The Mid-America College Art Association is a professional society of college and university artist/teachers.
Founded in the late 1930s, MACAA originally drew its membership from academic administrators and art historians who felt the need to discuss professional issues pertinent to the Midwest. Over the years, MACAA has grown far beyond the Midwest and regularly attracts members and conference participants from across the country. Also, it has evolved into an organization primarily (but not exclusively) geared to the practical and philosophical interests of studio faculty.
Although MACAA is administered by a president and a board of directors, it does not espouse any specific philosophical or educational agenda. Rather, we are dedicated to providing a collegial forum in which our members may raise issues and share ideas relevant to our profession, including theoretical questions of aesthetics, classroom strategy, studio practice or the ongoing challenges of artistic life within the American system of higher education.
As we begin the twenty-first century, the role of the artist/teacher in higher education is being earnestly questioned.
Changes are coming to our profession, perhaps the most fundamental changes we have seen since the great growth spurt of university-based art education in the post-WWII era. Some of these changes are technological. Some arise from the similar shifts in the structure and values of the university itself. And some are responses to the evolving role of art in American society. The only way we can hope to understand these changes, and the only way we can meet the challenges they will create, is by sharing our insights and experiences, our apprehensions and optimism, our commitments and ideals: all the qualities that have made us the backbone of American art. Since the 1930s, the Mid-America College Art Association has provided a forum for the artist/teachers of America to discuss and debate the issues of our profession, to share ideas and information of mutual benefit and to affirm the friendships and collegiality that bind us together.
Officers:
- President – John Richardson - Wayne State University
- Past President and VP for Continuity – Phil Laber - Northwest Missouri State University
- Vice President – Vance Farrow - Herron School of Art and Design / IUPUI
- Conference Chair – Joe Seipel - Virginia Commonwealth University
- Conference Coordinator –
TBA
- Vice (Conference) Chair – TBA
- Secretary – Mysoon Rizk - University of Toledo
MACAA Board Members
- Maria Velasco - University of Kansas
- Kurt Dyrhaug - Lamar University
- Ralph Larmann - University of Evansville
- MIchael Auerbach - Vanderbilt University
Ex-officio Board Members
- FATE Representative – Barbara Giorgio - Ball State University
- 2008 Conference Consultant – Wayne Potratz - University of Minnesota
- 2008 Conference Consultant – Valerie Eickmeier - Herron School of Art and Design / IUPUI
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