Individual Membership
Joining CAA connects you to the largest community of individuals and organizations working together and advocating to advance research, practice, and the impact of the visual arts.
Questions? Contact Member Services at 212-691-1051, ext. 1.
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Membership Categories and Benefits
Tier One Membership: $195 annually/$380 two year
Designed for members who want the full suite of CAA benefits and plan to attend CAA’s Annual Conference with a 55% discount on early Annual Conference registration.
Tier One Benefits
| CAA’s Annual Conference |
55% discount off the nonmember rate on early Annual Conference registration |
| Print Journal Subscription |
Annual subscription to The Art Bulletin (the preeminent journal for art historians) or Art Journal (the publication of contemporary art and ideas) |
| Digital Journal Access |
Digital access to both of CAA’s renowned publications, The Art Bulletin and Art Journal, including back issues |
| Legal Services |
Reduced-rate legal services from the DC-based law firm of Whiteford, Taylor, and Preston |
| Fair Use Insurance |
C & S Int’l Insurance Brokers Inc. will issue an Errors and Omissions insurance policy to protect you and your publisher on matters of fair use |
| CAA Commons |
Access to CAA Commons, a digital hub with discussion communities, resource libraries, and the ability to connect with other members and collaborate |
| Additional Journal Subscriptions |
Complimentary online access to the following journals in the Taylor & Francis collection: Word and Image; Design and Culture; and Public Art Dialogue |
| Partner Publication Discounts |
- 50% discount on JPASS, your personal library card to JSTOR (Learn More) (see below)
- 55% discount on Artforum (Learn More) (see below)
- 45% discounts on Art in America (Learn More) (see below)
- 12% discounts on Artifex Press digital catalogues (Learn More) (see below)
- 10% discount on frieze publications (Learn More)( see below)
- Up to 50% discounts on publications from Designers & Books (Learn More) (see below)
- Discounts on over forty other publications
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| Publisher Discounts |
When purchased from the publisher’s website:
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| Additional Discounts |
- Up to 25% discounts on Avis and Budget car rentals (Learn More) (see below)
- Discounts and credits on Zipcar membership (Learn More) (see below)
- 25% off Wix’s yearly combo premium package (Learn More) (see below)
- 20% off MOO products (Learn More) (see below)
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New York City Office | Book an office space at CAA’s home office. Available to out-of-town members only.
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| Access to CAA's Online Career Center |
CAA’s Online Career Center helps members to find jobs in arts-related fields. Members can search the latest employment listings, apply for jobs online, post CVs, request email alerts, and more |
| Member News |
Members of CAA receive recognition of their professional achievements in Member News pages on the CAA website. These bimonthly articles highlight members’ solo exhibitions, published books, recently received grants and fellowships, and more |
| Governance |
Members can nominate and vote for candidates for the Board of Directors and serve on the Board of Directors and CAA committees |
| ACLS Humanities E-Book Access |
Optional access to an online, cross-searchable database of over 4,300 monographs in the humanities, including many CAA monographs (Learn More) (see below) |
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Tier Two Membership: $125 annually/$245 two year
Designed for members who want the full suite of CAA benefits, but for whom the Annual Conference is not a priority.
Tier Two members receive all the benefits of a Tier One membership, but with the following difference:
| CAA's Annual Conference |
20% discount off the nonmember rate on early Annual Conference registration |
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Tier Three Membership: $80 annually/$155 two year
Tier Three Student Membership: $50 annually/$95 two year
Tier Three levels are designed for independent artists, student, designers, scholars, art historians, part-time faculty, retired, and others working independently, without full-time employment.
Tier Three levels have the same benefits of Tier One membership, including a 55% discount on early Annual Conference registration.
