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Meiss Grant Seeks Jury Member
posted by CAA — January 20, 2009
CAA seeks nominations and self-nominations for an individual to serve on the Millard Meiss Publication Fund Jury for a four-year term, July 1, 2009–June 30, 2013. Applicants with expertise in East Asian art, African, or twentieth-century art, or in the history of photography, are especially invited to apply.
The jury awards grants that subsidize the publication of book-length scholarly manuscripts in the history of art and related subjects. It reviews manuscripts and grant applications twice a year and meets in New York in the spring and fall to select awardees. CAA reimburses committee members for travel and lodging expenses in accordance with its travel policy. For more information about the Meiss grant, please see www.collegeart.org/meiss.
Candidates must be current CAA members and should not be serving on another CAA editorial board or committee. Jury members may not themselves apply for a grant in this program during their term of service. Nominators should ascertain their nominee’s willingness to serve before submitting a name. Please send a letter describing your interest in and qualifications for appointment, CV, and contact information to: Millard Meiss Publication Fund Jury, CAA, 275 Seventh Ave., 18th Floor, New York, NY 10001. Deadline: April 15, 2009.
Fall Publication Grants Announced
posted by Christopher Howard — December 03, 2008
CAA has announced the recipients of its two book-grant programs, the Millard Meiss Publication Fund and the Wyeth Foundation for American Art Publication Grant.
Fall Meiss Grant Winners
CAA has awarded six Millard Meiss Publication Grants for fall 2008. Thanks to the generous bequest of the late Prof. Millard Meiss, these grants are given twice annually to publishers to support the publication of scholarly books in art history and related fields.
The grantees are:
- Mehmet-Ali Atac, The Mythology of Kingship in Neo-Assyrian Art (Cambridge University Press)
- Daniel Connolly, The Maps of Matthew Paris: Medieval Journeys through Space, Time, and Liturgy (Boydell and Brewer)
- Joyce de Vries, Caterina Sforza and the Art of Appearances: Gender, Art, and Culture in Early Modern Italy (Ashgate)
- Finbarr Barry Flood, Objects of Translation: Material Culture and Hindu-Muslim Encounter (Permanent Black)
- Victoria George, Whitewash (Pindar Press)
- Roslyn Hammers, Art, Technology, and Labor in Early Modern China (Hong Kong University Press)
Books eligible for a Meiss grant must already be under contract with a publisher and be on a subject in the arts or art history. Authors must be current CAA members. Application criteria and guidelines are available from the CAA Publications Department. Deadlines: March 15 and October 1 of every year.
Wyeth Publication Grant Winners
CAA is pleased to announce five recipients of the Wyeth Foundation for American Art Publication Grant for 2008. Thanks to a second generous three-year grant from the Wyeth Foundation, these awards are given annually to publishers to support the publication of one or more book-length scholarly manuscripts in the history of American art, visual studies, and related subjects.
The books receiving a grant are:
- Carol Clark, Charles Deas and 1840s America (University of Oklahoma Press)
- William Innes Homer, The Paris Letters by Thomas Eakins (Princeton University Press)
- Anna Indych-López, Muralism without Walls: Rivera, Orozco, and Siqueiros in the United States, 1927–1940 (University of Pittsburgh Press)
- Kirk Savage, Monument Wars: Washington, the National Mall, and the Transformation of the Memorial Landscape (University of California Press)
- Kristina Wilson, The Modern Eye: Stieglitz, MoMA, and the Art of the Exhibition, 1925–1935 (Yale University Press)
Books eligible for the Wyeth Grant have been accepted by a publisher on their merits but cannot be published in the most desirable form without a subsidy. The topic must be in American art; authors must be current CAA members. Application criteria and guidelines are available from the CAA Publications Department. Deadline: October 1, 2009.
