Call for Proposals | TFAP@CAA 2026 Affiliated Society Session
2025-08-01 08:00 - 2025-08-29 17:00 (America/New_York)
TFAP@CAA Call for Proposals
CAA 114th Annual Conference, Chicago, February 18–21, 2026
The Feminist Art Project Affiliated Society Session
Deadline: August 29, 2025
Feminist, Queer, and Trans Art Activists in Action!
Chairs:
Joanna P. Gardner-Huggett, DePaul University
Connie Tell, The Feminist Art Project
PLEASE FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS TO SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL FOR THIS IN-PERSON PANEL.
CAA MEMBERSHIP & CONFERENCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR ACCEPTED PRESENTERS.
Important dates:
August 29th, deadline for proposal submissions
September 16th, notification of accepted proposals
For nearly twenty years, The Feminist Art Project has supported intersectional and inter-generational conversations regarding feminist, queer and trans activist art practices. Understanding the rich history of these collective tactics remains instrumental for continued organizing against political oppression and providing essential services to female-identifying individuals. For instance, in the 1970s, the arpilleristas produced embroidered narratives denouncing Chile’s totalitarian regime, while in the 1980s the Greenham Commons Women’s Peace Camp demanded an end to nuclear proliferation. In the 1990s, Chicago’s Sister Serpents engaged in guerrilla sticker and poster campaigns calling out misogyny and sexual violence and the Dyke Action Machine focused on lesbian agitprop in New York City. In 1999, the Dutch organization Women on Waves was founded to provide reproductive health services in regions where it is not safe or available, and in 2001, LaGender Inc. was established to support the trans health of women of color in the metro Atlanta area. As the voices of feminist, queer, and trans artists, activists, and scholars are being silenced in this political moment globally, this session seeks presentations by artists and scholars examining current or historical examples of activist art practices that offer models of protest and mutual aid, especially work overlooked in current art historical scholarship.
The CAA Annual Conference is the largest convening of art historians, artists, designers, curators, and visual arts professionals. Each year CAA offer sessions submitted by members, committees, and affiliated societies that deliver a wide range of program content. The CAA 114th Annual Conference will take place in Chicago Hilton February 18–21, 2026.

CFP: "Language and Text in Feminist Art Part III: East, South-East, and Central Asia, Asian Diasporas" / CAA 2026 Annual Conference
2025-08-06 - 2025-08-29
Seeking presentation proposals from art historians, writers, and artists. The CAA 114th Annual Conference will take place on February 18-21, 2026 in Chicago. In order to allow and encourage participation of scholars and artists from Asia, without the need to travel at great personal and ecological cost, our session will convene remotely. On the CAA CFP page you can find the session abstract (also pasted in below), watch instructional video, and click to upload your proposal: a 250-words-long abstract and a short bio. You can also include images. The deadline to apply is August 29.
THE SESSION ABSTRACT:
Language and Text in Feminist Art Part III: East, South-East, and Central Asia, Asian Diasporas
This session examines artworks exploring language from a gendered perspective—a subject that has lacked comprehensive treatment—to inspire new research in feminist art. It will analyze ways in which women (cis or queer) employ text and language as a means of feminist critique, across art mediums.
There is a stubborn belief that feminist art focuses on the image of the body. Meanwhile, the core of feminist art is conceptual and social practice; art that is designed not just to be looked at, but also to be acted upon. Text- or language-based art—including what Hélène Cixous called écriture feminine—has been its crucial component as women probe their erasure from historical texts, objectification in law, the experience of speaking a language as racialized and sexualized subjects, or the male-centrism of language, including AI and the internet.
The session is the last in the series of three; part of broader research that seeks to fill a gap in literature about feminist language-based art by privileging transnational, multigenerational, and intersectional comparisons, globally. The first session in 2024 provided a comparative perspective on the Middle East and North Africa; part II—on Latin America and the Caribbean. Part III in 2026 seeks scholarly analyses and artists’ presentations with a focus on the Far East, Central Asia, and Asian diasporas. Of equal interest are proposals regarding artists representing cultures where oral expression and poetry dominate the written, and those engaging with ancient traditions of calligraphy and secret languages of women; both sound-based and text-based projects.
Chair: Monika Fabijanska

Rejoinder Open Call
2025-11-26 00:00 - 2026-01-15 00:00
Rejoinder Open Call: Issue 11
DEADLINE: January 15, 2026
Ritual, Healing, and World-Making

How do we mark transitions, generate transformational visions, and model alternate ways of being in a world imploding around us? How do we find joy while surrounded by brokenness? How do we heal when systems are structured against us? What rituals or practices can restore us, even speak to our souls? The next issue of Rejoinder explores the theme of ritual, healing, and world-making. Submissions (including essays, commentary, criticism, fiction, poetry, and artwork) should address this theme from feminist, queer, and social justice-inspired perspectives. We particularly welcome contributions at the intersection of scholarship and activism. For manuscript preparation details, please see our website at: http://irw.rutgers.edu/about-rejoinder. Rejoinder is published by the Institute for Research on Women at Rutgers University in partnership with the Feminist Art Project. Please send completed written work (2,000-2,500 words max — MS Word), jpegs of artwork, and short bios to irw@sas.rutgers.edu with “Rejoinder Submission” in the subject line by January 15, 2026.
