Past Meetings
Spring 2012 Meeting
ARLIS/NA Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada
March 31, 2012, 9:30 AM
Fall 2011 Meeting
Friday, October 28, 2011
Smithsonian Libraries, Washington, DC
SCHEDULE:
9:30 Coffee and refreshments in the Library on 3rd floor of Victor Building
10:00 Welcome from Smithsonian Libraries
10:15-10:45: Social media at Smithsonian Libraries
10:45-11:15: Epubs and digital initiatives at SIL
11:15-11:30 Break
11:30-12:30 Business Meeting
12:30-2:00 Lunch on your own
2:00-4:00 Freer/Sackler library tour
Many thanks to Doug Litts for organizing such a wonderful program!
Summer 2011 Meeting
ARLIS/Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia Chapter
VRA Mid Atlantic Chapter
Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
Friday, July 29, 2011
Special thanks to Sherrie Rook, Visual Resources Coordinator, Department of History and Art History, GMU!
The Center for History and New Media (CHNM) is devoted to the preservation and presentation of history through new technology. In addition to a tour of the Center, our visit will include hands on time with your choice of two CHNM developed tools: Omeka, a platform for creating online exhibits, and Zotero, a powerful tool for creating and organizing bibliographies.
SCHEDULE:
9:30 – 10:00 Beverages, pastries, and fruit provided by the Department of History and Art History at George Mason
10:00 – 11:15 Welcome and Center for History and New Media Introduction
11:30 – 12:30 Business Meetings
12:30 – 2:00 Lunch
2:00 – 3:30 Omeka or Zotero “Playdate,” or hands-on demo
3:30-4:30 Conference planning for 2014 ARLIS Annual (all ARLIS and VRA attendees invited to participate)
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3:30-4:30 Get a tour of the Visual Resource Center with Sherrie Rook; or, on your own visit the new Art and Design Building
4:00-6:30 Cocktails and small plates at The Well (cash bar)
Spring 2011 Meeting
ARLIS/Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia Chapter
VRA + ARLIS/NA 2011 Joint Conference
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Saturday, March 26, 2011
The meeting provided a wonderful opportunity for chapter members to see local friends at a busy national conference. During the hour, we met jointly with our VRA counterparts, then separately to tackle chapter-specific business.
In addition to a number of exciting agenda items, we addressed the proposed 2014 ARLIS/NA conference in Washington D.C.
Fall 2010 Meeting
ARLIS/Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia Chapter
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), Richmond
Friday, November 5, 2010
The VMFA opened its renovated spaces this May after a major expansion that added 165,000 square feet and reshaped the look and feel of the entire museum. The expansion doubled the VMFA’s space for major traveling exhibitions and dramatically increased its space for permanent exhibitions. New features include a sophisticated granite entrance, a stunning 3 story glass atrium, and a beautiful new library: the Margaret R. and Robert M. Freeman Library.The VMFA and its new library is a must-see for our chapter members and this meeting will be a wonderful opportunity to learn about the VMFA directly from its curators and our chapter colleagues. Our gracious hosts, Suzanne Freeman and Lee Viverette, have arranged for three of the VMFA’s distinguished curators to lead our members on tours of their permanent collections.
AGENDA:
9:30 – Meet & greet with complimentary coffee and light refreshments
10:00-12:00 – Museum Highlights tour and curatorial gallery talks in Deco Arts (Barry Shifman), American (Dr. Elizabeth O’Leary) & Asian (Dr. John Henry Rice)
12:00-1:30 – Lunch in Best Café
1:30-2:30 – Tour of The Margaret R. and Robert M. Freeman Library
2:30-3:45 – Chapter Business Meeting, Founder’s Conference Room
4:00 – Cocktails in Amuse Restaurant, Payne Dining Room, cash bar
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
For information about the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts see http://www.vmfa.state.va.us/default.aspx
For information about the Margaret R. and Robert M. Freeman Library see http://www.vmfa.state.va.us/Visit/Library/Library.aspx
A recap of the day is available here.
SUMMER 2010 MEETING
DC-Maryland-Virginia Chapter of the Art Libraries Society of North America and the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Visual Resources Association
Friday July 9, 2010. 9:00am – 3:00pm (with a reception following)
Corcoran Library – Corcoran Gallery of Art / College of Art + Design
AGENDA:
9:00am – 9:45am Continental Breakfast (Atrium)
9:30am – Welcome from Library Director, Mario Ascencio
10:00am – 11:00am Tour of the Corcoran Library and Artists Books Collection – Corcoran Library Staff
11:00am – 12:00pm ARLIS Business Meeting (Auditorium)
11:00am – 12:00pm VRA Business Meeting (RCR)
12:00pm – 1:30pm Lunch on your own (See Lunch below)
1:30pm – 3:00pm Tour of Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change – Philip Brookman, Curator
4:00pm – 7:00pm Reception at Mario Ascencio’s House in Adam’s Morgan
Spring 2010 Meeting
Saturday, April 24th, 8:00 a.m.
Seaport Hotel, Boston, MA
38th Annual ARLIS/NA Conference
For more past meetings, please see the Meeting Minutes page.
