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CAA SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
The CAA Annual Conference is the world’s largest gathering of visual arts professionals, convening thousands of art and design scholars, practitioners, and professionals from across the globe. The week-long conference features a vast array of disciplines and subjects in over 275 sessions, workshops, exhibits, and events.
Whether you choose to sponsor an event or enhance your presence at the Book and Trade Fair, your partnership strengthens our capacity to support emerging and established visual arts professionals whose work deepens historical understanding and shapes contemporary practice.
TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION SPONSOR – $50,000+
Partner with CAA as we implement a digital transformation to meet the evolving needs of our 21st century global membership. We are investing in the technologies and digital tools that will ensure CAA’s agile response to the professional needs of future visual arts scholars and practitioners. Conference-specific technologies include hybrid sessions with global attendance, and expanded services in the conference mobile app.
Benefits include:
- Your logo featured at the start of each of the 275+ conference sessions
- Your logo (linked to your website) on Annual Conference website
- Recognition in CAA newsletter sent to over 30,000 subscribers
- Two (2) dedicated sponsor emails to CAA full membership
- Ten (10) conference all-access registrations for your staff
- Two (2) social media posts on LinkedIn or Instagram*
- Acknowledgment with your logo at conference registration area
- Acknowledgment in CAA Executive Director’s convocation speech
CONVOCATION AND PRESIDENT’S RECEPTION SPONSOR – $30,000
Held in the Grand Ballroom and livestreamed to virtual attendees, Convocation sets the conference’s celebratory tone with visionary remarks, the presentation of Awards for Distinction, and a keynote address from a world-renowned leader in the field. Previous speakers include artists Wayne Thiebaud, Christo and Jeanne–Claude, award-winning critic David Hickey, Shelly C. Lowe, former Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and Mariët Westermann, Director and CEO, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation.
Benefits include:
- Your logo featured at the start of each of the 275+ conference sessions
- Your logo (linked to your website) on Annual Conference website
- Recognition in CAA newsletter sent to over 30,000 subscribers
- Five (5) conference all-access registrations for your staff
- Two (2) social media posts on LinkedIn or Instagram
- Acknowledgement with your logo at conference registration area
- Acknowledgment in CAA Executive Director’s convocation speech
ANNUAL ARTIST INTERVIEWS AND RECEPTION SPONSOR – $30,000
This event and reception, held in the Grand Ballroom and livestreamed to virtual attendees, spotlights two world-renowned artists in conversations on their practice. The Annual Artists Interviews are open to the public and always well attended. Previous guests have included Dawoud Bey, Joyce Scott, Postcommodity, Catherine Opie, William Pope L. and Yoko Ono. Your sponsorship supports recognition of the highest level of artistic practice.
Benefits include:
- Your logo featured at the start of each of the 275+ conference sessions
- Your logo (linked to your website) on Annual Conference website
- Recognition in CAA newsletter sent to over 30,000 subscribers
- Five (5) conference all access registrations for your staff
- Two (2) social media posts on LinkedIn or Instagram
- Acknowledgment with your logo at conference registration area
- Acknowledgment in CAA Executive Director’s convocation speech
DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR SESSION SPONSOR – $30,000
The Distinguished Scholar Session, held in the Grand Ballroom and livestreamed to virtual attendees, honors a distinguished career in art history in dialogue with colleagues and former students. Past honorees have included critic and theorist Rosalind Krauss, the ground-breaking thinker Leo Steinberg, Wyeth scholar Wanda Corn, feminist scholar S. Hollis Clayson, and former Dedalus Foundation president Jack Flam.
Benefits include:
- Your logo featured at the start of each of the 275+ conference sessions
- Your logo (linked to your website) on Annual Conference website
- Recognition in CAA newsletter sent to over 30,000 subscribers
- Five (5) conference all-access registrations for your staff
- Two (2) social media posts on LinkedIn or Instagram
- Acknowledgement with your logo at conference registration area
- Acknowledgment in CAA Executive Director’s convocation speech
SERVICES TO ARTISTS PROGRAMS SPONSOR – $25,000
Services to Artists (SAC) programming is open-access, free to the public exhibitions, events, and workshops developed by artists for artists to support their creative and professional development needs. This robust artist-focused program includes, portfolio review sessions, art-making workshops, and more.
Benefits include:
- Your logo featured prominently during all components of SAC programming
- Your logo (linked to your website) on Annual Conference website
- Five (5) conference day passes for your staff
- Two (2) social media posts on LinkedIn or Instagram
- Acknowledgment in CAA Executive Director’s convocation speech
ACCESSIBILITY SPONSOR – $15,000
Help ensure greater participation by underwriting Closed Captioning and ASL translation during sessions and major events.
Benefits include:
- Your logo featured at the start of each of conference key events listed above (Convocation, Distinguished Scholar Session, Annual Artist Interviews)
- Your logo (linked to your website) on Annual Conference website
- Three (3) conference day passes for your staff
- Acknowledgement with your logo at conference registration area
- Acknowledgment in CAA Executive Director’s convocation speech
Have something else in mind? Let's talk! All sponsor packages can be customized to your organization’s specific needs. Please contact Senior Conference Consultant, Paul Skiff.
