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ARLIS/NY Fall business meeting Fashion Institute of TechnologyNov. 5,
2003 The chapter’s fall meeting began with a tour of FIT’s current
exhibition, “Seventh Avenue: Fashion Walk of Fame.” Led by the director
of the FIT Museum, Valerie Steele, who also co-curated the show, members
were treated to a fascinating display of clothing by the 24 designers
elected to the Fashion Walk of Fame between 2000 and 2002. Ms. Steele
gave a brief introduction to the history of fashion in New York, from
the 19th century and custom-made clothing, through the Civil War’s
influence on mass production, and World War II, when Paris was shut down
as the center of the industry, and American designers were forced to
originate their own styles. She also described the consolidation of
Seventh Avenue as the center of fashion manufacturing with the
development of modern factories suitable for mass production. Ensembles
on display varied from sports- and swim-wear, through the most elegant
and lavish evening designs. Of particular interest to New Yorkers was
the understated ‘subway’ coat of Norman Norell, hiding his stunning
sequined mermaid dress. For more information on the exhibition,
including slide and video shows, visit
http://www.fitnyc.suny.edu/aspx/Content.aspx?menu=FutureGlobal:MuseumMembers
also enjoyed “Dressed for Thrills: Halloween and Masquerade Costumes
with Photographs by Phyllis Galembo.” This exhibition included
photographs and a display of vintage costumes in the photographer’s
collection, some dating back to the 19th century. Knitters and others
were also interested in a smaller exhibit of items made by FIT students
with Lion brand yarn. After a short stroll down the street to the
Dubinsky Student Center, the business meeting commenced with a welcome
from Greta Earnest, Assistant Director of FIT’s Gladys Marcus Library.
She introduced N.J. Wolfe, Director, other library staff members, and
Debbie Kempe, ARLIS/NY Chair. After some preliminary remarks Debbie
recognized Carol Graney, ARLIS/NY’s liaison to the ARLIS/NA executive
board, who traveled to the meeting from Philadelphia, where she is
Director of University Libraries at the University of the Arts. Carol
gave members a brief rundown of the board’s recent activities, including
a discussion of re-structuring; guidelines for roundtables; review of
the relationship between local chapters and ARLIS/NA; evaluation of the
membership fee structure and of the web site, and an announcement of a
forum to be held at the 2004 annual conference in New York to discuss
the society’s next strategic plan. Carol reminded us that the 2005
conference will be held in Houston, she also let us know that
invitations for 2006 and 2007 have been received from Banff and Atlanta
respectively. Debbie then gave the 85 members present a review of this
year’s events, beginning with H.W. Wilson’s presentation in the Trustees’
Board Room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on April 15, followed by a
wine and cheese reception courtesy of Wilson. Next came a lovely, if
rainy, June 19 outing to the New York Botanical Garden and the newly
renovated LuEsther T. Mertz Library, and a reception in the Orchid
Rotunda in honor of the retirement of John F. Reed, Director of the
Mertz Library, which was sponsored by Prestel Publishers and Octavo. The
chapter’s fall jaunt was to Dia: Beacon, with tours of the museum by Amy
Sandback and Matt Harle. Coming in December will be the chapter’s annual
holiday party, which will take place at Butler Library, Columbia
University. As usual the party will be pot-luck, with the Chapter
providing wine and beverages. This year’s winner of the Celine Palatsky
Travel Award was Christina Peter, Frick Art Reference Library, who was
able to attend her first ARLIS/NA conference. Since next year’s
conference is in New York, the chapter is considering alternatives to
the award, such as sponsoring local library school students’
registration fees. The chapter also customarily donates $500 for the
Welcome Pa
rty, and hopes to be able to do the same in 2004. Jim
Viskochil reports that new designs for the ARLIS/NY website are in the
offing at www.arlisny.org . The chapter also has a redesigned
letterhead, with an improved but still familiar skyline logo. Debbie
continued by stating that in these financial times it has become
increasingly difficult to find affordable space for chapter meetings.
