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CAA News
Earlier this month at CAA we announced a restructuring of the organization and the departure of several staff members who took advantage of a buyout program. As part of the restructure we also find ourselves with the opportunity to hire new staff at CAA.
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CAA News
Friday, September 1, 2017, is the deadline for nominations for the 2018 Awards for Distinction, which will be announced at the 106th Annual Conference in Los Angeles. With these annual awards, CAA seeks to honor individuals whose accomplishments transcend their individual disciplines.
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CAA News
Jack Hyland, CAA's treasurer and close advisor for over thirty years, passed away suddenly on Friday, August 11, 2017. The CAA staff, board, and committees are saddened by this monumental loss.
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Immerse yourself in the Italian art scene and culture through our Graduate Programs in Studio Art, Photography, Communication Design, Art History, and our new Summer Low-Residency degree. We also offer Post Baccalaureate programs in Studio Art and Conservation. For more information on our educational offerings please visit our website.
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CAA News
CAA has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The funds will support the next installment of ARTspace, to take place during the 2018 Annual Conference in Los Angeles.
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CAA News
CAA is joining forces with the Modern Language Association to become part of their Humanities Commons platform, and CAA will also have its own CAA Commons network as part of the partnership. The two networks will serve different purposes for our members, but we believe each will be of value.
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CAA News
CAA seeks nominations and self-nominations for service on its Professional Committees, which address critical concerns established in CAA's 2015–2020 Strategic Plan. Deadline: September 15, 2017.
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CASVA fellowships support research in the history, theory, and criticism of the visual arts of any period or culture. Application deadlines: September 21 and October 15. MORE
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CAA News
CAA is accepting applications for fall 2017 grants through the Millard Meiss Publication Fund, which supports book-length scholarly manuscripts in the history of art that have been accepted by a publisher on their merits but cannot be published in the most desirable form without a subsidy. Deadline: September 15, 2017.
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CAA News
CAA welcomes applications and letters of intent for the 2018 Terra Foundation for American Art International Publication Grant and the 2017 Wyeth Foundation for American Art Publication Grant. Deadline: September 15, 2017.
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Faber-Castell stands for 256 years of quality and experience. We are proud to offer the absolute Best in Class products with a wide range of graphites, color and watercolor pencils, fine tip to brush tip pens, charcoals, pastels, and more for your classroom. For more information visit www.FaberCastell.com or call 1-800-642-2288.
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CAA News
CAA announces the opening of its Professional-Development Fellowship for 2017. The program supports promising artists, designers, craftspeople, historians, curators, and critics who are enrolled in MFA, PhD, and other terminal-degree programs nationwide. Deadline: October 2 and November 10, 2017.
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Annual Conference Update
CAA will award a limited number of grants to advanced MFA and PhD graduate students who are CAA members as partial reimbursement of travel expenses to attend the 2018 Annual Conference in Los Angeles. Successful applicants will also receive complimentary conference registration. Deadline: September 22, 2017.
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Annual Conference Update
CAA will award a limited number of grants to artists or scholars from outside the US who are CAA members as partial reimbursement of travel expenses to attend the 2018 Annual Conference in Los Angeles. Successful applicants will also receive complimentary conference registration. Deadline: September 22, 2017.
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Please visit the Research and Academic Program’s website to find out about upcoming scholarly events and activities, access archives of past activities, and get information about the fellowship program at the Clark. MORE
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Annual Conference Update
Your contribution to CAA's fund for the Annual Conference Travel Grants will allow MFA and PhD students, as well as international artists and scholars, to cover expenses for attending the February 2018 meeting in Los Angeles.
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caa.reviews
Katharina Sykora, Die Tode der Fotografie II: Tod, Theorie, und Fotokunst (Paderborn, Germany: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 2015). Reviewed by Katja Müller-Helle.
Elena Shtromberg, Art Systems: Brazil and the 1970s (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2016) and Irene V. Small, Hélio Oticica: Folding the Frame (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016). Reviewed by Nadja Rottner.
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Hilton Als, Amira Gad, and Glenn Ligon, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Verses after Dusk (London: Serpentine Gallery; Vienna: Koenig Books, 2015). Reviewed by Jessica Bell Brown.
Ömür Harmanşah, Cities and the Shaping of the Memory in the Ancient Near East (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013) and Place, Memory, and Healing: An Archeology of Anatolian Rock Monuments (New York: Routledge, 2015). Reviewed by James F. Osborne.
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Students’ Guide to Italian Renaissance Architecture
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Abundantly illustrated, including many explanatory graphics
• Buildings discussed by both architect and type
• Includes discussions of major ancient and medieval buildings
www.sgira.org
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Member News
See when and where CAA members are exhibiting their art, and view images of their work.
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Member News
Publishing a book is a major milestone for artists and scholars. Browse a list of recent titles by CAA members.
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Member News
Check out details on recent exhibitions organized by CAA members who are also curators.
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Teaching. Research. Exhibitions
Our MA and PhD degree programs, Gallery exhibitions, research initiatives, and publications explore new ways of thinking about decorative arts, design history, and material culture. More.
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Member News
This section lists new hires, positions, and promotions in three areas: Academe, Museums and Galleries, and Organizations and Publications.
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Member News
CAA recognizes its members for their professional achievements, be it a grant, fellowship, residency, book prize, honorary degree, or related award.
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Member News
Read about the latest news from CAA institutional members.
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Azusa Pacific’s Online M.A. in Modern Art History, Theory, and Criticism is a two-year master’s degree focusing on modern and contemporary art history. Get details.
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| NEWS FROM THE ART AND ACADEMIC WORLDS |
National Humanities Alliance
The Publicly Engaged Humanities project will document the full range of publicly engaged humanities work that college and university faculty and students have carried out over the past decade. Over two years, we will collect examples of this work and build a visually rich website that features representative project profiles and synthetic claims about the state of the field.
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Artsy
Even for the most politically engaged artist, it's a big step from making politically charged artworks to entering the fray as a candidate. While some artists have the skills and knowledge to work in politics, the road from being in a biennial to appearing on a ballot is not easy to navigate. Enter the Artist Campaign School.
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Huffington Post
Five years before Charlottesville, curators Paul Farber and Ken Lum led a course at the University of Pennsylvania called Memory, Monuments, and Urban Space. Together, the professors and students in attendance discussed the meaning of monuments in this contemporary age.
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Vanity Fair
On Friday morning, the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities made the startling decision to resign from Donald Trump's committee all at once. In a joint statement, its members explained in specific terms why they no longer felt comfortable serving the president in the wake of his inflammatory remarks about the Charlottesville tragedy.
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Quartz
Famous for her black paper cut-outs depicting simultaneously whimsical and grotesque scenes of slavery and human depravity, Kara Walker is one of the biggest stars in contemporary American art. But in our current political turmoil, the African American artist is getting sick of her vaunted position.
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Politico
The question is also posing dilemmas for mayors and university presidents, who fear the violence will come to their towns and schools. Their best option may be to ban the carrying of guns to these events, but their legal position is tenuous. In many states, they'll need to convince a court that it's only by banning weapons that the First Amendment rights of all demonstrators can be honored.
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Rhizome
I love Slack. The jury is still out on whether or not this sort of inspired link-sharing is conducive to my at-work productivity, but it has led me to consider the link between the respective practice of the recreational Slack team and the mid-2000s internet artist surfing club.
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Just Paint
Dark yellowing is the reversible, temporary yellowing that dried oil paint undergoes when stored in the dark or subdued lighting. While noted in many historical writings, most painters remain unaware of it and become surprised or concerned when they discover it happening to their own works.
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