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New CAA Standards and Guidelines
posted by Mary-Ann Milford-Lutzker — December 07, 2009
Mary-Ann Milford-Lutzker is CAA’s vice president for committees. She is also professor of Asian art history, Carver Chair in East Asian Studies, and provost and dean of the faculty at Mills College in Oakland, California.
In line with CAA’s practice to update $500 payday loans online same day regularly its Standards and Guidelines for professional practices in the fields of art and art history, the Board of Directors approved three revised guidelines for art historians and a new one for academic art administrators at its meeting on October 25, 2009. This work was carried out by four task forces, established by CAA’s president Paul B. Jaskot and executive director Linda Downs, that were overseen by the Professional Practices Committee.
Professional Practices for Art Historians
Authentications and Attributions (2009): The task force appointed by President Jaskot established the need for a stand-alone and separate document for art historians regarding authentications and attributions of works of art. It was determined that no other issue is more urgent for, and its consequences so specific to, the welfare of the profession than dealing with inauthenticity and false attributions. Not only is the integrity of artists and collections at stake, but the economic well-being of art historians who engage in trying to separate the false from the true is also endangered.
Information about authentications and attributions formerly appeared in A Code of Ethics for Art Historians and Guidelines for the Professional Practice of Art History.
Guidelines for Curatorial-Studies Programs (2009): A growing number of colleges and universities across the country have instituted programs in curatorial studies. The revisions for the document, first published in 2004, are intended to help art departments and administrators organizing curricula and to aid faculty advisors and students determining which curatorial-studies programs are appropriate for an individual’s specific interests, abilities, and career goals.
Standards for Retention and Tenure of Art Historians (2009): This guideline, last revised in 2005, has been amended to embrace community and two-year colleges. Inclusion of community colleges into these standards will make this document relevant for art-history faculty who attempt to achieve the highest stands of professional practices in such institutions. It will also help to validate the objectives of professionals who have few peers to support them in their efforts to improve the practice of art history at their institutions.
Professional Practices for Academic Art Administrators
Standards and Guidelines for Academic Art Administrators (2009): This document will serve as a resource for emerging, new, and current academic art administrators, as well as benefiting other CAA members seeking guidance regarding the role of academic art administrators operating in a visual-arts context. The task force was made up of administrators from diverse geographical regions and varied professional experiences that included program directors, chairs and division heads, directors of schools of art, associate deans, deans, and vice presidents http://loans-cash.net/how-it-works.php .
Acknowledgments
I want to thank all the members of the four task forces (listed respectively on the webpages of their Standards and Guidelines), who worked together to revise and create these Standards and Guidelines. In particular I want to acknowledge the work of Maxine Payne, chair of the Professional Practices Committee, who so diligently worked on all this material and encouraged each task force along the way.
Nominating Committee Seeks Members
posted by Vanessa Jalet — November 11, 2009
CAA invites you to help shape our Board of Directors by serving on the 2010 Nominating Committee. Each year, this committee nominates and interviews candidates for the CAA board and selects the final slate for the membership’s vote. (Read the names and affiliations of current candidates for the 2010–14 terms.)
The current Nominating Committee will select new members of its own committee at its business meeting held at the 2010 Annual Conference in Chicago. Once selected, all Nominating Committee members are called on to propose a minimum of five and a maximum of ten candidates for the board. Service on the committee also involves conducting telephone interviews with board candidates during the summer and meeting by conference call in September 2010 to select the final board slate. Finally, all committee members must attend the Nominating Committee’s business meeting at the Annual Conference in New York to select the 2011 committee.
Nominations and self-nominations should include a brief statement of interest and a two-page CV. Please send all materials to: Mary-Ann Milford-Lutzker, Vice President for Committees c/o CAA Executive Assistant, CAA, 275 Seventh Ave., 18th Floor, New York, NY 10001. Materials may also be sent by email as Microsoft Word attachments. Deadline: December 30, 2009.
New Committee Members
posted by Christopher Howard — March 16, 2009
The following individuals have been appointed to serve on CAA’s nine Professional Interests, Practices, and Standards Committees for 2009–12. New committee members began their terms at the 2009 Annual Conference in Los Angeles. Those marked as chair are previous committee members newly appointed to that position. Members of the CAA Board of Directors have also been appointed as liaisons between the board and the committee.
Committee on Diversity Practices: Jacqueline Francis, California College of the Arts and San Francisco State University, chair; Art Jones, University of North Dakota; Peggy Jones, University of Nebraska, Omaha; Edward Noriega, Troy University, CAA board; Douglas Rosenberg, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Committee on Intellectual Property: Kenneth Cavalier, art historian and lawyer, British Columbia; Joy Garnett, independent artist, New York.
Committee on Women in the Arts: Diane Burko, Philadelphia Community College, chair; Maria Elena Buszek, Kansas City Art Institute; Rebecca Rushfield, independent conservator, New York; Andrea Rusnock, Indiana University, South Bend; Amy Ingrid Schlegel, Tufts University, CAA board; Kathleen Wentrack, Queensborough Community College, City University of New York.