Many formerly free spaces now charge for guards, caterers, etc. The
board is trying to meet this challenge by recruiting sponsors for
events, but Debbie warned that it may become necessary to charge for
receptions. She encouraged members to keep the chapter in mind for
hosting meetings, as well as for charitable giving at renewal time. On
the positive side the chapter has over 180 members, which demonstrates
our continued vitality. Debbie mentioned the requirement that ARLIS/NY
members must also be ARLIS/NA members. While not strictly enforcing this
rule, she did encourage all chapter members to become members of
national as well. Caitlin Kilgallen gave the treasurer’s report (see
below): the chapter has a healthy balance of $3,886.17 as of October.
Ross Day then spoke on behalf of CPAC, the Conference Planning Committee
for 2004. He advised members to look at the conference web site
http://www.arlisna.org/nyc04/index.htm for the program and
descriptions of the many tours on offer. The program committee of Ross,
Margaret Webster, and Carole Ann Fabian had lots of good submissions,
and as a result the program is quite full. One feature of the program
will be at New York libraries, an “open house” or calling hours; CPAC
will be soliciting participation in the coming months. Liz O’Keefe and
Chris Sala described opportunities for volunteers on the registration
and hospitality desks, and as tour ‘shepherds.’ Please see the flyer
below for more information. Sherman Clarke and Emily Roth described
“Monday night out with New Yorkers.” See their preliminary guidelines
below. Daniel Starr described a fundraising event for the ARLIS/NA
internship award--a cocktail party with Christo and Jean-Claude in the
modern-art filled apartment of Agnes Gund, president emerita of MoMA.
Susanna Simor announced the opening on April 18 (1-5 p.m.) of the
exhibit of ARLIS/NA members’ art works at the Queens College Art Center.
The exhibit will be open through July. Judy Connorton, Vice-chair/Chair
elect, announced the nominations for ARLIS/NY Board members for 2004.
They are:Vice chair/Chair elect: Kenneth Soehner
Jeffrey StephensTreasurer: Caitlin KilgallenMember at
large/Membership: Erin Elliott Suz Massen No
nominations were received from the floor. Announcements: Larissa
Beringer is the new art librarian at Pratt Institute. At the School of
Visual Arts Caitlin Kilgallen is now the Head of Reference Services and
Zimra Panitz is the Technical Services/Systems Librarian. Positions open
include ILL coordinator at the Watson Library, Metropolitan Museum of
Art, and a part-time systems librarian position at MoMA. Daniel Starr
encouraged members to remember the ARLIS/NA Society Circle in their
year-end charitable giving plans. Emily Roth announced that the Uris
Library at the Metropolitan Museum of Art will move to temporary
quarters for two years beginning Jan.1, 2004. The meeting was adjourned,
and members enjoyed refreshments courtesy of FIT. Submitted by Heidi
HassDec. 15, 2003 ARLIS/NY ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY/NEW YORK FINANCIAL
REPORT FOR October 2003 INCOMEBank Balance as of July 10, 2003
$3672.45Membership (new and renewals)
$ 150.00Dia:Beacon Trip
$ 785.00
TOTAL
$4607.45 EXPENDITURESDia:Beacon Trip
$ 685.00Bank service
charge June-Aug. 2003
$ 36.28 TOTAL
$ 721.28 BANK BALANCE as of October 2003
$3886.17 Submitted byCaitlin
KilgallenTreasurerOctober 2, 2003
VOLUNTEERA great
way to meet people … Share your knowledge of NYC … Make our conference a
success! What’s involved:Registration desk: Hand out registration
packets, answer questions, give room directions. (HQ staff handle all
cash transactions). Hospitality desk: Preside over desk containing
reference and give-away materials on New York; give basic directions and
advice on transit options, restaurants, neighborhoods, etc. Tours: Help
attendees navigate subway and trains, answer questions, aid with special
needs, keep head counts, dispatch tours, act as contact person.
Schedule:Registration desk: Apr. 14 (Wed.): half day to prepare
packets.
