CAA includes among its members those who by vocation or avocation are concerned about and/or committed to the practice of art, teaching, and research of and about the visual arts and humanities. Over 14,000 artists, art historians, scholars, curators, collectors, educators, art publishers, and other visual-arts professionals are individual members.
The association is governed by a twenty-one-person Board of Directors, elected by the membership, representing the fields’ diverse constituencies and geographic regions. Membership is open to all individuals with an interest in art, art history, or a related discipline, whether by vocation or avocation. CAA encourages the inclusion among its constituencies of qualified individuals representing a diversity of race, religion, gender, national origin, sexual preference, physical disability, and age in employment, education, exhibition, programmatic opportunities, and the awarding of grants and prizes in the public and private art sectors.
The College Art Association (CAA) invites emerging scholars to apply for the Meiss/Mellon Author’s Book Award. The award—funded by a one-year grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation—provides financial relief d[...]
February 5, 2013
The College Art Association is now offering updated print and ebook versions of its directories of graduate programs in art history and the visual arts. CAA’s comprehensive guides—listing 650 programs across five[...]
January 23, 2013
The College Art Association is now offering updated digital versions of its directories of graduate programs in art history and the visual arts. You can search for programs by specific criteria or browse by institutio[...]
December 17, 2012
Pacific Standard Time, the massive project on art in southern California that concluded in June, is the topic of a special issue of Art Journal that has just been published. An unprecedented collaboration of some sixty[...]
September 28, 2012
The College Art Association (CAA) offers two publishing grant opportunities this fall in support of new books in art history, visual studies, and related subjects through the Millard Meiss Publication Fund and the W[...]
September 19, 2012
The College Art Association has published Graduate Programs in Art History and Graduate Programs in the Visual Arts, directories of 650 graduate programs across five countries, in both print and digital formats. Gradua[...]
June 28, 2012
CAA has published new editions of Graduate Programs in Art History and Graduate Programs in the Visual Arts, directories of 650 graduate programs in six countries. Graduate Programs in Art History covers the following f[...]
May 15, 2012
Advance registration for CAA's 100th Annual Conference, taking place February 22–25, 2012, at the Los Angeles Convention Center, closes on Monday, January 30, 2012. Register now to secure the lowest rates currently [...]
January 26, 2012
The College Art Association (CAA) will head to the Golden State to celebrate the conclusion of its Centennial year at the 100th Annual Conference, taking place February 22–25, 2012, at the Los Angeles Convention Cen[...]
December 13, 2011
The Wyeth Foundation for American Art supports the publication of books on American art through the Wyeth Foundation for American Art Publication Grant administered by the College Art Association.
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