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Directory of Affiliated Societies

CAA publishes an online Directory of Affiliated Societies that includes each society’s name, date of founding, size of membership, and annual dues, as well as a statement on the society’s nature or purpose and the name(s) of the contact person(s). Links to websites are published where appropriate.

Alphabetical Listing

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

AIGA | the professional association for design
Founded: 1914
Membership: 25,000
Annual dues: $2,500 trustee, $500 leader, $250 sustaining, $150 supporting, $50 contributing
Purpose: AIGA advances design as a professional craft, strategic advantage, and vital cultural force. As the largest community of design advocates, we bring together practitioners, enthusiasts, and patrons to amplify the voice of design and create the vision for a collective future. We define global standards and ethical practices, guide design education, inspire designers and the public, enhance professional development, and make powerful tools and resources accessible to all. With seventy chapters and two hundred student groups across the United States, AIGA stimulates thinking about design, demonstrates its value, and empowers the success of designers at every stage of their careers.
Contact:Executive Director: Julie Anixter. Director of Marketing and Communications: David Treier. Membership: membership@aiga.org. AIGA, 233 Broadway Suite 1740 New York, NY 10279; 212-807-1990.

Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru)
Founded: 2012
Membership: 37 institutions
Annual dues: $10,000
Purpose: The Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru) advances the full range of arts-integrative research, curricula, programs, and creative practice to acknowledge, articulate, and expand the vital role of higher education in our global society. a2ru envisions a world in which universities – students, faculty, and leaders – acknowledge, deeply embed, and seamlessly integrate the arts in the pursuit of basic knowledge and in everyday practice. As an organization, we value the arts as core to higher education, deep disciplinary knowledge and applied research in the arts, interdisciplinary creativity, durable collaboration, diverse community, and the research university as a driver toward a better world.
Contact:  Maryrose Flanigan, Associate Director, flanigam@umich.edu, 734-763-1619;  Amy Tackitt, Program Coordinator, amieels@umich.edu

American Academy in Rome
Founded: 1894
Membership: 102 (total number for Friends of the Academy and Friends of the Academy in Italy)
Annual dues: $110
Purpose: The American Academy in Rome supports innovative artists, writers, and scholars living and working together in a dynamic, international community. The Rome Prize is awarded to a select group of artists and scholars, after an application process that begins in the fall of each year. The winners, announced in the spring, are invited to Rome to pursue their work in an atmosphere conducive to intellectual and artistic freedom, interdisciplinary exchange, and innovation. The encounter with Rome represents now, as it has done since the academy’s inception, something unique: a chance for American artists and scholars to spend significant time interacting and working in one of the oldest, most cosmopolitan cities in the world. The richness of Rome’s artistic and cultural legacy and its power to stimulate creative thinking served as the initial impetus for the academy’s founding. Today, those tendencies live on, transformed by the dynamism of the academy’s evolving community.
Contact: President: Mark Robbins. Director: Kimberly D. Bowes. Membership: Friends of the Academy, 7 East 60th Street, New York, NY 10022; Friends of the Academy in Italy, Via Angelo Masina 5, 00153 Rome, Italy; 212-751-7200; fax: 212-751-7220. Communications: Marques McClary. CAA liaison: Elizabeth Harris.

American Council for Southern Asian Art (ACSAA) 
Founded: 1967 
Membership: 460 
Annual dues: Students, retired members, independent scholars, and scholars in South and Southeast Asia: $20/$40 (2 years); regular member: $50/$100 (2 years); contributing member: $100/$200 (2 years); institutional member: $100; sustaining member: $250 minimum; lifetime patron: $3,000. 
Purpose: The American Council for Southern Asian Art (ACSAA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the study, teaching, interpretation, conservation, and awareness of the arts of South and Southeast Asia, the Himalayan regions, and their diasporas. We embrace the diverse visual, material, and spatial cultures and the full range of media of these arts; and we see this commitment to diversity as a critical responsibility of the Council and its members in academic, curatorial, and public spheres. ACSAA publishes an annual bulletin and holds biennial symposia. 
Contact: President:Jinah Kim, Department of History of Art & Architecture, Harvard University, 485 Broadway, Cambridge MA 02138. Vice President: Tamara Sears, Art History Department 71 Hamilton Street, Room 207, Voorhees Hall, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Secretary:Cathleen Cummings, Department of Art and Art History, Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, 1221 10th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294-1264

American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC)
Founded: 1972
Membership: 3,700
Annual dues:$149 associate; $71 student; $85 retired; $235 institutional
Purpose: AIC advances the practice and promotes the importance of preservation of cultural property through publications, research, and the exchange of knowledge, as well as by establishing and upholding professional standards. The organization holds an annual conference and publishes a bimonthly newsletter, a scholarly journal, an annual membership directory, and other specialty and online publications.
Contact: Executive director: Eryl P. Wentworth, 727 15th Street NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005-2141; 202-661-8060. AIC liaison to CAA: Rebecca Rushfield.

American Society for Aesthetics (ASA)
Founded: 1942
Membership: 750
Annual dues: $70 regular; $35 student; $56 emeritus/retired (additional charges for overseas memberships to cover postage)
Purpose: As an association for aesthetics, criticism, and theory of the arts, ASA promotes study, research, discussion, and publication in aesthetics and publishes the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, the ASA Newsletter, and the Graduate Student e-Journal ASAGE; holds one national and three regional meetings each year; and conducts an active grant program to promote diversity in the profession and outreach.
Contact: Secretary/treasurer and executive director: Julie Van Camp, American Society for Aesthetics, 1550 Larimer Street, #644, Denver, CO 80202-1602.

American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS)
Founded: 1969
Membership: 1,600
Annual dues: $50–125 individual; $40 student; $50 retired; $200 institutional
Purpose: ASECS encourages and advances study and research in the history of eighteenth-century culture in its broadest sense. The organization holds an annual conference; publishes a quarterly news circular, a quarterly journal, and an annual volume of essays; cosponsors joint fellowships with major research libraries; provides travel research fellowships; and offers a number of awards to recognize outstanding scholarship in the field.
Contact: Executive director: Lisa Berglund , Buffalo State College, KH213, 1300 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14222; 716-878-3405; fax 716-878-5700.

American Society of Appraisers (Personal Property Discipline) (ASA)
Founded: 1952
Membership: 575 (Personal Property)
Annual dues: range from $25 for student affiliate to $600 for accredited senior appraiser
Purpose: ASA is a world renowned and respected international organization devoted to the appraisal profession. As the oldest and only major appraisal organization representing all appraisal specialists, ASA is devoted to providing the highest possible standards in all areas of ethics, professionalism, education, and designation criteria.
Info: American Society of Appraisers, 11107 Sunset Hills Road, Suite 310, Reston, VA 20190; 800-272-8258.

Art Historians of Southern California (AHSC)
Founded: 1959
Membership: 385
Annual dues: $20
Purpose: Founded in 1959, AHSC brings together art historians from a variety of institutions (universities, colleges, community colleges, museums, and galleries) throughout California to engage in dialogue about the most current scholarship and professional practices in the field. AHSC participates in CAA Annual Conferences and hosts an annual symposium wherein art historians and scholars of visual studies and museum studies present their research for a diverse exchange of ideas and perspectives.
Contact: Tom Folland, President; Martina Pfleger Hesser, Vice-President of Annual Meetings & Conferences; Gamble Madsen, Administrative/Finance Director & Northern California Regional Officer; Ellis van den Boorgaard, Outreach Director; Walter Meyer,  Finance Director; Meggie Morris San Diego, Regional Officer; Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie, Santa Barbara/Central California Regional Officer.

Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA)
Founded: 1972
Membership:
 1,255
Annual dues:Individuals - $180; Introductory (1-year limit) - $120; Students (3-year limit) - $55; Retired - $90; Library Staff - $90; Unemployed/Bridge - $55; Business Affiliate - $300
Purpose: ARLIS/NA fosters excellence in art and design librarianship and image management through its many activities: networking and sharing ideas in person at annual conferences; publishing substantive articles of practical and scholarly natures through its publications, such as Art Documentation, the Occasional Papers series, ARLIS/NA Reviews, and other timely online publications; providing a forum for professional communication via a listserv and website; reaching out to future art librarians through scholarships and awards; and recognizing excellence in the field through awards for research, service, and publication. Art Documentation is the official bulletin of ARLIS/NA; subscription is included as part of membership in ARLIS/NA. Institutional subscriptions to Art Documentation vary; please contact the journal’s copublisher, the University of Chicago Press, for more information.
Contact: President: Rachel Resnik, ARLIS/NA liaison to CAA: Scott R. Davis, scott.davis@qc.cuny.edu, Substitute Visual & Performing Arts Librarian, Assistant Professor, Queens College, City University of New York

Art, Literature and Music in Symbolism and Decadence (ALMSD)
Founded: 2010
Membership: 50
Annual dues: $30
Purpose: ALMSD is an international organization that promotes art, literature, and music from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century in European culture. In particular, it explores the origins and consequences of the Symbolist movement, such as the revival and reinterpretation of classical, medieval, and Renaissance ideas and connections between Symbolism and subsequent movements, such as Surrealism. ALMSD also strives to encourage and facilitate the exchange of ideas between interdisciplinary scholars. The organization publishes an annual newsletter and conference proceedings. Members receive free access to the newsletter on the website and are welcome to publish in all ALMSD publications.
Contact: President: Rosina Neginsky. Membership director: Deborah Cibelli.

