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CAA 2026 Board of Directors Election: Vote Now!
posted by CAA — December 11, 2025
As a CAA member, voting is the best way to shape the future of your professional association. Thank you for taking the time to vote!
The CAA Board of Directors is comprised of professionals in the visual arts who are elected annually by the membership to serve four-year terms or (for emerging professionals) two-year terms. The Board is charged with the long-term financial stability and strategic direction of CAA in partnership with the Executive Director; it is also the Association’s governing body. The Board sets policy regarding all aspects of CAA activities, including publishing, the Annual Conference, awards and fellowships, advocacy, and committee procedures. For more information, please read the CAA by-laws section on Nominations, Elections, and Appointments.
MEET THE CANDIDATES
The 2025–26 Nominating Committee has selected the following candidates for election to the CAA Board of Directors. Click the names of the candidates below to read their personal statements and CVs before casting your vote.
BOARD OF DIRECTOR CANDIDATES (FOUR-YEAR TERM, 2026–30)
Researcher and Director, Museum Studies
Rosas Museum (Narcao, Italy)
Professor of Painting
Auburn University (Auburn, AL)
Assistant Professor of Photography, Parsons School of Design
The New School (New York, NY)
Dean, School of Art and Design
Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, NY)
Assistant Dean, Curriculum and Learning, Parsons School of Design
The New School (New York, NY)
Librarian, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs
New York Public Library (New York, NY)
EMERGING PROFESSIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTOR CANDIDATES (TWO-YEAR TERM, 2026–28)
Director of Learning & Engagement
Everson Museum of Art (Syracuse, NY)
PhD Candidate in Art History
The Pennsylvania State University (University Park, PA)
Part-Time Design Faculty, Parsons School of Design
The New School (New York, NY)
PhD Candidate in Art History and Visual Culture
Duke University (Durham, NC)
Marketing and Communications Coordinator
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (Fort Worth, TX)
CAA members must cast their votes online. The deadline for voting is 5:00 p.m. CT on Thursday, February 19, 2026.
Elected individuals will be announced at the CAA Annual Business Meeting on Friday, February 20, 1:00–2:00 p.m. CT.
Questions? Contact info@collegeart.org with the subject line “Board of Directors Election.”
Notice of the CAA 114th Annual Business Meeting
posted by CAA — December 10, 2025
CAA Annual Business Meeting
Friday, February 20, 2026
1 p.m. CT
The 114th Annual Business Meeting of the members of the College Art Association will be called to order at 1 p.m. CT on Friday, February 20, 2026, at the Hilton Chicago. Access to this meeting is included in paid registration and no-cost registration. Once registered, please log into the online conference schedule to view more details about this meeting. CAA President, Dr. Denise Baxter, will preside.
AGENDA
- Welcome + Call to Order – Denise Baxter, CAA President
- Executive Director Report – Meme Omogbai, CAA Executive Director + CEO
- Approval of 113th Annual Business Meeting Minutes [ACTION ITEM]
- Old/New Business
- Board Member Election Results – Denise Baxter, CAA President
- Adjourn
BOARD VOTING
The Board of Directors slate has been announced as of December 11, 2025, along with an online voting form. Please submit your voting form for the 2026 election no later than 5 p.m. CT on Thursday, February 19th, 2026.
Next Meeting – 2027
The 115th Annual Business Meeting of the College Art Association will be held on February 5, 2027, at the New York Hilton Midtown.
CAA113 Annual Business Meeting Minutes
posted by CAA — December 10, 2025
CAA113 Annual Business Meeting
February 14, 2025 | 12:00 p.m. ET
New York Hilton Midtown
- Welcome + Call to Order – Denise Baxter, CAA Board President
- Denise Baxter called the meeting to order at 12:05 p.m. ET.
- The agenda was introduced, with emphasis on brevity to allow time for a special guest presentation on the state of the field following the Annual Business Meeting.
- Executive Director Report – Meme Omogbai, CAA Executive Director + CEO
- Financial Report
- CAA’s annual audit was conducted by the firm EisnerAmper for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024.
