Affiliated Societies
Listings A through F
American Council for Southern Asian Art (ACSAA)
[formerly American Committee for South Asian Art]
Founded: 1966
Membership: 265
Annual dues: $40 regular; $15 student and unemployed; $50
institutional; $60 contributing; $100 sustaining
Purpose: To promote the understanding of the arts of all the countries
of Southern Asia (including India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and
Sri Lanka), Southeast Asia, and the Himalayan region. ACSAA publishes
an annual bulletin and holds a major symposium every two years.
President: Susan Bean, Peabody Essex Museum (susan_bean@pem.org)
Vice-President: Stephen Markel, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (SMarkel@lacma.org)
Treasurer: Cynthia Packert, Middlebury College(cpackert@middlebury.edu)
BOARD:
Rebecca Brown, Swansea University (R.Brown@swansea.ac.uk)
Janice Leoshko, University of Texas, Austin (jleoshko@mail.utexas.edu)
Molly Emma Aitken, Independent scholar (mollyemma@gmail.com)
Secretary: Julie Romain, South and Southeast Asian Art Department,
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
90036, USA, tel: 323 857-6279, JulieR@lacma.org.
Founded: 1958
Membership: 3,500
Annual dues:$57 student and retiree; Associate membership $127/year; Institutional Membership $197/year
Purpose:To advance the practice and promote the importance of preservation of cultural property through publications, research, and the exchange of knowledge, as well as by establishing and upholding professional standards. AIC holds an annual conference and publishes a bimonthly newsletter, a scholarly journal, an annual membership directory, and other publications.
Info:Info: Executive Director: Eryl P. Wentworth, 1156 15th Street NW, Ste. 320, Washington, DC 20036; 202-452-9545; fax: 202-452-9328; info@aic-faic.org
Founded: 1911
Membership: 15,600
Annual dues: $275 professional, $100 fulltime educator; $65 student.
Purpose: To further excellence in communication design as a broadly-defined discipline, strategic tool for business and cultural force. Welcomes professionals in all disciplines of design. AIGA holds design competitions in 13 categories to promote excellence in design; mounts exhibitions for its Fifth Avenue, NYC, gallery and to travel; publishes examples of design excellence in an annual, large format book; publishes periodicals on design and business, design education, and visual culture; produces biennial conferences on design and on design‚s role in business strategy, as well as individual professional interests, such as design for film and television, interaction design, brand expeience; organizes educational seminars regionally; supports 46 chapters and student groups on 200 campuses; maintains website with directory of designers, job board, information resources.
Info: Executive director: Richard Grefé, AIGA, 164 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010; 212 807 1990; grefe@aiga.org.
Founded: 1992
Council membership U.S. and Canada: 20 councils, representing 5,000 artists.
Annual council dues: $100; subscriptions: $35 regular, $30 council members, $15 students, $50 institutions
Purpose: To advance and promote print, paper, and book arts by publishing critical literature, organizing exhibitions, collecting resource information, and encouraging professional practices. The Alliance publishes the journal Contemporary Impressions twice a year, with one commissioned print for subscribers; publishes the Guide to Print Workshops; sponsors traveling exhibitions; provides competition information, technical articles, online exhibitions and gallery, directory of print study rooms, and much more on the website. The American Print Alliance September 11 Memorial Portfolio of hundreds of original prints and other works on paper will travel for several years before being donated to a museum.
Info: Director: Carol Pulin, 302 Larkspur Turn, Peachtree City, GA 30269; director@printalliance.org
Founded: 1942
Membership: 750 individual members
Annual dues: $70 regular membership; $35 student membership; $56 Emeritus/retired membership. (Additional charges for overseas memberships to cover postage and mailing.)
Purpose: The American Society for Aesthetics is an association for aesthetics, criticism, and the theory of the arts. The purpose of the society is to promote study, research, discussion, and publication in aesthetics. The Society publishes the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism.
