Dear friends and colleagues:

I am delighted to share with you the content of an email received earlier today from Anthony Kiendl, Executive Director, Vancouver Art Gallery, in response to the concerns expressed by the Canada Chapter’s Executive Committee. Kiendl wrote:

Over the past couple of years, the Gallery reduced operational expenditures…

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The Vancouver Art Gallery has posted the position of Head Librarian at https://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/employment/head-librarian.

Call for Writers of Biographical Entries for an online biographical dictionary of contemporary Canadian crafters – textile/fibre, ceramic/clay, and glass artists

From:

Dr. Loren Lerner, Professor Emerita, Art History, and Member Emerita and Distinguished Fellow of the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute of Canadian Art, Concordia U…[Read more]

Hello CARLISians,

My colleague, Jacquelyn Sundberg, has asked that I share a call for submissions for CAPAL23 with you all. She writes:

“Capal23 CFP Extended to January 6th, 2023 The Deadline for submissions for CAPAL23: Sowing Seeds for Change has been extended to January 6th, 2023. Submit proposals via the submission form, and see the full…[Read more]

Good day everyone! I hope you are well.

I don’t know if this exactly fits here but I wanted to know if anyone here ever had a hand in archiving video projects? Currently looking comparing best practices and if any other institutions have done something similar.

-Quentin

De : ARLIS/NA List <ARLIS-L@LSV.ARLISNA.ORG> De la part de Katharine A
Keller
Envoyé : 1 décembre 2022 11:45
À : ARLIS-L@LSV.ARLISNA.ORG
Objet : [ARLIS-L] Reminder – ARLIS/NA Distinguished Service Award call for
nominations (Deadline December 23, 2022)

Dear Colleagues,

The ARLIS/NA Distinguished Service Award recognizes an individual wh…[Read more]

Dear colleagues,

Each year, ARLIS/NA bestows honors and provides opportunities for funding via a number of awards. This year, Awards Subcommittee Chairs are pleased to invite you to an information session on how to apply or make a nomination for these ARLIS/NA awards and honors! In this one hour session, each Chair will briefly present inf…[Read more]

The ARLIS/NA Northwest Chapter is delighted to invite ARLIS/NA members to join us for a virtual talk by Sarah Meilleur, CEO of Calgary Public Library.  Sarah led the design thinking, completion and launch of Calgary’s Central Library that has seen over three million visitors since opening in November 2018.   Designed by Snøhetta architects, the C…[Read more]

Virtual Fall/Winter Meeting Speaker Announcement:  Haema Sivanesan, 1:30 PST | 2:30 MST, Friday, December 2, 2022

We are delighted announce that the speaker for our Northwest Chapter Fall/Winter meeting will be Haema Sivanesan, Curator at the Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre. Haema has held leadership and curatorial positions in public art…[Read more]

Virtual Fall/Winter Meeting Speaker Announcement:  Haema Sivanesan, 1:30 PST | 2:30 MST, Friday, December 2, 2022

Dear members and friends of the ARLIS/NA Northwest Chapter,

We are delighted announce that the speaker for our Northwest Chapter Fall/Winter meeting will be Haema Sivanesan, Curator at the Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff…[Read more]

Dear ARLIS/NA NW Chapter,

The ARLIS/NA Northwest Chapter Executive Committee are pleased to share that our Virtual Fall/Winter Meeting will be taking place on Friday, December 2nd, 2022.

We are so looking forward to seeing you! Guest speaker(s) are being finalized and an additional announcement message will be sent out shortly.

Please complete…[Read more]

Dear ARLIS community,

Are you a student who has written a paper that you’re especially proud of, and you want the opportunity to share it with the wider ARLIS Community AND get a $500 prize plus a scholarship to attend the upcoming conference?

Or maybe you’ve got an internship in an art library planned for next year, and you’d like to get paid…[Read more]

Dear Friends of the Vancouver Art Gallery Library,

As librarians who have cared for and cherished the collections of the Vancouver Art Gallery Library and Archives for a total of more than 60 years, we are deeply concerned that the Gallery has been without a Librarian since December 2021.  After our cataloguer retired in August 2022, the Library…[Read more]