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]

Hello ARLIS/NA Texas-Mexico Chapter members!

Do you have an interest in serving on the Executive Committee of our chapter? Serving on the Executive Committee is a great (and fun!) way to get involved in and support the chapter, work with fellow members, develop leadership skills, and enhance your CV.

We welcome nominations for the following…[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 International Journal of Librarianship (IJoL) invites abstract submissions for a special issue titled “Embedded Libraries and Archives in Museums,” to be published in June 2024. IJoL is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal focusing on developments in the field of library and information science globally. IJoL is published quarterly, open acc…[Read more]

Save the Date!

The 2023 Texas-Mexico Chapter Meeting will be held in Lubbock, Texas from October 5-7, 2023.
Highlights of our fall meeting will include our annual business meeting and research roundtable, our annual chapter dinner, Lubbock’s First Friday Art Trail, local library and museum visits and tours, and more!
Registration details, hotel i…[Read more]

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

Hi, Hello, All –

Recirculating this message for those of you who might be interested in serving on the Wittenborn Book Award Subcommittee.
Please email me direct by this Friday 6.16 if you are interested.

All the best,
Hillary

From: Veeder, Hillary
Sent: Thursday, June 1, 2023 11:32 AM
To:…[Read more]

Hi, Hello, Texas-Mexico Chapter!

We have been contacted by Courtney Stine, Chair of the ARLIS/NA Awards Committee, regarding membership for the 2023-2024 Wittenborn Book Award Subcommittee. For anyone who was not already aware, the host chapter for the past conference is charged with administering the award for the 2024 conference.

If you are…[Read more]

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!

Hello all,

The Spring 2023 issue of The Medium is out now!

Spring 2023

Read all about your fellow chapter members’ visits to Mexico City for the annual conference. Thank you to all who contributed!

Have a great day,

Rebekah S. Boulton

Public Service and Instruction Librarian

Hirsch Library | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

713-353-1510 |…[Read more]

Morning all!

Happy Monday!

Today is the last day to submit to The Medium. I have some submissions, but please consider sending some anecdotes and pictures from your trip to Mexico City! I’d love to have a larger cross section of our TX/MX Chapter experiences.

Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks so much 🙂

Have a great day,

Rebekah…[Read more]

Hi, Hello, All –

Great to virtually see many of you last week in our meeting!
Please find attached an updates document shared by Andi Back, ARLIS/NA Chapters Liaison.
This document will be appended to our minutes and Andi welcomes any questions you/we may have.

All the best,
Hillary

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]

Hello!

I attended the 51st annual conference in Mexico City and there were some wonderful presentations I wanted to share with my department. I was told that the presentations would be shared on the ARLIS Humanities Commons website but haven’t seen them. Does anyone know when exactly presentations at the conference will be available?

Thanks in…[Read more]