Info: Dabney Townsend, Secretary/Treasurer, American Society for Aesthetics, Armstrong Atlantic State University, 11935 Abercorn Street, Savannah, GA 31419; Telephone: 912-961-3189; FAX: 912-961-1395; asa@mail.armstrong.edu
Founded: 1969
Membership: 2,600
Annual dues: $50-75 individual, $30 student, $50 retired, $150 institutional
Purpose: To encourage and advance studies and research in the history of eighteenth-century culture in its broadest sense. ASECS holds an annual conference; publishes a quarterly news circular, a quarterly journal, an annual volume of essays, and a biannual teaching pamphlet; cosponsors joint fellowships with major research libraries; provides travel research fellowships; and offers a number of awards to recognize outstanding scholarship in the field.
Info: Executive Director: Byron R. Wells, ASECS, P.O. Box 7867, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109; 336/727-4694; fax: 336/727-4697; asecs@wfu.edu
American Society for Hispanic Art Historical Studies (ASHAHS)
Founded: 1975
Membership: 150
Annual dues:$36.50 individual; $46.50 sponsor/institution; $26.50 student/retired.
Purpose: To promote the study of the visual cultures of Spain, Portugal, and their territories through meetings, a newsletter, and scholarly means. ASHAHS presents an annual Eleanor Tufts Award for an outstanding English-language publication and an annual photography grant to a graduate student writing a dissertation on an aspect of Spanish or Portuguese art.
Info: President: Dr. Sofia Sanabrais, Department of Latin American Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90036. Email: sofia.sanabrais@gmail.com.
Founded: 2003
Membership: 25
Annual Dues: $15 regular, $5 for graduate students
Purpose: this non-profit, national society promotes the sharing of technological applications for the teaching of art history; fosters discussion and exploration of skill-based and student-centered approaches to learning and seeks to advance broader understanding and evaluation of existing and emerging technologies for art history.
Info: President: Dr. Kelly Donahue-Wallace, Assistant Professor of Art History, School of Visual Arts, P. O. Box 305100, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203; T - (940) 565-3529, kwallace@unt.edu
Art Historian of Southern California (AHSC)
Founded: 1959
Membership: 385
Annual dues: $10
Lifetime dues: $10
Purpose:AHSC offers a forum for discussing new ideas in art history, museum studies and studio practice. The AHSC presents an annual conference, semi-annual workshops, supports emerging scholars and announces developments in our discipline through its website.
Info: Nina Berson, president, therizuli@ca.rr.com; Paul Zelevansky, vice president, pzelevansky@roadrunner.com; Jeanne Willette, treasurer, jsmw@mindspring.com; Deana Hight, secretary, deana.hight.37@csun.edu; Rachel Pinto, member development, eaurae@gmail.com; Melissa VandeBurgt, web mistress, melissa.vandeburgt@csuci.edu
Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA)
Founded: 1972
Membership: 1,050
Annual dues: $85 individual; $45 student/retired/unemployed; $145 institutional/business affiliate
Purpose: The mission of ARLIS/NA is to foster excellence in art and design librarianship and image management. We achieve this mission through our many activities, such as:
- Meeting, networking, and sharing ideas in person at our Annual Conferences.
- Publishing substantive articles of a practical as well as scholarly nature through our many publications, such as Art Documentation, Occasional Papers, and Online Publications.
- Providing a forum for professional communication, via our listserv and web site.
- Reaching out to future art librarians through numerous scholarship awards.
- Recognizing excellence in the field through awards for research, service, and publication.
Info: Executive Director: Elizabeth Clarke. 232-329 March Road, Box 11, Ottawa, Ontario K2K 2E1, CANADA, 800/817-0621, info@arlisna.org. ARLIS/NA Liaison to CAA: Laura Graveline, Dartmouth College, laura.k.graveline@dartmouth.edu.
Founded: 1997
Membership: 32 institutions
Annual dues: $2,500-5,000, based on institutional annual budget.
