The American Craft Council will be holding its Winter 2024 Forum this Thursday, Jan. 25 at 1:00pm Central time via Zoom.  Attendance is free, but please register in advance at https://www.craftcouncil.org/programs/forums

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What comes to mind when you think of New Orleans? Mardi Gras? Bourbon Street and the French Quarter? The…[Read more]

Hi Everyone,

A Pay-What-You-Can virtual tour of the Dorothy Liebes Exhibition A Dark, A Light, A Bright is now available for registration.

Journey through decades of influential textile artistry from a master in the field in this Virtual Tour of A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes. This exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt,…[Read more]

Hi all,

The planning meeting for SCIP’s activities at ARLIS/NA Pittsburgh is scheduled for Monday, January 22 at 1pm EST.

Here’s the Zoom link:

https://risd.zoom.us/j/93796500300?pwd=Tm15UGplYWZkbU1FSmZpT0kybG1aZz09

Thanks to everyone who responded. We look forward to scheming with you!

Emily Coxe, Moderator

Fong Ku, Vice-Moderator

Maggie and I are excited to announce our Lightning Round presenters!

Anna Boutin-Cooper, Research and Instruction Librarian, Ely Library, Westfield State University

Incorporating Anti-Racist Pedagogy in Library Instruction: Research & Instruction Librarian Anna Boutin-Cooper will discuss the ways she has transformed her critical, feminist…[Read more]

Hey Teaching SIG friends!

I am writing to share that a new Teaching SIG Blog guest post by SIG member Kendra Macomber is up and ready for you to read. In this post, Kendra shares a lesson plan for guiding students through making connections between research and artistic practice. Check it out here: here:…[Read more]

Hello ARLISians!

The Teaching SIG is still seeking proposals for our Fall/Winter Lightning Rounds to be held December 14 at 3 pm ET/12 pm PT. We are looking for presenters to give 10-12 minute talks on any topic related to teaching in the art information professions, including (but definitely not limited to!): information and visual liter…[Read more]

Just a friendly reminder that the date and time of the 2023 Teaching SIG Fall/Winter Lightning Rounds will take place on December 14 at 3 pm ET/12 pm PT. Registration for the Lightning Round is now open; to register, please use this sign up link:

https://uncg.zoom.us/<wbr />meeting/register/tJErc-<wbr />yrqjMsH9C9n1DxWoS6HfrKQad-TM4s

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I’m writing on behalf of a graduate of Maryland Institute College of Art, who wrote to me recently

I will be travelling to Scotland next year to learn more about knitting.  I am searching for a book that would assist me in finding knitting/yarn centers in Scotland.  I found one company on the Isle of Lewis but am not able to get additional l…

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Hello ARLISians!

My Teaching SIG co-moderator, Stefanie Hilles, and I are happy to announce the date and time of the 2023 Fall/Winter Lightning Round, which will take place on December 14 at 3 pm ET/12 pm PT. Registration for the Lightning Round is now open; to register, please use this sign up link:…[Read more]

Position announcement: Curator of Special Collections, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Library, NYC

The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Library (“Cooper Hewitt Library”), within the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (SLA), is hiring a Curator for rare books and distinctive collections of/on American, European, global, and con…[Read more]

Call for Reviewers – Library Exhibitions Review due December 1, 2023!

Library Exhibitions Review is published annually by the ARLIS/NA Exhibitions Special Interest Group. Our inaugural issue was published in Spring 2023. We are in the process of putting together our second issue.

We have collected a list of exhibitions available for review!…[Read more]