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caa.reviews invites nominations for individuals to join the Council of Field Editors for a three-year term July 1, 2025–June 30, 2028 (with an option to renew once). An online, open-access journal, caa.reviews is devoted to the peer review of new books, museum exhibitions, and projects relevant to art history, visual studies, and the arts. Candidates may be artists, art historians, art critics, art educators, curators, or other art professionals with stature in the field and experience writing or editing books and/or exhibition reviews; institutional affiliation is not required.   

CAA is searching for Field Editors in the following fields:  

• Design History   

• Eighteenth-Century Art   

• Japanese Art   

In collaboration with the caa.reviews Editor-in-Chief, the caa.reviews Editorial Board, and CAA’s staff editor, each Field Editor curates content for review, commissions reviewers, and evaluates manuscripts for publication. Field Editors specializing in books are expected to stay informed about newly released and significant books and related media within their areas of expertise, while those focused on exhibitions should remain updated on current and upcoming exhibitions (along with other related projects) in their respective geographic regions.    

The Council of Field Editors meets once a year in February onsite at the CAA Annual Conference. Members of all CAA committees and editorial boards volunteer their services without compensation or financial support for travel to and accommodations at the Annual Conference.  

Candidates must be current CAA members in good standing and should not be serving on the editorial board of a competing journal or another CAA editorial board or committee. Nominations and self-nominations are welcome. Nominators should ascertain their nominee’s willingness to serve before submitting a letter of nomination. Interested applicants—both self-nominated or nominated by someone else—should submit a CV and a cover letter as a single PDF document to Eugenia Bell, CAA Editorial Director.  

Deadline: April 18 

caa.reviews invites nominations for the position of Editor-in-Chief for the term July 1, 2026–June 30, 2029. The three-year term is to be preceded by a one-year term as Editor-in-Chief Designate, July 1, 2025–June 20, 2026, and succeeded by a one-year term as past Editor-in-Chief, July 1, 2029–June 30, 2030.  

CAA encourages applications from candidates with a strong record of scholarship who are committed to the imaginative development of caa.reviews. An online, open-access journal, caa.reviews is devoted to the peer review of recent books, museum exhibitions, and projects relevant to the fields of art history, visual studies, and the arts.   

The Editor-in-Chief oversees the smooth operations of caa.reviews by ensuring the journal regularly publishes topical, scholarly, critical reviews in the arts; maintains the integrity of the journal by carefully monitoring and implementing the organization’s conflict of interest and ethical policies; and provides extra support to the Editorial Board, Council of Field Editors, and CAA editorial staff wherever necessary to ensure the journal’s operations remain in line with the organization’s overall mission of fostering worldwide access to intellectual and creative material promoting the highest standards of discourse in the disciplines of art and art history.  

The Editor-in-Chief attends virtual caa.reviews Editorial Board meetings and Publications Committee meetings via Microsoft Teams in the spring and fall plus three meetings onsite at the CAA Annual Conference in February each year, including the annual Council of Field Editors meeting. The Editor-in-Chief does not receive financial support for travel to and accommodations at the Annual Conference but does receive a yearly stipend.  

 Candidates must be current CAA members in good standing and should not serve concurrently on the editorial board of a competitive journal or on another CAA editorial board or committee. The Editor-in-Chief may not publish their own work on caa.reviews during the term of service. Nominators should ascertain their nominee’s willingness to serve before submitting a name; self-nominations are also welcome. Interested applicants—both self-nominated or nominated by someone else—should submit a CV and a cover letter as a single PDF document to Eugenia Bell, CAA Editorial Director, with the subject line “caa.reviews Editor-in-Chief.”  

Deadline: April 18 

The Art Journal/Art Journal Open Editorial Board invites nominations for the position of Editor-in-Chief of AJO for the term of July 1, 2026–June 30, 2029 (with service as incoming editor designate, July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026). Candidates may be artists, art historians, critics, curators, educators, or other professionals within the membership served by CAA; institutional affiliation is not required. 

AJO is an online forum for the visual arts that presents artists’ projects, conversations and interviews, scholarly essays, and other content from across the cultural field. The independently edited journal publishes original material by artists, scholars, teachers, archivists, curators, critics, and other cultural producers and commentators, with a commitment to foster new intellectual exchanges about contemporary art and culture. AJO is committed to broad representation and the inclusion of a wide range of approaches, methods, and subfields of modern and contemporary art history and art practice. Published on a continual, rolling basis, AJO is an open access journal that reaches a wide, global audience.

The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for commissioning all content for AJO. The editor solicits or commissions projects, texts, and time-based content by artists and other authors, and determines the appropriate scope and format of each project. Working in consultation with the Art Journal Editor-in-Chief, reviews editor, and Editorial Board, the editor determines which pieces should undergo peer review and subsequent revision before acceptance. The editor also works with authors and the CAA staff editor on the development and preparation of materials for publication. The Editorial Board expects that a significant portion of the journal will be geared toward work or concerns of artists, and that the Editor-in-Chief will endeavor to give voice to underrepresented perspectives. Qualifications for the position include a broad knowledge of current art, the ability to work closely with artists in a wide variety of practices, and experience in developing written and other content for arts platforms. The position includes membership on the Editorial Board and, after the orientation period, an annual honorarium. 

The Editor-in-Chief attends virtual Art Journal/AJO Editorial Board meetings and Publications Committee meetings via Microsoft Teams in the spring and fall plus two meetings onsite at the CAA Annual Conference in February each year, and submits an annual report to the CAA VP for Publications. 

Candidates must be current CAA members in good standing and should not serve concurrently on the editorial board of a competitive journal or on another CAA editorial board or committee. The Editor-in-Chief may not publish their own work on AJO or in Art Journal during the term of service. Nominators should ascertain their nominee’s willingness to serve before submitting a name; self-nominations are also welcome. Interested applicants—both self-nominated or nominated by someone else—should submit a CV and a cover letter as a single PDF document to Eugenia Bell, CAA Editorial Director.  

Deadline: April 18 

The Art Journal/AJO Editorial Board invites nominations for the position of Reviews Editor for a three-year term, July 1, 2025–June 30, 2028. The candidate may be an artist, art historian, art critic, art educator, curator, or other art professional; institutional affiliation is not required. Art Journal published quarterly by CAA, is devoted to twentieth- and twenty-first-century art and visual culture.

Working with the journal’s Editorial Board, the reviews editor is responsible for commissioning all book and exhibition reviews in Art Journal (approximately three per issue). The Reviews Editor selects books and exhibitions for review, commissions reviewers, and determines the appropriate length and character of reviews. The Reviews Editor also works with authors and CAA’s staff editors in the development and preparation of review manuscripts for publication. The person in this position is expected to keep abreast of newly published and important books and recent exhibitions in twentieth-century and contemporary art, criticism, theory, and visual culture. The three-year term includes membership on the Art Journal Editorial Board and an annual honorarium, paid quarterly.

The Reviews Editor attends virtual Art Journal/Art Journal Open Editorial Board meetings via Microsoft Teams in the spring and fall plus one onsite at the CAA Annual Conference in February each year, and submits an annual report to the CAA VP for Publications.  

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 journal during the term of service. Nominators should ascertain their nominee’s willingness to serve before submitting a name; self-nominations are also welcome. Interested applicants—both self-nominated or nominated by someone else—should submit a CV and a cover letter as a single PDF document to Eugenia Bell, CAA Editorial Director.

Deadline: April 18 

CAA invites nominations and self-nominations for three individuals to serve 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, ebell@collegeart.org. 

Deadline: February 5, 2024