Purpose: To enable educational use of museum multimedia. AMICO membership is open to institutions worldwide with collections of art. Members make annual contributions of digital images, text, and other associated multimedia for works in their collections. This data is compiled and disseminated by AMICO Distributors as an online, licensed database known as the AMICO LibraryTM. Subscribers include colleges, universities, K-12 schools, museums, and public libraries. AMICO Members govern the Consortium and participate in committees centered on editorial, technical, rights, and user issues. AMICO holds an annual Members Meeting and various committee gatherings throughout the year.
Info: Executive Director: Jennifer Trant, 2008 Murray Ave., Ste. D, Pittsburgh, PA 15217; 412/422-8533; info@amico.org
Founded: 1982
Membership: 800+
Annual dues:: $65 individual (annual income above $50,000); $50 (annual income between $25,000 and $50,000); $25 (students and those with annual income below $25,000); $100 institutional. Membership runs January 1–December 31
Purpose: To promote scholarship, communication, and collaboration among scholars, artists, museum specialists, and others interested in African and African diaspora arts. ACASA’s business meeting is held at the ASA annual conference; ACASA holds a triannual conference in varying locations; ad hoc meetings are held at the CAA Annual Conference. Members receive the ACASA newsletter three times a year.
Info: President: Sylvester Ogbechie, History of Art and Architecture, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, ogbechie@arthistory.ucsb.edu; Secretary-Treasurer: Alice Burmeister, Winthrop University, 140 McLaurin Hall, Rock Hill, SC 29733, burmeistera@winthrop.edu; Newsletter Editor: Susan Cooksey, Harn Museum of Art, P.O. Box 112700, Gainesville, FL 32611-2700, secook@ufl.edu.
Founded: 2001
Individual Membership: 655
Institutional Membership: 190
Criteria: Membership in the AAMC is automatically open to all curators (assistant curator through senior or chief curator) with direct responsibility for works of art at any of the museums represented in the Association of Art Museum Directors. Curators with similar responsibilities at non-AAMD institutions may apply for membership to the AAMC Membership Committee.
Purpose: Curators have a primary responsibility for the acquisition, care, display, and interpretation of works of art. The Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC) was founded in 2001 to support the role of curators in shaping the mission of art museums in North America. The goals of the AAMC are to:
- Serve as an advocacy group for the curatorial profession
- Articulate the standards for the profession
- Promote research and scholarship through an annual meeting and educational programs on selected themes held at venues throughout North America
- Exchange information through a website and monthly newsletter
- Facilitate online discussions addressing a wide variety of relevant topics
- Recognize distinguished achievement in the field through annual awards
- Facilitate the exchange of information about traveling exhibitions
- Provide a collegial forum for discussion about museum issues in North America
- Accomplish these goals in cooperation with museum directors, trustees and other staff
Founded: 1999
Membership: 100
Annual Dues: none
Purpose: To promote the study of race in art and visual culture from a critical and historical perspective. ACRAH supports scholarship in “Critical Race Art History” by providing forums for intellectual discourse, networking, mentorship, and professional development within this emergent field. We embrace intellectual and institutional partnerships with groups pursuing scholarship in related fields of art history and disciplines such as American studies, race and ethnic studies, gender and sexuality studies, Diaspora studies, and modernist studies. ACRAH publishes the quarterly electronic newsletter, The Grapevine and a membership directory. Future plans include a website and a peer-reviewed journal.
Info: Co-Directors, Jacqueline Francis and Camara Holloway. Membership: email camara.holloway+acrah@gmail.com to receive enrollment form. Mailing Address: ACRAH c/o Camara Holloway, 450 W. 147th Street, Apt. 34, New York, NY 10031.
Association for Latin American Art (ALAA)
Founded: 1979
Membership:280
Annual dues:$25 general; $15 student, retired, and non-U.S. address; $50 institutional; $100 individual sustaining; $500 institutional sustaining.
Purpose: ALAA is an international scholarly and professional organization that encourages the discussion, teaching, research, and exhibition of Latin American art. Annual dues entitle members to newsletters and member
directory.
