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See the Results of the 2019 CAA Annual Conference Survey
posted by CAA — April 02, 2019
Registration at the 2019 CAA Annual Conference in New York. Photo: Ben Fractenberg
Thank you to everyone who participated in our 2019 Annual Conference survey! Each year we work to make the Annual Conference better than the year before. It’s a large effort that takes the time of many people. We only do it once year but we need to have it perfect from that first hour registration is open, and your direct feedback helps us make that happen.
Here is what you told us about your experience this year:
- Up from last year, 79% of you were satisfied with the Annual Conference
- 75% liked the content of the sessions but only half of you thought the sessions represented a balance of time periods
- 75% liked your online experience with CAA
- 74% liked the Book and Trade Fair
- 67% thought that the conference was welcoming and inclusive
Here’s what you liked about the conference:
- Professional development offerings and workshops
- Networking opportunities
- Diverse sessions, good variety, good from a scholarly point
- Staff—easy to find someone to help
- Very smooth check-in process
- Pay-as-you-Wish Day Pass
- Conference in one building (as opposed to LA)
- New York is a good destination – museums and galleries
- Length of the sessions, committees’ lunch, opportunity to participate on a panel
- Mentoring
- Welcoming and stimulating, not the “high-brow” style of years’ past; friendly, collegial spirit
- More inclusion of design
- Many people got to participate
- Planning features on website
- Childcare
- Book and Trade Fair
- Convocation
- Open sessions on diversity and other topics
- Tables where people could sit and talk
Here is what you want to think about for next year’s conference:
- Conference was too long, and conference fatigue was inevitable
- Need more offerings for mentoring and interviewing
- Bring back the free paper schedule program
- 90-minute sessions are too short for 5 presenters; 8:30 is too early for some sessions
- Too many things are scheduled at the same time
- Too much for art historians rather than artists
- Not enough for art historians
- New York is always a problem with weather and too expensive ($13 for a glass of wine?)
- Could never find the soul to the conference —leaves me feeling sad about our field
- Very few senior scholars or mid-career attended, making it feel like a graduate student mentoring event
- Too many sessions on the same topics and at the same time
- Needs more transparency on how sessions are selected and put together
- There was a lack of diverse topics
- Way too large and overwhelming—no one had a chance to network—conference is no longer an academic one
- Abstracts should be available online
- The website is very confusing
- Too many presenters read from their papers, looking down
- Nothing to attract scholars or historians
- Why are there almost no artists outside of academia at CAA
Here is what you told us about you:
- About 67% of you are art historians; 24% are practicing artists
- 77% of you are associated with a college or university and nearly half of you are either full-time faculty or department chairs
- 75% of you pay for your membership fees yourself; about half of you are fortunate to have your employer to pay for it
Planning to submit a proposal for CAA 2020? The submissions portal for next year’s Annual Conference in Chicago closes April 30. We invite proposals for sessions, lightning rounds, poster sessions, and workshops from visual arts professionals working across the field in all disciplines.
Rejoin CAA in April and Get 25% Off Your Membership
posted by CAA — April 01, 2019
There is strength in numbers. Every day, CAA is working on behalf of professionals in the visual arts to create resources, build networks, and encourage scholarship at the highest levels. The louder our voice, the more we can do.
Rejoin CAA during the month of April and get 25% off any Tiered membership level.
Plan on participating in the 2020 Annual Conference in Chicago, February 12-15, 2020? Submissions are due April 30, 2019.
Join your colleagues and fellow professionals in creating the programming for the largest gathering of art historians, artists, designers, curators, arts administrators, museum professionals, and others in the visual arts.
Now is the perfect time to rejoin and save.
Offer valid from April 1–April 30, 2019, 11:59 PM EST, to individual lapsed members for a one-year membership. Discount applies only to those whose membership has lapsed between January 1, 2012 and January 1, 2018. Log in to your CAA account to view the discount code.
Questions? Contact Member Services at 212-691-1051, ext. 1.
Serve on a CAA Award Jury
posted by CAA — March 28, 2019
CAA invites nominations and self-nominations for individuals to serve on ten of the fourteen juries for the annual Awards for Distinction for three years (2019–22). Terms begin in May 2019; award years are 2020–22.
