Art History Travel Fund Grant

Art History Travel Fund Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: College Art Association
Amount: Up to US $10,000
Last Updated: August 28, 2025

Summary

The Art History Travel Fund, offered by the College Art Association, supports instructors of undergraduate and graduate art history classes with grants up to $10,000. This funding covers travel, accommodations, and admission fees for students and instructors to visit exhibitions globally. Eligible applicants include instructors with a current CAA membership and classes limited to 15 students. The fund emphasizes direct relevance to course content, excluding travel to permanent collections and related events.

Overview

Art History Travel Fund The Art History Travel Fund, established to provide students with opportunities to gain first-hand knowledge of original works of art, grants instructors of qualifying undergraduate and graduate art history classes up to $10,000 to cover student and instructor travel, accommodations, and admission fees to special exhibitions in the US and around the world.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Instructors of graduate- and undergraduate-level art history classes  Exhibitions on any artist, period, or area of art history  Class can be no larger than fifteen students Awards can be made only to institutions which have a current CAA institutional membership in good standing Applicants must have a current CAA individual membership in good standingAwards may only be used for admission fees, travel, and lodging expenses for the instructor and students. Every attempt to attain group rates must be made. Meals and other incidental costs cannot be covered by grant funds.Funds may only be used to travel to exhibitions that correspond directly to the content of the class. You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member.

Ineligibility

Travel to permanent collections, performances, temporary installations, or related ephemeral events are not eligible.