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. Join ACASA Membership Benefits and Policies Anyone with an interest in the arts of Africa or the African Diaspora is welcome to join ACASA. Courtesy memberships are available to individuals living and working in Africa or the Diaspora for whom it is a financial or bureaucratic difficulty to make payment.
The Arts Council of the African Studies Association (ACASA) has received a $350,000 General Operating Support grant from the Mellon Foundation, marking a transformative investment in the organization’s continued growth, capacity building, and leadership in advancing scholarship, ethical museum practices, and artistic exchange in African art studies. Who we are: MUSAA emerged from ACASA’s 2021-2024 initiative, the “Collaboration, Collections, and Restitution Best Practices Working Group” (CCRBP). It addresses pressing issues of visibility, accessibility, transparency, and accountability of African art collections in U.S. museums by creating a new digital tool — accessed through the ACASA website — that will provide an aggregated ...
Acasa Willowbrook Apartments, Current Triennial 20th Triennial Symposium 2027 ACASA is excited to announce the 20th Triennial Symposium on African Art will be held in Rabat, Morocco, from July 13 to 18, 2027 at the Faculté des Sciences de l’Éducation – Université Mohammed V de Rabat. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Arts Council of the African Studies Association (ACASA) Releases Best Practice Guidelines for Provenance Research and Restitution New Resource Emphasizes Collaboration with African Institutions and Communities Responding to an urgent and growing need for guidance on ethical stewardship of African collections in museums, the Arts Council of the African Studies Association ... ACASA is a non-profit organization with a membership base of over 1,800 people worldwide. Our community is passionate about the arts of Africa and the African Diaspora. Scholars, teachers, students, artists, museum specialists, collectors, and enthusiasts come together through ACASA to share current research and activities in the field.
Acasa Willowbrook Apartments, ACASA Triennial Symposium Registration is outlined below. Please note that each Triennial event requires separate registration (unless purchasing the bundle package). These rates are for all Triennial attendees, both in-person and virtual. Visit our website for more information about the Triennial. Registration rates will increase on May 1.
