Guidelines
Since its founding in 1911, CAA has regularly issued Standards and Guidelines—professional practices for the fields of art and art history—which are developed by CAA’s committees and special task forces and presented to the Board of Directors for approval. CAA encourages all members, institutional and individual, to read, understand, and use these documents. Published formally since 1973, the Standards and Guidelines are divided into nine categories.
How to Develop/Update Guidelines (PDF)
Career Development
- Artist Résumé (1999)
- Curriculum Vitae for Art Historians (2003)
- Curriculum Vitae for Museum Professionals (2000)
- Curriculum Vitae for Visual Artists (1999)
- Etiquette for CAA Interviewers (2000, updated 2006)
- Slide Labeling (1999)
- Standards for Professional Placement (1992)
- Works in New Media: Recommendations for the Formatting, Handling, and Screening of Works (2000)
Ethics
Guidelines Concerning Part-Time Employment
Legal Issues
- A Guide to the New York Print and Photograph Law (1982)
- Copyrights and Permissions in Scholarly and Educational Publishing
- Guidelines Adopted by CAA Regarding the Hiring by Museums of Guest Curators, Exhibitors/Artists, and Catalogue Essayists as Outside Contractors (2002)
- Printmakers’ Contracts (1978)
- “Promotion of Distance Education Through Digital Technologies”: Comments of the College Art Association (1999)
- Public Art Works (1987)
- Resolution Concerning the Acquisition of Cultural Properties Originating in Foreign Countries (1973)
- Resolution Concerning the Sale and Exchange of Works of Art by Museums (1991)
- Standards for Sculptural Reproduction and Preventive Measures to Combat Unethical Casting in Bronze (1974)
- A Quick Guide to Artists’ Rights under the New Copyright Law (1997)
Professional Practices for Artists
Professional Practices for Art Historians
- Guidelines for Curatorial Studies Programs (2004)
- CAA Statement on the Importance of Documenting the Historical Context of Objects and Sites (2004)
- CAA Standards for Retention and Tenure of Art Historians (2002, , updated 2005, updated 2007)
- A Code of Ethics for Art Historians and Guidelines for the Professional Practice of Art History (1995)
- CAA Standards for Peer Review (2003)
Professional Practices for Museum Professionals
- Information about Museum Ethics and Professional Practices (2005)
- Professional Practices for Art Museum Curators (2007)
Professional Practices for Visual Arts Faculty
- Guidelines for Faculty Teaching in New-Media Arts (2007)
- MFA Standards (1991)
- Standards for the BA and BFA Degrees in Studio Art (1979)
- Standards for Retention and Tenure of Visual Arts Faculty (2004)
Professional Practices for Visual Resource Professionals
Please direct all queries regarding CAA guidelines to Linda Downs, CAA executive director, at 212-691-1051, ext. 207.