Arts Council of the African Studies Association (ACASA)
Founded: 1982
Membership: 400+
Annual dues: Individual (income under $25,000 or student) $25 or three-year option at $65; individual (income between $25,000 and $50,000) $50 or three-year option at $135; individual (income over $50,000) $75 or three-year option at $200; institutional (including galleries and dealers) $125; patron $175 or three-year option at $470; lifetime $1,000 (payable in five annual payments of $200 each); individuals residing in Africa, the Caribbean, and Central and South America** no cost with annual renewal (** The ACASA board has adopted this policy to address income disparity, exchange-rate fluctuations, and wiring difficulties, and to promote exchange); leadership award recipients complimentary
Purpose: ACASA promotes scholarship, communication, and collaboration among scholars, artists, museum specialists, and others interested in African and African diaspora arts. The organization’s business meeting takes place at the African Studies Association annual conference. ACASA holds a triannual conference (mostly in the United States but occasionally in African nations and elsewhere) and ad hoc meetings at the CAA Annual Conference. Members receive the ACASA Newsletter three times a year.
Contact: President: Paul Basu, Professor of Anthropology, Oxford University and Curator, Pitt Rivers Museum; Past President: Mark DeLancey, Professor and Chair of History of Art and Architecture, DePaul University; Vice President/President Elect: Amanda Maples, Françoise Billion Richardson Curator of African Art, New Orleans Museum of Art; Treasurer: Nichole Bridges, Morton D. May Curator of the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, Saint Louis Art Museum & Michelle Apotsos, Chair and Associate Professor of Art History, Williams College; Website Editor: Ashley Stewart, Lecturer of Design Management, Fine Arts and Design Department, University of Port Harcourt; Secretary: Allison Martino, Laura and Raymond Wielgus Curator of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and Indigenous Art of the Americas, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University in Bloomington; Newsletter Editor: Ruth Sacks, Senior Lecturer in History and Theory of Art, Visual Art Department, University of Johannesburg; Social Media Editor: David Doris, Associate Professor of African Art and Visual Culture, University of Michigan

ArtTable
Founded: 1981
Membership: 1,200
Annual dues: Professional-level annual dues are on a sliding scale based on income. Suggested income ranges are meant as a guide: $125 income below $40,000 or retired; $175 income $40,000–$75,000; $225 income $75,000–$100,000; $300 income $100,000–$150,000; $400 income above $150,000
Purpose: ArtTable is the leading national nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing women’s professional leadership in the visual arts. Our ongoing mission includes educating and informing our members and the general public about significant developments and issues in the visual arts through public panels, conferences, and talks. We conduct mentorship programs for young women newly entering the field and sponsor professional-development seminars for leadership development. We serve women at all career stages, with a special effort to increase diversity in the visual-arts professions. ArtTable’s annual award for Distinguished Service to the Visual Arts recognizes innovative women leaders across the country. We also actively identify and encourage emerging leaders in the field and recognize their accomplishments with an annual New Leadership Award.
Contact: Imogen Fairbairn, 1 East 53rd Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10022.

Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA)
Founded: 1989
Membership: 150+
Annual dues: $40
Purpose: AAWAA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to augmenting the visibility and documentation of Asian American women in the arts. Through exhibitions, publications, and educational programs, the group offers thought-provoking perspectives that challenge societal assumptions and promote dialogue. Representing and serving a dynamic, geographically diverse, multiethnic community of Asian American women artists spanning generations and economic levels, AAWAA provides four areas of programming: Exhibitions and Publications; Archive and Portal to Asian American Women in the Arts; Education and Advocacy; and Artists Support Network. With representatives lecturing regularly at universities, the group provides a unique and valuable perspective on Asian American artists.
Contact: President: Cynthia Tom. Membership: AAWAA, 1890 Bryant Street, #302, San Francisco, CA 94110; 415-252-7996.

Association for Art History (AAH)
Founded: 1974
Membership: 1,200
Annual dues: £50 individual; £25 student/unwaged; £150 institution (four transferable memberships, Bulletin only)
Purpose: AAH promotes the professional practice and public understanding of art history. It is a United Kingdom–based membership organization for those with a professional commitment to and interest in art history and visual culture. AAH plays a key role at national level in helping shape and secure the future of the discipline. It provides and initiates events, publications, funding, resources, and networks for the benefit of members and the wider art-history community. This includes the leading academic journal, Art History, and the internationally renowned AAH annual conference, which provides a valuable platform for current interdisciplinary research and critical debate. AAH’s special-interest groups support art history in universities and colleges, art history in schools, art history in museums and exhibitions, students studying art history, as well as freelance and independent art historians. AAH also oversees the activities of the British section of Comité International d’Histoire de l’Art (CIHA). Membership is open to all. Though primarily active in the UK, AAH has members worldwide.
Contact: Chief executive officer: Gregory Perry. Membership officer: Ruth Dorber. Association of Art Historians, 70 Cowcross Street, London, EC1M 6EJ, United Kingdom; +44-0-207/490-3211.

Association for Critical Race Art History (ACRAH)
Founded: 2000
Membership: 100+
Annual dues: None
Purpose: ACRAH promotes the study of race in art and visual culture from a critical and historical perspective. The group supports scholarship in “Critical Race Art History” by providing forums for intellectual discourse, networking, mentorship, and professional development. The organization sponsors a session and holds a business meeting at the CAA Annual Conference and maintains the blog The Grapevine and a Facebook page.
Contact: Codirectors: Jacqueline Francis and Camara Holloway. Email for enrollment information.

Association for Latin American Art (ALAA)
Founded: 1979
Membership: 500+
Annual dues: $45 regular; $15 student/retired/contingent faculty/non-US; $60 institutional; $110 individual sustaining; $150 lifetime retired **discounts available for auto-renewal subscriptions**
Purpose: ALAA is an international scholarly and professional organization that encourages the discussion, teaching, research, and exhibition of Latin American and Latinx art from all geographic regions and time periods. Annual dues, which are fully tax deductible, entitle members to ALAA listserv access, virtual and in-person programming, awards, newsletters, and use of the member directory.
Contact: President—Ana M. Franco, Departamento de Historia del Arte, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia; Vice President—Lesley A. Wolff, Department of Art and Design, The University of Tampa, Florida, USA; Secretary-Treasurer—JoAnna Reyes, School of Art/ Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.

Association for Modern and Contemporary Art of the Arab World, Iran, and Turkey (AMCA)
Founded: 2007
Membership: 70
Annual dues: $50 US individual; $40 Middle Eastern individual; $30 US students; $20 Middle Eastern students; $75 institutional
Purpose: AMCA is a private, nonprofit, nonpolitical, international organization devoted to advancing the study of the visual arts in the Arab world, Iran, and Turkey through the creation of a network of interested scholars and organizations. AMCA facilitates communication and cooperation in the field by sponsoring conferences, holding meetings, and exchanging information via a newsletter and website.
Contact: President: Nada Shabout. President elect and founding board member: Sarah Rogers. Treasurer: Pamela Karimi. Secretary: Jessica Gerschultz.

Association for Textual Scholarship in Art History (ATSAH)
Founded: 1980
Membership: 60
Annual dues: $20
Purpose: ATSAH promotes the study and publication of art-historical primary sources and facilitates interdisciplinary communication among scholars working with art, literature, and music. ATSAH publishes an annual newsletter with information about ongoing scholarship, publications, conferences, and interdisciplinary programs for textual analysis. It also organizes sessions in conjunction with the conferences of CAA, the Society for Textual Scholarship, and other national and international venues. In addition, ATSAH publishes summaries and reviews and supports the establishment of standards for editing and annotating primary art-historical sources.
Contact: President and treasurer: Liana De Girolami Cheney, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, 112 Charles Street, Boston, MA 02114; 617-367-1670; fax: 617-557-2962. Vice president and secretary: Tina Waldeier Bizzarro, Rosemont College. Editor and secretary: Maureen Pelta, Moore College of Art and Design.

Association of Academic Museums and Galleries (AAMG)
Founded: 1980
Active Membership: 780
Annual dues: $50 individual; free for students; $150 institution; $225 corporate
Purpose: AAMG addresses issues unique to museums and galleries of all disciplines associated with institutions of higher education, including art, history, natural history, and science. The group covers issues of governance, ethics, education, exhibitions, management, strategic planning, support, collections, and professional programs. AAMG also promotes the welfare of the professional staff of college and university museums and galleries and holds an annual issues-oriented conference in the spring or summer of each year in a location associated with one or more leading academic art organizations. The organization also offers members a forum to share information through published articles and an online discussion group.
Contact: President: Jill Hartz, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, 430 Johnson Lane, Eugene, OR 97403-1223.

Association of Art Editors (AAE)
Founded: 1994
Membership: 90
Annual dues: $25
Purpose: AAE advances and sets standards for the profession of art editor. It offers a forum for the exchange of information among art editors and others involved in art-related publications, provides authors with information about editing and publication procedures, and exchanges information about available positions for freelance and institutional editors. AAE meets occasionally at the CAA Annual Conference. Its Website (www.artedit.org) features a detailed members’ directory (including areas of expertise); job postings; links to editorial organizations and publications; grammar and style sources; research resources; online editing tools; and publishers. The Website also features a comprehensive editorial style guide, revised and updated in 2013. 
Contact: President: Phil Freshman, 3912 Natchez Avenue South, St. Louis Park, MN 55416; 952-922-1374. E-mail: philfreshman@gmail.com.

Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC)
Founded: 2001
Membership: 1,500 individuals; 300+ institutions
Annual dues: Individual membership is on a sliding scale based on annual income; institutional membership is on a sliding scale based on operating budget
Purpose: The mission of AAMC is to support and promote the work of museum curators by creating opportunities for networking, collaboration, professional development, and advancement.
Contact: Executive director: Judith Pineiro, Association of Art Museum Curators, 174 East 80th Street, New York, NY 10075; 212-879-5701; @Art_Curators.

