International Center Of Medieval Art Inc

TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THE STUDY, UNDERSTANDING, AND PRESERVATION OF VISUAL AND MATERIAL CULTURES PRODUCED PRIMARILY BETWEEN CA. 300 CE AND CA. 1500 CE IN EVERY CORNER OF THE MEDIEVAL WORLD.

THE ICMA REMAINS COMMITTED TO SERVING THE NEEDS OF OUR MEMBERSHIP AND THE MEDIEVAL ART COMMUNITY AT LARGE. OUR JOURNAL GESTA IS PUBLISHED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS. THE ICMA GRANTS SEVERAL AWARDS TO STUDENTS: STUDENT TRAVEL GRANT, WHICH ALLOWS GRADUATE STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONDUCT DISSERTATION RESEARCH, AND THE STUDENT ESSAY PRIZE, WHICH AWARDS A GRADUATE STUDENT THE BEST ESSAYS (THREE PRIZES). FOR ESTABLISHED, CONTINGENT, AND EARLY CAREER SCHOLARS, WE OFFER THE ICMA-KRESS RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION GRANT, WHICH HELPS WITH COSTS INVOLVED IN PUBLISHING A BOOK OR RESEARCH NEEDED TO WRITE A BOOK, THE ICMA-KRESS EXHIBITION DEVELOPMENT GRANT, WHICH OFFERS MONEY TO A MUSEUM DEVELOPING AN EXHIBITION IN MEDIEVAL ART AND CAN BE USED TO TRAVEL RESEARCH OR PROGRAMMING DURING THE RUN OF AN EXHIBITION, AND THE ICMA ANNUAL BOOK PRIZE, AWARDING AN AUTHOR OR AUTHORS WITH THE BEST BOOK IN MEDIEVAL ART.ALL MEMBERS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE ICMA-KRESS TRAVEL GRANTS, WHICH COVER CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEES (IF VIRTUAL) OR TRAVEL TO IN-PERSON CONFERENCES (AND PRESENTING IN ICMA-SPONSORED SESSIONS). OUR ADVOCACY COMMITTEE AWARDS THE ADVOCACY SEED GRANT, MEANT TO HELP WITH PUBLIC OUTREACH AND SCHOLARSHIP OF MEDIEVAL ART. THE STAHL AND FORSYTH LECTURES ARE TWO SEPARATE LECTURE SERIES ENDOWED BY HARVEY STAHL AND ILENE FORSYTH, SERVING AUDIENCES IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST AND THE MIDWEST. THE COURTAULD LECTURES OFFERS INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE WITH A NORTH AMERICAN SCHOLAR PRESENTING A LECTURE AT THE COURTUALD INSTITUTE OF ART IN LONDON. OUR DIGITAL PROGRAMMING SERVES OUR WORLDWIDE AUDIENCE IN THIRTY COUNTRIES, WITH OFFERING OF DIGITAL APPROACHES TO MEDIEVAL ART, MINING THE COLLECTION, EXHIBITION STUDY OFFERINGS, AND OTHER BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT COLLECTIONS OR ADDRESSING QUESTIONS WITHIN MEDIEVAL ART SCHOLARSHIP. QUEER MEDIEVAL ART BROUGHT TOGETHER SCHOLARS TO ADDRESS QUEER STUDIES. OUR COORDINATOR FOR DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT IS INSTRUMENTAL IN ORGANIZING AND MANAGING EACH DIGITAL EVENT. WE ALSO BRING TOGETHER DIFFERENT GENERATIONS OF SCHOLARS FOR OUR MENTORING EVENTS. IN OUR RETURN-TO-IN-PERSON WORLD, WEVE ALLOWED MEMBERS TO BRING TOGETHER AREA SCHOLARS FOR A CASUAL CONVERSATION AND SOCIALIZATION AS THE WORLD REOPENS. ICMA NEWS, OUR NEWSLETTER, PUBLISHES INFORMATION AND RECAPS OF ALL OUR EVENTS. ICMA NEWS IS PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A YEAR.