ICMA at the College Art Association Annual Conference, Chicago 2026
ICMA Sponsored Session
The Archival Art Historian
Thursday 19 February 2026, 11am - 12:30pm CT
Hilton Chicago - 3rd Floor - Marquette Room
Session chairs:
Lauren Rozenberg, University of East Anglia
Millie Horton-Insch, The British Museum
The Living Monastery as Archive: Byzantine art in the Monastery of St. Catherine, Egypt Paroma Chatterjee, University of Michigan
Did I Just Genuflect? Learning to Navigate Catholic Spaces in Early Career Research Aoife Stables
Yellow, Orange, and Pink Cards: Archival Backfiles and Research Frontiers at the Index of Medieval Art Jessica Savage, Princeton University
Poetry as Image Theory: Recovering art-historical methods from literary archives Avantika Kumar, Fine Arts Library, Harvard
ICMA Happy Hour
Friday 20 February 2026, 6:00pm CT
Adams Street Brewery at The Berghoff
Chicago, Illinois
Register HERE
The ICMA will host a special happy hour at Adams Street Brewery at The Berghoff (17 West Adams Street, near the Art Institute) from 6:00 pm until 7:30pm CT. All are welcome, but please register so we know how many to expect.