Association of Greek Art Historians (EEIT)
Founded: 2001  
Membership: 2009 
Annual dues: 50 Euros  
Purpose: EEIT advances the study of art and the discipline of art history in Greece. The aims of the association include: the facilitation of an academic exchange among its members at a national and international level; the support and promotion of the scholarly work of its members; the international promotion of the history(ies) of Modern Greek art; the enhancement of the appreciation of art and its interpretation(s) by a wider audience; the institutional recognition and promotion of the professional rights of Greek art historians; and the consolidation of art history as a distinct field of study in the public sector in Greece. EEIT includes almost the entire body of professionals active in the field of art history in Greece. EEIT’s members can be found especially at universities and other institutions of higher education as faculty and graduate students; at cultural institutions and museums; members also include independent scholars, researchers and curators.  
Contact:  CAA Liaison: Angeliki Pollali, Associate Professor of Art History, Deree-The American College of Greece, apollali@acg.edu 
Membership: info@eeit.org. 15 Agion Asomaton Street, 10553 Athens, Greece.  

Association of Historians of American Art (AHAA)
Founded: 1979
Membership: 250
Annual dues: $35
Purpose: AHAA promotes scholarship in the history of the art of the United States, providing a forum for presenting and advancing new approaches to the subject, for examining problems that confront the field, and for identifying scholarly needs and opportunities for its members. AHAA is particularly interested in strengthening ties among museum curators, museum educators, and college and university professors. It holds an annual meeting, hosts sessions at the CAA Annual Conference, cosponsors symposia, and offers travel grants.
Contact: Chair: Austen Barron Bailly, Peabody Essex Museum, austen_bailly@pem.org, and Miguel de Baca, Lake Forest College, m.debaca@gmail.com. CAA Sessions Coordinator: Keri Watson, Keri.Watson@ucf.edu.

Association of Historians of Nineteenth-Century Art(AHNCA) 
Founded: 1993 
Membership: 500+ 
Annual dues: $35 regular; $20 students/retired; $135 institutional; $500 sponsoring; $200 benefactor; $100 patron; $50 supporting 
Purpose: AHNCA fosters dialogue and communication among those with a special interest in nineteenth-century art and culture. Nineteenth-century art is broadly defined as all art, regardless of geographic boundaries, that was produced between the American Revolution and World War I. AHNCA organizes sessions and holds its business meeting at the CAA Annual Conference. Members receive an updated directory of members and a newsletter. AHNCA publishes research and reviews in a peer-reviewed journal, Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide
Contact: President: Nancy Locke, Penn State University; Membership coordinator: Theresa Cunningham, Dixon Gallery and Gardens; Secretary: Kaylee Alexander, University of Utah; Association of Historians of Nineteenth-Century Art, 1951 Poplar Avenue, #306 / Memphis, TN 38104.

Association of Print Scholars (APS)
Founded: 2014
Membership: 200
Annual dues: $30 regular; $15 student; $100 contributing; $250 sustaining
Purpose: APS is a nonprofit organization that encourages innovative and interdisciplinary methodological approaches to the history of printmaking. By maintaining an active website, sponsoring working groups, and hosting periodic symposia and lectures, APS facilitates dialogue and community among its members and promotes the dissemination of their ideas and scholarship. APS supports research grants and sponsors projects in the digital humanities that advance knowledge of printmaking. Membership is open to anyone whose research focuses on printmaking across all geographic regions and chronological periods.
Info:Co-presidents: Britany Salsbury and Christina Weyl, Association of Print Scholars, 514 West 110th Street, Apt. 3C, New York, NY 10025; 646-504-8851. CAA Coordinator: Tatiana Reinozainfo@printscholars.org.

Association of Research Institutes in Art History (ARIAH)
Incorporated: 1988
Membership: 25
Purpose: ARIAH supports and promotes scholarship by institutes of advanced research in art history and related disciplines. It also exchanges administrative, scholarly, and research information and encourages cooperation in the development and funding of joint programs.
Contact: Chair: Martina Droth, Yale Center for British Art. Vice chair: Amelia Goerlitz, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Secretary: Nan Wolverton, Center for Historic American Visual Culture at the American Antiquarian Society. Treasurer: Cynthia Roman, The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

The Association of Scholars of Christianity in the History of Art (ASCHA)
Founded: 2010
Membership: 40
Annual Dues: currently none
Purpose: The Association of Scholars of Christianity in the History of Art (ASCHA) is dedicated to the facilitation and promotion of scholarship that examines the historical and contemporary relationship between Christianity and the visual arts. Through annual events and publication projects, the association provides a forum for the advancement of research, dialog, collaboration, and publication in the area of Christianity and the visual arts.ASCHA is international, nonpartisan, and ecumenical in scope, encouraging the critical study of Christianity and the visual arts as diversely manifested in many historical periods and world cultures. ASCHA is dedicated to establishing and upholding professional standards of scholarship and education in this field through the development and practice of rigorous scholarly methodologies and the open and respectful exchange of knowledge and ideas among scholars. As an association, ASCHA strives to create a generous and hospitable space for a wide range of scholarship in this field.
Contact: President: Rachel Hostetter Smith, 236 West Reade Ave., Upland, IN 46989 765-998-5322; fax: 765-998-4680. Secretary: Ronald R. Bernier, 550 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115https://www.facebook.com/christianityhistoryart.

Bibliographical Society of America (BSA) 
Founded: 1927  
Membership: 577 
Annual dues: $80 for Partner membership; $125 for Sustaining membership; $250 for Leadership membership; $500 for Advancing membership; $1,250 for a personal lifetime membership; $25 for Emerging Bibliographers 35 years and younger. 
Purpose: The Bibliographical Society of America (BSA) is the oldest scholarly society in North America dedicated to the study of books, manuscripts, and other textual artifacts in traditional and emerging formats as physical objects. The Society was organized in 1904 and incorporated in 1927 with the principal objectives of promoting bibliographical research and issuing bibliographical publications. These objectives have been and continue to be accomplished through a broad array of activities, including meetings, lectures, and fellowship programs, as well as the publishing of books and the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America (PBSA), North America’s leading bibliographical journal. The Society is open to all those interested in bibliographical problems and projects, and its membership includes bibliographers, librarians, professors, students, booksellers, and collectors worldwide. 
Contact: Executive director: Erin Schreiner (erin.schreiner@bibsocamer.org), 67 West Street Suite 401 Unit C17 Brooklyn, NY 11222; 212-254-2710. CAA Liaison: Jeanne-Marie Musto

Catalogue Raisonné Scholars Association (CRSA) 
Founded: 1993 
Membership: 400+ 
Annual dues: $30 
Purpose: CRSA provides a forum for discussing the catalogue raisonné. Its sessions at the CAA Annual Conference address authenticity, opinion, research, and other scholarly issues, as well as topics in funding, legal matters, publishing, technology, and similar practical concerns. The group sponsors a listserv for news and member discussions. 
Contact: President: Carl Schmitz. Programming Committee (programming@catalogueraisonne.org) 

Coalition of Women in the Arts Organizations (CWAO)
Founded: 1977
Membership: 55
Annual dues: None
Purpose: CWAO is a national art society dedicated to the achievement of equality for all women in the arts. CWAO organizes grassroots lobbying with state legislatures, presentations, lectures, and shows, as well as lectures at conferences, including the CAA Annual Conference. It publishes CWAO News.
Contact: President: Kyra Belán, PO Box 275, Matlacha, FL 33993.

Community College Professors of Art and Art History (CCPAAH)
Founded: 1995
Membership: 50
Annual dues: $20
Purpose: CCPAAH provides a forum for community-college professors to exchange ideas, formulate curricula, and further define the community college’s role in the education of art professionals. The group also develops sessions for professional conferences and is working to provide a much-needed space for dialogue on matters relating to teaching the arts at community colleges. CCPAAH hosts a session and holds a business meeting each year at the CAA Annual Conference.
Contact: President: Susan Altman, Middlesex County College.

Curator’s Network
Founded: 2010
Membership: 337
Annual Dues: $100
Purpose: The Curator’s Network is a membership group that unites curators who want to share their work and exchange information with other professionals in the field. Developed by Independent Curators International (ICI), the Curator’s Network serves as a catalyst for independent thinking across disciplines and historical precedents; connects emerging and established curators, artists, and institutions; forges international networks; and generates new forms of collaboration. Members gain access to a wide range of professional resources: an interactive online members’ directory, access to low-fee meeting and work space rentals in New York, admission to ICI’s public events, and invitations to private events.
Contact: Associate director of finance and communications: Laurel Voss. Public programs and research coordinator: Misa Jeffereis. Office: Curator’s Network, Independent Curators International, 401 Broadway, Suite 1620, New York, NY 10013; 212-254-8200; fax: 212-477-4781.

