Special Events

Meet the CAA Board of Directors Candidates

Become an engaged and educated voter. Learn the positions and backgrounds of the candidates for the CAA Board of Directors. All members are strongly urged to attend.

CAA Convocation

Presentation of CAA Awards for Distinction
Ellen K. Levy, CAA President

Arthur C. Danto, Emeritus Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University; art critic for The Nation. Open to the public.

Gala Reception: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Directions: Green Line T to the Museum stop

Join friends and colleagues under the John Singer Sargent murals in the Shapiro rotunda to celebrate the opening of the Conference. Ticket includes a complimentary admission to the David Hockney Portraits exhibition, which will be in preview. Preregistration price: $48

Advance tickets will be included in your registration packet.

Tickets also available at the sales booth in the Conference registration area: $50, cash only.

Tickets will not be sold onsite at the museum.

Limited to the first 800 people.

Please use the preregistration form on page 19 of the Conference Information booklet or online here.

CAA Committee for Women in the Arts (CWA)
Annual Recognition Awards Ceremony

This year’s distinguished honorees are Moira Roth and Trinh T. Minh-ha.
Preregistration price: $25

Please use the preregistration form located on page 19 of the Conference Information booklet or online here.

Advance tickets will be included in your registration packet.

Onsite price at the sales booth in the Conference registration area: $30

Opening Reception:
Regional M.F.A. Exhibition

621 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
Directions: Green Line T to Museum stop

Open House/Special Viewing:

40 R Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA
Exhibitions: Diane Burko: Flow, 25 recent oil paintings and Iris prints on the Sublime landscapes of volcanoes, glaciers, and waterfalls from Iceland, Hawai’i, Sicily, and Washington State; curated by Amy Ingrid Schlegel (Koppelman Gallery); Cross-Currents: New Media Art from Egypt, Germany, and South Africa (Moataz Nasr, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Ingrid Mwangi, and Berni Searle); co-curated by Pam Allara, Peter Probst, and Amy Ingrid Schlegel; all works deal with the theme of water (Tisch Family Gallery); Artur Zmijewski: 80064 (New Media Wall), the artist endeavors to persuade a 92-year-old Polish survivor of Auschwitz to ÒrestoreÓ his prisoner number tattoo; P.O.V. Kiosk: Isaac Julien, Encore
Directions: Red Line T to Davis Square; #96 bus

Reception:
The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University

415 South Street, Waltham, MA
Exhibition: Dana Schutz: Paintings; The Luce Scholar Collection Display, curated by Katy Siegel
Directions: Fitchburg commuter rail line to Brandeis

Reception:
Trustman Art Gallery at Simmons Gallery

300 The Fenway, Boston, MA
Exhibition: Colleen Kiely: Recent Paintings
Directions: Green Line T to Museum stop

Reception: Regional BFA Exhibition

Sponsored by Boston University School of Visual Arts
808 Gallery
808 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
Directions: Green Line T to BU West stop

Open House and Reception: Boston University Art Gallery

855 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
Exhibition: A Photographic Portrait of Boston
Directions: Green Line T to BU West stop

Open House and Reception: Photographic Resource Center

832 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
Exhibition: Document: Contemporary Social Documentary Work from Greater Boston
Directions: Green Line T to BU West stop

Reception in Honor of John Szarkowski

Sponsored by the Terra Foundation for the Arts Open to the public

Open House/Special Viewing: MIT List Visual Art Center

20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA
Exhibition: America Starts Here―Kate Ericson and Mel Ziegler 1985–1995
Directions: Red Line T to Kendall/MIT stop

Reception: Judi Rotenberg Gallery

130 Newbury Street, Boston, MA
Exhibition: Anne Beresford: Entwined

CAA Annual Members Business Meeting and Election of New Members of the Board of Directors

Ballroom B, Third Level, Hynes Convention Center

Opening Reception: CAA Annual Exhibition

539 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
Exhibition: After, curated by Laura Donaldson, Director of the Mills Gallery

Boston Art Dealers Association and Other Participating Galleries

Boston’s most prominent contemporary art galleries host a series of open houses and receptions to welcome CAA Conference attendees and complement the CAA Annual Exhibition at the Mills Gallery.

The following Newbury Street galleries will hold special hours 5:00–6:00 pm: Alpha Gallery, 14 Newberry Street; Arden Gallery, 129 Newberry Street; Chase Gallery, 129 Newberry Street; Childs Galleries, 169 Newberry Street; Kidder Smith Gallery, 131 Newberry Street; Robert Klein Gallery, 38 Newberry Street; Barbara Krakow Gallery, 10 Newberry Street; Mercury Gallery, 8 Newberry Street, 2nd floor; Gallery NAGA, 67 Newberry Street; Nielsen Gallery, 179 Newberry Street; Pepper Gallery, 38 Newberry Street; Pucker Gallery, 171 Newberry Street; Vose Galleries, 238 Newberry Street; Howard Yezerski Gallery, 14 Newberry Street, #3.

The following South End galleries will hold special hours 6:30 PM–8:00 PM: Bromfield Art Gallery, 27 Thayer Street; Genovese/Sullivan Gallery, 47 Thayer Street; Kingston Gallery, 37 Thayer Street; MPG, 450 Harrison Avenue #315.

Exhibition and Reception for CAA Conference Attendees

Pepper Gallery
38 Newbury Street Boston, MA
Exhibition: Nancy Friese: Paintings and Prints, February 23 - March 25. 2006

Reception: The Society of Arts and Crafts

175 Newbury Street, Boston, MA
Exhibition: Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts 20th Anniversary Exhibition
Directions: Green Line T to Copley Station; Orange Line T to Back Bay Station

Center for Advanced Visual Studies and the Visual Art Program

School of Architecture at MIT
265 Massachusetts Avenue, 3rd Floor (next to the MIT Museum)
The Center invites visitors to the College Art Association conference to view new projects and learn about our history. Very special guests will be on hand.

Directions: Red Line T to Central Square or #1 Bus to NECCO Factory (Novartis) stop. Enter on Front Street and take the elevator to the 3rd floor. More info: 617-853-4415 or web.mit.edu/cavs/.

Open House/Special Viewing:
Montserrat College of Art Gallery

23 Essex Street, Beverly, MA
Exhibition: Ryan McGuinness: Mildly Subversive
Directions: MBTA toward Newberryport/Rockport at North Station, exit Beverly Depot