Education Committee: Richard Tichich, Western Carolina University, chair; Roseann Gibel, Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale; Martina Hesser, University of California San Diego Extension.
International Committee: Jennifer Milam, University of Sydney, chair; Ann Albritton, Ringling College of Art and Design; Stephanie Dickey, Queen’s University; Sue Gollifer, University of Brighton, CAA board.
Museum Committee: Jay Clarke, Art Institute of Chicago, chair; Virginia Brilliant, Ringling Museum of Art; Maria Saffiotti Dale, Chazen Museum of Art; Holly Harrison, Dallas Museum of Art; Karol Ann Lawson, Sweet Briar College.
Professional Practices Committee: Jay Coogan, Rhode Island School of Design, CAA board; Diane Edison, University of Georgia; Bertha Gutman, Delaware County Community College; Judith Thorpe, University of Connecticut, CAA board.
Services to Artists Committee: Thomas Berding, Michigan State University; Faya Causey, National Gallery of Art, CAA board; Julie Green, Oregon State University; Sabina Ott, Columbia College Chicago; Patricia C. Phillips, Cornell University; Melissa Potter, Columbia College Chicago.
Student and Emerging Professionals Committee: Hilary Batzel, ArtsWestchester, chair; Temma Balducci, Arkansas State University; Randall C. Griffin, Southern Methodist University, CAA board; Dennis Y. Ichiyama, Purdue University; Niku Kashef, California State University, Northridge; Jennifer Stoneking-Stewart, Belmont University.
Questions? Please write to Vanessa Jalet, CAA executive assistant. A call for nominations to serve on CAA’s Professional Interests, Practices, and Standards Committees appears annually in the July and September issues of CAA News and on the CAA website. CAA’s president and vice president for committees review nominations in December and make appointments that take effect the following February.
Show Your Art at the Los Angeles Conference
posted by Emmanuel Lemakis — December 01, 2008
CAA’s Services to Artists Committee invites artist members to participate in ARTexchange, an open forum for sharing work at the Annual Conference. ARTexchange, to be held Friday evening, February 27, at the Los Angeles Convention Center, is free and open to the public; a cash bar is available.
The space on, above, and beneath a six-foot table is available for each artist’s exhibition of prints, paintings, drawings, photographs, sculptures, and small installations; performance, sound, and spoken word are also welcome. Previous ARTexchange participants have found that this parameter sparked creative displays, and the committee looks forward to surprises and inspiring solutions at the upcoming conference. Please note that artwork cannot be hung on walls, and it is not possible to run power cords from laptops or other electronic devices to outlets—bring fully charged batteries.
To participate in Los Angeles, please write to the ARTexchange coordinators, with the subject heading “CAA ARTexchange.” Include your CAA member number and a brief description of what you plan to present. Please provide details regarding performance, sound, spoken word, or technology-based work, including laptop presentations. You will receive an email confirmation. Because ARTexchange is a popular venue and participation is based on available space, early applicants are given preference.
Participants are responsible for their work; CAA is not liable for losses or damages. Sales of work are not permitted. Deadline: December 15, 2008.
Photograph by Teresa Rafidi.
MFA Standards Updated
posted by Christopher Howard — November 13, 2008
Last month, the CAA Board of Directors approved revisions to the MFA Standards, one of the organization’s many Standards and Guidelines for visual-art professionals. The revised document, prepared by a subcommittee of the Professional Practices Committee (PPC), is now published to the CAA website.
During summer and fall 2008, Jean Miller, chair of the PPC-MFA Standards Review Committee, and Charles Wright, a PPC member who is also leading a discussion about the doctorate in studio art, worked on a draft of a revised MFA Standards. Last revised and approved in 1991, the document was submitted to the board by Maxine Payne, PPC chair.
The PPC-MFA Committee contacted art and design colleagues across the nation throughout the revision process to gather ideas for changes. The response was very good, with certain themes or points reoccurring. Many of those queried thought that the idea of the MFA as the terminal degree in art and design needed to be reinforced. Others found the language in the 1991 standards to be dated, so it was rewritten throughout to reflect present-day issues and concerns.
Contemporary and evolving studio practices, interpretation of ideas, and the role of art and design in innovation were all thought to be important concepts. Information about technology and experimental media, collaborative works, and interdisciplinary applications of art and design were also considered to be critical to current art practices for students in MFA programs.
Some respondents advocated for robust and comprehensive educational curricula that include critical studies, art history, and visual culture. The inclusion of statements about diversity and how curriculum must support non-Western and Western cultures was important to all.
The PPC thanks everyone who helped in the revision, in particular, Carmon Colangelo, Patricia Olynyk, Nora Sturges, Judith Thorpe, and Jim Hopfensperger.