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- The College Art Association of America (usually referred to as simply CAA) is the principal professional association in the United States for practitioners and scholars of art, art history, and art criticism. Founded in 1911, it aims to "cultivate the ongoing understanding of art as a fundamental form of human expression. " CAA currently has 13,000 members, primarily academic scholars, professors, and graduate students who study and/or teach art practice, history, or theory, including visual arts, visual culture, and aesthetics. Although the organization was founded in the United States and its offices are located in New York City, its membership, concerns, reputation, and influence are international in scope. The president of CAA is Paul B. Jaskot, a Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. He succeeded Nicola Courtright, Professor of Art History at Amherst College, who served from 2006 to 2008, and Ellen Levy of the School of Visual Arts and Brooklyn College, who was president from 2004 to 2006.
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