- Net assets increased by over $80,000 compared to the prior year.
- Operating revenue was $3.4 million, and expenses were approximately the same amount.
- An unrealized investment loss was due to market conditions.
- CAA continues to operate within budget and maintains fiscal prudence.
- Audit reports are publicly available via Guidestar and NYS Charities Bureau.
- Membership Update
- CAA Individual members totaled approximately 4000 in the year ending June 30, 2024, and 268 Institutional members.
- There were 437 institutional journal subscribers.
- CAA’s co-publisher of our field-leading journals The Art Bulletin and Art Journal remains Routledge, Taylor & Francis.
- Strategic Repositioning Progress
- We have continued implementation of the strategic plan to modernize and future-proof CAA.
- CAA is prioritizing investment in technological infrastructure to support global presence and responsiveness.
- We have expanded our hybrid offerings and piloted professional development webinars.
- CAA received the Candid Platinum Seal of Transparency, a designation which supports CAA’s ongoing fundraising efforts and affirms organizational accountability.
- Conference Update
- The CAA113 attendance target was 2500 and this was exceeded by 1000 with just over 3500 attendees.
- Staff, especially the very small conference team, was recognized for exceptional effort in achieving this milestone.
- All staff members present were asked to stand to be acknowledged.
- Financial Report
- Approval of 112th Annual Business Meeting Minutes [ACTION ITEM]
- Jennifer Rissler moved to approve minutes from the CAA 112th Annual Business meeting; Greg Gilbert seconded the motion.
- The minutes were approved unanimously by those present.
- Old/New Business
- Laura Anderson Barbata (noted for forging a climate crisis partnership), Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz (noted for service on the Annual Conference Committee), Kelly Walters (noted for tote bag design), and Roland Betancourt (noted for contributions to discipline-specific initiatives) were thanked for their service and contributions as Board members and encouraged after they rotate off the Board in May to remain engaged with CAA.
- Past CAA President James Hopfensperger honored Morgan T. Payne for nearly 50 years of continuous membership and engaged participation at CAA, especially attendance at Annual Business Meetings. His contributions have also included committee service, authorship of standards and guidelines for the field, and advocacy.
- Board Election Results – Denise Baxter, CAA Board President
- The 2025 Board of Directors slate was announced on December 11, 2024, along with an online voting form. Voting closed on Thursday, February 13, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. ET.
- The following individuals will join the Board of Directors in May 2025 (4-year term): Jelena Bogdanović, Jennifer Field, Leslie D. Joynes, Carolyn Jean Martin, and Emily Pugh.
- Congratulations to Aaron Samuel Mulenga who will also join the Board as a CAA Emerging Professional Director (2-year term).
- All who were not elected were encouraged to run again next year. Some of the most productive Board members in CAA history ran several times before they were elected, including some past CAA presidents.
- The CAA Nominating Committee was thanked for their contributions to this election cycle.
- Adjourn
- The CAA 114th Annual Conference will be held February 18–21, 2026 at the Hilton Chicago. The date of the Annual Business Meeting will be February 20, 2026.
- The CAA 113th Annual Business Meeting adjourned at 12:24 p.m. ET.
Notice of the CAA 113th Annual Business Meeting
posted by CAA — November 26, 2024
CAA Annual Business Meeting
Friday, February 14, 2025
12:00 p.m. ET
The 113th Annual Business Meeting of the members of the College Art Association will be called to order at 12:00 p.m. ET on Friday, February 14, 2025, at the New York Hilton Midtown. Access to this meeting is included in paid and no-cost registration. Once registered, please log into the online conference schedule to view more details about this meeting. CAA President, Dr. Denise Baxter will preside.
