Please mark your calendars! I am pleased to announce that the next Midstates Chapter meeting will take place on Friday, October 22nd and Saturday, October 23rd at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. Our hosts will be B.J. Irvine, Fine Arts Library Director, and Eileen Fry, Fine Arts Slide Librarian .
Friday's events include guided tours of the Kinsey Institute's library and art collection and the Indiana University Art Museum's exhibit "Pressure Points: Recent Prints from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer & the Jordan and Mina Schnitzer Foundation."
On Saturday, Eileen Fry will lead a roundtable discussion titled "Coming to grips with CCO - Element by Element: An Open Participatory discussion of the Metadata Elements in the CATALOGING OF CULTURAL OBJECTS, using real-life examples."
See the itinerary and registration form below. For more information, please contact me or the chapter's secretary, Catharine Jansen ([log in to unmask]). ARLIS members from outside our chapter are welcome to attend. We hope to see you there!
Terrie L. Wilson
ARLIS Midstates Chair
FALL MEETING - ARLIS/Midstates Chapter
Friday & Saturday, October 22 & 23, 2004
LOCATION: Indiana University Campus, Bloomington, IN
CO-HOSTS: B. J. Kish Irvine, Fine Arts Librarian, Fine Arts Library;
Eileen Fry, Slide Librarian, Fine Arts Library.
CONTACT: B. J. Kish Irvine, Fine Arts Librarian, Fine Arts Library
Tel.: 812-855-5743; Fax: 812-855-3443; e-mail: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Home: 812-333-5318
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21. If anyone who has arrived that evening would like to go out to dinner, we will pick a location and give directions. Contact B.J. if you plan to arrive early for dinner.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22
8:45-9:45 Registration with coffee and pastries in the Fine Arts Library Foyer (located in the Art Museum Building)
10:00-11:45 Presentations and Tours of the library and art collections of the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction by Liana Zhou, Director of the Library, and by Catherine Johnson, Curator.
12:00- 2:00 Lunch/library visits on your own
2:15-3:15 Tour of one of the IU Art Museum exhibitions*, "Pressure Points: Recent Prints. . ." led by Nan Brewer, Curator of Works on Paper.
3:30-4:30 ARLIS/Midstates business meeting
Fine Arts Library (located in the Art Museum Building)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23
9:00 Meet for coffee and pastries in the Slide Library
9:30-11:30 Discussion: 'Coming to grips with CCO - Element by Element: An Open Participatory discussion of the Metadata Elements in the CATALOGING OF CULTURAL OBJECTS, using real-life examples. Led by Eileen Fry
Slide Library, Fine Arts Bldg., Room 002
* "Pressure Points: Recent Prints from the Collections of Jordan D.
Schnitzer & the Jordan and Mina Schnitzer Foundation". (Oct. 1-Dec 19.)
Features 54 prints selected from over 1,500, assembled by one of the Northwest's foremost print collectors. This exhibition represents the first showing of this collection east of the Mississippi. Twenty-three diverse artists including British artists Julian Opie and Gary Hume, Hispanic artist Enrique Chagoya, and African-American Artists Robert Colescott and Kara Walker. Tour led by Nan Brewer, Curator of Works on Paper.
All conference attendees will be given a copy of the outstanding exhibition catalogue (full color, 32 p.) for this show.
*"Cosmopolitan: New York and Paris. Selections from the Thomas T.
Solley Photography Collection". (Oct. 12-Dec. 19.)
Exhibition of over 50 masterworks which examines how these two world capitals inspired generations of photographers. The selection from this world-class collection of over 500 images, many of which have never been shown publicly, was made by Jeffrey A. Wolin, an internationally recognized photographer and the Ruth N. Halls Professor of Photography, IU Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts.
*Thomas Hart Benton murals in the IU Auditorium are available for viewing (on your own) Monday-Friday, 10 am - 5 pm. The Auditorium is closed on Saturday.
PARKING: Metered parking available near Fine Arts Bldg., Art Museum Bldg., at the Indiana Memorial Union parking lot a fee is required. Meters need to be filled every two hours. It is cheaper and more convenient to pre-order a parking permit ("parking clip"; $5 for one day, $6 for two days) that can be used in all parking lots. It is recommended that attendees arrive early on Friday (by 8:45 am), because all the regular lots fill relatively fast, even on a Friday. (Saturday is not a problem.) Use of the Indiana Memorial Union parking lot is recommended.
LODGING IN BLOOMINGTON:
Hotels: Days Inn, 812-336-0905 (ST. Rd. 46 & College Ave)
Hampton Inn, 812-334-2100 (2100 N. Walnut)
Travelodge, 812-339-6191 (2615 E. 3rd St)
University Plaza Hotel (formerly Holiday Inn), 812-339-2033
(1710 Kinser Pike)
Econolodge, 812-333-3022 (2601 N. Walnut)
Bed & Breakfast Inns:
Grant Street Inn, 812-334-2353 (310 N. Grant St., walking
distance to campus)
Scholar's Inn, 332-1892 (717 N. College)
Meeting Registration Form
I am a
___ ARLIS/Midstates member
___ member of another ARLIS chapter
___ VRA Midwest member
___ member of another VRA chapter
___ non-member
___ student
Please check each of the events you wish to attend:
___ Yes, I will attend the meeting program on Friday $10.00 ARLIS/VRA members
$15.00 non-members
$ 5.00 students
___ Yes, I will also attend the Discussion on Saturday: 'Coming to grips with CCO'
___ Yes, I would like to order a parking permit for one day $5.00
for two days $6.00
Total $_________
ARLIS members, please make your check payable to ARLIS/Midstates Chapter and send it with the registration form to: Catharine Jansen, Secretary/Treasurer ARLIS/Midstates, 3208 East 52nd Street, Indianapolis, IN 46205
Your registration with payment must be received by October 20th 2004 to receive a parking permit.
Terrie L. Wilson
Art Librarian
Michigan State University
100 Library
East Lansing, MI 48824
517-432-6123 ext. 279
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