The thematic umbrella for next
year’s national gathering is "Beyond Borders: Collaborative Ventures
in Art Information."
There could be no better venue for thinking about—and looking
at—collaboration, contradiction, integration, and compromise, than
Beyond the doors of the conference hotel in the vibrant downtown--with event planning coordinated by program co-chairs Laura Schwarz and Elizabeth Schaub--our 2005 conference city will offer us museums encyclopedic and intimate, a raft of architectural gems, and the chance to see where the energy and raw materials for our late industrial age originates. Margaret Culbertson will be putting together tours, orientations and guides to the metropolis that itself thrives on mixed use, exudes jumbled demographics, and offers surprises at every turn. Mark Pompelia and Jon Evans will collaborate as Local Arrangements co-chairs.
We’ll try to hint at some of the contradictions and collaborations in upcoming messages to the list, and let you know what to look for in Houston’s museums, performing arts, higher education, transportation, sports, industry, and yes--libraries. Laura and Elizabeth suggested some paths for thinking about program proposals in the latest Arlis Update, available on-line on the members’ portion of the website (http://www.arlisna.org/memberlink.html).
You
might also look at the March 2004 ArtNews for a five page “City Focus”
article on
For now, please “save-the-dates,” March 31 to April 6, and be thinking outside the box and around the boundaries for presentations, panels, workshops and tours.
John Hagood
ARLIS/NA 2005 Conference Committee