Founded in 1911, the College Art Association promotes excellence in scholarship and
teaching in the history and criticism of the visual arts and in creativity and
technical skill in the teaching and practices of art. CAA includes among its 13,000
members artists, art historians, scholars, curators, collectors, educators, art publishers,
and other visual arts professionals.
Since 1857, the AIA has represented the professional interests of America's architects.
As AIA members, over 74,000 licensed architects, emerging professionals, and allied partners
express their commitment to excellence in design and livability in our nation's buildings
and communities.
Nonprofit public interest and research organization committed to urban, suburban, regional
and rural planning. APA and its professional institute, the American Institute of Certified
Planners, advance the art and science of planning and to foster the activity of planning,
physical, economic, and social, at the local, regional, state, and national levels.
Founded in 1899, ASLA has grown to more than 16,200 members and 48 chapters, representing all
50 states, US territories, and 42 countries around the world. ASLA promotes the landscape
architecture profession and advances the practice through advocacy, education, communication,
and fellowship.
Founded in 1912 to advance the quality of architectural education, ACSA now has over 250 schools in
several membership categories. These include full membership for all accredited programs in the
United States and government-sanctioned schools in Canada, candidate membership for schools seeking
accreditation, and affiliate membership for schools for two-year and international programs. ACSA,
provides a forum for ideas on the leading edge of architectural thought.
A consortium of university-based programs offering credentials in urban and regional planning.
The website includes announcements, conference information, information on awards & scholarships,
plus a full-text online version of the Guide to Graduate and Undergraduate Education in Urban
and Regional Planning (12th ed, 2006).
NCARB members are the architectural registration boards of the 50 states, the District of Columbia,
and four U.S. territories. The Council develops and recommends standards to be required of an
applicant for architectural registration, develops and recommends standards regulating the
practice of architecture, provides a process to member boards for certifying the qualifications
of an architect for registration, and represents the interests of member boards before public
and private agencies.
Founded in 1949, the National Trust is a private, nonprofit membership organization
dedicated to saving historic places and revitalizing America's communities.
Founded in 1940, the SAH is an international not-for-profit membership organization that
promotes the study and preservation of the built environment worldwide. The Society's
3,500 members include architectural historians, architects, preservationists, students,
professionals in allied fields and the interested public.
British society that represents the interests of those involved in all aspects of
the discipline, including art, design, visual culture, architecture, film, photography,
conservation and museum studies.
Formed to contribute to America's cultural vitality by supporting diverse residency programs
and advocating for creative environments that advance the endeavors of artists, the Alliance
now has about 250 organizational and individual memberships.
Founded in 1911, the College Art Association promotes excellence in scholarship and
teaching in the history and criticism of the visual arts and in creativity and
technical skill in the teaching and practices of art. CAA includes among its
13,000 members artists, art historians, scholars, curators, collectors, educators,
art publishers, and other visual arts professionals.
CIHA, intended to ensure links between art historians of all countries and to
disseminate information and research on art history, hosts a quadrennial international congress.
An international organization founded in 1983 to foster communication and
collaboration among historians of Northern European art from medieval to modern times.
Its membership of 700 consists of scholars, teachers, museum professionals,
art dealers, publishers, book dealers, and collectors throughout the world.
An international association that issues a newsletter, a quarterly magazine, and organizes
activities and exhibitions related to Japanese arts. The website includes a forum, an index
to the magazine, and links to relevant websites.
Founded in 1947 and with current membership of over 22,000, NAEA is intended to promote art
education through professional development, service, advancement of knowledge, and leadership.
Intended to promote an interest, understanding, appreciation, and recognition
of American Art Pottery, to unify and strengthen the voice of collectors and dealers
of American Art Pottery, and to foster a members' Code of Ethics for buying, selling,
exhibiting and publishing about American Art Pottery.
Founded in 1914, AIGA now represents more than 16,000 designers through national activities
and local programs developed by 55 chapters and more than 150 student groups.
AIGA sets the national agenda for the role of design in its economic, social, political,
cultural and creative contexts.
With members from over 40 nations this organization serves as the global forum and focal point
for the type community. Atypl promotes contemporary digital fonts, encourages outstanding typography
and typographic design, campaigns for the protection of typeface designs, and more.
The Council for Interior Design Accreditation is an independent, non-profit accrediting organization for interior
design education programs at colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.
A national, non-profit organization, founded to promote education and research in the preservation
of architectural terra cotta and related ceramic materials. The organization seeks to educate
the general public and construction industry professionals about architectural terra cotta's
value and history as a building material.
Created in 1976, the Guild of Metalsmiths exists to educate its members, and the community at
large, about metalworking in general and blacksmithing in particular. This includes all forms
of metalsmithing from traditional blacksmithing to contemporary art forms.
Formed in 1971, SCBWI acts as a network for the exchange of knowledge between writers, illustrators,
editors, publishers, agents, librarians, educators, booksellers and others involved with literature
for young people. There are currently more than 19,000 members worldwide, in over 70 regions,
making it the largest children's writing organization in the world.
Founded in 1901, the Society promotes the art and appreciation of illustration, as well
as its history and evolving nature, and encourages high ideals through exhibitions,
lectures, education, and by fostering a sense of community and open discussion.
The objectives of the TDC are: a) To raise the standards of typography and related fields
of the graphic arts, and b) To provide inspiration, simulate research, further education,
and disseminate information relating to the typographic arts.
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