Hi all, it’s that time again! Our Chapter business meeting is coming up on October 6, so please send me any new items to add to the agenda. Spring meeting minutes will be posted for approval shortly.

Draft Agenda:

1. Call to Order (Hillary Veeder)
2. Welcome and Introductions (Hillary Veeder)
3. Approval of Minutes from the Spring Business Meeting…

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The Decorative Arts Trust has a virtual tour of the Pewabic Pottery Studio in Michigan, now 120 years operating.  You can register to see a recording of the virtual tour here:  https://decorativeartstrust.org/pewabic-pottery-virtual-tour/

Bard Graduate Center has released their schedule of Wednesdays@BGC events.  If you are in the New York area, take advantage of a great lineup of discussion on decorative arts and design.  Thanks to Beth Hylen for sharing the information!

Learn what’s interesting now in the field of decorative arts, design history, and material culture. Enj…[Read more]

Find the latest issue of The Crafty Librarian, the newsletter of the American Craft Council Library & Archives, at the ACC website:

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

Issue 12 highlights resources to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, niche magazines, and remembrances of two prominant ceramic artists.

Extraordinary Ordinary Things

The Decorative Arts, Craft and Design SIG seeks to offer a SIG-sponsored conference proposal for the 2024 ARLIS/NA conference in Pittsburgh.  At the Summer SIG meeting this week we came up with this idea for a panel session with Tracy Meserve as the moderator:

The Carnegie Art Museum in Pittsburgh has a significant…[Read more]

Hello!

Nice to see some of you at the SIG meeting today.

Here is the link to the Styling Miss Piggy: A Conversation with Creator Bonnie Erickson and Costumers Polly Smith and Calista Hendrickson program from the Maryland Center for History and Culture. The moderator was Vicky Pass, a fashion historian who teaches at…[Read more]

Hi all!

The ARLIS Texas-Mexico Chapter invites you to submit presentation for the Research Roundtable! Presentations will be held in person in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas on Friday, October 6th as part of our fall chapter meeting.

The Research Roundtable provides a time for…[Read more]

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]

Hello everyone!

Just wanted to send out a quick reminder to the chapter reminding you that nominations (either for yourself or someone you think would be a great candidate) for the positions of Chapter Vice President and Treasurer are due by end of day Tuesday, August 1st!

Serving on the Executive Committee is a great (and fun!) way to get…[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]