Info: Joanne Pillsbury (University of Maryland and Dumbarton Oaks), Pre-Columbian Studies, Dumbarton Oaks, 1703 32nd St. NW, Washington, DC 20007; pillsburyj@doaks.org. Membership: Jennifer Ahlfeldt, Dept. of Art History and Archaeology, 826 Schermerhorn Hall, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027; jfa14@columbia.edu
President: Khristaan Villela, College of Santa Fe, Art Department, 1600 St. Michael's Drive, Santa Fe, NM 87505; email: kvillela@csf.edu
Vice President: Margaret Jackson, University of Miami, Department of Art and Art History, 1540 Levante Avenue, Coral Gables, FL 33134; email: mars@miami.edu
Secretary Treasurer: Sara Morasch Taylor, Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Textiles, 111 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60603; email: saramtaylor@mac.com
Membership: Sara Morasch Taylor, Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Textiles, 111 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60603
ALAA webpage: http://www.smith.edu/alaa
Founded: 1991
Membership: 70
Annual dues: $20
Purpose: To promote the study and publication of art-historical primary sources and to facilitate communication among scholars working with art literature. ATSAH publishes a biannual newsletter with information as well as critical reviews about ongoing scholarship, publications, and conferences. It also organizes conference sessions at the Society of Textual Scholarship meeting at City University of New York, International Congress of Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, MI, Renaissance Society of America, Southeastern College Art Conference, and the CAA Annual Conference.
Info: President: Liana de Girolami Cheney, 112 Charles St., Beacon Hill, Boston, MA 02114; 978/934-3495; fax: 617/557-2962; lianacheney@earthlink.net
Founded: 1994
Membership: 65
Annual dues: $20
Purpose: To advance and set standards for the profession of art editor; to provide a forum for the exchange of information among art editors and others involved in art-related publications; to provide authors with information about editing and publication procedures; to exchange information about editing positions available, both freelance and institutional. AAE meets annually at the CAA Annual Conference and sponsors a session on publishing. Directory of members includes areas of expertise.
Info: President: Phil Freshman, 3912 Natchez Ave. S., St. Louis Park, MN, 55416.
Founded: 1974
Membership: 1,100+
Annual Dues: $92-125 individual (depending on subscription); $37 student/unwaged; $237 corporate; $42 institution (Bulletin only)
Purpose: AAH represents the interests of art and design historians in all aspects of the discipline including art, design, architecture, film, media and photography, cultural studies and conservation. Members are active in museums and galleries, publishing, teaching, research and environmental work. Among the benefits offered to members are an annual conference, a journal (Art History), a quarterly magazine (The Art Book), a newsletter (Bulletin), published three times a year, and symposia on a great variety of subjects and periods. There are also professional interest groups with their own programme of activities; these include: universities and colleges, art galleries and museums, freelance, schools and students. Membership is open to art and design historians and to all those interested in the advancement or the study of art history. Special subscription rates are available for students and the unwaged.
Info: Claire Davies, Administrator, AAH 70 Cowcross St, London, EC1M 6EJ. Tel. +44(0) 20 7490 3211 or E-mail admin@aah.org.uk; www.aah.org.uk.
Founded: 1980
Membership: 425
Annual dues: $25 individual; $10 student; $50 institution; $75 corporate.
Purpose: To address the issues that are relevant and unique to college and university museums and galleries. ACUMG holds an annual issue-oriented, one-day conference in conjunction with the annual meeting of the AAM. It also publishes New and Issues, a newsletter containing information on issues of concern, and offers members a forum to share information through published articles.
Info: President: Lisa Tremper Hanover, Director, Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College, 601 E. Main St., Collegeville, PA 19426; lhanover@ursinus.edu. Membership Dues: Joseph Mella, ACUMG Treasurer, Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, Vanderbilt University, VU Station B, 35-1801, Nashville, TN 3723; 615/343-1704; jjoseph.mella@vanderbilt.edu
Association of Historians of American Art (AHAA)
Founded: 1979
Membership: 578
Annual dues: $20.00
Purpose: To promote scholarship in the history of American art. AHAA provides 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 to its members. AHAA is particularly interested in strengthening ties among museum curators, museum educators, and college professors. It holds an annual meeting, hosts sessions at the CAA Annual Conference, publishes a semiannual newsletter, and cosponsors symposia. PLEASE VISIT AHAA WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION: WWW.AHAAONLINE.ORG.
