Application Deadline: October 9, 2009
Definition
For purposes of this grant program, “American art” is defined as art created in the territory of North America comprising the United States, Mexico, and Canada prior to 1970.
Eligible Applicants
Application is by the publisher, not the author. Applications are considered only for book-length scholarly manuscripts in the history of American art that are under contract for publication.
Awards are open to publishers of all nations; authors need not live or work in the United States. Commercial, university, and museum presses are all eligible. Applicant authors and presses must be institutional CAA members, although on a case-by-case basis CAA may waive that requirement upon request for non-US-based independent presses.
Eligible Books
Excluded from consideration are excavation or other technical reports, articles, previously published works (including collections of previously published essays), and congress proceedings. Museum exhibition or collection catalogues containing substantial scholarship are eligible.
High scholarly and intellectual merit is the sine qua non for an award; however, the jury is also attentive to the following criteria:
• Topics on art before 1970
• Topics with a naturally small market or unusually high expenses
• Works by disadvantaged scholars, including those at the earlier stages of a career; or issued by smaller museums; or by or about underserved constituencies
• Books that break new ground, contribute new scholarship, or publish important primary-source material
• Beautiful books that increase the audience for American art
A project that has been rejected for grant may not be resubmitted to the same grant, except in a rare case where substantial revision has been made to the material, and the publisher has so noted in the application. At its discretion, the jury may decline to review the resubmitted application.
Grant applications must be received from publishers at the CAA office no later than October 9, 2009. Notification will be by the end of the calendar year.
Please review the application process and requirements at http://www.collegeart.org/wyeth/
Questions
Please contact: Alex Gershuny, CAA Editorial Associate, 275 Seventh Ave., 18th Floor, New York, NY 10001; 212-691-1051, ext. 254.
