College Art Association Explained

College Art Association of America
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Formation:1911
Type:Professional association
Headquarters:New York, New York
Location:United States
Leader Title:Executive Director and CEO
Leader Name:Isimeme Omogbai
Budget:$3.4 million[1]

The College Art Association of America (CAA) is the principal organization in the United States for professionals in the visual arts, from students to art historians to emeritus faculty. Founded in 1911, it "promotes these arts and their understanding through advocacy, intellectual engagement, and a commitment to the diversity of practices and practitioners."[2] CAA currently has individual members across the United States and internationally; and institutional members, such as libraries, academic departments, and museums located in the United States. The organization's programs, standards[3] and guidelines,[4] advocacy,[5] [6] intellectual engagement,[7] and commitment to the diversity of practices and practitioners,[8] [9] align with its broad and diverse membership.

CAA publications, programs and grants

CAA publishes several academic journals, including The Art Bulletin, one of the foremost journals for art historians in English, and Art Journal, a quarterly journal devoted to twentieth- and twenty-first-century art and visual culture. The association also publishes two digital publications, caa.reviews, which is devoted to the peer review of new books and exhibitions relevant to the fields of art, art history, and architecture, and Art Journal Open, a forum for the visual arts that presents artists’ projects, conversations and interviews, and scholarly essays from across the cultural field.

CAA runs several programs to support and address issues in the visual arts field. These include the CAA-Getty International Program,[10] Fair Use,[11] CAA Conversations Podcast series,[12] and RAAMP, Resources for Academic Art Museum Professionals.[13]

CAA offers several grants to professionals in the field:

The CAA Annual Conference

CAA holds its Annual Conference in February every year. The conference moves to different cities each year, returning to New York every other year. Cities that have hosted the CAA Annual Conference include, Houston, Seattle, Boston, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Chicago, and other major American cities. Between four and six thousand members attend each year, depending on the location. The convention is the largest and most important of the year for makers and interpreters of visual art and visual culture. The conference typically includes more than 300 panels and sessions examining a wide array of topics and issues in the art world. The conference often offers free admission and behind the scenes tours of local cultural institutions and museums and several parties and receptions for attendees.[23] [24]

Highlights of the Annual Conference are the keynote address and Convocation Ceremony, which features the presentation of the Awards for Distinction.[25] Previous keynote address speakers have included Charles Gaines, Mary Miller, Tania Bruguera, Dave Hickey, Jessica Stockholder, Robert Storr, Rocco Landesman, and many other noted academics, artists, curators, and art critics.

Each year, CAA honors a scholar in the field with the Distinguished Scholar Session. Previous awardees have included Wu Hung, Kaja Silverman, Richard J. Powell, Robert Farris Thompson, Rosalind Krauss, Linda Nochlin, James Cahill, and others.[26]

The Annual Conference also features the Annual Distinguished Artist Interviews. The Annual Distinguished Artist Interviews comprise two back to back conversations between artists and an individual familiar with their work. Recent Artist Interviews have included Kellie Jones, Catherine Opie with Helen Molesworth, Judy Baca with Anna Indych-López, Coco Fusco with Steven Nelson, Katherine Bradford with Judith Bernstein, Joyce Scott with George Ciscle, and Rick Lowe with LaToya Ruby Frazier, among many others.[27]