AGENDA
- Welcome + Call to Order – Denise Baxter, CAA Board President
- Executive Director Report – Meme Omogbai, CAA Executive Director + CEO
- Approval of 112th Annual Business Meeting Minutes [ACTION ITEM]
- Old/New Business
- Board Election Results – Denise Baxter, CAA Board President
- Adjourn
SPECIAL DISCUSSION
Immediately following the CAA 113th Annual Business Meeting, Robert B. Townsend, Director of Humanities, Arts, and Culture Programs and Codirector of Humanities Indicators at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, will lead a discussion on the state of the field based on the Mellon Foundation-funded Arts and Humanities national survey of department chairs in each discipline.
BOARD VOTING
The 2025 Board of Directors slate will be announced in December 2024 along with an online voting form. Please submit your voting form for the 2025 election no later than 5:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, February 13, 2025.
NEXT MEETING–2026
The 114th Annual Business Meeting of the College Art Association will be held in February 2026 at the Hilton Chicago during the CAA Annual Conference; precise date and time to be announced.
Notice of CAA 112th Annual Business Meeting
posted by CAA — December 11, 2023
CAA Annual Business Meeting
Friday, February 16, 2024
1 p.m. CT
The 112th Annual Business Meeting of the members of the College Art Association will be called to order at 1 p.m. CT on Friday, February 16, 2024, at the Hilton Chicago. Access to this meeting is included in paid registration and no-cost registration. CAA President, Jennifer Rissler, will preside.
Agenda
- Welcome + Call to Order – Jennifer Rissler, CAA President
- Executive Director Report – Meme Omogbai, CAA Executive Director + CEO
- Approval of 111th Annual Business Meeting Minutes [ACTION ITEM]
- Financial Report
- Old/New Business
- Board Member Election Results – Jennifer Rissler, CAA President
- Adjourn
Board Voting
along with an online voting form. Please submit your voting form for the 2024 election no later than 5 p.m. CT on Thursday, February 15th, 2024.
Next Meeting – 2025
The 113th Annual Business Meeting of the College Art Association will be held in February 2025, precise date and location to be announced.
CAA 2023 Board of Directors Election: Vote Now!
posted by CAA — December 22, 2022
As a CAA member, voting is the best way to shape the future of your professional organization. Thank you for taking the time to vote!
The CAA Board of Directors is comprised of professionals in the visual arts who are elected annually by the membership to serve four-year terms (or, in the case of Emerging Professional Board members, two-year terms). The Board is charged with CAA’s long-term financial stability and strategic direction; it is also the Association’s governing body. The board sets policy regarding all aspects of CAA’s activities, including publishing, the Annual Conference, awards and fellowships, advocacy, and committee procedures. For more information, please read the CAA By-laws on Nominations, Elections, and Appointments.
MEET THE CANDIDATES
The 2022–23 Nominating Committee has selected the following candidates for election to the CAA Board of Directors. Click the names of the candidates below to read their bios/personal statements and CVs before casting your vote.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS CANDIDATES (FOUR-YEAR TERM, 2023–2027)
Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs, College of Visual Arts and Design
University of North Texas (Denton, TX)
Associate Professor of Painting, Department of Art
Mississippi State University (Starkville, MS)
Associate Professor & Director of Art History
VCUarts Qatar (Doha, Qatar)
Curator of exhibition Lucio Fontana’s Ceramics,
Peggy Guggenheim Collection (Milan, Italy)
Associate Professor of Art History & Head of Arts & Humanities Major
Yale-NUS College (Singapore)
Associate Professor in Visual Communication Design, Department of Art, Art History & Design
University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN)
EMERGING PROFESSIONALS BOARD OF DIRECTORS CANDIDATES (TWO-YEAR TERM, 2023–2025)
PhD Candidate, David Driskell Fellow
Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts (Portland, ME)
Ph.D. Candidate, Art and Architectural History
University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)
CAA members must cast their votes online. The deadline for voting is 5 p.m. ET on Thursday, February 16, 2023.
The elected individuals will be announced at CAA’s Annual Business Meeting to be held from 1–2 p.m. ET on Friday, February 17, 2023.
Questions? Contact Maeghan Donohue, Chief of Staff and Manager, Strategic Planning, Diversity & Governance (mdonohue@collegeart.org).
