SECAC

Did you know SECAC has a mentoring program for members? 📚

Established in 2011, the SECAC Mentoring program connects emerging and established professionals by pairing them with experienced SECAC members through 45-minute personalized sessions. In these sessions, participants will review resumes, receive career pathway guidance, and academic mentorship, among other things.

🔎More information about the SECAC Mentorship program can be found on our website at secacart.org

We are now accepting nominations for the Awards 🏆

Each year, SECAC recognizes the tremendous creative, scholarly, and professional accomplishments of its membership through five awards:

🔹️The SECAC Award for Excellence in Teaching
🔹️The SECAC Award for Excellence in Scholarly Research and Publication
🔹️The SECAC Award for Curatorial Excellence
🔹️The SECAC Award for Artistic Excellence
🔹️The SECAC Award for Excellence in Graphic Design

Members are welcome to nominate a SECAC colleague, to seek a colleague to make a nomination on one’s behalf, or to self-nominate. SECAC is committed to being an inclusive organization, and you can help. Please consider nominating colleagues and peers, particularly those individuals who have been underrepresented historically.

You can read more about each award, including eligibility and nomination procedure, and how to apply on the SECAC website following the link in our bio.

⏰️ All applications must be completed August 1 EST.
📚 Theme: Interwoven: Threads, Patterns & Disruptions
📆 Conference Dates: October 21 - 24, 2026
📍 Venue: Winston-Salem Marriott Hotel & Benton Convention

Share your individual profeessional news with us!

Our Summer 2026 Newsletter is scheduled for release in July 2026. Please send your individual professional news (exhibitions, grants, awards, publications, etc.) updates to Rebecca Parker at [email protected] by July 10, 2026, for the next SECAC Newsletter.

🟢 Please attach a Word document without graphics or images to your email.
🟢Submissions are limited to no more than 200 words and must be in the third person. They may be edited for content and length.

For more information, please contact Rebecca Parker at [email protected]

Last chance to submit your artwork for the Juried Exhibition!

The SECAC Annual Juried Exhibition is an important cornerstone of the annual conference. It is a celebration of the creativity, innovation, and talent of our members. The Annual Juried Exhibition is open to the public during the day with an evening reception for all conference attendees. This year’s exhibition will be juried by Maya Brooks and hosted in the Elberson Fine Arts Center Galleries at Salem College.

🏆 About the Best in Show Award:
The Guest Juror will select one artist to receive a “Best in Show” award of $1,000, and may, at her discretion, bestow additional awards.

Please visit our website to learn more about our open calls. Link in bio.
🎨 Call for Artwork will end on April 15, at midnight EST. Notification date: May 26.
🖼 Call for Session Proposals for SECAC at CAA '27 will end on April 15, at midnight EST.
📚 Theme: Interwoven: Threads, Patterns & Disruptions
📆 Conference Dates: October 21 - 24, 2026
📍 Venue: Winston-Salem Marriott Hotel & Benton Convention

📣 It's almost time to wrap up your best artworks for Annual Juried Exhibition! 📣

📚 Eligibility:
The competition is open to all; however, membership in SECAC is required within 10 days of acceptance to the exhibition. If you do not join SECAC as a member, your work will not be displayed in the Juried Exhibition. There is a $10 entry fee for up to three submissions to the Juried Exhibition. This fee contributes to the cost of the exhibition and reception. Entry fee is non-refundable.

🔎 About the Juror:
Maya Brooks is the Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh and Winston-Salem. She received her B.A. in Anthropology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her M.A. in History from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

🏆 About the Best in Show Award:
The Guest Juror will select one artist to receive a “Best in Show” award of $1,000, and may, at her discretion, bestow additional awards.

Please visit our website to learn more about our open calls. Link in bio.

🎨 Call for Artwork will end on April 15, at midnight EST.
🖼 Call for Session Proposals for SECAC at CAA '27 will end on April 15, at midnight EST.
📚 Theme: Interwoven: Threads, Patterns & Disruptions
📆 Conference Dates: October 21 - 24, 2026
📍 Venue: Winston-Salem Marriott Hotel & Benton Convention

📢 SECAC has extended the deadline to apply for the Call for Papers and Posters, SECAC 2026 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina to April 6, 2026!

Please review the list of sessions and submit your papers by April 6, 2026, 11:59 PM EST.

🔎 Membership in SECAC is required within ten days of paper acceptance; membership and conference registration are separate fees. You can find more information about our 2026 conference on our website at secacart.org.

Please visit our website to learn more about our open calls. Link in bio.
⏰ Call for Papers will end on April 6, at midnight EST.
🖼️ Call for Posters will end on April 6, at midnight EST.
🎨 Call for Artwork will end on April 15, at midnight EST.
📚 Theme: Interwoven: Threads, Patterns & Disruptions
📆 Conference Dates: October 21 - 24, 2026
📍 Venue: Winston-Salem Marriott Hotel & Benton Convention

TODAY is the last to apply for the Call for Papers and Posters for SECAC 2026 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Submit your papers by 11:59 PM EST.

🔎 Membership in SECAC is required within ten days of paper acceptance; membership and conference registration are separate fees. You can find more information about our 2026 conference on our website at secacart.org.
A list of sessions is available on our website.
Proposals can be submitted through our submissions portal.


All presentations will be given in person.
⏰ Call for Papers will end on April 1, at midnight EST.
📚 Theme: Interwoven: Threads, Patterns & Disruptions
📆 Conference Dates: October 21 - 24, 2026
📍 Venue: Winston-Salem Marriott Hotel & Benton Convention

As an affiliated society of , SECAC sponsors a session at the CAA Annual Conference. We seek proposals for a 90-minute session on a topic relevant to the SECAC membership (including art history, studio art, art education, design, pedagogy, or a combination). Please submit a title and short (250 words or less) description of the session, along with the proposer's abbreviated CV in one combined PDF to committee chair Rachel Stephens at [email protected] by April 14, 2026.

The accepted chair will be notified by April 20 and will need to register their session with CAA by April 25. The chair will then review and select the papers for the session through the CAA submission portal. Within 90 days of acceptance, chairs must be members of both SECAC and CAA and register for the CAA conference.

⭐ Call for Session Proposals: SECAC at CAA 2027 Affiliate Session
New York, February 3-6, 2027
DEADLINE: April 14, 2026