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Dear ARLIS/NA members, We are happy to announce the VRA Travel Awards available for attendance at the 2011 joint VRA & ARLIS/NA conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 24-28. The deadline for receipt of applications will be November 30, 9am Central Time. The list of recipients will be announced on the VRA listserv the second week of December. A preliminary conference schedule with a listing of workshops and sessions has already been posted at:http://vraarlis11.sched.org/ and information about costs is posted here: http://www.vra-arlis2011.org/ Again, for 2011, we are fortunate to have generous financial support available for members' attendance: * Up to six Tansey fund awards of $250 to $850 each * The Kathe Hicks Albrecht award of $850 (for a first-time conference attendee) * The Gallery Systems award of $800 * Two New Horizons awards of $850 each. These awards are aimed at members in the following categories: solo VR professionals, part-time VR professionals, geographically isolated VR professionals, VR professionals in smaller institutions, and/or first-time attendees * The Davis Art Top-up award of $250 * The Joseph C. Taormina Memorial Travel Award of $250 * A New Horizons student travel award of $300, for a full-time student enrolled in an accredited degree program and considering a career in visual resources * One international award, amount as yet to be determined The application form will be available on the VRA website from October 29: http://www.vraweb.org/ under What’s New. Before you apply, PLEASE READ "Travel Award Rules and Guidelines", "Tips for VRA Travel Awards Applicants", and "Types of Travel Awards", all linked here as PDFs: http://www.vraweb.org/organization/committees/travel/index.html More awards may become available and will be announced on this listserv. Also, stay tuned and watch VRA-L and the VRA website for further details about the conference. Please email if you have any questions not answered by the documents noted above. Best wishes, Heidi Eyestone & Vicky Brown Co-Chairs, VRA Travel Awards Committee -- Heidi Eyestone Visual Resources Collection Art and Art History Carleton College One North College Street Northfield, MN 55057 507 222-5399 507 222-7042 fax [log in to unmask] Vicky Brown, Visual Resources Curator History of Art Department, University of Oxford Suite 9, Littlegate House St Ebbes Oxford OX1 1PT UK +44 (0)1865 286839 [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~