Notice of CAA 111th Annual Business Meeting
posted by CAA — December 16, 2022
CAA Annual Business Meeting
Friday, February 17, 2023
1 p.m. ET
The 111th Annual Business Meeting of the members of the College Art Association will be called to order at 1 p.m. ET on Friday, February 17 at the 2023 Annual Conference at the New York Hilton Midtown. Access to this meeting is included in paid registration and can also be accessed by registering for no-cost registration. Once you have registered, please log into the online conference schedule to attend the meeting. CAA President, Jennifer Rissler will preside.
Agenda
- Welcome + Call to Order – Jennifer Rissler, CAA President
- Executive Director’s Report – Meme Omogbai, CAA Executive Director + CEO
- Approval of 110th Annual Business Meeting Minutes [ACTION ITEM]
- Financial Report
- Old/New Business
- Board Member Election Results – Jennifer Rissler, CAA President
- Adjourn
Board Voting
The 2023 Board of Directors slate will be announced on December 22, 2022 along with an online voting form. Please submit your vote for this election cycle via the online voting form no later than 5 p.m. ET on Thursday, February 16th, 2023.
Next Meeting – 2024
The 112th Annual Business Meeting of the College Art Association will be held in Chicago in 2024, precise date to be announced.
Join our Board of Directors
posted by CAA — June 09, 2022
CAA seeks nominations for individuals passionate about shaping the future of the organization by serving on the Board of Directors for the 2023-2027 term. The board is responsible for all financial and policy matters related to CAA, promoting excellence in scholarship, and encouraging creativity and technical skills in design and art practice. CAA’s board is also charged with representing the membership regarding current issues affecting the visual arts and the humanities.
Candidates must be current CAA members. Nominations and self-nominations should include a short statement of interest, a résumé, and the following information: the nominee’s name, affiliation, email address, and telephone number, as well as the name, affiliation, and email address of the nominator if different from the nominee. Please send all information and/or any questions via e-mail to Maeghan Donohue, Manager, Strategic Planning, Diversity, and Governance. Deadline: July 8, 2022.
Nominations Open for CAA Juries
posted by CAA — April 21, 2022
CAA invites nominations and self-nominations for individuals to serve on our Awards for Distinction, Publication Grant, Fellowship, and Travel and Support Grant juries. Terms begin July 2022.
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, 2022. CAA’s president and vice president for committees appoint jury members for service. Materials are due to CAA by June 1, 2022.
Amanda Williams speaks at Convocation at CAA’s 108th Annual Conference in Chicago
AWARDS FOR DISTINCTION JURIES
CAA has vacancies in the following juries for the annual Awards for Distinction for three years (2022–2025). Terms begin in July 2022.
- The Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award/Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award for Smaller Museums, Libraries, Collections, and Exhibitions for museum scholarship (3 vacancies)
- Charles Rufus Morey Book Award for non-catalogue books in the history of art (2 vacancies)
- Frank Jewett Mather Award for art criticism (1 vacancy)
- Arthur Kingsley Porter Prize for Art Bulletin articles (2 vacancies)
- The CAA/American Institute for Conservation Award for Distinction in Scholarship and Conservation (2 vacancies)
- Jury for the Artist Award for Distinguished Body of Work, Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement, and Distinguished Teaching of Art Award (1 vacancy)
- Jury for the Distinguished Teaching of Art History Award and the Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award for Writing on Art (3 vacancies)
- Distinguished Feminist Awards for Scholars and Artists (1 vacancy)
PUBLICATION GRANT JURIES
CAA has vacancies on our Publication Grant juries for three years (2022–2025). Terms begin in July 2022.
- Millard Meiss Publication Fund (2 vacancies)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FELLOWSHIP JURIES
CAA has vacancies on our Professional Development Fellowship juries for three years (2022–2025). Terms begin in July 2022.
- Professional Development Fellowship in Art History (2 vacancies)
TRAVEL/SUPPORT GRANT JURIES
CAA has vacancies on our jury for three years (2022–2025). Terms begin in July 2022.
