I want to share this information about a series of courses on craft history offered at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City.  “Taught by craft historian Rachael Schwabe, the course is presented in three modules, each composed of two online lectures with discussion and one field trip.”
What is Craft History?

• Crafting Modernism, April…

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Hi all,

We are going to send this out via ARLIS-L today as well, but I know many of you are going to the conference in Mexico City so if your schedule permits and you are inclined, we would love to have you volunteer at a shift or two.

Hello all!

The ARLIS/NA 51st Annual Conference Planning Advisory Committee (CPAC) is excited to invite…[Read more]

The Travel Award Committee of ARLIS/NA Ohio Valley is now accepting applications for the 2023 ARLIS/NA Ohio Valley Travel Award. The $250 award provides funding to help support attendance at “Transformación”, the annual ARLIS/NA conference in Mexico City, April 18-21, 2023. Interested ARLIS/NA Ohio Valley chapter members should follow the…[Read more]

Read the latest edition of the American Craft Council Library’s newsletter The Crafty Librarian, available for download.  https://www.craftcouncil.org/library-archives/newsletter

Content includes

• Highlights from 80 years of the American Craft Council archives
• Suggested reading for Black History Month
• New Acquisitions
• Moon pots by…

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Hi everyone,

Our meeting will take place via Zoom on March 13th at 11:00am EST. Zoom details are included below. Looking forward to our discussion about the makerspace at the Mexico City conference.

You are invited to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Zoom is Yale’s audio and visual conferencing platform.

Topic: SCIP SIG
Time: Mar 13, 2023 11:00 AM E…[Read more]

Hi SCIP members! We have some things to discuss prior to this year’s conference in Mexico City. Please fill out this doodle poll so I can find an optimal meeting time: https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/bk20yYYa

We’ll discuss the makerspace – which will be more limited this year – and other conference-related…[Read more]

The ARLIS/NA Texas-Mexico Chapter is pleased to announce Kate Alleman as the recipient of the 2023 Lois Swan Jones Award. This $1000 award supports attendance at the 51st ARLIS/NA annual conference held in Mexico City, Mexico April 18 – 21st, 2023.

Kate Alleman is the Associate Librarian at the Dallas Museum of Art. She primarily manages the s…[Read more]

Dear colleagues,

The Academic Library Division is looking for a person to serve as the Vice-Moderator for 2023 and Moderator for 2024. The Academic Library Division is the largest group within ARLIS/NA, with nearly 450 members. The Division was established in 1975, and seeks to identify and promote issues of interest to art librarians working in…[Read more]

Hi librarian hive mind. I was wondering how many other librarians, esp. in art & design schools and universities, put on “fun” workshops for their students and/or faculty. If so, do you get any pushback from administration because it’s not specifically research-related? How do you justify it to those who object? At Columbus College of Art & Design…[Read more]

Just putting this on your radar if you haven’t already seen the announcement. His meeting house in Houston is sublime.

Internationally renowned American artist James Turrell adds Fort Worth project to his portfolio

Please save the date for the Decorative Arts, Craft and Design SIG Winter Meeting to be held Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023 at 3pm Eastern, 2pm Central, 1pm Mountain, 12pm Pacific on Zoom.  Register for the meeting here; a link to the will be sent out the day before the meeting.  All are welcome to attend.  https://forms.gle/<wbr />Ed…[Read more]