All content (social media posts, sponsored e-blasts, etc.) subject to CAA approval and scheduling availability.
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOOK AND TRADE FAIR EXHIBITORS
For exhibitors promoting publications, products, programs, or services at the Annual Conference, we offer Platinum, Gold, or Silver Sponsorship packages to provide maximum visibility to our participants.
PLATINUM LEVEL – $15,000
$14,000 of the sponsorship goes toward exhibit support.
$1,000 is a tax-exempt donation to CAA Pay it Forward – our conference support grants program that helps defray travel costs for members in need.
Platinum benefits include:
- Two (2) standard exhibit booths with prominent placement near the Exhibit Hall entrance
- Six (6) all-access conference registrations for your staff
- Four (4) social media posts on LinkedIn or Instagram*
- Prominent logo placement on Annual Conference website
- Logo on introductory slides for the Annual Artist Interview session or the Distinguished Scholar session
- Prominent logo placement on Exhibit Hall signage and at entrance to the Book and Trade Fair
- Opportunity for market research. Want greater insights into your target audiences? Let CAA arrange access to our members with a dedicated campaign to drive participation.
- Acknowledgment in CAA executive director’s convocation speech
- An online virtual exhibit booth with prominent placement
*Social media posts can take place before or during the conference. All advertising and social media content is subject to CAA approval.
GOLD SPONSORSHIP – $12,000
Gold benefits include:
- Two (2) standard exhibit booths in prime location with prominent placement near the Exhibit Hall entrance
- Four (4) all-access conference registrations for your staff
- Three (3) social media posts on LinkedIn
- Prominent logo placement on Annual Conference website
- Your logo placed on introductory slides for the Annual Artist Interview session or the Distinguished Scholar session
- Prominent logo placement on Exhibit Hall signage and at entrance to the Book and Trade Fair
- Opportunity for market research. Want greater insights into your target audiences? Let CAA arrange access to our members with a dedicated campaign to drive participation.
- Acknowledgment in CAA executive director’s convocation speech
- An online virtual exhibit booth with prominent placement
SILVER SPONSORSHIP – $8,000
Silver benefits include:
- One (1) standard exhibit booth in prime location
- Two (2) all-access conference registrations for your staff
- Two (2) social media posts on LinkedIn or Instagram
- Prominent logo placement on Annual Conference website
- Prominent logo placement on Exhibit Hall signage and at entrance to the Book and Trade Fair
- Opportunity for market research. Want greater insights into your target audiences? Let CAA arrange access to our members with a dedicated campaign to drive participation.
- An online exhibit booth with prominent placement
Through your sponsorship you are CAA’s partner is accomplishing the following five goals:
Your support activates the event.
CAA’s Annual Conference, an internationally recognized program, is the largest gathering of visual arts professionals and those in higher education in the world. Individuals and representatives of arts organizations from across the globe gather each year to exchange ideas and build community.
Sponsors directly strengthen the setting of cultural and educational standards.
The Annual Conference has been the primary venue for CAA’s advocacy for more than 100 years. Leaders and emerging professionals present their latest original research, share practical and up-to-date information on career development, the newest teaching methods, and artistic practices on the forefront of visual art. The ideas and practices cultivated and presented by CAA members set the standard for visual art professionals. This content has helped lead to progressive policies that positively impact academia, as well as culture in general and beyond.
Sponsors support broad reaching professional development.
Conference attendees are art historians, visual artists, educators, curators, students, designers, scholars, publishers, and arts administrators who have meaningful connections to the arts and the CAA conference. They obtained their first job offer from interviewing at the conference, received their first book deal, attended a discussion that opened their eyes to new methods of teaching or research, or they participated in a workshop to gain new skills. The conference also brings together our international community to build connections, learn, and grow. This event offers a vital social opportunity and professionally rewarding experience for everyone.
Sponsors are partners in forward-looking innovation.
As of 2022, the Annual Conference has been re-envisioned, with in-person, virtual, and recorded content. Providing content both virtually and in person reduces the carbon footprint of the conference, expands access and affordable options for participation, and provides participants with an opportunity for in-person networking and community building. The conference format leverages the latest digital tools for meetings in combination with the traditional in-person event. CAA continues to innovate and employ the latest developments.
Sponsors facilitate the high-volume production of diverse, transformative content.
Sessions and panels reflect the vast scholarship and practice of CAA members introducing topics at the forefront of the field. This includes an impressive number of sessions focusing on issues related to climate change, women and feminism, social justice and future-focused education. The Annual Conference empowers our members to build community allowing participants to engage in conversations that redefine and expand discourse, adding new voices and perspectives. As an organization, CAA has been for decades a leader in promoting diversity, inclusion, and accessibility, reflected in the conference.
Support for CAA directly impacts promoting art and culture as well as higher education that positively affects the next generation of leaders, builds the global community of professionals in the field and has a sustained effect on expanding access and opportunities for everyone dedicated to these goals.
Support for CAA directly supports global cultural and educational growth.
For complete information and inquiries contact Paul Skiff, Senior Consultant for Conference.