Design History Society
Founded: 1977
Membership: 135
Annual dues: Standard: £78 print and online/£61online only/£25 non-journal; Student/unwaged: £35 print and online/£20 online only/£10 non-journal; Retired: £45 print and online/£37 online only/£15 non-journal; DCA/ODA Standard £20 online only/£10 non-journal; DCA/ODA Student £10 online only/£5 non-journal.
Purpose: The Design History Society is the leading organisation that promotes the study of global design histories, and brings together and supports all those engaged in the subject - students, researchers, educators, designers, designer-makers, critics and curators. The Society aims to play an important role in shaping an inclusive design history.
Contact: Sally-Anne Huxtable, Chair of the Society; Jenna Allsopp, DHS Administrator

Design Incubation
Founded: 2014
Membership: Governance and participants
Annual dues: None
Purpose: Design Incubation is a venue for educators and practitioners of Communication Design to discuss design research and practice. Our aim is to create a community where designers can assess creative work through a lens of scholarly activity and academic review. We seek to foster collaboration, promote development, encourage discourse, cultivate theoretical frameworks, challenge notions, offer criticism, and review processes within the design community. We include designers across experience levels and backgrounds— practicing designers, graduate students, adjunct and tenure-track faculty through to distinguished professors.
Contact: Dan Wong, Executive Director, info@designincubation.com

Design Research Society  (DRS) 
Founded: 1966 
Membership: 800+ 
Annual dues: GBP 90 Fellow Membership, GBP 45 Standard Membership, GBP 15 Student Membership 
Purpose: The Design Research Society (DRS) is a learned society committed to promoting and developing research into the process and outcomes of design in all its many fields. Founded in 1966, the DRS is the longest established, multi-disciplinary worldwide society for the design research community. The DRS has a global membership and hosts a major biennial conference as well as supporting Special Interest Groups. The journal of the Society, Design Studies, is the highest ranked journal in the field of design research. 
Contact: DRS Administrator: Linda Anderson 

Design Studies Forum (DSF)
Founded: 1983
Membership: 130 (850 listserv)
Annual dues: $60
Purpose: DSF nurtures and encourages the study of design history, criticism, and theory. The organization holds an annual meeting in conjunction with the CAA Annual Conference, sponsors panels at that conference, and distributes information about exhibitions, publications, conferences, and employment opportunities via its electronic mailing list. For further information about the Design Studies Forum listserv, or to enroll, contact Carma Gorman at cgorman@utexas.edu. The Design Studies Forum also publishes a peer-reviewed journal, Design and Culture, three times a year through Taylor & Francis.
Contact: President: Victoria Pass.

Diasporic Asian Art Network (DAAN)
Founded: 2009
Membership: 80
Annual dues: None; dues sponsored by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at New York University
Purpose: DAAN advances new research, critical writing, and curatorial efforts involving modern and contemporary Asian American and Asian diasporic art and visual culture. The organization publishes an informational electronic newsletter, an online directory, and a website, hosted by New York University’s Asian/Pacific/American Institute, that allows its members to connect and share their latest research, critical writing, and curatorial projects. The website also serves as a scholarly and artistic resource for the academic and arts communities. DAAN holds an business meeting at the CAA Annual Conference and has representatives throughout the United States.
Contact: Codirector: Alexandra Chang, Asian/Pacific/American Institute, New York University, 41–51 East 11th Street, Seventh Floor, New York, NY 10003. Codirector: Margo Machida, University of Connecticut, Department of Art and Art History, 830 Bolton Road, U1099, Storrs, CT 06269.

Digital Art History Society (DAHS) 
Founded: 2019 
Membership: 340+ 
Annual Dues: none for 2019, $25 thereafter 
Purpose:  
The Digital Art History Society (DAHS) fosters and supports the practice and publication of art historical scholarship incorporating and benefiting from digital strategies and technologies by providing a forum for presenting and advancing digital art history, examining problems confronting the field, and identifying scholarly needs and opportunities to its members. The DAHS hosts a panel dedicated to new approaches to digital art history once a year for presentation at the annual meeting of the College Art Association; it will also organize a business meeting for members and a business meeting for the consortium of digital art history editors/publishers, a subset of members within the organization. It maintains a website providing information about resources (such as publications and portals) and opportunities (such as conferences and workshops), and it provides a listserv to facilitate communication and collaboration among its members.
Contact: Jennifer Henel or Ellen Prokop, VPs for Communications at info@digitalarthistorysociety.org 
Site: https://digitalarthistorysociety.org/ 

European Postwar and Contemporary Art Forum (EPCAF)
Founded:
2010
Membership:
79
Annual dues:
None
Purpose:
EPCAF is a network of international scholars committed to the study of the visual arts in Europe after 1945. Free and open to anyone, it seeks to provide opportunities for scholars and students from different countries to meet, exchange, and collaborate. To do so, it  produces and distributes a monthly Circulaire, organizes panels and conferences, and supports the publication of an EPCAF book series. By exchanging information and ideas across the Atlantic, EPCAF is fostering knowledge and understanding of the history of postwar and contemporary art, as well as drawing attention to different national historiographies and methodologies.
Info: President: Catherine Dossin cdossin@purdue.edu (Purdue University); Director of Research: Lily Woodruff woodru56@msu.edu (Michigan State University)

The Feminist Art Project (TFAP)
Founded: 2005
Membership: Open Membership Enrollment. 60 Officers, 5 Executive Officers
Annual dues: Open Membership
Purpose:
The Feminist Art Project (TFAP) is an international collaborative network of educators, artists, curators, and other arts professionals advancing the aesthetic, intellectual, and political impact of women on the visual arts, art history, and art practice, past and present. TFAP presents, documents, and promotes diverse feminist art activities, scholarship, education, and publications through its website, online calendar, scheduled events, and facilitates networking and regional program development throughout the world.
Contact: Nicole Ianuzelli, Director, The Feminist Art Project and Center for Women in the Arts and Humanities, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and Manager of Programs and Exhibitions, Center for Women in the Arts and Humanities, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

Foundations in Art: Theory and Education (FATE)
Founded: 1977
Membership: 400–600
Biennial dues: $65 individual; $50 adjunct, $45 retiree, $35 graduate student (photocopy of a current validated university ID required); $150 institutional
Purpose: As a national organization promoting excellence in the development and teaching of college-level foundation courses in both studio art and art history, FATE aims to foster discussion, analysis, strategies, goals, and understanding in the core curriculum for the visual arts. The organization’s newsletter, journal (FATE in Review), and regional and national conferences provide a platform for exchange and publication.
Contact: President: Valerie Powell, Sam Houston State University. CAA Representative: Lauren Kalman

Historians of British Art (HBA)
Founded: 1992
Membership: 150
Annual dues: $15 students; $25 professionals; $50 benefactor; $100 institutions
Purpose: HBA fosters communication and promotes the study and sharing of ideas among those engaged in any type of scholarship or other professional endeavor related to British art and architecture of every area and/or period. The organization holds sessions at the CAA Annual Conference, in addition to a separate business meeting and an offsite visit to a local collection of British art. Whenever possible, HBA also organizes private, expert-led visits for its members to exhibitions, auctions, and fairs involving British art across North America. The HBA Newsletter is published biannually. Prizes include three awards for books or multiauthored publications on British art, a travel award to a graduate student presenting a paper at an academic conference, and a publication grant to support costs related to publication of a manuscript already accepted by a publisher.
Contact: President: Jongwoo Jeremy Kim (jongwoo.kim@louisville.edu). Membership inquiries: Emily Talbot (etalbot@nortonsimon.org). Newsletter: Courtney Long (long.courtney.s@gmail.com).

Historians of Eighteenth-Century Art and Architecture (HECAA)
Founded: 1991
Membership: 200
Annual dues: $30 regular; $5 graduate students
Purpose: HECAA promotes knowledge of all aspects of visual culture through the encouragement of research and publication among members. It also encourages graduate-student training in the visual culture of the long eighteenth century, holds sessions at conferences, and publishes an online newsletter/blog. HECAA is also an affiliated society of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies.
Contact: President: Amy Freund. Treasurer: Christina Lindeman. Newsletter editor: Craig Hanson.

Historians of German, Scandinavian, and Central European Art and Architecture (HGSCEA)
Founded: 1997
Membership: 125
Annual dues: $30 individual; $15 student
Purpose: HGSCEA fosters the study of visual and material culture of Central Europe and Scandinavia and enhances dialogue and cooperation among scholars working on the art and architecture of those regions.  The society maintains a website and sponsors two sessions at the CAA Annual Conference, one of which is for emerging scholars. HGSCEA also organizes and supports scholarly endeavors and events, such as symposiums, focused on Central European and Scandinavian topics. The organization sponsors an annual essay competition and award for a junior scholar in the fields represented by HGSCEA.  Members include American and international scholars, both affiliated and independent, as well as graduate students.
Contact: President: James Van Dyke. Secretary: Juliet Koss.

Historians of Islamic Art Association (HIAA)
Founded: 1983
Membership: 200
Annual dues: Sustaining, $105; Individual, $45; Student, $25; Institutional, $105.
Purpose: HIAA promotes high standards of scholarship and instruction in the history of Islamic art; facilitates communication among its members through meetings, the HIAA website, its H-ISLAMART listserv, and its Facebook page; and promotes scholarly cooperation among persons and organizations concerned with the study of Islamic art. The organization sponsors a biennial symposium and holds annual meetings of its members in conjunction with the CAA Annual Conference or the Middle East Studies Association’s yearly meeting. HIAA awards grants to graduate students and fellowships to postdoctoral scholars through its Grabar Grants and Fellowships program, supported by the Oleg Grabar Memorial Fund, intended to further research and professional development in all areas of the history of Islamic art, architecture, and archaeology; and the Margeret B. Ševčenko Prize for an emerging scholar of Islamic art. Members also receive access to a membership directory, resources, and discounted registration at the biennial symposium.
Contact: Emine Fetvacı, President; Nancy Um, President-Elect; Kishwar Rizvi, Past President; Jennifer Pruitt, Treasurer; Emily Neumeier, Secretary; Murad Khan Mumtaz, Webmaster and News Editor; Zohreh Soltani, H-ISLAMART Editor; Heba Mahmoud Saad Abdelnaby, International Representative; Gül Kale, Social Media Manager; Srinanda Ganguly, Graduate Student Representative.

