The Eye, the Hand, the Mind: 100 Years of the College Art Association

Published by Rutgers University Press 2011

The Eye, the Hand, the Mind

100 Years of the College Art Association

Edited by: Susan Ball

https://doi.org/10.36019/9780813550268

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About this book

In 1911 the College Art Association began with a small group of college art teachers whose single mission was to promote "art interests in all divisions of American colleges and universities." Now, one hundred years later the CAA, as it is commonly known, is as diverse as the decades that witnessed its maturity and growth. Leadership and membership grew dynamically, and art and art history professors were joined by non-academic visual artists and art historians-museum professionals, art librarians, visual resource curators, independent scholars and artists, collectors, dealers, conservators, and non-college educators. The organization's goals and interests became more complex, addressing multiple concerns affecting all individuals working in the visual arts. From one single goal, the purposes of the CAA expanded to sixteen.

The Eye, the Hand, the Mind is a collaborative journey, filled with pictorial mementoes and enlivening stories and anecdotes. Its pages unfold along a path-an architectural framework-that connects the organization's sixteen goals and tells its rich, sometimes controversial, story. Readers will discover the important role the CAA played in major issues in higher education such as curriculum development, preservation of world monuments, workforce issues and market equity, intellectual property and free speech, capturing conflicts and reconciliations inherent among artists and art historians, pedagogical approaches and critical interpretations/interventions as played out in association publications, annual conferences, advocacy efforts, and governance.

Celebrating the centennial of CAA members and milestones, Susan Ball and renowned contributors honor the organization's complex history which, in part, also represents many learned societies and the humanities over the last one hundred years.

Author / Editor information

SUSAN BALL is the director of programs at the New York Foundation for the Arts, the executive director emerita of the College Art Association, and the director of the College Art Association Centennial Book Project. In addition to editing The Eye, the Hand, the Mind, she contributed a significant chapter.

Reviews

This centennial history of CAA is an important statement by some of the leading actors in one of this nationÆs most important and unusual learned societies. CAA represents both intellectual and artistic creativity, and has successfully represented artists to the national academic community for 100 years. The book, under the editorial direction of Susan Ball, makes clear how unique CAA is among the ACLS societies, and how adeptly it has adapted to intellectual, artistic, and educational change over the years. Bravo!

— Stanley N. Katz, President Emeritus of ACLS

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Susan Ball Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. The Learned Society Enterprise Steven C. Wheatley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
2. The Beginnings “Art for higher education, and higher education for Artists” Susan Ball Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
3. A Stimulating Prospect. CAA’s Traveling Exhibition Program, 1929–1937 Cristin Tierney Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
4. Cooperative Relationships with Museums Barry Pritzker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
5. The Changing Face of Scholarly Publishing. CAA’s Publications Program Craig Houser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
6. Uniting the Arts and the Academy. A History of the CAA Annual Conference Julia A. Sienkewicz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
7. Mentoring the Profession. Career Development and Support Ofelia Garcia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
8. Art in an Academic Setting. Contemporary CAA Exhibitions Ellen K. Levy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
9. CAA, Pedagogy and Curriculum. A Historical Effort, An Unparalleled Wealth of Ideas Matthew Israel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
10. Visual Resources for the Arts Christine L. Sundt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
11. Governance and Diversity Judith K. Brodsky, Mary D. Garrard and Ferris Olin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
12. CAA Advocacy. The Nexus of Art and Politics Karen J. Leader Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
Conclusion: The Next 100 Years Paul B. Jaskot Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
Appendix A. Purposes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Appendix B. Presidents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
Appendix C. Administrators Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250
Appendix D. Editors of CAA Publications Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	254
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	306
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
Credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	329

Language: English
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 330
Illustrations
- Other: 64

eBook

Published: November 1, 2010
ISBN: 9780813550268