CAA’s fourteen awards honor artists, art historians, authors, curators, critics, and teachers whose accomplishments transcend their individual disciplines and contribute to the profession as a whole and to the world at large.
Candidates must possess expertise appropriate to the jury’s work and be current CAA members. They should not hold a position on a CAA committee or editorial board beyond May 31, 2019. CAA’s president and vice president for committees appoint jury members for service.
Jury vacancies for spring 2019:
- The Art Journal Award: two members
- Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award: three members
- Frank Jewett Mather Award for Art Criticism: one member
- Charles Rufus Morey Book Award: two members
- Arthur Kingsley Porter Prize: two members
- CAA/AIC Award for Distinction in Scholarship and Conservation: one member
- Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement: one member
- Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award for Writing on Art: two members
- Distinguished Feminist Award: one member
- Distinguished Teaching of Art Award: one member
Nominations and self-nominations should include a brief statement (no more than 150 words) outlining the individual’s qualifications and experience and a CV (an abbreviated CV no more than two pages may be submitted). Please send all materials by email to Cali Buckley, CAA grants and special programs manager; submissions must be sent as Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF attachments. For questions about jury service and responsibilities, contact Tiffany Dugan, CAA director of programs and publications.
Deadline: May 13, 2019
Serve on a CAA Editorial Board, Committee, or Jury
posted by CAA — March 20, 2019
Attendees at the 2019 Annual Conference in New York. Photo: Ben Fractenberg
Each spring, members have the opportunity to provide critical service to the field and gain an inside view by volunteering to work on a CAA editorial board, committee, or jury.
Any member may self-nominate for the following positions or (after ascertaining interest) nominate another member. For more information, please click on the links below.
CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES
All deadlines for 2019 have passed.
CLOSED OPPORTUNITIES
Art Journal Open—Editor-in-Chief
Deadline: April 1
caa.reviews—Editor-in-Chief
Deadline: April 1
caa.reviews—Four Field Editors
Design History, Eighteenth-Century Art, Architecture and Urbanism, Theory and Historiography
Deadline: April 15
The Art Bulletin—Editorial Board Members
Deadline: April 15
Annual Conference—CAA Council of Readers
New this year, we’re asking members to serve a crucial role in shaping conference content.
Deadline: April 18
Annual Conference—Annual Conference Chair
Deadline: April 29
Annual Conference—Awards for Distinction Juries
Deadline: May 13
Millard Meiss Publication Fund—Jury Members
Deadline: May 13
Professional Development Fellowships in Art History and Visual Art—Jury Members
Deadline: May 13
Professional Committees—Seeking New Members
Committees: Design, Diversity Practices, Intellectual Property, Women in the Arts, Education, International, Museum, Professional Practices, Services to Artists, Student and Emerging Professionals
Deadline: September 18
CAA Recognizes Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage at 2020 Annual Conference
posted by CAA — March 19, 2019
Women’s suffragists parade in New York City in 1917, carrying placards with the signatures of more than a million women. (New York Times Photo Archives)
In collaboration with the Committee on Women in the Arts, CAA seeks to offer a selection of sessions, papers, speakers, and related programming for the 2020 Conference in celebration of the Centennial of Women’s Suffrage in the US, while also acknowledging the discriminatory practices that limited voting rights for Indigenous women and women of color, even after the passage of the 19th amendment in 1920.
We hope 50% of the conference’s content will be focused on women-centered research, artistic presentations, and discourse, and addresses the intersectional and transnational complexity of race, ethnicity, class, age, body size, disability, gender and sexual orientation in the arts. Reinforcing inclusivity beyond binary understandings of gender, this initiative seeks to advance a forum for increased dialogue within the context of this historical moment.
The submissions portal for the 2020 CAA Annual Conference is now closed.
Annual Conference Committee Seeks Next Chair
posted by CAA — March 15, 2019
CAA invites nominations and self-nominations for the Annual Conference Chair. This at-large member of the Annual Conference Committee serves a two-year term, beginning February 2020, immediately following the 108th Annual Conference. The Annual Conference Chair Designate shall begin their orientation to the role in May 2019. They will be invited to meetings of the Annual Conference Committee as a non-voting ex officio member at that time.
