The Southeast Chapter of the Art Libraries Society of North America
(ARLIS/NA)
is pleased to announce the

18th Annual
Mary Ellen LoPresti
Art Publication Awards Competition for 2001 Publications

The Southeast Chapter of ARLIS/NA established the LoPresti Publication
Award Competition in 1985 to recognize and encourage excellence in art
publications issued in the Southeastern United States.  The publication
awards are named for Mary Ellen LoPresti, who was the Design Librarian
at the Harrye B. Lyons Design Library, North Carolina State University,
until her death in 1985.

Museums and galleries, educational institutions, libraries,
organizations and commercial presses are encouraged to submit
publications for consideration.  All publications will be judged on the
quality of content and format within the appropriate category.  The
number of items that may be submitted is not restricted.

Only those art and architecture books, exhibition catalogues, serials,
and artist's books published/copyrighted during the 2001 calendar year
in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina,
Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, or the Virgin Islands are
eligible for consideration.  In-house newsletters, posters, invitations
and other promotional material will not be considered.

Entries should be received by August 31, 2002 to be considered.  There
is no entry fee, but ARLIS/SE reserves the right to retain all works
submitted for consideration.

Mail entries with the attached entry form to:

ARLIS/SE 2001 Publications Awards                       [log in to unmask]
c/o Allen Novak, Slide/Visual Resources Librarian       voice: (941) 359-7583
Ringling School of Art and Design Library               fax: (941) 359-7632
2700 North Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, FL 34234

Winners of this year's award will be announced in November 2002, at the
ARLIS/SE annual meeting, and notification will be sent to all entrants.
Winning entries will be placed in the Duke University East Campus
Library, Durham.

For further information, visit our web site at http://www.arlis-se.org,
or contact Allen Novak at (941) 359-7583, email: [log in to unmask]).
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MARY ELLEN LOPRESTI ART PUBLICATIONS AWARD COMPETITION ENTRY FORM
(photocopy form for additional entries)


Title:
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Author(s):
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Publisher:
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Copyright Date:  ______________  (determines competition year entered)

Category:   books ___    exhibition catalogs ___   serials ___
artist's books ___




Name:  Mr. ___ Mrs. ___ Ms. ___
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Position:
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Mailing Address:
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Telephone:  ____________________________     email:
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Send entries to:        ARLIS/SE Publications Awards
c/o Allen Novak, Slide/Visual Resources Librarian
Ringling School of Art and Design
2700 North Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, FL 34234

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MARY ELLEN LOPRESTI AWARD GUIDELINES


AWARD CATEGORIES

Books, Exhibition Catalogs, Serials, Artist's Books

Awards may be given in any or all of the above four categories.  More
than one award may be given in a single category for a particular award
year.  Awards may or may not be given for a particular category for a
particular award year.


ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

For this award the copyright date of an entry IS the year of
publication.  An entry must be copyrighted during the year prior to the
announcement year.  For example, to be eligible for an award being
offered in 1999, the entry must be copyrighted in 1998.   The award
committee will have the responsibility for determining year of
publication for entries with no printed copyright date.  Entries with
copyright dates prior to the eligible year will be disallowed.  Entries
with copyright dates after the eligible year will be automatically
entered in the following year's award competition.

Entries must be received no later than August 31.  Entries received
later than that date will not be considered.

Subjects of the entries are restricted to the visual arts.  This
includes but is not restricted to fine arts, illustration, graphic
design, photography, industrial design, animation, computer arts,
decorative arts, set design, architecture, and interior design.

Types of entries accepted are books, exhibition catalogs, and serials.
In-house newsletters, posters, invitations and other promotional
materials will not be considered.

Entries must be published in the southeastern United States of America:
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina,
Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, and the Virgin Islands.  Entries
that are published outside the southeastern United States of America but
copyrighted to an institution within the southeastern United States of
America  will be eligible.

There are no restrictions on the number of entries.

There are no restrictions on who may enter.  Museums, galleries,
educational institutions, libraries, organizations, commercial presses
and individuals are all eligible to enter.


SELECTION CRITERIA

The award is for excellence in visual arts publishing.  Preference will
be shown toward subjects of southeastern United States visual arts. The
selection criteria are: 1. Usefulness to general library visual arts
collections.  2. Scholarship.  3. Scholarly apparatus (contains notes,
bibliography, index, captions, credits, etc. where appropriate).  4.
Image quality.  5. Design quality (aesthetics and construction).  6.
Content appropriate to its category.


TIMETABLE

Jun.  30        Deadline for announcement letters to be mailed to publishers.

Aug. 31         Deadline to receive entries.

Oct./Nov.       Award announced at ARLIS/SE annual business meeting

Nov. 31         Deadline to mail award certificates, mail press release about
                winners, mail regrets letters to publishers, possibly mail winners
announcement to all publishers who received announcement letters.

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17TH ANNUAL MARY ELLEN LOPRESTI ART PUBLICATION AWARD
WINNERS 2000

The Southeast Chapter (ARLIS/SE) of the Art Libraries Society of North
America (ARLIS/NA) is pleased to announce the winners of its 17th Annual
Mary Ellen LoPresti Art Publication Awards Competition for the year 2000
publications:

Souls Grown Deep
By Paul Arnett, et al.
Tinwood Books

The Art of William Edmondson
By Rusty Freeman
University Press of Mississippi

Alabama Art
By Nall
River City Publishing

Drapetomania: A Disease Called Freedom
By James A. Findlay
Bienes Center for the Literary Arts, Broward County Main Library

Philip Morsberger:Paintings and Drawings from the Sixties
By J. Richard Gruber
Berry Fleming: Augusta Artist and Author
By Starkey Flythe, William Harper, Edward Rice, and Berry Fleming
Freeman and Cora Schoolcraft: A Tribute
By J. Richard Gruber, Karen Klacsmann
Morris Museum of Art (for overall design excellence of these three
publications)

JAB, Spring 2000 and Fall 2000
Journal of Artists' Books

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Marie Adrien Persac: Louisiana Artist
By H. Parrott Bacot, et al.
Louisiana State University Press

An American in Europe
By Dr. James D. Burke and Baroness Jeane von Oppenheim
Norton Museum of Art

Bizarro World: The Parallel Universes of Comics and Fine Arts
By Theo Lotz and Ronald Abram
Cornell Fine Arts Museum

Interiors
By Huston Paschal
North Carolina Museum of Art

The winners were selected from 40 entries.

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