Jeffrey and Eve,
The one omission that stands out to me immediately is a should-be entry on
ecological art sometimes also known as ecoart (or eco art)- a subset of
envrionmental art, but the sustainable kind. Groups worldwide have been
forming, even though many of these artists often work independently in their
communities and across borders. To get an idea, here is a list of some of
those groups from the projects section of greenarts.org:
http://www.greenarts.org/artprojects.html
The groups I am more familiar with and recommend at at the outset are:
ecoartnetwork.org, greenmuseum.org, ecoartspace

Mo Dawley
Senior Librarian
Art and Drama Librarian
Carnegie Mellon University
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From: ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY DISCUSSION LIST [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
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Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 12:33 PM
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Subject: [ARLIS-L] Grove Art seeks suggestions

I, along with Eve Sinaiko, who posted the following on the CAAH list, serve
on an advisory board for Grove Art Online (formerly the Grove Dictionary of
Art), published by Oxford University Press. Eve's text is so lucid that I
have forwarded it to our ARLIS/NA list. The editors of Grove Art Online are
currently soliciting suggestions for updates and revisions in Grove's
contemporary art coverage. They're looking for

(a) Topics that have not been covered at all in Grove and are egregious
omissions

(b) Topics that have been covered in Grove, but inadequately so, or
instances where a Grove article sorely needs correcting or updating

Suggestions can include all manner of subjects worldwide (materials, styles,
movements, people, places, groups, etc.). This is an ongoing project, and of
course Grove has scholars and editors, but also welcomes feedback from
users. Your suggestions will help with prioritizing

Most of you (I hope!) have access to Grove through your institutional
affiliations. But if you're not a regular user of Grove, take a look:
http://www.oxfordartonline.com/public/.

Regards,
Eve Sinaiko

Eve's message was, of course, directed primarily to non-librarians, as her
final paragraph suggests, but those of us on the ARLIS/NA list have much
experience with Grove Art Online, now via Oxfordartonline, so our input is
important as well, and there are other librarians on the Advisory Committee
other than me, such as Lee Sorenson at Duke.

Thus, if any of you would like to respond to the above, please do so, but to
me, and I will forward them.

Thank you all very much,

Jeffrey

Jeffrey Weidman, Ph.D.
Senior Librarian, Public Services & Collection Development Spencer Art
Reference Library The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
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Kansas City, MO 64111
Tel: 816-751-1215
FAX: 816-561-1229
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