CAA Offers Publications Grants
posted by CAA — September 10, 2008
CAA awards grants to publishers to support the publications of books in art history, visual studies, and related subjects. Millard Meiss Publications Grants are given twice annually, and Wyeth Foundation for American Art Publication Grants are awarded in the fall.
Millard Meiss Publication Grants
CAA awards Millard Meiss Publication Grants to support book-length scholarly manuscripts in the history of art and related subjects that have been accepted by a publisher on their merits but cannot be published in the most desirable form without a subsidy. For complete guidelines, application forms, and grant description, please visit www.collegeart.org/meiss or write to nyoffice@collegeart.org. Deadline: October 1, 2008.
Wyeth Foundation for American Art Publication Grant
Thanks to a second generous three-year grant from the Wyeth Foundation for American Art, CAA awards a publication grant to support book-length scholarly manuscripts in the history of American art and related subjects. Books eligible for the Wyeth Grant have been accepted by a publisher on their merits but cannot be published in the most desirable form without a subsidy. For complete guidelines, application forms, and grant description, please visit www.collegeart.org/wyeth or write to nyoffice@collegeart.org. Deadline: October 1, 2008.
Annual Conference Travel Grants
posted by Lauren Stark — August 18, 2008
CAA offers Annual Conference travel grants to graduate students in art history and studio art and to international artists and scholars. The grants are funded by donations from the contribution check-off on the CAA membership form. CAA warmly thanks those members who made voluntary contributions to this fund.
Graduate Student Conference Travel Grant
This $150 grant is awarded to advanced PhD and MFA graduate students as partial reimbursement of expenses for travel to the 2009 Annual Conference in Los Angeles. To qualify for the grant, students must be current CAA members. Candidates should include a completed application form, a brief statement by the student stipulating that he or she has no external support for travel to the conference, and a letter of support from the student’s adviser or head of department. For application forms and more information, please contact Lauren Stark at 212-691-1051, ext. 248, or lstark@collegeart.org. Send application materials to: Lauren Stark, Graduate Student Conference Travel Grant, CAA, 275 Seventh Ave., 18th Floor, New York, NY 10001. Deadline: September 26, 2008.
International Member Conference Travel Grant
CAA presents a $500 grant to artists or scholars from outside the United States as partial reimbursement of expenses for travel to the 2009 Annual Conference in Los Angeles. To qualify for the grant, applicants must be current CAA members. Candidates should include a completed application form, a brief statement by the applicant stipulating that he or she has no external support for travel to the conference, and two letters of support. For application forms and additional information, please contact Lauren Stark at 212-691-1051, ext. 248, or lstark@collegeart.org. Send materials to: Lauren Stark, International Member Conference Travel Grant, CAA, 275 Seventh Ave., 18th Floor, New York, NY 10001. Deadline: September 26, 2008.
Spring Meiss Winners
posted by Christopher Howard — July 30, 2008
CAA has awarded five Millard Meiss Publication Grants for spring 2008. Thanks to the generous bequest of the late Prof. Millard Meiss, these grants are given twice annually to publishers to support the publication of scholarly books in art history and related fields.
The grantees are:
- Molly Aitken, The Intelligence of Tradition: Form and Meaning in Mewar Painting (Yale University Press)
- Elissa Auther, String, Felt, Thread, and the Hierarchy of Art and Craft in American Art, 1961–1979 (University of Minnesota Press)
- Marin F. Hanson and Patricia Cox Crews, eds., American Quilts in the Modern Age, 1870–1940: A Catalog from the International Quilt Study Center (University of Nebraska Press)
- Richard King, ed., Art and the Artist in Cultural Revolution China (University of British Columbia Press)
- Judith Ostrowitz, Interventions: Native American Art for Far-Flung Territories, (University of Washington Press)
Books eligible for a Meiss grant must already be under contract with a publisher on a subject in the arts or art history. Authors must be current CAA members. Application criteria and guidelines are available online or from nyoffice@collegeart.org. Deadlines: March 15 and October 1 of every year