Info: CHAIR: BETSY FAHLMAN, PROFESSOR OF ART HISTORY, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, FAHLMAN@ASU.EDU
CO-CHAIR: KIMBERLY ORCUTT, NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY, KIMBERLYORCUTT@AOL.COM
Association of Historians of Nineteenth-Century Art (AHNCA)
Founded: 1994
Membership: 500+.
Annual dues: $35; $20 students/retired; $200 benefactors; $100 patrons; $50 supporting.
Purpose:Purpose: To foster communication and collaboration among historians of nineteenth-century art of all nations through such activities as a newsletter and research colloquia. AHNCA organizes two sessions and holds its business meetings at the CAA Annual Conference. It publishes an annual directory of members. Its peer-reviewed journal is published at www.19thc-artworldwide.org.
Info: President: Petra ten-Doesschate Chu. Vice President: Elizabeth Mansfield. Secretary: Ting Chang. Treasurer: Yvonne Weisberg. Newsletter Editor: Laurie Dahlberg. Membership Coordinator: Janet Whitmore. Program Coordinator: Patricia Mainardi. Business office: AHNCA, Dept. of Art History and Archaeology, University of Maryland, 1211-B Art/Sociology Bldg., College Park, MD 20742-1335
Contact:Ting Chang, School of Art, College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, tingchang@cmu.edu
Membership queries to: Janet Whitmore, Membership Coordinator
Association of Historians of Nineteenth-Century Art, 5614 N. Wayne Avenue, #1, Chicago, IL 60660,
janetwhitmore@earthlink.net
Incorporated: 1988
Membership: 19 (full); 1 (affiliate)
Purpose: To promote scholarship by institutes of advanced research in art history and related disciplines; to exchange administrative, scholarly, and research information; and to encourage cooperation in the development and funding of joint programs.
Info: Chair and Treasurer: Michael Ann Holly, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 225 South St., Williamstown, MA 01267; 413/458-2303, ext. 325; fax: 413/458-1873. Vice Chair: Roslyn Walker, National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20560; 202/357-4600, ext. 203; fax: 202/357-4629. Secretary: Georgia Barnhill, American Antiquarian Society, 185 Salisbury St., Worcester, MA 01609; 508/755-5221; fax: 508/754-9069
Founded: in Australia in 1981 as the National Conference of Heads of Art and Design Schools (NCHADS) Name changed to ACUADS in 1994 to reflect the location of art and design schools in the National Unified System of Australian Universities
Membership: 30 Heads of Art and Design Schools.
Annual dues: $AUS 700
Purpose: to play a proactive role in shaping quality education for artists, crafts practitioners and designers. ACUADS addresses issues affecting the education and training of professional artists, crafts people and designers, and is concerned with the status of the visual arts industry in the wider economic, social and cultural development of Australia. It is the peak art body that represents the concerns and interests of the tertiary art sector to government and policy-making bodies. The Executive is an elected body that meets several times a year. ACUADS Annual Conference and AGM is held in Sept/Oct each year. Members and interested parties receive an electronic monthly newsletter.
Info: Chair: Ted Snell, Head, School of Art, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845; t.snell@curtin.edu.au Secretary; Jody Fitzhardinge; j.fitzhardinge@curtin.edu.au
Founded: 1993
Membership: 177
Annual dues: $20
Purpose:A forum for discussing the catalogue raisonné; sessions at the CAA Annual Conference address authenticity, opinion, research, and other scholarly issues; also funding, legal, publishing, technological, and similar practical concerns. CRSA sponsors a listserv for news and member discussions.
