Winners of the 2008 Awards for Distinction Announced

CAA is pleased to announce the recipients of its eleven Awards for Distinction for 2008. These annual awards honor outstanding member achievements and reaffirm CAA's mission to encourage the highest standards of scholarship, practice, and teaching in the arts.

CAA President Nicola M. Courtright will formally recognize the honorees and present the awards at Convocation, to be held during CAA's 96th Annual Conference on Thursday, February 21, 2008, at the Adam's Mark Hotel in Dallas, Texas. The Annual Conference—which hosts scholarly sessions, panel discussions, career-development workshops, art exhibitions, and more—is the largest gathering of artists, art historians, students, and arts professionals in the United States.

With these awards, CAA honors the accomplishments of individual artists, art historians, authors, conservators, curators, and critics whose efforts transcend their individual disciplines and contribute to the profession as a whole and to the world at large. The 2008 winners are: ...

Distinguished Teaching of Art Award - Ronald Leax, Washington University in St. Louis - Ronald Leax is a sculptor whose teaching philosophy, creative production, work ethic, and wisdom has dramatically influenced an army of former students and colleagues. Leax sees his students as fellow artists, countering the traditional teacher/student relationship. A role model to many, he has maintained a consistent exhibition record of his own while also serving as a teacher, director of graduate studies, associate dean, and faculty chair. ...

•	Winners of the 2008 Awards for Distinction Announced ArtDaily.org, Monday, Jan. 7, 2008