Hello Mid-Atlantic Chapter colleagues;

I am writing on behalf of Richard Merritt, a former furniture appraiser who is interested in donating books from his professional collection to libraries in the metropolitan DC area. The majority of the books are on early American furniture.

Mr. Merritt is kindly offering to donate books to libraries in…[Read more]

Dear book arts friends and fans,

The ARLIS/NA Book Art Special Interest Group invites you to join us on zoom for some exciting presentations on Monday, May 1st at 1:00pm CST/2:00pm CDT/3:00pm EDT < Link to zoom meeting >

Presentations: Richard Minsky
50 Years of Book Art: Transforming books from literature to art

Jennifer Riestenberg Pepin
The…[Read more]

Happy Friday!

The Mid-Atlantic Chapter of ARLIS/NA will conduct its spring business meeting virtually on Tuesday, May 2 from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. EDT. Please note that the meeting time listed in the Conference SCHED, 4 – 5 p.m. EDT, is incorrect.

• The meeting is open to Mid-Atlantic Chapter members and interested non-members.
• Join via Zoom a…

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Sharing this message from Karly Wildenhaus:

Please join the LD4 Art & Design Affinity Group and LD4 Rare Materials Affinity Group for a joint call on Monday, May 15 on the topic of modeling artists’ books with the Digital Archive of Artists’ Publishing (DAAP). We will be joined by Lozana Rossenova (Researcher, Open Science Lab at TIB, Hannover)…[Read more]

The Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Chapters are joining together for a meetup at the Mexico City Conference! If you are a member of either chapter and are here in CDMX, join us at the Hilton Reforma Hotel Bar on Wednesday, April 19 at 6pm as we make a plan for a drink (or more) and an opportunity to bring our chapters together again.

See you…[Read more]

Hello, ARLIS Mid-Atlantic!

The big annual conference is approaching fast and we’re getting excited. In
that spirit we’ve prepared the list of conference highlights
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EREL3Q-5KRoS53WSokRh09evnBqhF8gK/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=118177468942916901270&rtpof=true&sd=true&gt;.
Check it out to see which members of our cha…[Read more]

Hi all! I wanted to share an upcoming event that I am hosting on Friday, April 14 from 12-2, The Textile Museum’s annual Textile Research Day. It brings together university students from across disciplines to share their textile-related projects with the public. This year’s event will introduce the work of eight students whose topics range from t…[Read more]

Hello, colleagues!

Please join us for the Mid-Atlantic Chapter’s spring business meeting on Tuesday, May 2 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. EDT following the ARLIS/NA annual conference. The Chapter includes members from Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Our meetings are open to anyone interested in attending. An…[Read more]

Sharing an RFQ!

This Request for Quote (RFQ) is issued by the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution (SI), for technical professional, non-personal services to provide to 2,000 hours of professional, technical, non-personal research and writing services to research, write, and review a minimum of-but not limited to- 30 fully…[Read more]

Hi all,

We are welcoming speaker proposals for the Book Art SIG meeting taking place in conjunction with the ARLIS/NA 51st annual conference. The meeting will take place virtually after the conference on May 1st, 1:00 – 2:00 PM CDT. Please note that the virtual meeting is open to everyone, regardless of conference attendance.

To propose a talk,…[Read more]

Hi all,

NPG has extended the period they are looking for a project-based contractor to assess a research collection! The CAP is an amazing collection.

This is ideal for someone with knowledge of art/historical research, so art historians or art-concentrated library experience is great. The term is more flexible than described—it does not r…[Read more]