Hello VRA-Midwest and interested ARLIS members in the
Midwest,
Following are the VRA-Midwest Fall meeting agenda and
registration forms for our fall chapter meeting. We are really looking
forward to any and all of you joining us in Chicago on Friday October
31, 2003, with optional activities on Saturday, November 1. Until
then, please feel free to e-mail me,
[log in to unmask], with
questions, and send in those registration materials as soon as
possible!
Betha Whitlow
VRA-Midwest Chapter Chair
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VRA Midwest Fall
Meeting
October 31, 2003
LOCATION
The Art Institute of Chicago
HOST Leigh Gates, Slide Librarian, MacLean
Visual Resources Center, Ryerson Library
CONTACT Leigh Gates,
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday, October 31
9:30 a.m.-10:00
a.m. Registration and
Coffee, Trustees Board Room, Art Institute of Chicago (Directions
TBA)
10:00 a.m.-11:00
a.m. Panel Discussion of
implementation issues for digital image management systems,
specifically Luna Insight
and
MDID
Presenters: Brooke Cox, Depauw University
Leigh Gates,
Art Institute of Chicago
Betha
Whitlow, Washington University in St. Louis
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Leadership
Training Exercise
Facilitators: Jane Darcovich, University of Illinois,
Chicago
Betha
Whitlow, Washington University in St. Louis
12:00 p.m.-1:00
p.m. VRA-Midwest Business
Meeting
1:00 p.m.-2:15
p.m. Lunch, Art
Institute of Chicago Food Court, and free time in museum
2:15 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Group travel by El train to Pilsen neighborhood
3:00 p.m-4:00
p.m. Group
tour of the "Day of the Dead" exhibition, Mexican Fine Arts Center
(small fee required, TBD)
4:00-on On your own; according to
interest, a group happy hour or dinner to restaurants in the Pilsen
neighborhood
may be
arranged
Saturday, November
1
10:00
a.m.
Complimentary entry to the "Manet and the Sea" Exhibition, Art
Institute of Chicago
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Registration Form
I am:
______ VRA-Midwest member
_______ Non-Member
______ Member of another VRA Chapter
_______ Student
Meeting registration fees:
$10 VRA-Midwest member
$15 Non-Member
$5 Student
Optional Donation to the VRA Midwest Travel Award Fund
$_________
Please bring money for lunch,
since we are not ordering box lunched for the event. Instead, we will
be eating in the recently refurbished Art Institute Food
Court.
Please make all checks
payable to VRA Midwest and send it with the registration Betha
Whitlow, Curator of Visual Resources, Department of Art History and
Archaeology, Washington University, 1 Brookings Drive, Box 1189, St.
Louis, MO 63130-4899.
Transportation, Parking,
and Lodging Information
Directions to the Art
Institute by car, including parking information: Please contact Leigh
Gates, [log in to unmask]
Directions by bus or el-train: see Chicago Transit Authority
website, www.transitchicago.com/maps/visitorinfo.html
Lodging
We elected to let everyone
take advantage of the many hotel deals in downtown Chicago, and
recommend exploring discount travel websites for bargains. In
addition, Leigh Gates recommends the following hotels for their
proximity to the Art Institute:
Palmer House
17 E Monroe St
(312)726-7500
Hotel Burnham
1 W Washington St
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: (312) 782-1111
Fax: (312) 762-3554
Best Western Inn of Chicago
162 E Ohio St
(312)787-3100
Hotel Allegro
171 W Randolph St
(312)236-0123
Other Suggested Activities:
In addition the roster of fun events on the official fall meeting
agenda, Chicago is full of wonderful things to see and do. Leigh
Gates, our host, recommends the following for our meeting
weekend:
Chicago Humanities Festival (This looks great!!)
http://www.chfestival.org/index.cfm
Tickets available online; necessary to purchase ahead of time.
Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art
http://www.mcachicago.org
Kerry James Marshall: One True Thing, Meditations on Black
Aesthetics
Terra Museum
http://terramuseum.org
See it now; they are closing next year!
Chicago Architectural Foundation
http://www.architecture.org
Last weekend for Chicago River Tours
Graveyards of Chicago
http://www.graveyards.com
It will be Halloween, after
all!
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Leigh Gates, Slide Librarian
MacLean Visual Resources Center, Ryerson Library
The Art Institute of Chicago
37 S. Wabash, Chicago IL 60603
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tel: 312/899-1223 fax: 312/263-0141