Big Bang Experimentation and Individual Ceramic Identity through the Use of Mixed Media and Nonfired Clay in Graduate-Student Ceramic Works Discussant: Michael Jones McKean, Virginia Commonwealth University 12:30–2:00 PM Curator’s Perspective Critic’s Perspective Gallerist’s Perspective Producer’s Perspective 2:30–5:00 PM Phyllis Bramson will be interviewed by Lynne Warren, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Tony Tasset will be interviewed by John Neff. 6:00-8:00 pm The space on, above, and beneath a six-foot table is available for each artist’s exhibition of prints, paintings, drawings, photographs, sculptures, and small installations; performance, sound, and spoken word are also welcome. Previous ARTexchange participants have found that this parameter sparked creative displays. Please note that artwork cannot be hung on walls, and it is not possible to run power cords from laptops or other electronic devices to outlets—bring fully charged batteries. To participate, write to the ARTexchange coordinators at caaartexchange@gmail.com, with the subject heading “CAA ARTexchange.” Include your CAA member number and a brief description of what you plan to present. Please provide details regarding performance, sound, spoken word, or technology-based work, including laptop presentations. You will receive an email confirmation. Because ARTexchange is a popular venue and participation is based on available space, early applicants are given preference. Participants are responsible for their work; CAA is not liable for losses or damages. Sales of work are not permitted. Deadline: December 18, 2009.
Saturday, February 137:30–9:00 AM 10:00 AM–11:30 AM Caitlin Strokosch, Alliance of Artists Communities Hunter O’Hanian, Anderson Ranch Arts Center and Massachusetts College of Art and Design Brad Kik, Institute for Sustainable Living, Art, and Natural Design Cecil McDonald, Prairie Center of the Arts Sarah Workneh, Ox-Bow Shannon Stratton, threewalls 12:00 PM–1:30 PM Tax and Accounting Needs for Artists Grant-Writing Tips Grants for Individuals in the Arts, Chicago The Art of Promotion The Artist’s Guide to Public Art 2:00 PM–3:30 PM Mess Hall: An Experimental Cultural Center Industry of the Ordinary: Moving beyond the Quotidian JEMA: A Location Variable Museum Temporary Services: Noncompetitive Art Practices Bertran Projects 3:30–5:30 PM 
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