Info: President: Nancy Mowll Mathews, Williams College Museum of Art, 15 Lawrence Hall Dr., Ste.2, Williamstown, MA 02167. nmathews@williams.edu; Editor, CRSA Forum: Eileen Costello, ecostello@mail.utexas.edu; Director of Programming: Steven Manford; CRSA Listserv Moderator: Heidi Hornik, Heidi_Hornik@baylor.edu; Webmaster: Carl Schmitz, webmaster@catalogueraisonne.org
Coalition of Women in the Arts Organizations (CWAO)
Founded: 1977
Membership: 55
Annual dues: No annual dues.
Purpose:A national art society dedicated to the achievement of equality for all women in the arts. CWAO organizes grass-roots lobbying with state legislatures, presentations, lectures, and shows; lectures at conferences, including the CAA Annual Conference. It publishes CWAO NEWS on its website.
Info: President: Kyra Belán, P.O. Box 6735, Hollywood, FL 33081; drkbelan@earthlink.net
Founded: 1995
Membership: 25
Annual dues: $20
Purpose: To provide a forum for community-college professors to exchange ideas, formulate curricula, further define the community college’s role in the education of art professionals, and develop sessions for the CAA Annual Conference that are of specific interest in the community-college environment. CAA has expressed a desire to develop outreach to community colleges, faculty, and students alike, and CCPAAH is working to be the conduit through which this can become a coordinated effort. CCPAAH undertakes exhibition development, exchange of student and faculty works of art, curriculum development, facilities surveys, and publishes a newsletter. Its annual meeting is held in conjunction with the CAA Annual Conference.
Correspondence: Thomas Morrissey, Community College of Rhode Island, Lincoln, RI 02865. tmorrissey@ccri.edu
Founded: 1981
Membership: 19
Annual dues: $2,750
Purpose: The Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) is a private not-for-profit federation of independent overseas research centers that
promote advanced research, particularly in the humanities and social sciences, with focus on the conservation and recording of cultural heritage and the understanding and interpretation of modern societies. CAORC fosters research projects across national boundaries and encourages collaborative research and programmatic coherence among member centers, and works to expand their resource base and service capacity. CAORC member centers maintain a permanent presence in the host countries where they operate–in Europe, Latin America, the Near and Middle East, South Asia, West Africa.
Each year CAORC's Multi-Country Research Fellowship Program awards approximately nine fellowships to U.S. doctoral candidates and scholars who have already earned their Ph.D. in the humanities, social sciences and allied natural sciences who wish to conduct research of regional or trans-regional significance. We are delighted to be affiliated with College Art Association and want our opportunities known to art historians seeking research opportunities abroad.
Info: Dr. Mary Ellen Lane, Executive Director, Council of American Overseas Research Centers, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, NHB Room CE-123, MRC 178, Washington, DC 20013-7012, (202) 842-8636 phone, (202) 786-2430 fax, lane.maryellen@caord.org
Founded: 1983
Membership: 430
Annual dues: No annual dues
Purpose: To nurture and encourage the study of design history, criticism, and theory. DF holds an annual meeting in conjunction with the CAA Annual Conference and distributes information about exhibitions, publications, conferences, and employment opportunities via its electronic mailing list. The DF newsletter, Object Lessons, founded 1990, is published occasionally.
Info: Elizabeth E Guffey, President, Art History, SUNY Purchase, 735 Anderson Hill Rd, Purchase, NY 10577-1400, T - (914) 251-6597, F - (914) 251-6559, elizabeth.guffey@purchase.edu
Founded: 1977
Membership: 400-600
Annual dues: $45 for 2 years; $100 institutional.
Purpose: A national organization to promote 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 visual-arts core curriculum. FATE’s newsletter, journal (FATE in Review), and regional/national conferences provide a platform for exchange and publication.
Info: Barbara Nesin at bnesin@spelman.edu CAA Representative, Department of Art, 350 Spelman Lane, Box 337, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA 30314; 404 223 7614; batyat@yahoo.com or bnesin@spelman.edu, President: Ralph Larmann, President; Department of Art, 1800 Lincoln Avenue, University of Evansville, Evansville, IN 47714; 812 479 2782; RL29@evansville.edu; Diane Highland, Membership Coordinator; csdeh2@eiu.edu