Conference
2010 Joint Annual Conference of SECAC and MACAA
October 20-23
Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond VA)
Conference chair: Andrew Kozlowski
The 2010 joint meeting of SECAC and the Mid-America College Art Association (MACAA) will be in Richmond, Virginia October 20-23, and will be hosted by Virginia Commonwealth University. The conference headquarters will be the historic Jefferson Hotel located in downtown Richmond.
Many events are still being confirmed but at this time several key conference activities have been scheduled. Wednesday evening will feature a reception at the VCU Fine Arts Building. Sessions will begin early on Thursday and continue through Saturday afternoon. On Thursday evening Pablo Helguera will deliver the keynote address followed by the reception for the Members Exhibition at 1708 Gallery. The SECAC awards ceremony is scheduled around a Friday luncheon at the conference hotel. Further activities on Saturday will highlight historic Richmond, and some of the curiouser spots around town. Other activities are being planned, and we will continue to post updates on the conference website, www.curiouser.vcu.edu.
Fees: Conference registration fees will be $145 for individual members and $50 for student members prior to September 20; $170 and $70 beginning September 21, 2009 to October 10; and $200 and $95 for registration onsite. SECAC and or MACAA membership is required for conference attendance. Online registration begins on August 1. All registration before the conference will be online only; if you do not have internet access, please call the SECAC office. This year will be the first for three registration periods and rates.
Hotel: The conference hotel is the Jefferson Hotel located at 101 West Franklin Street. Most conference activities will be held at the hotel. Rates for the 2010 conference are as follows: $155 for run of the house and $175 for deluxe rooms, plus applicable taxes and fees. Please make sure to reserve your room early, as there are a limited number of rooms reserved at these rates! Book your room online or call: 800-424-8014.
Transportation: The conference hotel can be easily reached from Richmond International Airport (RIC) by taxi (average fare $25 per trip) or shuttle service (one-way or shared ride fare $20). For more information regarding travel services please visit www.curiouser.vcu.edu.
2010 Members’ Exhibition: The Members Exhibition will be held in 1708 Gallery, a prominent gallery located in the heart of the Broad Street Galleries, within walking distance from the Jefferson Hotel. For more information about 1708 visit www.1708gallery.org. Dates for the show: October 15-November 13, 2010. The juror for this year's Members Exhibition will be Joe Seipel, who served as the head of the Sculpture Department at VCU as well as senior associate dean for academic affairs and director of graduate studies at VCU's School of the Arts. In 2009 Seipel become Vice President for Academic Services at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia. He has been engaged with both SECAC and MACAA for many years, having hosted a joint conference of SECAC and MACAA at Virginia Commonwealth University in 1997. The deadline for submitting entries for the show is April 1, 2010.
Conference Program/Call for Papers: A list of available sessions is posted on the SECAC website, as well as www.curiouser.vcu.edu. The deadline for submitting proposals to all session chairs is April 20, 2010. This deadline is non-negotiable. Proposals must be sent by email directly to the chair(s) listed for each session. A paper proposal submission form is available on the SECAC website; it must include an abstract of the paper (no more than 200 words) and a current CV.
Notices of acceptance or rejection of proposals will be sent via email by session chairs on or before May 11, 2010. Your session chair will inform you of your time allocation (usually limited to a maximum of 20 minutes) as well as other critical information. If your participation in the conference is limited to a particular day and/or time, you must indicate that in your submission. While every effort will be made to accommodate your requirements, there are many factors that determine the final schedule, and it may not be possible to meet your individual needs. Any special audio-visual needs must be included in your paper proposal submissions. The conference director makes all final determinations about audio-visual needs based on budget restrictions. No slide projectors will be available.
The conference director is Andrew Kozlowski. He can be reached at curiouser@vcu.edu
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