Historians of Netherlandish Art(HNA) 
Founded: 1983 
Membership: Approximately 700 
Annual dues: $50 regular; $25 student; $75 supporting; $100 patron; $200 benefactor; $100 institution 
Purpose: HNA fosters communication and collaboration among historians of Northern European art from about 1350 to 1750. The organization holds an annual meeting and program in conjunction with the CAA Annual Conference; publishes, twice a year, the HNA Newletter and Review of Books and the online, open-access journal JHNA; and holds scholarly conferences every three years. 
Contact: President: Walter Melion president@hnanews.org. Vice president: Ashley D. West vicepresident@hnanews.org. Administrator: Marsely Kehoe administrator@hnanews.org. Treasurer: David Levine ustreasurer@hnanews.org

The Historical Society of Early American Decoration (HSEAD)
Founded: 1946 
Membership: 380 (total number of members) 
Annual dues: $40 
Purpose:  The Historical Society of Early American Decoration (HSEAD) perpetuates and expands the unique skills and knowledge of Early American Decoration. We accomplish this mission through educational programs, research, publishing, and exhibitions of the work of our practicing guild artists in regional chapters in the United States with a few members abroad as well. HSEAD is a group of interested members and practicing guild artists who conduct education programs, research and exhibitions to perpetuate and expand the unique skills and knowledge of Early American Decoration. Decorated articles from the homes of our forefathers are the focus of our work. These include furniture, cornice boards, painted tin trunks, coffee pots, trays, bellows, glass panels in clocks, gilded looking glasses, and painted and stenciled walls and floors. Affiliated local chapters support the mission of the Society. Members work individually and in workshops taught by certified instructors in stenciling, pontypool painting, gold leafing, Victorian flower painting, penwork, reverse glass painting, clock dials, country painting, freehand bronzing and theorem painting and women’s painted furniture. The society extensively researches original decorative art from the period of the 1700-1800s. In addition to several books and videos, members continue to publish articles for The Decorator (the official publication of the Society) and other publications. The Society also has an awards program for outstanding teaching and craftsmanship in various fields, and maintains a lending library of authentic original early American designs. 
In 1946, a group of students formed HSEAD to honor the memory and perpetuate the work of their teacher, Esther Stevens Brazer (1898-1945). Brazer, the accepted authority on Early American Decoration, was a pioneer in recognizing it as a valuable art form. She was a diligent researcher, teacher, and the author of Early American Decoration, the first book on the topic. She devoted many years to studying and preserving original pieces, and elevating the standards of reproducing decoration. 
Contact: President, Jeff Sheldon, pr@hsead.org,  Secretary: Mary Cathryn Roth (marycroth@gmail.com). Office: (518) 372-2220, info@hsead.org, 26 North College Street, 
Schenectady, NY 12305.

Indigo Arts Alliance
Founded: 2018 
Membership: n/a 
Annual dues: n/a (donations are welcomed via: https://indigoartsalliance.me/donate/)
Purpose:  Indigo Arts Alliance (IAA) is an arts incubator founded in 2018 and launched in 2019, located in Portland, Maine, IAA’s mission is to cultivate the artistic development of people of African descent in connection with other artists from diverse backgrounds of the African Diaspora.   
Addressing the underrepresentation of Black and Brown artists; Maine based artists and world-wide, the IAA residency provides space for dialogue and exchange between artists of African descent and other communities of color.  The core imperative of the Indigo Arts Alliance residency program is to establish a robust and dynamic experience through creative production and intellectual engagement. To date, Indigo Arts Alliance has served 28 artists in residence. Artists came from the following cultural heritages including some of the following countries: African American/US, Belize, Peru, Brazil, Sierra Leone, Trinidad, Jamaica, Mexico, India, Ethiopia, Sudan, Bermuda, Gabon, and Ghana. To learn more about our work visit our website at www.indigoartsalliance.me and follow us at @indigoartsalliance.  
Contact: Co-Founder and Executive Director, Marcia Minter;  
Jordia Benjamin, Deputy Director: (Atten:) info@indigoartsalliance.me; 60 Cove Street Street, Portland, ME 04101. 

Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA) 
Founded: 2011 
Purpose: Based in New York City, ISLAA expands scholarship, public engagement, and the international visibility of art from Latin America through our program of exhibitions, publishing, research, and partnerships. 
Contact: Project Director: Blanca Serrano Ortiz de Solórzano 

Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies (INCS)  
Founded: 1986 
Membership: 300 
Annual Dues: $45, student or retired: $25 
Purpose: INCS is an international group of scholars dedicated to interdisciplinary discussion and research into all aspects of 19th-century culture across all geographic regions. The organization sponsors annual meetings and enjoys a collaborative relationship with Nineteenth-Century Contexts: An Interdisciplinary Journal. INCS encourages scholarly work that transcends disciplinary boundaries in its approach to scholarly studies. 
Contact: President: Narin Hassan, narin.hassan@lmc.gatech.edu 
Vice President: Eileen Cleere, cleeree@southwestern.edu 
Treasurer: Abigail Mann, incsmoney@gmail.com 

AICA-USA (International Association of Art Critics)
Founded: 1950
Membership: 515
Annual dues: $100
Purpose: AICA-USA is the United States section of the Association Internationale des Critiques d'Art (hence our acronym), which was founded in 1950 in Paris to revive the critical discourse that had suffered under fascism and the Second World War and to develop international co-operation in the fields of artistic creation and cultural development. At present there are 63 member nations representing more than 5,000 art critics. Headquartered in New York, AICA-USA is one of the association's largest national sections with over 500 distinguished critics, curators, scholars, and art historians working throughout the United States. AICA's membership card is recognized for entrance to museums around the world. Members are invited to attend the annual AICA International Congress, hosted each year by a different member nation, and the AICA-USA annual meeting, held every year in May. Each year, we present the AICA-USA Distinguished Critic Lecture in partnership with The New School’s Vera List Center for Art and Politics. We also provide mentorship programs for emerging art critics in partnership with the The Creative Capital | Andy Warhol Foundation Art Writers Grant Program and the Cue Art Foundation. AICA reviews new member applications bi-annually. To apply visit http://aicausa.org/join-us
Contact: Co-presidents: Judith Stein and Norman L. Kleeblatt, president@aicausa.org
 Contact for CAA affiliated society communications: Jamie Keesling, info@aicausa.org

International Association of Word and Image Studies (IAWIS)
Founded: 1987
Membership: 200
Annual dues: €65–80 for three years
Purpose: IAWIS is an international forum for interdisciplinary approaches to the interplay between the verbal and visual. The organization seeks to foster the study of word and image relations in a general cultural context and in the arts in the broadest sense. IAWIS has a triennial international conference and publishes a newsletter twice yearly.
Contact: Laurence Roussillon-Constanty, Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, Department of English, France.

International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA)
Founded: 1956
Membership: 850
Annual dues: $65 individual; $55 independent scholar/retiree; $20 student; $80 joint; $1,200 benefactor; $600 supporting; $300 patron; $150 contributing
Purpose: ICMA promotes the study of medieval art and civilization. It publishes a triannual Newsletter and the biannual journal Gesta; funds two Visiting Scholar Lecture Series; awards an annual book prize, as well as annual prizes for the two best student essays (which may be published on its website); offers three travel grants annually to beginning PhD students; and administers travel grants to sponsored sessions at national and international conferences as well as research and publication grants funded by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
Contact: Ryan Frisinger

International Council of Fine Arts Deans (ICFAD) 
Founded: 1964 
Membership: 363 
Annual dues: $450 for institutional membership 
Purpose: Founded on a shared passion and advocacy for the arts and a commitment to excellence in leadership, the International Council of Fine Arts Deans (ICFAD) is a multinational alliance of executive arts administrators representing institutions of higher education. ICFAD provides professional development opportunities and facilitates forums for the exchange of ideas, information and issues of common concern for the arts in higher education.
Contact: Executive director: Alison Pruitt, P.O. Box 331, West Palm Beach FL 33402; 561-514-0810.
Officers: Jeffery Elwell, President; Chancellor, Eastern New Mexico University jeff.elwell@enmu.edu; Jean Miller, Secretary; Dean, College of Fine Arts; Illinois State University jean.miller@ilstu.edu; Michael Tick, Treasurer; Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts; Syracuse University mtick1@syr.edu; John Crawford-Spinelli, Past President Emeritus; College of the Arts; Kent State University jcrawfo1@kent.edu 

International Sculpture Center (ISC)
Founded: 1960
Membership: 7,000+
Annual dues: $110 basic; $500 associate; $350 professional; $250 university; $70 student; $70 senior (65+); $60 subscription only
Purpose: ISC champions the creation and understanding of sculpture and its unique, vital contribution to society. Members include anyone with an interest in and commitment to the field of sculpture. ISC publishes Sculpture, an international monthly magazine dedicated to all forms of sculpture, and a series of isc Press sculpture books. The organization also maintains an award-winning website with the most comprehensive resources and information on sculpture. ISC also produces annual International Sculpture Conferences and Symposiums, educational programs, including the ISConnects series, and other special events; it also gives awards for achievement in sculpture.
Contact: Office: International Sculpture Center, 14 Fairgrounds Road, Suite B, Hamilton, NJ 08619; 609-689-1051; fax: 609-689-1061. Executive director: Johannah Hutchison (ext. 304).