- CAA Support Grant in Memory of Archibald Cason Edwards, Senior, and Sarah Stanley Gordon Edwards (2 vacancies)
- Art History Fund for Travel to Special Exhibitions (2 vacancies)
HOW TO APPLY
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: cbuckley@collegeart.org. Nominations must be sent as a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF attachment.
For questions about jury service and responsibilities, contact info@collegeart.org.
Deadline: June 1, 2022
CAA’s 109th Annual Business Meeting Minutes
posted by CAA — February 11, 2022
COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION
109TH ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2021 2:00 P.M. EST
MINUTES
- Call to Order/Opening Remarks
- President Elizabeth Schlatter called the meeting to order at 2:02 p.m. EST. She thanked the staff for their enormous efforts. She then acknowledged the diverse people linked to the land on which she works and lives, particularly those who have been displaced from that land.
- Executive Director’s Report
- Meme Omogbai offered a reflection on the importance of this conference. It is amazing we were able to offer the extensive content we did during a pandemic, specifically:
- 365 sessions, over 1100 individual presentations in addition to a book and trade fair. Intersectionality between the visual arts, climate change, eco-feminism, and many other topics.
- The virtual format of the conference has offered a new level of access. Content is available across the world and for a month after the conference.
- The conference will serve as an important turning point in the history of CAA toward achieving the four pillars of its Strategic Repositioning:
- Long term sustainability of the organization through attention to meeting the needs of all segments of our constituency and maximizing the value of membership
- Social Entrepreneurship and e-commerce
- Technological infrastructure towards a digital transformation to ensure effective and efficient operations and delivery of content
- Robust development activities
- Meme Omogbai offered a reflection on the importance of this conference. It is amazing we were able to offer the extensive content we did during a pandemic, specifically:
- Approval of the minutes from the February 2020 annual meeting.
- Approval of Minutes of 108th Annual Business Meeting, held in two parts, February 12, and February 14, 2020
- Jaqueline Francis moved; Laura Anderson Barbata seconded. The minutes were approved unanimously.
- Financial report
- CFO Bob Tofolo reported on the following items:
- The association posted a breakeven operating budget for FY20.
- The association continues to operate under a break-even budget for FY21. This includes $3.3M in current expenses against equivalent revenue.
- A PPP loan of $372,000 was awarded to CAA. That loan was subsequently forgiven last December.
- The endowment market value on June 30, 2020 was $9.825M vs prior year of $9.6M
- Member count for this year vs. last: As of June 30, 2020, there were 6,699 (7,773, -14%) individual members. There were 443 (464) organizational members and an additional 586 (617, -5%) subscribers to The Art Bulletin and/or Art Journal through our co-publisher Taylor and Francis. These numbers are not exactly comparative as prior year memberships reflect exaggerated increases due to discounts that are absent this year.
- 3938 registered attendees at the conference as of this morning. It is expected to be over 4000 by tomorrow.
- Question (posed by a member in attendance): how did numbers compare to the last NYC conference? 2019 attendance was over 5000, but the numbers from this year’s count include registrations for Free and Open sessions which we would not have tracked in prior years so some additional work needs to be done so that we can compare apples to apples.
- CFO Bob Tofolo reported on the following items:
- New Business
- The following question was posed by a member in attendance: Considering technical issues that have emerged this year, will CAA be evaluating Confex and considering whether they are the best vendor to use moving forward? Elizabeth indicated that the organization would be evaluating all aspects of the conference, including the platform. Meme added that in the midst of this digital transformation, there will be a consolidation of different systems that will address some of the issues that emerged. She encouraged people to fill out the conference surveys that are being administered.
- Results of Election of New Directors
- Elizabeth announced the newly elected CAA Board Members:
- Roland Betancourt
- Lara Evans
- Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz
- Kelly Walters
- Kelvin Parnell Jr. (Emerging Professional)
- Elizabeth announced the newly elected CAA Board Members:
- Adjournment
- The meeting was adjourned at 2:25 p.m. EST.
Respectfully submitted by Colin Blakely, Secretary.