The Chair oversees the Council of Readers and reports back to the Annual Conference Committee on session topics, including identifying possible areas of content and interest to members that are missing from the submissions received. With CAA staff, the Chair recruits Council of Readers members to read, review, and rank proposals. The Chair shapes the content to the Annual Conference from the submissions as reported back by the Council.
Deadline: April 29, 2019
As a member of the Annual Conference Committee the Chair:
- Works with CAA staff and oversees the execution of the overall goals of the conference
- Ensures that the Annual Conference reflects the goals of the Association
- Makes the Annual Conference an effective place for intellectual, aesthetic, and professional learning and exchange
- Reflects the diverse interests of the membership
- Suggests conference content based on member interest
- Assists in scheduling the variety of chosen sessions, workshops, talks, etc.
- Proposes ways to increase conference participation and attendance
- Proposes new initiatives for the conference
- Proposes candidates for distinguished speakers
The Annual Conference Committee meets three times a year: February – in person at the Annual Conference to examine and discuss the operational aspects of the conference which recently concluded and ideas for the upcoming conference; May/June – on a conference call to review the recommendations by the Council of Readers for the upcoming Annual Conference; October – on a conference call to review final plans and any existing changes for the Annual Conference up to two years out.
Please send a 150-word letter of interest and a CV to Mira Friedlaender, CAA Manager of Annual Conference. Deadline: April 29, 2019.
Apply to Join the CAA Council of Readers
posted by CAA — March 12, 2019
Attendees at the 2019 Annual Conference in New York. Photo: Ben Fractenberg
Beginning this year, we are pleased to announce a new opportunity to help shape Annual Conference session content. In preparation for the 2020 Annual Conference in Chicago, the Annual Conference Committee will appoint a Council of Readers to read proposals submitted by CAA members and serve a crucial role in the review process.
The Council will be tasked with reading proposals with a focus on their specialty and will provide the knowledge and expertise of their fields to help shape the conference.
Pleas email Mira Friedlaender, Manager of Annual Conference, mfriedlaender@collegeart.org, or Tiffany Dugan, Director of Programs and Publications, tdugan@collegeart.org, with any questions.
CAA 2020 Submissions Portal Now Open
posted by CAA — March 01, 2019
2019 CAA Annual Conference Keynote, Joyce J. Scott. Image by Ben Fractenberg.
The submissions portal for the 2020 CAA Annual Conference in Chicago, February 12-15 is now open.
CAA invites proposals for sessions, lightning rounds, poster sessions, and workshops from visual arts professionals working across the field in all disciplines.
The CAA Annual Conference is the largest gathering of art historians, artists, designers, curators, arts administrators, museum professionals, and others in the visual arts.
Proposals must be submitted by April 30, 2019.
Please note, this year individuals will have the opportunity to submit proposals for several types of opportunities at the Annual Conference before the April 30 deadline. Please review the full proposals page to decide which type of submission best fits your needs.
The Annual Conference Committee members reviewed over 1,000 submissions for the 2019 Annual Conference. They take into account subject areas and themes that arise from accepted proposals to present as a broad and diverse a program as possible. Last year the committee selected roughly 300 sessions and it must, at times, make difficult decisions on submissions of high merit.
Please contact Member Services at membership@collegeart.org or at 212-691-1051, ext. 1 with any questions.
Take the 2019 Annual Conference Survey
posted by CAA — February 20, 2019
CAA-Getty Scholars at CAA 2019. Photo: Ben Fractenberg
Did you attend the 107th Annual Conference? We want to hear from you. Let us know what worked, what didn’t, and what you’d like to see next year in our online survey.
We appreciate your feedback and hope to see you next year at the 108th Annual Conference in Chicago, February 12-15, 2020. The submissions portal opens March 1.
Thank You for CAA 2019
posted by CAA — February 18, 2019
Clockwise from top left: Keynote Speaker Joyce J. Scott, Distinguished Artist Interviewee Guadalupe Maravilla, artist Sheryl Oring, and poet Pamela Sneed at CAA 2019. Photos by Ben Fractenberg
Thank you to the thousands of participants who contributed to the 107th CAA Annual Conference! It is always inspiring to come together in person. You can see highlights via #CAA2019 and #CAANYC and our accounts on Twitter and Instagram.
We hope to see you next year in Chicago, February 12-15! The submissions portal for CAA 2020 opens March 1.