ARLIS/NA New England

Welcome to 2015 with ARLIS/NA New England!

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Hello, ARLIS New England!

First, an introduction: I’m Ashley Peterson, the current President of the ARLIS/NA New England Chapter. I took the reins from Gabrielle Reed on January 1, and will be serving through the end of 2015. The other Board officers and I are excited about the year ahead! Read on to see what’s in store…

Membership Renewal: First and foremost, make sure your ARLIS/NA New England membership is up-to-date! You can renew here. Please note that you can join at either the Member or Associate level—see our website for more information.

Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon: If you’re not familiar with the Art + Feminism Wikipedia campaign, check it out! MassArt will be hosting an editing event on March 7 from 11 am-5 pm. If you’re interested in participating, get in touch with Gabrielle Reed at gabrielle.reed@massart.edu.

National Conference: If you’ll be in Fort Worth this March, come join your fellow New England Chapter members for a meeting on Sunday, March 22 at 9:30 am in Sundance 3.

Spring and Fall Meetings: Dates and locations TBD. As always, you can expect to catch up with colleagues and visit institutions doing creative, cutting-edge work in arts librarianship and cultural heritage.

Art Documentation Twitter Chats: We will be facilitating Twitter conversations about the spring and fall Art Documentation publications. Join us to discuss what you find interesting from the issues!

Informal Meet-Ups: Grab some drinks and see some art with your ARLIS/NA New England colleagues. We’ll be gathering in Boston a few times this year; keep an eye out for official announcements.

Resume Workshop with VRA and SLA New England Chapters: ARLIS/NA NE will be will be reaching out and coordinating with VRA and SLA for an arts librarianship/visual resources/cultural heritage resume workshop at Simmons this fall. If you’re a new professional or just need to polish your resume, stay tuned and stop by!

Fall Webinar: the Board will be facilitating a webinar about arts librarianship/visual resources careers. More information to come.

I look forward to seeing and meeting you all throughout the year. If you have any questions, please feel free to get in touch!

Sincerely,
Ashley Peterson
President, ARLIS/NA New England Chapter
SMFA Librarian
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
apeterson@smfa.edu | 617-369-3653

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Fall ARLIS/NA NE meeting

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Hampshire College and Smith College – 10/10/14

Schedule for Hampshire morning:
9:30- 10 am: registration, name tags, coffee, fruit, pastries in the Seydel Reading Room, 2nd floor Harold Johnson Library, Hampshire College
10-10:30 am: Jennifer Gunter King, Director of the Library will give a quick background on the Reading Room
Time to browse the Special Collections books and regular books in the Seydel Collection
10:30- 11:30: Business meeting in the Hampshire College Art Gallery (ground floor of library building)
Paintings by Deidre Leber on display:
https://www.hampshire.edu/gallery/hampshire-college-art-gallery

11:30 – drive to Smith College. See link for direction. http://tinyurl.com/leuqfuz
12:00 Lunch at the Smith Museum cafe

Schedule for Smith afternoon:

Mika Palamara, Director of the Smith College Imaging Center, will lead a tour of the Imaging Center’s new classroom and makers facility.

Sherry Poirrier, Image Collections Curator, and Jon Cartledge, Digital Imaging Specialist, will discuss the deaccessioning of the Imaging Center photo collection.
Barbara Polowy, Hillyer Art Librarian, will display and discuss artists’ books from the Smith College Fine Art Library.
Elisa Lanzi, Library Director of Digital Strategies, and Nanci Young,College Archivist, will discuss “The History of Women’s Education Open Access Portal Project,” a collaborative NEH project, led by Bryn Mawr, to create a prototype for a digital portal containing letters, diaries, and scrapbooks of the first generations of its students.

At 4pm, the Smith College Museum will be free and open to the public.

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ARLIS/NA 2014 Conference in D.C. – May 1-5, 2014

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The 2014 ARLIS/NA conference in D.C was a great success. With robust sessions and outstanding events it was a conference to remember.

Some photos below from events.

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Spring Meeting at North Bennet St. & AMS – March 28, 2014

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