ALAA-Thoma Foundation Exhibition Catalogue Award*

Award submissions are currently closed. Awards will be announced in February 2026. The next cycle of award submissions will open in Spring 2026

Competition for the 2026 ALAA-Thoma Foundation Exhibition Catalogue Award (now closed):

The Association for Latin American Art (ALAA), an affiliate of the College Art Association (CAA), is pleased to sponsor the 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 Art Foundation and consists of a $1,000 honorarium. We will present the award at the CAA annual meeting in February 2026. The name of the recipient(s) will also appear in both ALAA and CAA newsletters.

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 2024 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 September 1, 2024 through July 31, 2025.

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’s date, and a general 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, although starting this year, 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

Gabriela Germana (Independent Scholar) ggermanar@gmail.com

Aubrey Hobart (Savannah College of Art and Design) aubrey.hobart@gmail.com