ARLIS Southern California Chapter Meeting
at the Fashion Institute of Design in Los Angeles
Wednesday, November 15, 2000

FIDM Los Angeles
919 S. Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90015-1421
(213) 624-1200
(800) 711-7175
http://www.fidm.com/common/sitemapframeset.html

10:00am Tour of the gardens and the Resource and Research Center
10:30am Ohya: The Wizard of Jeanz exhibition tour
11:00am Business meeting
12:15pm (approximate time) Walk to the Wilshire Grand
12:30pm Lunch buffet at the Wilshire Grand
1:30pm  Brief tour of the conference hotel

Business meeting agenda includes:
Nominations for Secretary and Vice-Chair
Fundraising
2001 ARLIS/NA Annual Conference

Cost: TBA (the buffet at the Wilshire Grand will be approximately
$16)

For more information, or to RSVP, please contact Angel Lopez at
[log in to unmask] or leave a message at (323)939-2769.


About the FIDM:

The Los Angeles campus is nestled in the 15-acre Grand-Hope Park,
with its mosaic water fountains, ivy-covered arbor walks, and
metal sculptures.

The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising provides a
post-secondary education leading to an Associate of Arts degree
in Apparel Manufacturing Management, Cosmetics & Fragrance
Merchandising, Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Interior Design,
Merchandise Marketing, Textile Design, Theatre Costume and Visual
Communications.

The building was designed by famed architect Jon Jerde, the
designer of Universal Citywalk, Horton Plaza and, most recently,
the Bellagio resort in Las Vegas.


FIDM Resource and Research Center:

The Resource & Research Center houses a book collection of over
10,000 titles, with emphasis in fashion, interior design,
retailing and costume, over 160 international periodicals, trade
publications, newspaper clipping files, and fashion predictive
reports from 15 various fashion forecasting services.  Also
included in the collection are visual presentation materials
consisting of a selection of catalogs of props, mannequins, store
fixtures, and other visual presentations and display materials
for retail.

The Resource & Research Center also contains a Rare
Books Room featuring 19th and 20th century fashion magazines,
out-of-print books, original fashion sketches by renowned
designers, and material on the California apparel industry, the
International Fashion Video Division with over 4000 videos,
slides, audiotapes, CD ROM's, film strips and transparencies, the
Textile Division providing fabric swatches and samples for
student projects, and the Interior Design Workroom with a sample
collection of wall coverings, window treatments, flooring, and
upholstery.

The FIDM Resource & Research Center serves the information needs
of students, educators, scholars, researchers, industry, press
and the general public.


Current exhibition:

OHYA: The Wizard of Jeans is a presentation of books which are
clothes and vice versa.  Inspired by the Wizard of Oz, the series
of 21 handmade books combine art and ready-to-wear-culture.

Hiroaki Ohya, born 1970 in Kumamoto, Japan, graduated from Bunka
Fashion College in 1992, and became a member of the Miyake Design
Studio team.


Directions to FIDM:

DIRECTIONS from 10 East FWY:
1. From the 10 FWY, merge onto CA-110 N.
2. Take the 6TH ST/9TH ST exit towards DOWNTOWN.
3. Keep RIGHT at the fork in the ramp.
4. Merge onto W 9TH ST.
5. Turn RIGHT onto S GRAND AVE.

DIRECTIONS from the 10 West FWY:
1. The I-10 W becomes 101 N.
2. From the 101 N, take the 110 RAMP towards HARBOR FWY/SAN PEDRO/PASADENA.
3. Take the GRAND AVE exit.
4. Turn RIGHT onto N GRAND AVE.

DIRECTIONS from the 60 West FWY:
1. Take I-10 W towards SANTA MONICA.
2. Merge onto I-10 W.
3. Take the exit towards ALAMEDA STREET.
4. Merge onto E 14TH ST.
5. Turn RIGHT onto S ALAMEDA ST.
6. Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto E OLYMPIC BLVD.
7. Turn RIGHT onto S CENTRAL AVE.
8. Turn LEFT onto E 8TH ST.
9. Turn LEFT onto S GRAND AVE.

DIRECTIONS from the 101 North FWY:
1. From the 101 N, take the 110 RAMP towards HARBOR FWY/SAN PEDRO/PASADENA.
2. Take the GRAND AVE exit.
3. Turn RIGHT onto N GRAND AVE.

DIRECTIONS from the 101 South FWY:
1. From the 101 S, take the 110 RAMP towards PASADENA/HARBOR FWY/SAN PEDRO.
2. Merge onto 110 SOUTH RAMP.
3. Merge onto CA-110 S.
4. Take the 8TH ST exit towards 9TH ST.
5. Keep LEFT at the fork in the ramp.
6. Merge onto W 8TH PL.
7. Stay straight to go onto W 9TH ST.
8. Turn RIGHT onto S GRAND AVE.

DIRECTIONS from 110 North FWY:
1. From the 110 N FWY, take the 6TH ST/9TH ST exit towards DOWNTOWN.
2. Keep RIGHT at the fork in the ramp.
3. Merge onto W 9TH ST.
4. Turn RIGHT onto S GRAND AVE.

DIRECTIONS from 110 South FWY:
1. From the 110 S FWY, take the 8TH ST exit towards 9TH ST.
2. Keep LEFT at the fork in the ramp.
3. Merge onto W 8TH PL.
4. Stay straight to go onto W 9TH ST.
5. Turn RIGHT onto S GRAND AVE.

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