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Sent on behalf of the Visual Resources Association Travel Awards Committee: Dear colleagues, Visual Resources Association Travel Awards are available for attendance at the 2012 VRA conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 18-21. The deadline for receipt of applications will be Monday, November 28, 9am Central Time. Recipients will be informed and announced on the VRA listserv the third week of December. 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 A preliminary conference schedule with a listing of workshops and sessions has already been posted at: http://vra2012.sched.org/ and information about costs is posted here: http://www.vraweb.org/conferences/vra30/registration/registration.html and http://www.vraweb.org/conferences/vra30/hotel/hotel.html HERE'S THE LINK TO THE APPLICATION: https://vra.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=form_108760 Please note that being a member of VRA is not required to apply for a travel award. Upon winning an award an applicant who is not a member of VRA must purchase a membership with the option to use funding from the travel awards to do this. For 2012, we are fortunate to have generous financial support from sponsors and funds provided by the membership: * The Kathe Hicks Albrecht award of $850 for a first-time conference attendee * Two New Horizons awards of $850 each. These awards areaimed 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 Gallery Systems award of $800 for a Museum Visual Resources professional * The Davis Art award of $250 for an applicant with partial funding * The Joseph C. Taormina Memorial award of $250 for an applicant with partial funding * A New Horizons student award of $300, for a full-time student enrolled in an accredited degree program and considering a career in visualresources * $4,000 in Tansey fund awards of $250 to $850 each; an international award in the amount of $1000 More awards may become available and will be announced. Also, stay tuned and watch the VRA website for further details about the conference. Please email if you have any questions not answered by the documents noted above. For more information about the Visual Resources Association, see: http://www.vraweb.org/ We look forward to receiving your applications, 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<file:///tel/507%20222-5399> 507 222-7042<file:///tel/507%20222-7042> fax [log in to unmask]<mailto:[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<file:///tel/%252B44%20%25280%25291865%20286839> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> The University of Oxford is a 10:10 University ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~