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Apply for CAA Committee Service!
posted by CAA — June 10, 2024
Join one of CAA’s twelve Professional Committees, the Annual Conference Committee, or the Publications Committee as an at-large member! Each committee works from a charge established by the Board of Directors. For many CAA members, committee service fosters professional relationships, community, and facilitates impactful contributions to pressing issues in the visual arts and higher education.
Important Committee Service Information:
- Committee members serve a three-year term. Service for this committee cycle begins in February 2025 at the CAA 113th Annual Conference and concludes in February 2028 at the 116th Annual Conference.
- All applications are reviewed by current committee members as well as CAA leadership.
- Appointments will be announced by November 1, 2024. New members will be introduced to their committees during their respective business meetings at the 113th Annual Conference in New York City (February 12–15, 2025).
- If appointed, applicants are expected to attend committee meetings, participate actively in the work of the committee, and contribute expertise to defining the current and future work of the committee.
- Appointees must be current CAA members before the start of their committee service, but do not need to be CAA members to apply.
- All committee members volunteer their service without compensation.
Visit our website using the links below to review the mission of each committee as well as the current roster of committee leadership and members.
CAA ANNUAL CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
The Annual Conference Committee is responsible for shaping the program of the Annual Conference, ensuring that the program reflects CAA’s goals: to make the conference an effective place for intellectual, aesthetic, and professional learning and exchange, to reflect the diverse interests of the membership, and to provide opportunities for participation that are fair, equal, and balanced.
CAA PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES
CAA’s twelve Professional Committees represent the constituent interests of the organization by addressing standards, practices, and guidelines in the professions of our individual and institutional members.
- Committee on Design
- Committee on Diversity Practices
- Committee on Intellectual Property
- Committee on Research and Scholarship
- Committee on Women in the Arts
- Education Committee
- International Committee
- Museum Committee
- Professional Practices Committee
- Services to Artists Committee
- Services to Historians of the Visual Arts Committee
- Student and Emerging Professionals Committee
CAA PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE
The Publications Committee oversees CAA’s publishing activities and supervises the editorial boards of The Art Bulletin, Art Journal/AJO, and caa.reviews.
Please Note: At-large members of the Publications Committee represent the voice of our membership, and perform the role of committee secretary, taking minutes at three Publications Committee meetings per year in February, May, and October.
If you are interested in applying to serve on a CAA committee, please click the APPLY TO SERVE button below to fill out the application form and upload your CV as well as a brief personal statement describing your interest and experience. If you are applying to more than one committee, please submit a separate personal statement tailored to each of the committees to which you are applying, noting why you’d like to serve on that specific committee.
Contact Maeghan Donohue, CAA Chief of Staff and Director of Strategic Planning, Diversity & Governance with any questions.
Deadline: August 8, 2024
Register for CAA Summer Publishing Webinars!
posted by CAA — June 10, 2024
This summer, CAA will hold webinars in response to an influx of requests for guidance on and advice about academic publishing. Organized and moderated by Christy Anderson, Editor-in-Chief of The Art Bulletin and professor of the History of Architecture at University of Toronto, a panel of publishing experts will discuss and answer audience questions on the topics of turning longer research into an article and responding to readers reports and revisions. Our aim is to help demystify the academic publishing process, expand access to publishing education and professional development, and ultimately increase diversity in publishing.
July 31, 2–4 p.m. ET
In Print: From the Archive to the Essay
Getting Your Research Into Print
Shaping a large amount of research into a powerful essay can be more difficult than writing a book. A successful article needs a strong argument, clear organization, and effective use of images. In this workshop we will discuss some guidelines on developing an essay for The Art Bulletin or other journals. Join Christy Anderson, the Editor-in-Chief of The Art Bulletin and other scholars for a roundtable discussion with time for your questions.
August 7, 2–4 p.m. ET
Contending with Critique: How to Effectively Respond to Readers’ Reports
Each essay in The Art Bulletin has been through multiple revisions in response to comments from readers and the editor. If you are asked to ‘revise and resubmit’ how do you respond to readers’ reports? This workshop will demystify the peer review process and help you to incorporate the best of the advice into your writing.
Publishing webinars are free for CAA members and students.
Non-member registration is $15 per webinar or $20 to register for both.
Not currently a member of CAA? Join for $8 per month to attend both summer publishing webinars for free and receive discounted CAA Annual Conference registration!
Publishing webinars sponsored in part by:
Millard Meiss Publication Fund: Apply Now + Congrats to Spring 2024 Grantees!
posted by CAA — June 07, 2024
CAA is now accepting applications for the Millard Meiss Publication Fund. Twice yearly, grants are awarded through this fund to support book-length scholarly manuscripts in art history, visual studies, and related subjects which have been accepted by a publisher on their merits but cannot be published to their greatest potential without a subsidy. Thanks to the generous bequest of the late Professor Millard Meiss, CAA has been awarding these grants since 1975.
Learn more about the application process and apply here.
Deadline: September 15
Congratulations to the Meiss Spring 2024 Grantees!
Shira Brisman: The Goldsmith’s Debt: Conceptions of Property in Early Modern Art, University of Chicago Press
Atreyee Gupta: Non-Aligned: Art, Decolonization, and the Third World Project in India, Yale University Press
Peyvand Firouzeh: Intimacies of Global Sufism: The Making of Ne‘matullahi Material Culture between Early Modern Iran and India, Indiana University Press
Sherry Fowler: Buddhist Bells and Dragons, Under and Over Water, In and Out of Japan, University of Hawaii Press
Brendan McMahon: Iridescence and the Image: Material Thinking in the Early Modern Spanish World, Penn State University Press
Winnie Wong: The Many Names of Anonymity: Portraitists of the Canton Trade, University of Chicago Press
Deadline Extended: CAA Conversations Call for Season 9 Podcast Participants
posted by CAA — June 05, 2024
Do you have an idea for a podcast or want to turn your conference panel into a podcast discussion? CAA Conversations is currently accepting applications to participate in its 9th season!
CAA Conversations is a podcast initiative run by the Education Committee and provides a platform to explore hot topics in the field. While not limited to these topics and open to new ideas, the podcast team is interested in exploring the following themes in season 9:
- Inclusive pedagogy/community building
- Interdisciplinary teaching
- New technologies
- Equity in art history and studio art classrooms
Contact CAA Education Committee podcast administrators with any questions here.
If you are interested in participating in our upcoming season, please submit an interest form here.
Deadline: June 30
CAA Signs on to the American Council of Learned Societies Statement on 2024 Campus Protests
posted by CAA — May 13, 2024
CAA has signed on to the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Statement on 2024 Campus Protests, which, like the American Historical Association (AHA) statement last week, was issued in response to recent decisions by colleges and universities to encourage police intervention and suppress protests.
Both AHA and ACLS statements resonate with CAA’s mission to advocate for the visual arts through “intellectual engagement and a commitment to the diversity of practices and practitioners,” as more broadly this speaks to a commitment to advocating for diversity of ideas. Opposing ideas, whether expressed via visual art or through protest, can disturb and trigger discomfort. However, per the ACLS statement, “while administrators have every right and duty to secure the safety of their campus communities, they cannot and should not shield students or others from the experience of hearing strongly worded statements which might make them deeply uncomfortable. It is the nature of protest to be loud, sometimes discourteous, and contentious. But, as scholars, we believe that suppressing the expression of unpopular or uncomfortable ideas by students or faculty engaged in peaceful protest does not do justice to the values at the heart of the university.”
Visit the ACLS website to view the full list of individuals, societies, and institutions who have signed on to this statement.
Join the CAA Board of Directors
posted by CAA — May 06, 2024
Now accepting Board of Directors nominations for the 2025–29 term! CAA seeks individuals passionate about shaping the future of the organization and the field. The Board is responsible for all financial and policy matters related to CAA, as well as promoting excellence in scholarship, curation, design, and art practice. CAA’s Board is also charged with representing and advocating for the membership regarding current issues affecting the visual arts and humanities.
Nominations and/or self-nominations must include the following:
- Nominee name, affiliation, and e-mail address
- Nominator name, affiliation, and e-mail address (if different from nominee)
- Nominee résumé/CV
- Nominee statement of interest (250 words maximum)
Please send all information and/or any questions via e-mail to Maeghan Donohue, CAA Chief of Staff & Director of Strategic Planning, Diversity, and Governance, with the subject line: Board of Directors Nomination.
Deadline: July 12, 2024
CAA Signs on to the American Historical Association’s Statement on 2024 Campus Protests
posted by CAA — May 06, 2024
CAA has signed on to the American Historical Association (AHA) Statement on 2024 Campus Protests, in response to recent decisions by colleges and universities to encourage police intervention and suppress protests. We stand with AHA in recognizing the historical dangers of suppression, “the fundamental value of peaceful protest on college and university campuses,” and the need for administrators at these institutions to reevaluate their forceful handling of such peaceful demonstrations:
“It is appropriate for universities to establish and enforce, through fair and transparent procedures, reasonable and content-neutral restrictions on the time, place, and manner of protests and other assemblies. These procedures should not, however, deprive students, faculty, and staff of their right to gather, speak, debate, and protest.”
AHA’s statement resonates with CAA’s mission to advocate for the visual arts through “intellectual engagement and a commitment to the diversity of practices and practitioners,” as more broadly this speaks to a commitment to advocating for diversity of ideas. Opposing ideas, whether expressed via visual art or through protest, can disturb and trigger discomfort. However, as AHA’s statement underscores, “encountering ideas that might make us uncomfortable is central to the educational process.”
OTHER LEARNED SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS WHO HAVE SIGNED THE AHA STATEMENT
American Association for Italian Studies
American Association of Geographers
American Society for Environmental History
American Society for Theatre Research
American Sociological Association
Association for Asian Studies
Berkshire Conference of Women Historians
California Scholars for Academic Freedom
Dance Studies Association
Disability History Association
Executive Committee of Czechoslovak Studies Association
Historians for Peace and Democracy
International Labor and Working-Class History
Labor and Working-Class History Association
Linguistic Society of America
Medieval Academy of America
North American Conference on British Studies
Network of Concerned Historians
Oral History Association
PEN America
Shakespeare Association of America
Sixteenth Century Society
Society for French Historical Studies
Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
Society for the History of Children and Youth
Society for US Intellectual History
Southern Association for Women Historians
Southern Historical Association
Western Society for French History
World History Association
2024 Art History Travel Fund Grantees Announced!
posted by CAA — April 29, 2024
The Art History Fund for Travel to Special Exhibitions is designed to grant instructors of qualifying art history classes the resources to attend special museum exhibitions both in the US and abroad. These grants cover travel, accommodation, and admission fees for selected classes up to $10,000. Congratulations to the 2024 grantees!
University of Mississippi
Instructor: Kris K. Belden-Adams
Course: Art Now (Art of the 21st Century)
Exhibition: Whitney Biennial 2024
Location: The Whitney Museum, New York City
Penn State University
Instructor: Lindsay S. Cook
Course: Theories and Practices of Conservation
Exhibition: Rediscovering the Sculptures from Notre-Dame and The Medieval Library of Notre Dame of Paris
Location: Musée de Cluny, Paris
Applications for the next round of grants will be accepted by CAA beginning in fall 2024. Questions about the program can be sent to Cali Buckley, Manager of Grants and Awards and Director of the CAA-Getty International Program.
Call for Nominations: Jury Members for CAA Grants and Awards (2024–2027)
posted by CAA — April 03, 2024
CAA invites nominations and self-nominations for individuals with relevant expertise to serve on our juries for Awards for Distinction, Publication Grants, Travel Grants, and Fellowships. Jury service is one of the most impactful volunteer positions at CAA; help select our next awardees and grantees!
To apply, send an e-mail to Cali Buckley, CAA Manager of Grants and Awards & Director of CAA-Getty International Program, with the following:
- Statement of interest outlining qualifications and experience of nominee (150 words maximum)
- CV (two pages maximum)
Three-year terms begin in July. Current CAA Committee and Editorial Board members are not eligible to apply.
Deadline: June 1, 2024
CURRENT JURY OPENINGS
- Art Journal Award
- Charles Rufus Morey Book Award for Non-catalogue Books in the History of Art
- Arthur Kingsley Porter Prize for Art Bulletin articles
- The CAA/American Institute for Conservation Award for Distinction in Scholarship and Conservation
- Jury for the Artist Award for Distinguished Body of Work, Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement, and Distinguished Teaching of Art Award
- Distinguished Feminist Awards for Scholars and Artists
- Millard Meiss Publication Fund for Books in Art History
- Wyeth Foundation for American Art Publication Grant
- Art History Fund for Travel to Special Exhibitions
- Professional Development Fellowship in Visual Art
- Michael Aurbach Fellowship for Excellence in Visual Art
Art Journal / AJO Editorial Board seeks new members!
posted by CAA — March 15, 2024
CAA invites nominations and self-nominations to fill two seats on the Art Journal / AJO Editorial Board for a four-year term: July 1, 2024–June 30, 2028. Candidates may be artists, art historians, art critics, art educators, curators, or other art professionals; institutional affiliation is not required. Art Journal, published quarterly by CAA, is devoted to twentieth- and twenty-first-century art and visual culture. AJO is an online forum for the visual arts that presents artists’ projects, conversations and interviews, scholarly essays, and other forms of original content. Committed to fostering new intellectual exchanges in the fields of modern and contemporary art, AJO prioritizes material that makes meaningful use of the web and publishes on a rolling basis.
The editorial board advises the Art Journal and AJO editors-in-chief and assists them in identifying authors, articles, artists’ projects, and other content for the journal; performs peer review and recommends peer reviewers; guides the journals’ editorial programs and may propose new initiatives for them; promotes and advocates for both journals; and may support fundraising efforts on their behalf. Members also assist the editors-in-chief to keep abreast of trends and issues in the field by attending and reporting on sessions at the CAA Annual Conference and other academic conferences, symposia, exhibitions, and events.
The Art Journal / AJO Editorial Board meets three times a year, with meetings in the spring and fall plus one at the CAA Annual Conference in February. The fall and spring meetings are currently held remotely. Members are expected to pay travel and lodging expenses to attend the conference in February. Members of all editorial boards volunteer their services to CAA without compensation.
Candidates must be current CAA members in good standing and should not be serving on the editorial board of a competitive journal or on another CAA editorial board or committee. Members may not publish their own work in the journals during the term of service. CAA encourages applications from colleagues who will contribute to the diversity of perspectives on the Art Journal / AJO Editorial Board and who will engage actively with conversations about the discipline’s engagements with differences of culture, religion, nationality, race, gender, sexuality, and access. Nominators should ascertain their nominee’s willingness to serve before submitting a name; self-nominations are also welcome. Please email a letter of interest and a CV as a single PDF to Eugenia Bell, Editorial Director.
Deadline: May 6