Italian Art Society (IAS) 
Founded: 1986 
Membership: 430+ 
Annual dues: $35; $20 student; $100 patron; $250+ benefactor/institution 
Purpose: IAS promotes the study of the architecture and visual arts of Italy, from prehistory to the present day. The organization sponsors sessions at the International Congress on Medieval Studies and at the annual conferences of CAA, the Renaissance Society of America, the Sixteenth Century Society & Conference, the Society of Architectural Historians, and the American Association of Italian Studies. The IAS provides a network of special support for graduate students and emerging scholars, including the IAS Travel Grant for conference presentations and a new mentoring program. The group also provides IAS Research and Publications Grants for graduate students and for members holding the Ph.D. and Kress-funded grants for scholars traveling to or from abroad; organizes the annual IAS/Kress Lecture Series in Italy; and helps to facilitate the circulation of members’ publications and research interests through its website, Facebook page, Twitter account, blog, and newsletter
Contact: President: Sarah S. Wilkins. Executive vice president: Tenley Bick. Vice president for program coordination: Cristelle Baskins. Treasurer: Antje Gamble. Secretary:  Bradley Cavallo. Newsletter editor and Publications coordinator: Livia Lupi. Events coordinator: Tiffany Lynn Hunt. Webmaster: Melissa Yuen

Japan Art History Forum (JAHF)
Founded: 1997
Membership: 400
Annual dues: $25 individual; $10 student
Purpose: JAHF promotes the study and understanding of Japanese art history and visual and material culture by coordinating opportunities for interchange and dialogue at special exhibitions and symposia of Japanese art and at other scholarly conferences in North America and elsewhere. The organization encourages the dissemination of information and research, primarily via the JAHF email listserv, and also supports graduate students. JAHF sponsors panels and roundtables at meetings of CAA and the Association for Asian Studies, another group with which JAHF is affiliated. In addition to presenting the annual Chino Kaori Memorial Essay Prize, JAHF offers a publicly accessible section of its website that contains general information about the organization, announcements of meetings, and other useful links. The secure section for members publishes proprietary information such as course syllabi, bibliographies, practical professional advice, and member data. JAHF membership is open to anyone worldwide with a serious scholarly interest in the study of Japanese art history and visual and material culture.
Contact: President: Namiko Kunimoto. Vice president: Xiaojin Wu. Secretary: Justin Jesty. Treasurer: Meghen Jones.

Leonardo/The International Society for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology (Leonardo/ISAST)
Founded: 1968
Membership: 1,000+
Annual dues: $80 individual associate
Purpose: As a program of Leonardo/ISAST, the Leonardo Education and Art Forum (LEAF) promotes the advancement of arts practice, academic scholarship, and practice-led research by providing practitioners, educators, and students a national and international forum for dialogue at the intersections of art, science and technology.

Leonardo/ISAST fosters collaborative explorations both nationally and internationally by facilitating interdisciplinary projects and documenting and disseminating information about interdisciplinary practice. Projects include the print publications Leonardo and Leonardo Music Journal; the Leonardo Book Series; the Leonardo/ISAST website; the web journal Leonardo Electronic Almanac; and the Leonardo Reviews Project. Other programs include the international speaker LASER Speaker series - Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous; artist/scientist residency with Djerassi Residence Artist Program; and participation in conferences and symposia and in other collaborative events and working groups.
Contact: J.D. Talasek, National Academy of Sciences

Mid America College Art Association (MACAA)
Founded: 1936
Membership: Approximately 400
Biennial dues: $65
Purpose: Since the 1930's Mid-America College Art Association has provided a forum for the artists/teachers of America to discuss and debate the issues of our profession, to share ideas and information of mutual benefit and to affirm the friendships and collegiality that bind us together. We are made up of art faculty, art historians, independent scholars, artists, museum professionals, and affiliate organizations; our conferences also invite graduate students to participate.
Contact: Heather Hertel, Associate Professor of Art, Painting & Drawing, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA

Midwest Art History Society (MAHS)
Founded: 1973
Membership: 500
Annual Dues: $25 students; $45 individuals; $30 senior/retired; $150 institutions
Purpose: MAHS brings together academic, museum-based, and independent art historians with the common goal of scholarly inquiry and the exchange of ideas. The organization accepts members from any state or country and holds an annual conference, publishes books on objects in Midwest collections, and presents awards for outstanding exhibition and collection catalogues. The conference provides an opportunity to present and hear excellent papers in a friendly environment; its reasonable size allows for in-depth discussions of ideas. The Cuttler Student Travel Fund helps graduate students deliver papers at the conference. Members may apply for competitive publication subvention. Members also receive an annual Newsletter with extensive listings of regional exhibitions, publications, and employment opportunities.
Contact: President: Henry Luttikhuizen. Secretary: Heidi Hornik. Treasurer: Valerie Hedquist.

National Alliance of Artists for Historical Black Colleges and Universities (NAAHBCU)
Founded: 1999
Membership: 100
Annual Dues: $35
Purpose: NAAHBCU brings art and art education to the forefront of member institutions and keeps these programs as institutional priorities for generations to come. The alliance is committed to developing in its members, and especially students, the artistic and life skills needed to function as literate citizens in the society of today and in the future. NAAHBCU holds annual meetings, workshops, and seminars. Members receive a biannual newsletter and other published literature.
Contact: President: D. Peggy Blood, 918 Penn Waller Road, Savannah, GA 31410; 912-897-2833. NAAHBCU board chair: Lee Ransaw.

National Art Education Association (NAEA)
Founded: 1947
Membership: 65,000
Annual dues: $65 for active membership
Purpose: NAEA advances visual arts education to fulfill human potential and promote global understanding. Students of all ages benefit from comprehensive, balanced, and sequential learning in the visual arts, led and taught by qualified teachers who are certified in art education. Art educators meet ethical and rigorous standards of excellence in preservice preparation, ongoing professional development, pedagogy, and inquiry in the field. School-based visual arts instruction surpasses national, state, and local standards and is enhanced through access to art museums and other community resources. The power of the visual arts to enrich human experience and society is recognized and celebrated throughout the world. NAEA staff and members work to support professional growth, change, and leadership through: mentoring; networking and collaborating; participating in art education conferences; developing and disseminating exemplary resources on art education; building a professional community by contributing their time and talents to others; and valuing their diversity and committing themselves to equity.
Contact: Executive director: Mario R. Rossero (mrossero@arteducators.org), 901 Prince Street, Alexandria, VA 22314; 703-860-8000; fax: 703-860-2960. Higher Education Division Director Trina Harlow (trina.harlow@unt.edu) and Higher Education Division CAA Representative Ilayda Altuntas (ialtunta@iu.edu).

National Council of Arts Administrators (NCAA)
Founded: 1972
Membership: approximately 400
Annual dues: $75
Purpose: NCAA provides a forum for the exchange of ideas, identification of problems, and generation of shared solutions to the issues that confront arts-administration professionals in higher education. The organization supports an annual conference hosted by a member institution, which spotlights current trends in arts administration and offers forums, guest speakers, and social events, providing multiple opportunities to network within a diverse community of arts professionals. NCAA sponsors a reception at the CAA Annual Conference and promotes the participation of members in CAA panels and presentations.
Contact: President and CAA liaison: Lynne D. Allen Director and Professor, School of Visual Arts, Boston University, 855 Commonwealth Avenue Room 552, Boston, MA 02215. (617) 353-4327 (office).

National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA)
Founded: 1966
Membership: 4,500
Annual dues: $55 standard; $40 transitional; $25 student; $150 premium; $250 institutional; $500 corporate
Purpose: NCECA is a professional organization whose purpose is to stimulate and promote the ceramic arts through education, research, and creative practice. It accomplishes its mission by providing a forum for the exchange of stimulating ideas and vital information about ceramics. Membership is open to everyone interested in the ceramic arts: teachers, students, studio artists, potters, art historians, writers, museum and gallery directors, collectors, critics, colleges and universities, nonprofit organizations, suppliers, and manufacturers. NCECA reaches its members and the broader arts community through an annual conference and general meeting, and through publications, exhibitions, and other educational programming.
Contact: Executive director: Joshua Green. National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, 77 Erie Village Square, Suite 280, Erie, CO 80516-6996; 303-828-2811; 866-266-2322 (toll free). Office administrator: Jacqueline Hardy. Projects manager: Kate Vorhaus.

New Media Caucus
Founded: 2003
Membership: 910
Annual dues: $0 individual; $75 board of directors; $350 nonprofit organizational sponsor; $700 for-profit organizational sponsor
Purpose: NMC is an international nonprofit association formed to promote the development and understanding of new-media art. The group represents artists, designers, practitioners, historians, theoreticians, educators, students, scholars, and researchers, as well as like-minded organizations with interests that include, but are not limited to, digital media, electronic media, mobile media, virtual media, and emergent media. NMC’s purpose is to support and advance a diverse range of inquiry in order to catalyze the further evolution of new-media art.
Contact: President: Mat Rappaport

Northern California Art Historians (NCAH)
Founded: 2006
Membership: 47
Annual dues: $10
Purpose: NCAH fosters community and scholarly collaboration among faculty and instructors who teach art history in Northern Californian universities and community colleges as well as curators, museum professionals, graduate students, and members of the community at large who have a passion for the arts. The group holds regular salons, notifies members of local and regional events of interest, and organizes and cohosts events for its members. 
Contact: Treasurer: Beverly K. Grindstaff. President: Letha Ch'ien.

Pacific Arts Association (PAA)
Founded: 1974
Membership: 153
Annual dues: $50 professional individuals and institutions, museums, libraries, collectors, dealers, etc.; $35 visual and performing artists, students, and retirees
Purpose: PAA is an international organization devoted to the study of the arts of Oceania that provides a forum for dialogue and awareness about Pacific art and culture. By connecting individuals and institutions around the world, PAA encourages understanding among nations of the region and greater cooperation among institutions and individuals involved in the arts of Oceania. PAA also promotes high standards of research, interpretation, and reporting on this art and stimulates interest in the teaching of courses on Oceanic art, especially at the university (tertiary) educational level. Finally, the organization encourages high standards of conservation in and preservation of the material culture of Oceanic arts. PAA’s peer-reviewed Pacific Arts Journal features current research, and reviews. The PAA newsletter provides timely information about important events to members. PAA’s triennial international symposium takes place in alternating venues across the globe and includes special tours, performances, exhibitions, and presentations of academic and artistic research on the arts of Oceania.
Contact: Vice president and chair, North America: Carol Mayer, Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, 6393 N.W. Marine Drive, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2. Treasurer and membership inquiries: Christina Hellmich. Information manager and webmaster: Caroline Vercoe and Marion Cadora.