CAA Awards for Distinction

CAA presents each year 14 Awards for Distinction.[28]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Organization audited financial statements.
  2. "About CAA." College Art Association. 3 October 2018. .
  3. News: Glueck . Grace . Rockefeller Calls Parley on Art . 9 October 2018 . . January 17, 1979.
  4. News: Cohen . Patricia . Selling a Fake Painting Takes More Than a Good Artist By . 9 October 2018 . . May 2, 2014.
  5. News: Williamson . Ben . Letters, The Guggenheim and PETA, on Animals and Art . October 9, 2018 . . October 17, 2017.
  6. Web site: The Use of Animal Subjects in Art: Statement of Principles and Suggested Considerations . CAA . October 9, 2018.
  7. News: Alden Jewell . Edward . College Art Association Opens Today Exhibition of "Background of American Painting." . October 9, 2018 . . February 2, 1933.
  8. News: Boucher . Brian . Black Lives Take Center Stage at College Art Association's 2017 Conference . 9 October 2018 . Art Net News . December 8, 2016.
  9. News: Glueck . Grace . Women Artists Charge Bias at Modern Museum . 9 October 2018 . . April 13, 1972.
  10. https://www.collegeart.org/programs/support-grants/caa-getty-international-program CAA Getty International Program
  11. http://www.collegeart.org/programs/caa-fair-use Fair Use
  12. http://www.collegeart.org/programs/podcasts CAA Conversations Podcast series
  13. https://raamp.hcommons.org/ RAAMP, Resources for Academic Art Museum Professionals
  14. http://www.collegeart.org/programs/publishing-grants/meiss Millard Meiss Publication Fund
  15. http://www.collegeart.org/programs/publishing-grants/terra-foundation Terra Foundation for American Art International Publication Grant
  16. http://www.collegeart.org/programs/publishing-grants/wyeth Wyeth Foundation for American Art Publication Grant
  17. http://www.collegeart.org/programs/travel-grants/art-history-travel-fund Art History Special Exhibition Travel Fund
  18. http://www.collegeart.org/programs/travel-grants/edwards CAA Travel Grant in Memory of Archibald Cason Edwards, Senior, and Sarah Stanley Gordon Edwards
  19. http://www.collegeart.org/programs/travel-grants/graduate-students Graduate Student Conference Travel Grants
  20. http://www.collegeart.org/programs/travel-grants/international International Member Conference Travel Grants
  21. http://www.collegeart.org/programs/travel-grants/kress Samuel H. Kress Foundation CAA Conference Travel Fellowship for International Scholars
  22. http://www.collegeart.org/programs/fellowships CAA Professional Development Fellowships for Graduate Students
  23. News: Techno Seduction . The New York Times . 9 October 2018 . February 7, 1997.
  24. News: McGill . Douglas C. . Technology Meets Esthetics at College Assembly . 9 October 2018 . . February 15, 1986.
  25. Web site: Russeth . Andrew . College Art Association Announces 2018 Awards for Distinction . artnews.com . 26 January 2018 . Art News . 9 October 2018.
  26. Web site: Annual Conference Programs CAA. Association. College Art. www.collegeart.org. en. 2018-10-04.
  27. Web site: Annual Conference Programs CAA. Association. College Art. www.collegeart.org. en. 2018-10-04.
  28. Web site: Awards for Distinction Programs CAA. Association. College Art. www.collegeart.org. en. 2018-10-04.
  29. http://www.collegeart.org/programs/awards/morey The Charles Rufus Morey Book Award
  30. http://www.collegeart.org/programs/awards/barr The Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award
  31. http://www.collegeart.org/programs/awards/barr-smaller-museums The Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award for Smaller Museums, Libraries, Collections, and Exhibitions
  32. http://www.collegeart.org/programs/awards/mather The Frank Jewett Mather Award
  33. Web site: Roberta Smith . . 9 October 2018.
  34. http://www.collegeart.org/programs/awards/porter The Arthur Kingsley Porter Prize
  35. http://www.collegeart.org/programs/awards/art-journal Art Journal Award
  36. http://www.collegeart.org/programs/awards/teaching The Distinguished Teaching of Art Award
  37. http://www.collegeart.org/programs/awards/art-history The Distinguished Teaching of Art History Award
  38. http://www.collegeart.org/programs/awards/body-of-work The Artist Award for a Distinguished Body of Work
  39. http://www.collegeart.org/programs/awards/lifetime The Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement
  40. http://www.collegeart.org/programs/awards/writing The Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award for Writing on Art
  41. http://www.collegeart.org/programs/awards/feminist The Distinguished Feminist Awards
  42. http://www.collegeart.org/programs/awards/conservation The CAA/American Institute for Conservation Award for Distinction in Scholarship and Conservation
  43. http://www.collegeart.org/programs/awards/diversity The Excellence in Diversity Award

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