Cal Humanities Quick Grants; fellowships; residencies; curatorial proposals; jobs

Humanities for All Quick Grant Program

We held an applicant webinar last week. Those who could not attend, please check out  the slide deck enclosed, and a video recording available on the California Humanities YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/u7UbTTDCm8k  

The next deadline is June 15, 2022 at 5pm PT. While preparing your application, please carefully review the Guidelines and FAQ. For examples of previously funded projects and sample proposals, visit our website. 

  • Questions about eligibility, requirements, or the Quick Grant program? Contact Lucena Lau Valle, Program Officer, lvalle@calhum.org   

  • Questions about the Grant Portal? Contact Brett Connor, Grants Manager boconnor@calhum.org 

Nominations for CAA Juries

CAA jury awards are opportunities to recognize member achievements and elevate the highest standards of practice, scholarship, and teaching in the visual arts. We invite 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 2023. Nominations and self-nominations should include a brief statement outlining the individual’s qualifications and experience and a CV.

Materials are due to CAA by June 1,  2023.
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caa.reviews Seeks Field Editors

CAA is inviting nominations and self-nominations for individuals to join the caa.reviews Council of Field Editors for the three-year term July 1, 2023–June 30, 2026. caa.reviews is devoted to the peer review of new books, museum exhibitions, and projects relevant to art history, visual studies, and the arts. Candidates may be artists, art historians, art critics, art educators, curators, or other art professionals with stature in the field and experience writing or editing books and/or exhibition reviews; institutional affiliation is not required. caa.reviews is seeking Field Editors in the following fields: 

  • Architectural History, Urban Planning, Historic Preservation, Landscape Architecture  

  • South and Southeast Asian Art 

  • Indigenous Art  

  • Early Modern European Art (South) 

  • Nineteenth-Century Art 

  • Twentieth-Century Art 

  • Contemporary Art 

  • Cinema, Media, and Performance 

  • Exhibitions: Northeast 

  • Exhibitions: New York 

Working with the caa.reviews editor-in-chief, the caa.reviews Editorial Board, and CAA’s staff editor, each field editor selects content to be reviewed, commissions reviewers, and considers manuscripts for publication. Field editors for books are expected to keep abreast of newly published and important books and related media in their fields of expertise, and those for exhibitions should be aware of current and upcoming exhibitions (and other related projects) in their geographic regions.  

The Council of Field Editors meets once a year in February during the Annual Conference (although attendance at the conference is not necessary to participate in the meeting). Members of all CAA committees and editorial boards volunteer their services without compensation.  

Interested applicants—both self-nominated or nominated by someone else—should submit a CV and a cover letter in a single PDF document to ebell@collegeart.org

Deadline: June 15, 2023  

Call for Nominations: CAA Board of Directors

CAA seeks nominations of individuals passionate about shaping the future of the organization by serving on the Board of Directors for the 2024–28 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 humanities.  

Visit our website for nomination requirements and instructions.  

Deadline: July 10, 2023

Featured Jobs and Opportunities

Anne Lunder Leland Curatorial Fellow
Colby College Museum of Art | Waterville, Maine

Visual Art Instructor(s) - Sessional
Red Deer Polytechnic | Red Deer, Alberta, Canada

Curatorial Assistant
The Frick Collection | New York, New York

Assistant Professor of Art History
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga | Chattanooga, Tennessee

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Curatorial Fellowship | Prospect Art
Deadline: June 10, 2023

CFP: 10th Annual Wollesen Memorial Graduate Symposium, University of Toronto: Contretemps | University of Toronto
Deadline: June 23, 2023

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Call for Curatorial Proposals, Writing Residency Projects, etc. at https://callforcurators.com/type/residencies/