CAA is accepting applications from MFA and PhD students for its Professional-Development Fellowships in the Visual Arts and Art History. For the current cycle, CAA will award five grants of $5,000 each to outstanding students who will receive their MFA degrees in the 2012 calendar year. Similarly, two PhD candidates in art history will receive $5,000 each.
Fellows for 2012 also receive a free one-year CAA membership and complimentary registration to the Annual Conference in Los Angeles. Honorable mentions, given at the discretion of the jury, also earn a free one-year CAA membership and complimentary conference registration.
CAA’s fellowship program support promising artists and art historians who are enrolled in MFA and PhD programs nationwide. Awards are intended to help them with various aspects of their work, whether it be for job-search expenses or purchasing materials for the studio. CAA believes a grant of this kind, without contingencies, can best facilitate the transition between graduate studies and professional careers.
Please visit the Fellowship section for more information and to download the 2012 MFA and PhD Application Forms. The deadline for applications is Friday, September 30, 2011. Winners will be announced in January 2012.
Image: Sheryl Oring, I Wish to Say, 2010, performance at the 01SJ Biennial in San Jose, California (artwork © Sheryl Oring). Oring received a 2010–11 fellowship
