ACASA, the Arts Council of the African Studies Association, promotes greater understanding of African material and expressive culture in all its many forms, and encourages contact and collaboration with African and Diaspora artists and scholars.

ACASA 15th Triennial Symposium held at UCLA

The Fifteenth ACASA Triennial Symposium on African Art was held at the University of California, Los Angeles, from March 23 to 26, 2011.

The Triennial focused on the theme: Africa and Its Diasporas in the Market Place: Cultural Resources and the Global Economy.

More about the 15th ACASA Triennial Symposium here:

Roy Sieber
Dissertation Award
The Roy Sieber Dissertation Award is granted to the most outstanding Ph.D. dissertation on some aspect of African and/or African Diaspora art, in any discipline. Details

Arnold Rubin Outstanding Publication Award
The Arnold Rubin Outstanding Publication Award honors publications for excellence in scholarship on the arts of Africa and the African Diaspora. Details