RSVP – Please use this form to RSVP by Monday, October 8, 2018.

You are invited to attend the Fall 2018 joint chapter meeting between ARLIS/NE and VRA-NE, to be held at the Worcester Art Museum (WAM) in Worcester, MA on Friday, October 12, 2018.

Sarah Gillis, Associate Registrar for Collection Documentation at WAM, and VRA/NE Chapter Chair, has planned a great day for all of us.  Along with having time to meet and catch up with colleagues, we will have the chance to tour the museum’s current exhibition, The Poetry of Nature: Hudson River School Landscape from the New York Historical Society, along with the Salisbury Mansion.  Time is also set aside for a lightning round session to discuss current issues in our work.  Please see the agenda for the day’s program.

We look forward to seeing everyone on October 12^th!

Please join us for a tour of the deCordova Sculpture Garden and Museum and Gropius House in Lincoln, MA on Friday, August 10^th.

You can use this online form to sign up.  There is a fee for this event that will be handled separately from the sign up form.  More information on how to pay will follow.

See below (and the online form) for more information about the visit, and feel free to get in touch if you have questions.

Schedule:

Friday, August 10, 2018

10 a.m. – 12 noon – Visit the deCordova Sculpture Garden and Museum (51 Sandy Pond RD Lincoln, MA)

12 noon – 2 p.m. – Lunch (bring a picnic lunch to enjoy on the deCordova grounds or visit a nearby restaurant)

2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. – Visit the Gropius House (68 Baker Bridge RD Lincoln, MA)

Cost:

ARLIS NE will pay $10.00 toward chapter members’ entrance fees to help defray the cost of the visit.  You are welcome to bring guests, however, the $10.00 reimbursement is limited to chapter members.

Fees to attend (including the chapter member discount) are shown below.

ARLIS NE chapter member:   $19.00

ARLIS NE chapter member (senior, 60+):   $14.00

ARLIS NE chapter member (student w/ID):   $14.00

Guest:   $29.00

Guest (senior, 60+):   $24.00

Guest (student w/ID):   $24.00

RSVP – Please use this form to RSVP by Monday, May 7, 2018.

Agenda – Full meeting agenda with all details is available here.  Brief agenda below.

ARLIS/NA New England Spring Meeting | Providence, Rhode Island | Friday, May 11, 2018

9:30 – 10:30 a.m. – Tour of DownCity Design.  Emily Sellon will be our guide to explain the organization’s work and history.

10:30 – 11:00 a.m. – Break and a 15-minute walk to One Empire Plaza, Room 228 (150 Empire Street).

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Chapter business meeting.

12:00 – 2:00 p.m. – Lunch and a chance to explore a little bit of Providence.  Please see the full agnenda suggested dining options.

2:00 – 3:00 p.m. – Tour of Brown University’s Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts (154 Angell Street), home to the Brown Arts Initiative (BAI).  Chira DelSesto, Associate Director of the BAI, will be our guide for a tour of the building and a discussion of the work and history of the Brown Arts Initiative.

3:00 – 4:00 p.m. – Walk from the Granoff Center to the David Winton Bell Gallery (located in the Albert and Vera List Art Building, 64 College Street) to view the 33⁰ exhibition.  On the walk over, we will see three of the five large-scale photomurals (mounted on various Brown University buildings) that are part of the exhibition.