ALAA-Thoma Foundation Exhibition Catalogue Award*‍ ‍

Call for Nominations for the 2027 ALAA-Thoma Foundation Exhibition Catalogue Award

Deadline: August 1, 2026

The Association for Latin American Art (ALAA), an affiliate of the College Art Association (CAA), is pleased to sponsor the ALAA-Thoma Foundation Exhibition Catalogue Award. The award will be presented to the editor, lead author, or authors of an especially distinguished exhibition catalogue of Latin American or Latinx art, from the Pre-Columbian era to the present, published under the auspices of a museum, library, or private collection. The award is generously funded by the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation and consists of a $1,000 honorarium. We will present the award at the annual meeting of the College Art Association in New York, February 3-6, 2027. The name of the recipient will appear in the newsletters of ALAA and CAA. 

A three-person committee of art historians and curators, each with expertise in a wide geographical and temporal range, will evaluate the entries.

For the 2027 Award, we will evaluate exhibition catalogues on Latin American or Latinx art from the Pre-Columbian era to the present that meets the following criteria:

• Single or multi-authored exhibition catalogues with a substantive text that advances art historical knowledge.

• Catalogues written in English, Spanish, or Portuguese.

• Publication date between August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2026.

Publishers, authors, and others should email the selection committee before the August 1 deadline to verify whether a prospective entry is eligible for the competition according to the above criteria. In your email, please include the Title, Author(s), Publication Date, and a Description of the exhibition catalog. If the catalog appears eligible, the committee chair will then provide mailing addresses for all three committee members so the publications can be sent directly to each one of them. E-publications will also be considered. All physical catalogues should be postmarked by August 1.

Please note that exhibition catalogues that have received any financial support for their publication by the Thoma Foundation are not eligible. Also, authors may not submit the same material for two award categories. If, for example, a major essay from an exhibition catalogue is submitted for the Article Award, the catalogue itself may not be submitted for the Exhibition Catalogue Award or vice versa. It is the responsibility of the author to determine which category best fits the submission.

Exhibition Catalogue Award Committee

Rosario I. Granados (Blanton Museum of Art), chair rosario.granados@blantonmuseum.org

Andrew James Hamilton, ahamil5@artic.edu

Erin McCutcheon, erin.mccutcheon@uri.edu