Programs

CAA provides many high-quality programs for its members and for the broader visual arts community.

CAA Annual Conference

The CAA Annual Conference is the largest international gathering of professionals in the visual arts.
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Past Conferences

International Programs

A collection of programs tailored towards CAA's international members.
Check out the International Programs

Advocacy

CAA advocates on behalf of all professionals in the visual arts. In this capacity, the organization releases statements, issues guidelines, and publishes news to advance the cause and impact of the visual arts.
About CAA's Advocacy

Fair Use

This Code of Best Practices provides visual-arts professionals with a set of principles addressing best practices in the fair use of copyrighted materials.
Learn about Fair Use

Awards for Distinction

With these annual awards, CAA seeks to honor individual artists, art historians, authors, curators, and critics whose accomplishments transcend their individual disciplines and contribute to the profession as a whole and to the world at large.
Learn more about award nominations

Publication Grants

CAA awards publication grants to support the publication of scholarly manuscripts. There are currently two such grants being offered, which are the Millard Meiss Publication Fund andthe Wyeth Foundation for American Art Publication Grant.
learn about CAA Publication Grants

Support Grants

CAA offers Support Grants to graduate students, faculty, and classrooms studying art history and to artists and scholars in the United States and internationally.
Learn about Support Grants

FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

CAA’s Professional Development Fellowship Program supports promising artists, designers, craftspersons, historians, curators, and critics who are enrolled in MFA, PhD, and other terminal-degree programs nationwide. The CAA-GOLDEN Scholarship Program supports artists pursuing a career in K-12 education. The Michael Aurbach Fellowship for Excellence in Visual Art will recognize and honor CAA members who have obtained an MFA or equivalent in studio art and are currently teaching studio classes full-time or part-time.
Learn more about Fellowships and Scholarships 

Podcasts

CAA provides a series of podcasts devoted to professional-development topics for artists. These podcasts are intended for use by artists, art historians, curators, nonprofit art professionals, and other constituencies.
listen to Professional Development Podcasts

RAAMP

RAAMP serves to promote scholarship, advocacy, and discussion related to the role of academic art museums and their contribution to the educational mission of their parent institutions. To this end, it functions as a publicly accessible online repository; it collects, stores, and shares resources.
Visit RAAMP