About
Affiliated Societies
- How to Apply for
Affiliate Status
- AHPT, Art Historians Interested in Pedagogy and Technology
- Purpose: This nonprofit, national society promotes the sharing of technological applications for the teaching
of art history; fosters discussion and exploration of skill-based and student-centered approaches to learning; and
seeks to advance broader understanding and evaluation of existing and emerging technologies for art history.
- Representative:
Marjorie Och, moch@umw.edu
- CAA, College Art
Association
- Founded: 1911
- Purpose: CAA
promotes excellence in scholarship and teaching in the history and
criticism of the visual arts and in creativity and technical skill in
the teaching and practices of art; facilitates the exchange of ideas
and information among those interested in art and history of art;
advocates comprehensive and inclusive education in the visual arts;
speaks for the membership on issues affecting the visual arts and
humanities; publishes scholarship, criticism, and artists' writings;
fosters career development and professional advancement; identifies and
develops sources of funding for the practice of art and for scholarship
in the arts and humanities; honors accomplishments of artists, art
historians, and critics; and articulates and affirms the highest
ethical standards in the conduct of the profession.
- Representative:
Doreen Davis, Member Services, ddavis@collegeart.org
- ATSAH,
Association for Textual Scholarship in Art History
- Founded: 1991
- Annual dues: $20
- Purpose: To
promote the study and publication of art-historical primary sources and
to facilitate communication among scholars working with art literature.
ATSAH publishes a biannual newsletter, reviews important scholarship,
and organizes conference sessions at SECAC, CAA, the Society for
Textual Scholarship and other relevant meetings. It also arranges
discounts on reprints and facsimile editions for members.
- Representative:
Liana Cheney, lianacheney@earthlink.net
- SESAH,
Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians
- Founded: 1983
- Annual dues:
$15 student; $25 individual; $40 institutional.
- Purpose: To
promote scholarship on architecture and related subjects and to serve
as a forum for ideas among architectural historians, architects,
preservationists, and others involved in professions related to the
built environment. SESAH is a regional chapter of the national Society
of Architectural Historians and includes eleven states in the South. It
holds an annual meeting, publishes a newsletter and an annual journal,
ARRIS, and presents annual awards.
- Representative: Pamela Simpson, simpsonp@wlu.edu
- FATE,
Foundations in Art: Theory and Education
- Founded: 1977
- Annual dues:
$20 student (2 years); $45 individual (2 years); $100 institutional
(annual).
- Purpose: FATE
is a national organization dedicated to promoting excellence in the
development and teaching of college-level foundation courses in both
studio art and art history. FATE's mission is to provide a forum that
encourages exchange, development of strategies, goals and understanding
in the foundation art curriculum. FATE’s principle activities include
the sponsorship of conferences and publications; it publishes a
newsletter and an annual journal.
- Representative: Stacy Isenbarger (cell: 864-320-0411), stacyisenbarger@gmail.com
- VRC,
Visual Resources Curators of SECAC, a chapter of VRA, Visual Resources
Association
- Founded: 1982
- Annual dues:
$25 student; $25-$125 individual; $145 institutional
- Purpose:VRA is
a
multi-disciplinary organization dedicated to furthering research and
education in the field of image management within the educational,
cultural heritage, and commercial environments. The Association is
committed to providing leadership in the visual resources field,
developing and advocating standards, and offering educational tools and
opportunities for the benefit of the community at large. The VRA
implements these goals through publication programs and educational
activities.
- Representative:
Christina Updike, updikecb@jmu.edu
- MACAA,
Mid-America College Art Association
- Founded: 1932
- Annual dues:
Varies by Conference; Biennial dues included in Conference Fee
- Purpose:
MACAA is an artist led organization that promotes and fosters the
making and teaching of art at the university and college level in the
mid-America region, seeks to enhance the condition of the profession
through the communication of new ideas, concepts, processes, and
theories of concern to the membership, and holds a biennial conference
for the professional benefit of the membership. Membership is open to
institutions, faculty, and students through attendance at the biennial
conference.
- Representative:
Tommy White, Cleveland Institute of Art, twhite@cia.edu
- SGC International
- Founded: 1973
- Membership: 1050
- Annual dues: $25 student; $50 regular
- Purpose: To educate the public and promote
the appreciation of the art of making original prints, books, handmade
paper, and drawing. SGCI serves as a resource to educational and
nonprofit organizations, universities, and the public at large,
providing for the exchange of technical and critical information on the
art of printmaking. SGCI promotes the art of printmaking through
traveling print exhibitions, annual national conferences and the
publication of a newsletter. Though it began as a regional
organization, SGCI has grown to represent a national and international
voice.
- Representative: Rich Gere, SCAD - Atlanta, rich@richgere.com