Photography Network 
Founded: 2019 
Membership: 150 
Annual dues: $40 individual: $20 student 
Photography Network serves the interests of professionals engaged in the study, use and critical production of photography in its relation to the arts, culture, society and history. It fosters scholarly discussion, research, critique and the self-reflexive production of photography in a spirit of collaboration, with the overall aim of knowledge exchange and insight.  Photography Network hosts a website and listserv to share announcements, scholarship and more, and it sponsors a session at the CAA Annual Conference. It also partners with peer associations to arrange additional meetings, conferences and colloquia both within and outside of North America. 
Contact: Co-Chairs Monica Bravo and Caroline Riley. General inquiries: photography.network.board@gmail.com.

Public Art Dialogue  (PAD) 
Founded: 
2008 
Membership: 85 
Annual dues: $30 student; $50 professional; $100 associate; $200 sustaining; $150 organization 
Purpose: PAD’s membership comprises art historians, artists, scholars of American history and visual studies, architects and landscape architects, public-art administrators and curators, and students, reflecting the field’s dynamic nature and fostering cross-disciplinary exchange. PAD provides a forum for critical discourse and commentary on public art broadly defined, which can range from object art to social interventions to web-based projects. PAD publishes an electronic newsletter twice annually. Member benefits include Public Art Dialogue, a peer-reviewed print journal published biannually by Taylor & Francis, and the opportunity to participate in reviews of book proposals and artist portfolios, in which experienced public-art professionals give one-on-one feedback to graduate students, early-stage scholars, emerging artists, and established artists who are seeking publication or public-art commissions. The organization also hosts sessions and special events at CAA Annual Conferences. Each year PAD honors an individual or collective who has made a substantial contribution to the field with the PAD Award for achievement in public art. 
Contact: Co-chairs: Jennifer Favorite and Andrew Wasserman. Membership coordinator: Davida Fernandez-Barkan. Conference Liaison: Annie Dell'Aria

Queer & Trans Caucus for Art (QTCA)
Founded: 1989
Membership: 300
Annual dues: $25 employed; $5 low income and students
Purpose: QCA nurtures and encourages the study of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender history, theory, criticism, and studio practice in the arts. Through its various activities, the group also fosters better communication and understanding among its members, academic communities, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities, and the public at large. Activities include a newsletter and conference panels.
Contact: Chairs: Oli RodriguezAndy Campbell, Dan Paz.

Radical Art Caucus (RAC)
Founded: 2001
Membership: 40+
Annual dues: $20 faculty and employed; $5 students and underemployed
Purpose: RAC promotes art and art-historical scholarship that addresses historical and contemporary problems of oppression and offers possibilities for resistance. The organization brings together artists and scholars who ground their work in cultural conditions and practices related to critiquing unequal distribution of resources, social hierarchies, and unjust political authority that affect disenfranchised populations in all periods of history. Furthermore, RAC seeks to provide an intellectual and professional environment for the discussion of labor and social-justice issues specifically related to contemporary practices of art and art history. Members debate and advocate for a more critical institutional practice in order to promote radical democratic principles within and outside the academy.
Contact: Treasurer: Travis Nygard.

Renaissance Society of America (RSA)
Founded: 1954
Membership: 5,000
Annual Dues: Dues structure is income-adjusted and opt-in
Purpose: The Renaissance Society of America promotes study of the period 1300–1700. The Society produces the Renaissance Quarterly journal and sponsors publications, fellowships, awards, and other benefits for its members, to support their research and recognize their accomplishments. Its annual meeting brings together scholars from North America and around the world, representing a wide variety of academic disciplines. RSA's members include college and university faculty and students; staff at museums, libraries, and other cultural institutions; independent scholars; and many others interested in Renaissance studies.
Contact: Executive director: Carla Zecher (czecher@rsa.org) Office: Renaissance Society of America, Graduate Center, City University of New York, 365 Fifth Avenue, Room 5400, New York, NY 10016-4309; 212-817-2130; fax: 212-817-1544.

SECAC
Founded: 1942 
Membership: 1,100 individuals; 110 institutions
Annual dues: $70 individual; $50 adjunct/independents; $45 retired; $35 student; $80 or more contributing; $150 institutional
Purpose: SECAC is a nonprofit organization that promotes the study and practice of the visual arts in higher education on a national basis. It fosters ongoing dialogue about pertinent creative, scholarly, and educational issues and facilitates cooperation among teachers and administrators in universities, colleges, community colleges, professional art schools, and museums—and among independent artists and scholars. Each year SECAC holds an annual conference; publishes an annual journal, Art Inquiries, and two newsletters; recognizes excellence through an awards program including travel assistance for graduate student presenters; offers a mentoring program; and presents one $5,000 artist’s fellowship and two $5,000 awards for art-historical research. SECAC has grown to include individual and institutional members from across the United States and several foreign countries, becoming the second largest national organization of its kind. SECAC participates in CAA’s Annual Conferences.
Contact: Administrator: Christine Tate, PO Box 9773, Wilmington, DE 19809-9773; 302-575-1575.

SGC International (SGCI)
Founded: 1972
Membership: 1,324
Annual dues: $25 student; $50 regular
Purpose: SGCI is an educational nonprofit organization committed to informing its members about issues and processes concerning original prints, drawings, book arts, and handmade paper. The group holds annual conferences, curates traveling exhibitions for members, maintains a collection of print archives documenting the ongoing development of printmaking, and publishes a newsletter. Members receive exhibition opportunities and a newsletter three times a year; SGCI also awards two annual fellowships to students at the graduate and undergraduate levels.
Contact: Vice president of external affairs: Jennifer Anderson. SGCI/CAA Panel Committee: Candace Nicol.

Society for Paragone Studies
Founded: 2012
Membership: 92
Annual Dues: $25 regular members; $15 graduate students; $5 undergraduate students (Flint Institute of Arts members receive a 15% discount on membership)
Purpose: The Society for Paragone Studies is a professional academic association that promotes the study of the history of artistic rivalry, including interarts relationships, from all eras of artistic production. In addition to an annual conference, the society publishes (with the Flint Institute of Arts) a graduate-student journal titled Paragone: Emerging Scholars and a postgraduate journal titled Paragone: Past and Present.
Contact: 810-766-6680; paragonestudies@gmail.com. Round-table coordinator: Chad Airhart. Membership officer: Alexis Culotta. Graduate-student officers and editors of the graduate-student journal: John Hebble and Erin McNeils.

The Society for the History of Collecting (SocHistCol
Founded: 2015 
Membership: 180 
Annual Dues: $25.00 (£18.00) regular membership; $15.00 student membership (£10.00) institutional membership $60.00 (£40.00) 
Purpose: The Society is an international not-for-profit organisation, bringing together scholars from diverse disciplines, as well as collectors, museum curators, and those of the general audience who are passionately interested in the study of collecting in all its ramifications, including the relationships between collecting and the art market. It covers all aspects of collecting, whether amassed by private individuals or public institutions, and ranging through any time in the past to the present day. The Society provides information and a network of communication on an international level to those interested in the history of collecting. It maintains an active events programme, including an annual student methodology workshop, annual keynote lecture and a variety of talks, visits and conferences. 
Contacts: Chairman: Adriana Turpin; Secretary: Marie Tavinor; Membership: Susan Bracken. Designated CAA Liaison, Elizabeth Pergam, Americas Chapter. 

Society for the Study of Early Modern Women (SSEMW)
Founded: 1994
Membership: 345
Annual dues: $25 regular; $15 student/retired
Purpose: SSEMW is a national interdisciplinary network of scholars who meet annually, sponsor sessions at conferences, maintain a listserv and website, give awards for outstanding scholarship, and support one another’s work in the field. SSEMW welcomes scholars and teachers from any discipline who study women and their contribution to the cultural, political, economic, or social spheres of the early modern period and whose interest in the period includes attention to gender and representations of women.
Contact: Maria Maurer: Assistant Professor of Art History, Phillips Hall 318, University of Tulsa, 800 S. Tucker Dr. Tulsa, OK 74104; 918-631-2733

Society of Architectural Historians (SAH)
Founded: 1940
Membership: 3,200
Annual dues: $65 student; $145 individual; $210 joint; $250 supporting; $430 patron; $575 donor; $2,900 life; $7,900 benefactor; to receive the print edition of JSAH, members should add $10 to the membership rate. $567 institutional (electronic JSAH only); $635 (electronic and print JSAH); $735 sustaining institutional (electronic and two copies of print JSAH); $160 professional associates, with $90 for each additional person in same office (one copy of print publications and electronic memberships for every office staff member)
Purpose: SAH is the leading international society that promotes the study, interpretation, and conservation of the built environment. The organization produces the journal of record for architectural history, JSAH, in print and in a multimedia online edition. SAH publishes Buildings of the United States, a book series that documents the architecture of every state in America, as well as SAH Archipedia, a media-rich online encyclopedia of American architecture. SAH maintains SAHARA, an online archive of digital images for teaching and research, organizes study programs in the US and internationally, and holds the SAH annual conference. The Society awards more than 40 fellowships and grants annually.
Contact: Executive director: Pauline Saliga, 1365 North Astor Street, Chicago, IL 60610; 312-573-1365.

