ARLIS/WNY spring meeting, Thursday, April 8, 2010, Buffalo, NY: You are cordially invited to attend the ARLIS/WNY spring meeting, Thursday, April 8, 2010, in Buffalo, NY. The meeting will focus on the Ventures of Frank Lloyd Wright and Frederick Law Olmsted in Buffalo and promises to be both fascinating and instructive. You are welcome to attend this ARLIS/WNY meeting as a member or a guest. The tentative agenda is as follows: Wednesday, April 7 Preconference informal, optional get-together for dinner: 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm, to be arranged Thursday, April 8 Spring Meeting, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm: Anderson Gallery, University at Buffalo, 1 Martha Jackson Place, Buffalo, NY 14214, 716-834-2579 9:00 to 10:00 am: Arrive, meet and greet. Coffee, tea and pastries provided 10:00 am to 11:25 am: Buffalo Venture of Frank Lloyd Wright Speaker: Jack Quinan, Distinguished Service Professor, University at Buffalo 11:30 am to 12:30 pm: ARLIS/WNY Chapter Meeting 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm: Lunch buffet in Anderson Gallery Luncheon presentation: Introduction to Olmsted Parks in Buffalo Speaker: Francis (Frank) R. Kowsky, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Fine Arts, Buffalo State College 1:30 pm to 1:45 pm: Travel to Darwin Martin House, 125 Jewett Pkwy, Buffalo (offsite telephone: 716-856-3858) 2:00 to 3:15 pm: Tour of Martin House Complex and new Visitor Center 3:30 to 4:30 pm: Closing tea and cookies at The Lunch Box, Parkside Lodge, Delaware Park (both designed by Frederick Law Olmsted), 84 Parkside Ave, Buffalo, 716-833-2182. For additional information about the meeting, contact Dorothy Tao; email: [log in to unmask] ARLIS/WNY is the Western New York chapter of Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA). In these days of budget crises, ARLIS Chapter meetings are an excellent way to strengthen professional and personal bonds with other art librarians in the area. Members are located across the upstate New York region – from the Hudson River (Albany,Troy, and Saratoga Springs) to Buffalo. The fall 2010 ARLIS/WNY meeting will be hosted by the Munson-Williams Proctor Museum in Utica. Please see the ARLIS/WNY website <http://arliswny.org> for information about membership, the ARLIS/WNY listserv, and upcoming activities. Or join our group on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=162593669014#!/group.php?gid=162593669014&ref=ts ARLIS/WNY welcomes new members and hopes you will consider joining us. For additional information about the WNY chapter, contact Beth Hylen, President ARLIS/WNY; email: [log in to unmask] Dorothy S. Tao Associate Librarian Architecture, Planning, Visual Studies Architecture and Planning Library 183 Hayes Hall Buffalo, NY 14214-3087 tel: 716-829-6686; fax: 716-829-2780 324 Lockwood Library Buffalo, NY 14260-2200 tel: 716- 829-6686 fax: 716-645-3859 e-mail: [log in to unmask] ☎ Effective Feb 11, 2010 my new phone number is 716- 829-6686 __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask]