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CAA 2025 Board of Directors Election: Vote Now!
posted by CAA — December 11, 2024
As a CAA member, voting is the best way to shape the future of your professional association. Thank you for taking the time to vote!
The CAA Board of Directors is comprised of professionals in the visual arts who are elected annually by the membership to serve four-year terms (or, in the case of Emerging Professional Directors, two-year terms). The Board is charged with the long-term financial stability and strategic direction of CAA; it is also the Association’s governing body. The Board sets policy regarding all aspects of CAA activities, including publishing, the Annual Conference, awards and fellowships, advocacy, and committee procedures. For more information, please read the CAA By-laws on Nominations, Elections, and Appointments.
MEET THE CANDIDATES
The 2024–25 Nominating Committee has selected the following candidates for election to the CAA Board of Directors. Click the names of the candidates below to read their personal statements and CVs before casting your vote.
BOARD OF DIRECTOR CANDIDATES (FOUR-YEAR TERM, 2025–29)
Assistant Professor of Graphic Design and Interactive Arts
University of Wisconsin (Madison, WI)
Associate Professor of Architectural History and Theory
Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)
Executive Director
Estate of David Smith (New York, NY)
Research Scholar on Organization and Leadership in Higher Education
Columbia University (New York, NY)
Art History Lead Faculty
Berkeley City College (Berkeley, CA)
Principal Research Specialist for Digital Art History
Getty Research Institute (Los Angeles, CA)
EMERGING PROFESSIONALS BOARD OF DIRECTOR CANDIDATES (TWO-YEAR TERM, 2025–27)
PhD Candidate
UC Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, CA)
Marketing and Communications Coordinator
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (Fort Worth, TX)
CAA members must cast their votes online. The deadline for voting is 5 p.m. ET on Thursday, February 13, 2025.
Elected individuals will be announced at the CAA Annual Business Meeting on Friday, February 14, 12:00–2:00 p.m. ET.
Questions? Contact Maeghan Donohue, CAA Director of Strategic Planning, Diversity, and Governance.
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 2024 Board of Directors Election: Vote Now!
posted by CAA — December 18, 2023
As a CAA member, voting is the best way to shape the future of your professional association. Thank you for taking the time to vote!
The CAA Board of Directors is comprised of professionals in the visual arts who are elected annually by the membership to serve four-year terms (or, in the case of Emerging Professional Board members, two-year terms). The Board is charged with the long-term financial stability and strategic direction of CAA; it is also the Association’s governing body. The board sets policy regarding all aspects of CAA activities, including publishing, the Annual Conference, awards and fellowships, advocacy, and committee procedures. For more information, please read the CAA By-laws on Nominations, Elections, and Appointments.
MEET THE CANDIDATES
The 2023–24 Nominating Committee has selected the following candidates for election to the CAA Board of Directors. Click the names of the candidates below to read their personal statements and CVs before casting your vote.
BOARD OF DIRECTOR CANDIDATES (FOUR-YEAR TERM, 2024–2028)
Assistant Professor of Art
Kentucky College of Art + Design (Louisville, KY)
Assistant Professor, Non-Western Art History, Art Program
California State University Channel Islands (Camarillo, CA)
Fulbright Scholar (India)
Organizational Leadership Scholar, Columbia University (New York, NY)
Associate Professor of Art History & Head of Arts & Humanities Major
Yale-NUS College (Singapore)
Assistant Professor of New Media Art
Northern Arizona University (Flagstaff, AZ)
Head Librarian
Sotheby’s Institute of Art (New York, NY)
EMERGING PROFESSIONALS BOARD OF DIRECTOR CANDIDATES (TWO-YEAR TERM, 2024–2026)
PhD Candidate, Tyler School of Art and Architecture
Temple University (Philadelphia, PA)
MFA Candidate
Boston University (Boston, MA)
CAA members must cast their votes online. The deadline for voting is 5 p.m. CT on Thursday, February 15, 2024.
The elected individuals will be announced at the CAA Annual Business Meeting to be held 1–2 p.m. CT on Friday, February 16, 2024.
Questions? Contact Maeghan Donohue, Chief of Staff and Director, Strategic Planning, Diversity & Governance.
Join the CAA Board of Directors!
posted by CAA — May 01, 2023
CAA seeks nominations of individuals passionate about shaping the future of the organization by serving on the Board of Directors for the 2024–2028 term. The board is responsible for all financial and policy matters related to CAA, promoting excellence in scholarship, and encouraging creativity and technical skills in design and art practice. CAA’s board is also charged with representing the membership regarding current issues affecting the visual arts and humanities.
Nominations and/or self-nominations must include the following:
- Résumé/CV
- Brief statement of interest (250 words maximum)
- Nominee’s name, affiliation, and e-mail address
- Name, affiliation, and e-mail address of nominator (if different from nominee)
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 10, 2023.
CAA 2023 Board of Directors Election: Vote Now!
posted by CAA — December 22, 2022
As a CAA member, voting is the best way to shape the future of your professional organization. Thank you for taking the time to vote!
The CAA Board of Directors is comprised of professionals in the visual arts who are elected annually by the membership to serve four-year terms (or, in the case of Emerging Professional Board members, two-year terms). The Board is charged with CAA’s long-term financial stability and strategic direction; it is also the Association’s governing body. The board sets policy regarding all aspects of CAA’s activities, including publishing, the Annual Conference, awards and fellowships, advocacy, and committee procedures. For more information, please read the CAA By-laws on Nominations, Elections, and Appointments.
MEET THE CANDIDATES
The 2022–23 Nominating Committee has selected the following candidates for election to the CAA Board of Directors. Click the names of the candidates below to read their bios/personal statements and CVs before casting your vote.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS CANDIDATES (FOUR-YEAR TERM, 2023–2027)
Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs, College of Visual Arts and Design
University of North Texas (Denton, TX)
Associate Professor of Painting, Department of Art
Mississippi State University (Starkville, MS)
Associate Professor & Director of Art History
VCUarts Qatar (Doha, Qatar)
Curator of exhibition Lucio Fontana’s Ceramics,
Peggy Guggenheim Collection (Milan, Italy)
Associate Professor of Art History & Head of Arts & Humanities Major
Yale-NUS College (Singapore)
Associate Professor in Visual Communication Design, Department of Art, Art History & Design
University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN)
EMERGING PROFESSIONALS BOARD OF DIRECTORS CANDIDATES (TWO-YEAR TERM, 2023–2025)
PhD Candidate, David Driskell Fellow
Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts (Portland, ME)
Ph.D. Candidate, Art and Architectural History
University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)
CAA members must cast their votes online. The deadline for voting is 5 p.m. ET on Thursday, February 16, 2023.
The elected individuals will be announced at CAA’s Annual Business Meeting to be held from 1–2 p.m. ET on Friday, February 17, 2023.
Questions? Contact Maeghan Donohue, Chief of Staff and Manager, Strategic Planning, Diversity & Governance (mdonohue@collegeart.org).
Members’ Corner: Former CAA President Judith Brodsky Co-Curates Retrieving the Life and Art of James Wilson Edwards And A Circle of Black Artists
posted by CAA — July 25, 2022
The Arts Council of Princeton will present a revolutionary exhibition in October 2022. Retrieving the Life and Art of James Wilson Edwards and a Circle of Black Artists reveals how Black artist/teachers were integral and influential members in a predominantly white regional community in the last quarter of the 20th century. While there have been blockbuster exhibitions of a few contemporary Black artists during recent years of efforts by museums and galleries to become more diverse, this is one of the first exhibitions to explore the historical context from which these artists emerged.
Co-curators Judith K. Brodsky and Rhinold Ponder say “this has been a magnificent voyage of discovery about the lives and roles in art history of Black artists who have largely been forgotten or ignored as well as a reminder of the significance of Black collectors in preserving and promoting the history of Black artists and ensuring that they are eventually remembered for their contributions. We trust that our efforts here encourage others to restore Black artists and arts communities to their rightful places in American national and regional histories.” Brodsky is a Distinguished Professor Emerita at the Department of Visual Arts at Rutgers and previously served as a president of CAA. Ponder is an artist, activist, writer, lawyer, and founder of Art Against Racism.
This exhibition focuses on five late 20th-century master artists who lived and worked within 25 miles of each other in the geographic region from Princeton, New Jersey to New Hope, Pennsylvania: James Wilson Edwards, Rex Goreleigh, Hughie Lee-Smith, Selma Hortense Burke, and Wendell T. Brooks. These Black artists represent a diverse and vibrant regional arts community largely unknown in contemporary American art history. Nearly all the works in this exhibition come from private collections, highlighting the importance of collectors of color in restoring Black and brown artists to American art history and how their collecting sheds light on the systemic racism of the American art world. Recent attention to diversity in museum collections has revealed that only 1.2% of the holdings are by African American artists.
Retrieving the Life and Art of James Wilson Edwards and a Circle of Black Artists will be on view in the Arts Council of Princeton’s Taplin Gallery from October 14 through December 3, 2022 and will include an opening reception, panel discussion, and more. Additional information can be found on the Art Council of Princeton’s website.
Join our Board of Directors
posted by CAA — June 09, 2022
CAA seeks nominations for individuals passionate about shaping the future of the organization by serving on the Board of Directors for the 2023-2027 term. The board is responsible for all financial and policy matters related to CAA, promoting excellence in scholarship, and encouraging creativity and technical skills in design and art practice. CAA’s board is also charged with representing the membership regarding current issues affecting the visual arts and the humanities.
Candidates must be current CAA members. Nominations and self-nominations should include a short statement of interest, a résumé, and the following information: the nominee’s name, affiliation, email address, and telephone number, as well as the name, affiliation, and email address of the nominator if different from the nominee. Please send all information and/or any questions via e-mail to Maeghan Donohue, Manager, Strategic Planning, Diversity, and Governance. Deadline: July 8, 2022.
CAA’s 109th Annual Business Meeting Minutes
posted by CAA — February 11, 2022
COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION
109TH ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2021 2:00 P.M. EST
MINUTES
- Call to Order/Opening Remarks
- President Elizabeth Schlatter called the meeting to order at 2:02 p.m. EST. She thanked the staff for their enormous efforts. She then acknowledged the diverse people linked to the land on which she works and lives, particularly those who have been displaced from that land.
- Executive Director’s Report
- Meme Omogbai offered a reflection on the importance of this conference. It is amazing we were able to offer the extensive content we did during a pandemic, specifically:
- 365 sessions, over 1100 individual presentations in addition to a book and trade fair. Intersectionality between the visual arts, climate change, eco-feminism, and many other topics.
- The virtual format of the conference has offered a new level of access. Content is available across the world and for a month after the conference.
- The conference will serve as an important turning point in the history of CAA toward achieving the four pillars of its Strategic Repositioning:
- Long term sustainability of the organization through attention to meeting the needs of all segments of our constituency and maximizing the value of membership
- Social Entrepreneurship and e-commerce
- Technological infrastructure towards a digital transformation to ensure effective and efficient operations and delivery of content
- Robust development activities
- Meme Omogbai offered a reflection on the importance of this conference. It is amazing we were able to offer the extensive content we did during a pandemic, specifically:
- Approval of the minutes from the February 2020 annual meeting.
- Approval of Minutes of 108th Annual Business Meeting, held in two parts, February 12, and February 14, 2020
- Jaqueline Francis moved; Laura Anderson Barbata seconded. The minutes were approved unanimously.
- Financial report
- CFO Bob Tofolo reported on the following items:
- The association posted a breakeven operating budget for FY20.
- The association continues to operate under a break-even budget for FY21. This includes $3.3M in current expenses against equivalent revenue.
- A PPP loan of $372,000 was awarded to CAA. That loan was subsequently forgiven last December.
- The endowment market value on June 30, 2020 was $9.825M vs prior year of $9.6M
- Member count for this year vs. last: As of June 30, 2020, there were 6,699 (7,773, -14%) individual members. There were 443 (464) organizational members and an additional 586 (617, -5%) subscribers to The Art Bulletin and/or Art Journal through our co-publisher Taylor and Francis. These numbers are not exactly comparative as prior year memberships reflect exaggerated increases due to discounts that are absent this year.
- 3938 registered attendees at the conference as of this morning. It is expected to be over 4000 by tomorrow.
- Question (posed by a member in attendance): how did numbers compare to the last NYC conference? 2019 attendance was over 5000, but the numbers from this year’s count include registrations for Free and Open sessions which we would not have tracked in prior years so some additional work needs to be done so that we can compare apples to apples.
- CFO Bob Tofolo reported on the following items:
- New Business
- The following question was posed by a member in attendance: Considering technical issues that have emerged this year, will CAA be evaluating Confex and considering whether they are the best vendor to use moving forward? Elizabeth indicated that the organization would be evaluating all aspects of the conference, including the platform. Meme added that in the midst of this digital transformation, there will be a consolidation of different systems that will address some of the issues that emerged. She encouraged people to fill out the conference surveys that are being administered.
- Results of Election of New Directors
- Elizabeth announced the newly elected CAA Board Members:
- Roland Betancourt
- Lara Evans
- Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz
- Kelly Walters
- Kelvin Parnell Jr. (Emerging Professional)
- Elizabeth announced the newly elected CAA Board Members:
- Adjournment
- The meeting was adjourned at 2:25 p.m. EST.
Respectfully submitted by Colin Blakely, Secretary.
CAA’s 110th Annual Business Meeting Agenda
posted by CAA — February 11, 2022
CAA Annual Business Meeting Agenda
Friday, February 18, 2022
1 p.m. CT
The 110th Annual Business Meeting of the members of the College Art Association will be called to order at 1 p.m. CT on Friday, February 18 at the 2022 Annual Conference. Access to this meeting is included in paid registration and can also be accessed by registering for ”No-cost registration”. Once you have registered, please log into the online conference schedule to attend the meeting.
CAA President, N. Elizabeth Schlatter will preside.
- Welcome + Call to Order – N. Elizabeth Schlatter, CAA President
- Executive Director’s Report – Meme Omogbai, CAA Executive Director + CEO
- Approval of Minutes of 109th Annual Business Meeting [ACTION ITEM]
- Financial Report – Georgia Harrell, CAA Treasurer + Robert Tofolo, CAA Head of Operations
- Old/New Business
- Board Member Election Results – N. Elizabeth Schlatter, CAA President
- Adjourn
Proxies
If you are unable to attend the Annual Business Meeting, kindly complete a proxy online to appoint the individuals named thereon to (i) vote, as directed by you, for directors, and, at their discretion, on such other matters as may properly come before the Annual Business Meeting; and (ii) vote on any and all adjournments thereof. A proxy, with your vote for directors, must be received no later than 5 p.m. CT Thursday, February 17th, 2022.
Next Meeting – 2023
The 111th Annual Business Meeting of the College Art Association will be held in New York in 2023, precise date to be announced.
Vote for CAA’s 2022 Board of Directors!
posted by CAA — December 06, 2021
As a CAA member, voting is one of the best ways to shape the future of your professional organization. Thank you for taking the time to vote! Scroll down to meet this year’s candidates and submit your online voting form.
2022 CAA BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION
The CAA Board of Directors is comprised of professionals in the visual arts who are elected annually by the membership to serve four-year terms (or, in the case of the Emerging Professional Board members, two-year terms). The Board is charged with CAA’s long-term financial stability and strategic direction; it is also the Association’s governing body. The board sets policy regarding all aspects of CAA’s activities, including publishing, the Annual Conference, awards and fellowships, advocacy, and committee procedures. For more information, please read the CAA By-laws on Nominations, Elections, and Appointments.
MEET THE CANDIDATES
The 2021–22 Nominating Committee has selected the following candidates for election to the CAA Board of Directors. Click the names of the candidates below to read their statements and resumes before casting your vote.
BOARD OF DIRECTOR CANDIDATES (FOUR-YEAR TERM, 2022-2026)
Associate Professor of Painting, Department of Art
Mississippi State University (Starkville, MS)
Director of Art History Program
Knox College (Galesburg, IL)
Senior Research Scholar, Department of Art History, Ethnology Institute
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Associate Professor of Art History
Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton, FL)
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Art & Design
University of Nevada (Las Vegas)
Dean, School of Arts & Design
Woxsen University (India)
EMERGING PROFESSIONALS BOARD OF DIRECTOR CANDIDATES (TWO-YEAR TERM, 2022-2024)
MFA Candidate in Art
University of Connecticut (Storrs)
Programs Manager, NXTHVN
CAA members must cast their votes for board members online using the link below; no paper ballots will be mailed. The deadline for voting is 6 p.m. EST on February 17, 2022.
The elected individuals will be announced at CAA’s Annual Business Meeting to be held from 1–2 p.m. (Central) on Friday, February 18, 2022.
Questions? Contact Maeghan Donohue, Manager, Strategic Planning, Diversity & Governance, at mdonohue@collegeart.org.