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CALL FOR PAPERS
"Don't Fence Me In: The Arts in the Mountain West"
ARLIS/NA WESTERN REGIONAL CONFERENCE
Host: ARLIS/AZ
Location: Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ
Dates: October 10-13, 1996
The Mountain West has traditionally been defined by its remote and
independent qualities. These qualities are expressed in the various art
forms produced in and about this geographic area defined by the states of
Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah and
Wyoming. Equally remote and independent are some of the institutions which
attempt to collect, provide access and disseminate these artistic
expressions. In addition to three paper session, the conference will
include a luncheon session with regional authors, a special session with
two Native American artists, Ed Singer and Carm Little Turtle, as
keynote speakers as well as a discussion session on the formation of a
Mountain West regional chapter as a recognized entity within ARLIS/NA.
Papers for the session listed below are now being requested. Proposals
should include:
Name of speaker, speaker's affiliation, address, telephone number, FAX
number, E mail address;
Session in which speaker wishes to participate;
Title of proposed paper;
Paper abstract of no longer than 100 words;
Equipment requests.
Questions regarding the individual sessions should be directed to the
session moderators. Proposals are due June 10, 1996 to:
Winberta Yao, Conference Program Coordinator, Hayden Library, Arizona State
University, Tempe, AZ 85287, tel: 602-965-8168, fax: 602-965-9169, email:
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SESSION I:
"From Collaboration to Elaboration: Land Art in the Mountain West"
Moderator: Ann Lally, Architecture Librarian, College of Architecture, The
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, tel: 520-621-2498, fax:
520-621-8700, email: [log in to unmask]
This session will examine works of art created in the southwestern and
western regions of the United States in the late twentieth century. This
type of art has been known variously as "Environmental Art," "Site Specific
Sculpture," "Earthworks," "Earth Art," and "Land Art." The session invites
papers which cover both those works which are designed to be permanent
additions/alterations of the landscape as well as those of a more
transitory nature.
SESSION II:
"Open Vistas on the Internet"
Moderator: Mary Johnson, Librarian, Arizona Department of Public Safety
Library, 2310 N. 20Th Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85009, tel: 602-223-2300, fax:
602-223-2931, email: ?
Collections in remote areas are challenged to maintain current and historic
perspective on [ubject specialties with limited budget and space.
The Internet has emerged as an ideal reference tool for remote collections,
providing information access to and distributing information from sources
worldwide. This session invites papers to discuss issues related to
current use of the internet as a reference tool, information preparation
for the internet, search methodologies on the internet, as well as
intellectual property rights and copyright.
SESSION III:
"Fences or Gateways: The Myth and Reality of Cooperative Ventures in the
Era of Information Access"
Moderator: R. Brooks Jeffery, Curator, College of Architecture, The
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, tel: 520-621-2991, fax:
520-621-8700, email: [log in to unmask]
Shared collection resources, through the development of cooperative
ventures, has always been one of the goals of information technology. Now
that sophisticated databases and worldwide electronic access are as much of
a reality as dwindling resources, what are the issues facing curators,
managers and administrators as they begin to construct cooperative ventures
and consortia between institutions? How are the goals of interoperability
between collections obtained without sacrificing the collection's unique
identity? This session invites formal position papers and case studies
which address the above issues of collection management in an age of
information technology.
R. Brooks Jeffery, Assistant Curator
Arizona Architectural Archives
Visual Resources Collection
College of Architecture
The University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona 85721
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TEL: 520.621.2991
FAX: 520.621.8700
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