The eye, the hand, the mind 100 years of the College Art Association (College Art Association, 2011)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Learned Society Enterprise; 2. The Beginnings: "Art for higher education, and higher education for Artists"; 3. A Stimulating Prospect: CAA's Traveling Exhibition Program, 1929-1937; 4. Cooperative Relationships with Museums; 5. The Changing Face of Scholarly Publishing: CAA's Publications Program; 6. Uniting the Arts and the Academy: A History of the CAA Annual Conference; 7. Mentoring the Profession: Career Development and Support; 8. Art in an Academic Setting: Contemporary CAA Exhibitions
9. CAA, Pedagogy and Curriculum: A Historical Effort, An Unparalleled Wealth of Ideas10. Visual Resources for the Arts; 11. Governance and Diversity; 12. CAA Advocacy: The Nexus of Art and Politics; Conclusion: The Next 100 Years; Appendix A. Purposes; Appendix B. Presidents; Appendix C. Administrators; Appendix D. Editors of CAA Publications; Notes; Bibliography; Contributors; Index; Credits
The Eye, the Hand, the Mind, celebrating the centennial of the College Art Association, is filled with pictorial mementoes and enlivening stories and anecdotes that connects the organization's sixteen goals and tells its rich, sometimes controversial, story. Readers will discover its role in major issues in higher education, 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 i