This is a gentle reminder to RSVP for the Decorative Arts, Craft and Design SIG Meeting which will be held on Wednesday, August 23 at 11am Pacific, 2pm Eastern via Zoom.

Please RSVP via this Google form by the end of the day Monday, Aug. 21.

https://forms.gle/fsJp1EuezS6MHT6D8

The Zoom link and agenda will be sent out the day before the meeti…[Read more]

WHAT WOULD MORRIS DO? TEXTILE USE AND SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

Tracy Meserve as a member of the William Morris Society in the United States is seeking proposals for the panel session “What Would William Morris Do?  Textile Use and Sustainability for the 21st Century” to be presented in person at the College Art Association conference,…[Read more]

Dear ALD members,

I hope this finds everyone well!

Your moderators Claire and Lauren are currently working on a proposal for an ALD-led Roundtable at the 2024 ARLIS conference. Per the call for proposals, roundtables are “small, informal group discussions around a common theme or issue.” In our proposal, we will be identifying a topic and…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues,

Save the date! The Academic Library Division will be hosting an open forum on Tuesday, August 8th at 2:00pm EDT/11:00am PDT. The hour-long open forum will be a discussion centered around the transition from summer to the academic year. Forum topics will include the kinds of work many of us do over the summer, such as collection…[Read more]

Another free, online craft symposium that might be of interest tomorrow (Thursday 7/20)!
Best — Karyn

https://hyperallergic.com/833559/craft-archive-fellowship-virtual-program-2023/
Excavating Craft Histories Through Archives
The 2023 Craft Archive Fellows will present their research on underrepresented craft histories in an online event hosted…[Read more]

Hi all!

Is there any interest in reviving the Postcards from the Edge series of workshops at ARLIS 2024? For those who don’t remember it, PftE was a hands-on workshop series where we covered “art-adjacent” fields like theatre, film studies, media & TV, etc. (In other words: fields academic art librarians frequently cover, often with little formal…[Read more]

Three grant opportunities are now open from the Decorative Arts Trust:

IDEAL INTERNSHIP GRANTS

The Trust offers grants to museums and historic sites in support of internships that improve and promote inclusivity, diversity, equity, access, and leadership (IDEAL) in the museum field. The Trust seeks to fund summer and academic-year internships…[Read more]

Register now for the next American Craft Forum — Foragers: Making Connections Between Place and Materials.  Thursday, July 13th at 1pm Central Time via Zoom.  Registration is free and open to all.

https://www.craftcouncil.org/programs/forums

The latest issue of The Crafty Librarian, the quarterly newsletter of the American Craft Council Library, is now available for download.

https://www.craftcouncil.org/library-archives/newsletter

The meeting minutes for the Spring 2023 SIG meeting are now available on the the SIG WordPress site:

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design SIG Meeting Minutes

The meeting was recorded, and the recording should be added to the ARLIS/NA Kaltura Channel in the near future.  Stay tuned!

Hi all,

Good afternoon! Attached are notes from the Division’s May 2 Annual Business Meeting. Thank you to everyone who attended and participated in our brainstorming activity.

One highlight I’ll share from the notes: we are excited to have Lauren Gavin on board as our 2023-2024 Vice Moderator. I also want to thank Shoshana Vegh-Gaynor for her…[Read more]

Take a look at the presentation dropped in CORE by Cara Barker, member of the Dec Arts, Craft and Design SIG.  Her presentation “Teaching Myself Taxidermy in my Kitchen: Supporting Studio Art Students Through Collection Development” suggests that the T (technonlgy) section of LC is highly valuable to studio art students who are interested in…[Read more]