The National Gallery of Art Library’s Image Collections Department welcomes applicants for two part-time student assistant positions. Students will have the opportunity to learn on-the-job about visual image resources in various formats and the role they play in research at museums and in the field of art history by working on a variety of t…[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]

Dear colleagues,

The ARLIS/NA Mid-Atlantic Chapter Summer Meeting will be held virtually on Friday, August 11 at 2:00 pm. An agenda is forthcoming.

Please join the Zoom meeting at:

https://smithsonian.zoom.us/j/<wbr />83469049991?pwd=<wbr />Szl4L1ZnM0hHU3Jwa1lJUEwxeS9Ydz<wbr />09

Meeting ID: 834 6904 9991Passcode: ARLIS23

In preparation for…[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]

Dear colleagues,

The ARLIS/NA Mid-Atlantic Chapter Summer Meeting will be held virtually on Friday, August 11 at 2:00 pm. Please let me know if you have any new business, announcements, or other items for the agenda. I will be sending the Zoom link and agenda in early August.

It’s also time to start thinking about our Fall/Winter Meeting. To…[Read more]

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]

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]

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

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 Mid-Atlantic Chapter colleagues;

I am writing on behalf of Richard Merritt, a former furniture appraiser who is interested in donating books from his professional collection to libraries in the metropolitan DC area. The majority of the books are on early American furniture.

Mr. Merritt is kindly offering to donate books to libraries in…[Read more]

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]

Happy Friday!

The Mid-Atlantic Chapter of ARLIS/NA will conduct its spring business meeting virtually on Tuesday, May 2 from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. EDT. Please note that the meeting time listed in the Conference SCHED, 4 – 5 p.m. EDT, is incorrect.

• The meeting is open to Mid-Atlantic Chapter members and interested non-members.
• Join via Zoom a…

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