Society of Contemporary Art Historians (SCAH)
Founded: 2007
Membership: 250
Annual dues: $10 student - $100 sustaining; and sliding scale
Purpose: The Society of Contemporary Art Historians (SCAH) aims to foster strong scholarship and promote collegiality within the vital field of contemporary art history. Major initiatives include a standing panel at the College Art Association annual conference, Regional Groups, mentoring and career development, The Syllabus Project, the Foreign Language Index (FLI) and the distribution of relevant information through the Society’s website and listserv.
Contact: President: Ellen Tani, Rochester Institute of Technology. Vice president: Allison K. Young, Louisiana State University. Secretary: Chad Dawkins, Spelman College

Society of Historians of East European, Eurasian, and Russian Art and Architecture, inc. (SHERA)
Founded: 1995
Membership: 132
Annual dues: $30 regular; $15 student and income under $30,000/year; $50 contributing; $100 sustaining
Purpose: SHERA is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit public charity, oriented exclusively toward the support of scholarship. The purpose of SHERA is to promote research, provide a forum for ongoing conversations on areas of mutual interest, and foster contacts and collaboration among scholars of East European, Eurasian, and Russian art and architecture through activities such as an online newsletter, a listserv, and active participation in research conferences. SHERA runs a website and an electronic listserv and organizes sessions at scholarly conferences such as CAA and the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES).
Contact: President: Kristin Romberg; President-Elect: Christina Crawford; Outgoing President: Karen Kettering; Secretary & Treasurer: Alice Sullivan; Communications Officer: Katja Heath. Website: www.shera-art.org Email:SHERA.artarchitecture@gmail

Society for Iberian Global Art (SIGA) 
Founded: 1975  
Membership: 100 
Annual dues: $85 regular; $55 students/ and unaffiliated or/retired scholars; $500 institutional; $350 sponsoring; $250 benefactor; $200 patron; $150 supporting
Purpose: The SIGA (formerly, the American Society for Hispanic Art Historical Studies - ASHAHS) promotes the study of the visual cultures of Spain, Portugal, and their current and former territories through meetings, a newsletter, and scholarly means. The organization presents the annual Eleanor Tufts Award for an outstanding English-language publication; the annual Jonathan Brown Award, that recognizes exceptional achievement in an English-language exhibition catalogue dedicated to an Iberian or global Iberian theme; and the Gridley McKim-Smith Award, which acknowledges a superior peer-reviewed English-language article, essay, or book chapter on any aspect of Iberian or global Iberian art or architectural history by a young scholar. The SIGA is a College Art Association (CAA) affiliated society and regularly sponsors a session at CAA's annual conference.It also helps to facilitate the circulation of members' publications and research interests through its X (formerly Twitter) account, Instagram page, and website with periodically updated news and announcements (Webmaster and Newsletter Editor: Rebecca Teresi).
Contact:  President: Felipe Pereda, Department of History of Art and Architecture, 485 Broadway, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138; Secretary: Luis Gordo Peláez, Department of Art, Design and Art History, 5225 N. Backer Avenue M/S CA65, California State University, Fresno. Fresno, CA, 93740; Treasurer: Ilenia Colón Mendoza, School of Visual Arts and Design, 12400 Aquarius Agora Dr., University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816. 

Taiwan Art History Association (TWAHA)  
Founded: 2016 
Membership: 150 
Annual dues: NT 500 for students/NT1,500, members/NT20,000, honorary members  
Purpose:  TWAHA is a non-profit social group catering for Taiwanese art development and discourses. TWAHA objectives are: upgrading the values and identity of Taiwan art history, constructing a platform and networks of Taiwan art history, promoting a friendly research atmosphere of Taiwan art history for all, facilitating the localization and internationalization of Taiwan art history research. TWAHA’s missions are: 1. Survey, research and education of Taiwan art history. 2. Facilitating the exchange between the researchers and artists. 3. Publications of letters, journals, anthology and book, etc. 4. Regular conferences and meetings on art history. 5. International exchanges of Taiwan art history. 6. Establishing a mechanism of cooperation between public-private institutes, coordinating relevant researches, projects, or consultation services etc. 7. Other relevant activities or policy engagement.
Contact: Executive secretary: Jen-shyue Kao, Art Dept. Bldg., No.1, Shida Rd., Da’an Dist. Taipei, Taiwan. (02)77341993, twahaservice@gmail.com.  

The International Art Market Studies Association (TIAMSA)
Founded: 2016
Membership: 280
Annual dues: Regular: GBP 20; Concessionary (proof of status required): GBP 10; Institutional (non-profit / public): GBP 50; Corporate: GBP 120; Association: GBP 200; Donor: GBP 300
Purpose: The International Art Market Studies Association (TIAMSA) is a non-profit scholarly association that supports the study of art markets of all periods and geographic areas. In particular, it provides a platform for networking, organizes conferences, seminars and gatherings, distributes information by website, mailing list or printed matter, and advocates for the academic and general recognition of art market studies. Chairs: Veronique Chagnon-Burke, veroniqueburke79@gmail.com and Kim Oosterlinck, Kim.Oosterlinck@ulb.be; Coordinator: Masoom Pincha, masoom.pincha@artmarketstudies.org

The U.S. Latinx Art Forum (USLAF)
Founded: 2015
30 Membership: 222 individual members; 2 institutional members
Annual dues: $0-$, and sustaining and institutional rates
Purpose: The U.S. Latinx Art Forum (USLAF) is an organization dedicated to the art and art history of the United States Latinx community. USLAF strives to establish an unprecedented network of artists, university and college faculty, independent researchers, museum staff, critics, and graduate students who are interested in and committed to expanding and enhancing the visibility of U.S. Latinx art within academia, exhibition spaces, private and institutional collections, and archival initiatives. The organization also maintains the importance of mentorship and professional development and supports scholarship, writing, and historical inquiry in order to ensure the continued progress and vitality of U.S. Latinx art and visual culture within academia, exhibition spaces, and beyond.
Contact: Director: Adriana Zavala, adriana.zavala@tufts.edu; Associate Director: Rose G. Salseda, rsalseda@gmail.com; Secretary and Membership Coordinator: Josh T Franco, jtobiasfranco@gmail.com; Social Media Manager: Sonja E. Gandert, s.e.gandert@gmail.com; Creative Director and Web Developer: Sam Romero, sromero@flsouthern.edu
Website: uslaf.org; email: info@uslaf.org; facebook: facebook.com/uslatinoartforum/; twitter: @USLAForum; instagram: @USLAForum

Visual Culture Caucus (VCC)
Founded: 2000
Membership: 100
Annual Dues: $10 tenured; $5 untenured; $1 student/adjunct faculty
Purpose: VCC promotes and advances the discussion of visual culture in critical and artistic practice and facilitates interdisciplinary contact with those working to similar ends in other visual media. VCC maintains a listserv for discussion and sharing information that can be joined by contacting the cochairs listed below.
Contact: Cochairs: Tom Williams and Kristen Oehlrich.

Visual Resources Association (VRA)
Founded: 1982
Membership: 600
Annual dues: $150 individual; $65 student, retired, unemployed; $300 institutional (includes three full memberships–one primary and two secondary members. Additional secondary members may be added for an additional fee of $100 per member)
Purpose: As a multi-disciplinary organization dedicated to furthering research and education in the field of media management within the educational and cultural heritage environments, VRA is committed to providing leadership in the visual resources field, developing and advocating standards, and offering educational tools and opportunities. The organization offers a forum for issues of vital concern to the field, including: preservation of and access to images and media documenting visual culture; integration of technology-based instruction and research; digital humanities; intellectual property policy; and visual literacy. Through collaboration, partnership, and outreach with the broader information management, educational, and scholarly communities, the VRA actively supports the primacy of visual information in the educational experience. Its international membership includes: information specialists; digital image specialists; archivists; art, architecture, film, video, metadata, and digital librarians; museum professionals; architectural firms; galleries; publishers; vendors; rights and reproductions officials; photographers; art historians; artists; scientists; and academic technologists.
Contact:President: Stephen Patton, Indiana State University (VRA.Patton@gmail.com).

William Morris Society in the United States (WMS)
Founded: 1971 
Membership: 199 
Annual dues: $50 regular members; $30 students; $65 libraries 
Purpose: The William Morris Society in the United States seeks to further appreciation of Morris as a designer, craftsman, medievalist, preservationist, printer, socialist, poet, and author. We also encourage interest in Morris’s friends, associates, and contemporaries in Britain and America who were connected with the Pre-Raphaelites, Victorian art and literature, and the Arts and Crafts movement. We publish Useful and Beautiful, a magazine issued twice a year; sponsor a blog called News from Anywhere; award the Joseph R. Dunlap Memorial Fellowship ($1,000) to support scholarly and creative work, including travel expenses for research; and organize sessions at the meetings of Modern Language Association and CAA. We maintain ties with William Morris societies in Britain and Canada. 
Contact: Membership: wmsusmembership@gmail.com; WMS liaisons to CAA: Maureen Meister (meister.maureen@gmail.com) and Morna O’Neill (oneillme@wfu.edu)

Women’s Caucus for Art (WCA)
Founded: 1972
Membership: 1,300
Annual dues: $60 regular; $50 with chapter; $75 institution; $35 subsidized regular (student or limited income)/ $45 subsidized with chapter; $750 lifetime
Purpose: WCA creates community through art, education, and social activism. It is committed to recognizing the contributions of women in the arts, providing women with leadership opportunities and professional development, expanding networking and exhibition opportunities for women, supporting local, national, and global art activism, and advocating equity in the arts for all. WCA is a national organization unique in its multidisciplinary, multicultural membership of artists, art historians, students, educators, gallery and museum professionals, critics, publishers, art administrators, and others involved in the visual arts. It offers a national network of twenty-one local chapters, exhibitions, publications, a monthly email bulletin, a biannual newsletter, and regional and national conferences, all of which provide an opportunity to teach, learn, present work, network, and celebrate scholarly and creative achievements by women. WCA is an NGO of the United Nations and a founding member of the Feminist Art Project.
Contact: Karin Luner, Women’s Caucus for Art, PO Box 1498, Canal Street Station, New York, NY 10013.