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47 Purpose 4. To publish such journals as are desirable and feasible; to provide for the dissemination of the results of creative works, scholarly research, and exhibitions, the judgments of critical thought on the visual arts, and all other information valuable to the purposes set forth in this Article II. Purpose 5. To publish appropriate monographs, papers, bulletins, and reports of a scholarly, critical, or informative nature that the scope of the established journals may not permit. Since 1913, the college art association’s publications program has produced a diverse array of projects. As the organization worked to ful- fill numerous needs within art publishing, its publications projects have changed and adapted over time, and as a result they have reflected not only the history of the association, but a number of larger issues in the visual arts. Most members are aware that CAA publishes The Art Bulletin, Art Journal, CAA News, caa.reviews, and, up until 2000, a book series titled Monographs on the Fine Arts. CAA has also published ongoing directories for graduate programs in art history and the visual arts and helps finance scholarly book projects through the Millard Meiss Publication Fund and the Wyeth Foundation for American Art Publication Grant. However, many members may not know that several years ago CAA produced an Index of Twentieth-Century Artists, a journal titled Eastern 5 The Changing Face of Scholarly Publishing CAA’s Publications Program craig houser 48 ∏ Craig Houser Art: A Quarterly, and the book Safe Practices in the Arts and Crafts: A Studio Guide. In addition, CAA was involved in the development of the art bibliography titled International Repertory of the Literature of Art (RILA), now the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA), and is currently participating in an e-book project produced by the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS). Because CAA’s publishing program has been so extensive, this text concentrates on the organization’s four main publishing projects, providing short histories of The Art Bulletin, Art Journal, CAA’s Monographs on the Fine Arts, and caa.reviews. Each of these publications has a distinct mission, serving a needed purpose within scholarly art publishing. While providing an overview of each project, my text examines some of the more significant episodes in their individual development and addresses some of the larger historical issues related to studio art education and art history. Although several historiographies of these academic disciplines already exist, few of them have considered the role that CAA and its scholarly publications have played. My research draws upon CAA’s archival documents and interviews, which add nuances to these existing histories and help elucidate some of the politics of academia that have affected the growth of studio art education and art history as academic disciplines in the United States. the art bulletin at ninety-eight One of the oldest art publications still produced in the United States, The Art Bulletin serves as a peer-review “journal of record” for art history, publishing the “leading scholarship [in the field] in the English language.”1 Inside Art Bulletin’s numerous bound volumes, a broad range of art objects and topics in the fields of art and art history have been discussed by various authors, often engaging in different types of methodological study. The history of the journal also relates to larger issues in the politics of CAA and scholarly publishing in general. The complexities of concerns that Art Bulletin encompasses therefore do not allow for a single, unified history, but numerous, varied histories. In an attempt to provide a more focused narrative of Art Bulletin, my text concentrates on the significant shifts that took place in terms of the content and format of the journal, from the 1910s, when the periodical served largely as a promotional tool for CAA, to the 1920s, when the publication began to focus exclusively on art history. In the 1930s art history in the United States became strongly influenced by European émigrés, and radical shifts took place in the editorial structure of the publication . By the beginning of World War II, Art Bulletin had established itself as the premier international journal of art history. However, in more recent decades the journal has struggled to maintain such a reputation and has had to reinvent itself, changing its format and content somewhat to address current scholarly trends and the needs of CAA’s members. [18.224.32.86] Project MUSE (2024-04-25 06:00 GMT...

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