In preparing for the CAA’s conference this month, I was stopped in my tracks by a presenter agreement that required contributors to sign over extensive rights, made no reference to fair use, and put all liability risk on the speakers.
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Registration Is Open for the 107th CAA Annual Conference in New York
The 107th CAA Annual Conference will address the full breadth of the field of visual arts and design with panels that examine a range of cultures, histories, and scholarship.
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The History and Future of Feminist Resistance in Art
At the College Art Association conference, artists, curators, and writers will talk about contemporary forms of feminist resistance and their historical precedents.
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Registration is Open for the 106th CAA Annual Conference in Los Angeles
Held from February 21-24, the 2018 Annual Conference will include over 300 themed sessions, more professional-development workshops than ever, and offers a long list of LA-museums and cultural institutions that attendees can visit for free with their conference badges.
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Protesters Demand MoMA Drop Trump Advisor from Its Board
Dozens of protesters are demanding MoMA remove the CEO of BlackRock from their board because of his ties to the Trump administration.
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North America’s Biggest Art History Conference Touches Down in New York
A weekend of panels and talks is the focus of the annual College Art Association conference.
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CAA and NYFA Partner for Professional Development for Artists
CAA and NYFA are Showing Love for Artists
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Group Calls for Greater Latinx Participation in the College Art Association Conference
The U.S. Latina/o Art Forum has just put out a call to action for all its members, urging them to “increase the representation of Latinx art at the 2017 Annual [College Art Association] Conference by submitting a proposal to present a paper.”
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New Fair Use Guide Helps Distinguish Between Copyright and Copywrong
Hoping to remedy pervasive and often crippling uncertainty among artists and art professionals over how and when to invoke fair use when dealing with copyrighted materials, the College Art Association (CAA) has released a “Code of Best Practices in Fair Use.”
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Embattled Curators and Job-Hunting Profs: 2014 CAA Conference
CHICAGO — The 102nd conference of the College Art Association (CAA) took place in Chicago last weekend. Thousands of art educators, museum curators, art historians, and even some actual artists gathered at the Hilton Hotel on Michigan Avenue for a four-day gabfest.
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Are Art Professionals Afraid of Fair Use?
Visual art professionals are not making use of fair use, a new report issued by the College Art Association (CAA) says, in large part because they’re concerned about the repercussions of not obtaining copyright permissions.
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2013 Editions of CAA’s Directories of Graduate Programs in the Arts Now Available
New editions of the College Art Association’s comprehensive directories of graduate programs in the arts are now available for purchase, featuring updated information about 630 schools in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, and beyond. 