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Sustaining Membership: $300
Tax deductible in the amount of $105
Sustaining members receive all the benefits of a Tier One membership, plus:
| Both Print Journals |
Sustaining members receive an annual subscription to both The Art Bulletin and Art Journal |
| Acknowledgement |
Sustaining members are acknowledged for their contributions on the CAA website |
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Patron Membership: $600
Tax deductible in the amount of $405
Patron members receive all the benefits of a Sustaining membership, plus:
| VIP Events |
Invitations to exclusive events |
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Life Membership: $5,000
Tax deductible in the amount of $4,805
A Life membership is a life-long membership for a one-time fee, and it includes all the benefits of a Patron Membership, plus:
| Free JPASS |
Individual access to more than 1,500 journals in JSTOR |
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JPASS, a JSTOR access plan for individuals, is ideal for CAA members who want individual access to JSTOR’s rich archival collections. Members may purchase a one-year JPASS access plan for $99—a 50% discount on the listed rate!
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Receive one year (ten issues) for $45—a savings of 55% off the newsstand price. Special rates are also available for CAA members on Bookforum, Artforum's acclaimed literary and cultural-affairs review. one year (five issues) of the best in fiction, nonfiction, and the arts for just $15.
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Humanities E-Book, a project of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), offers unlimited access to its collection of more than 4,300 cross-searchable, full-text titles across the humanities and related social sciences. Titles, which include CAA Monographs on the Fine Arts, have been selected and peer reviewed by ACLS constituent learned societies for their continued importance and value in teaching and researching.
Individual CAA members can purchase a twelve-month, renewable subscription to Humanities E-Book for $40, which helps sustain Humanities E-Book as a resource for the entire scholarly community.
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CAA members can receive a special discount (CAA members $24.95; regular $45) on a one-year subscription toArt in America.
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frieze offers insightful criticism, beautiful design, and opinion pieces from around the world. CAA members may take advantage of a 10% discount on a one-year subscription, which includes free delivery to your door and unrestricted access to the current issue and archive on frieze.com.
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CAA has partnered with Designers & Books, a website that advocates books as important sources of creative inspiration, to bring special discounts on an array of books and journals on art, architecture, design, and photography. This ongoing program, called the Online Book Fair, features new and backlisted books as well as rare and out-of-print titles released by important publishers in the visual arts.
The following participants have signed up already and offer various special discounts for their products, new and used, to CAA members:
AMMO Books: 50%
Applied Research and Design Publishing: 50%
Carnegie Hill Books: 10% (rare and out of print)
DoppelHouse Press: 40%
F. A. Bernett Books: 10% (rare and out of print)
Gestalten: 35%
Goff Books: 50%
Lars Müller Publishers: 35%
Laurence King Publishing: 50%
MIT Press: 40%
Modernism101 (rare and out of print): 10%
Optos Books 10% (rare and out of print)
ORO Editions: 50%
Paintbox Press: 20%
Prestel Publishing: 35%
Princeton Architectural Press: 50%
Schiffer Publishing: 35%
Wolfsonian–Florida International University: 40%
Payment and checkout occur on the website of each individual publisher, which gives you the chance to browse for additional books and sign up for email newsletters and social-media updates.
Designers & Books hope you will find the Online Book Fair to be an enjoyable place to browse and discover books and to build your personal library. If publishers or books that you are interested do not appear on the site, you can send an email with your suggestions.
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Special discounts are available on a wide selection of vehicles from ecofriendly and fuel-efficient compacts and hybrids to stylish premium and luxury sedans.
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CAA members can join Zipcar for a $25 annual fee—as opposed to the regular rate of $60 per year. In addition, if you join through CAA, Zipcar will waive the one-time $25 application fee and give you $25 in free driving credit.
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Wix is the leading cloud-based development platform that makes it simple to go online with a beautiful, professional, and functional web presence. As a CAA member, you will receive a special discount off of Wix’s Yearly Combo Premium Package.
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Members get a 12% discount to titles by Artifex Press, a publisher of digital catalogues raisonnés. An All Catalogues level subscription entitles CAA institutions and individuals to all Artifex Press publications and comes with the promise of new catalogues each year and the ongoing release of new technology.
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MOO is an award-winning print and design company specializing in premium business stationery and promotional materials. Every CAA member can receive 20% off MOO products.