Three-hour shifts from April 15 (Thurs.) through Apr. 21 (Wed.). Hours
vary;
on most days, the desk is open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Hospitality desk:
Apr. 14 (Wed.) 6 p.m.: brief orientation session to become acquainted
with the desk materials, review FAQs, etc.Three-hour shifts from Apr. 15
(Thurs.) through Apr. 20 (Tues.)Hours vary; on most days, the desk is
open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tours as scheduled. How to volunteer:For
Registration & Hospitality desks:
e-mail Heidi Hass [log in to unmask] For Tours:
e-mail Kitty Chibnik [log in to unmask] Chris Sala
[log in to unmask] Monday night - ARLIS in NYC 2004To: ARLISNYFrom:
Sherman Clarke ([log in to unmask] ) and Emily Roth
([log in to unmask]) As many of you know we are planning to
show NYC in a personal way to our ARLIS guests next April. Monday,
April 19th is the first ever showing off of the Host City by people who
live there. A number of ARLISNYers have already plotted their paths and
we would like to share those with you now. We hope they will stimulate
your own thinking to add another tour to show the world of ARLIS how we
can live here and happily, too. We will limit the size of each group to
a maximum of 12 people (or you can set a lower limit if the spaces would
be more congenial with a smaller number). If two ARLISNYers do a tour
together then the size of the group can expand. The idea however was to
make these tours intimate. Also we think that 12 people is the largest
size that one person can comfortably handle responsibly. Though they
are adult, getting them all on and off buses and/or subways will still
be stressful if you cannot account for everyone quickly. (Use a rope
with handles? We don't think so.) So far we have the following
suggestions and the names of the people who have had the initial
thought. Here are some thinking guidelines as you begin to read below:
1. If you want to do something but you have too many ideas and cannot
think of which is best, let us help you. Also, if you want to do
something and cannot think of anything, we have suggestions. See far
below. 2. The sun will set at 7:40 p.m. on Monday April 19, 2004. 7 PM
is the designated starting time of the evening, leaving from the lobby
of the Roosevelt Hotel. 3. The evening must include a clear plan for
food (Dutch treat) (e.g. a sit-down meal, post-prandial start for jazz
club, drinks in a stellar location and then disperse). 4. Every person
going on the walking tour with you will have signed a waiver, provided
by ARLIS, that frees ARLIS and you from any responsibility of injury
etc. 5. Before we make these tours public in a few months, we will be
asking you to fill out an information sheet for us. This sheet will
provide us with all sorts of details about your trip, e.g.
strenuousness, appropriate clothing, food, cost, timing. 6. Walk means
walking tour of neighborhood. 7. Borough other than Manhattan is
mentioned. Here are the proposed tours in brief in no particular order
(numbered for refere
nce purposes) with the name of the host: 1. East
Village: view/drinks from a residential balcony, a walk, dinner at an
Indian restaurant on 6th St. (Meg Black)2. Clinton Hill
(Brooklyn): Pratt Library and Power station, a walk, dinner on Myrtle
Avenue. (Larissa Beringer and Micheline Nilsen)3. Village Vanguard (a
jazz club in Greenwich Village): (Robert Lobe)4. Printer's Row: walk,
drinks/dinner in the financial district (Ken Soehner) 5. Brooklyn
Bridge/Dumbo (Brooklyn): walk, dinner (Sherman Clarke)6. Williamsburg
(Brooklyn): Pierogi Gallery's artist file, walk, beer at a bar with many
kinds of beer, dinner at Planet Thailand (Caitlin Kilgallen)7. West
60s, 70s, 80s: a walk: Trump's Riverside South, the 69th St. pier,
Zabar's (?), La Caridad 78 restaurant (Sino/Cuban), Fairway, Lincoln
Center. (Emily Roth) Some other possibilities: Grant's Tomb area (after
all everybody's been wanting to know who was buried there since they
were in kindergarten); the West End Bar and neighborhood; Gracie Mansion
area; Bemelman's Bar and area; a tour of the Reebok Club and dinner
there. So let us know if you would like to lead a group through your
neighborhood, or a favorite part of town. [We'll help you shape the
adventure if you want, or help you put it together with someone else's
idea.] --
V. Heidi Hass
Head of the Reference Collection
The Pierpont Morgan Library
29 East 36th Street
New York, NY 10016-3403TEL: 212 590-0381
FAX: 212 685-4740
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collections catalog, now on the web at
http://corsair.morganlibrary.org
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