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Dear Colleagues,

 

On behalf of the ARLIS/NA International Relations Committee (IRC), I am writing to announce that ARLIS/NA is the recipient of a $69,000 grant from the Getty Foundation that will provide funds for up to fifteen art librarians from Latin America to join us at the 41st Annual Conference in Pasadena, California, in April 2013. Our President, Deborah Kempe, led the successful grant-writing effort that will ultimately fulfill our Strategic Plan goal of “creating stronger leadership through promotion, cooperation and advocacy by building stronger partnerships internationally.”

 

The grant will support selected colleagues in Latin America who could not attend our conference without financial assistance, by covering all costs associated with conference attendance, including registration fees for programs and tours, travel and accommodation, and translation services. The ARLIS/NA Executive Board and the IRC Committee will also offer a welcome dinner and reception packet for our special guests. We expect that the participation of our Latin American colleagues will lead to lasting professional collaborations and friendships, and will significantly expand ARLIS/NA’s representation of arts information professionals in the Americas.

 

A panel of specialists with experience and contacts in the Latin American community has been assembled to select participants who possess proven records of professional accomplishment and collaboration.  The panel consists of Beverly Joy-Karno, owner of Howard Karno Books, a distributor of books from Latin America; Clayton Kirking, Chief of the Art & Architecture Collection, New York Public Library, curator, and co-author of exhibition catalogs for Latin American art; Milan R. Hughston, Chief of Library and Museum Archives at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, where he participates in a special program to build Latin American holdings; Holly Hatheway, Art and Architecture Librarian, Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library, Yale University, and Chair of the ARLIS/NA International Relations Committee; Fernando Corona, Library Director at Museo Nacional de Arte in Mexico City, and coordinator of ReBAM; Guadalupe Rodriguez, the ARLIS/NA Association Manager, and Jon Evans, Library Director at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston and the Past President of ARLIS/NA.

 

This year’s conference program offers many sessions, tours, speakers, and events that will be of interest to librarians and scholars who work with Latin American influenced subjects. These include the opening plenary panel discussion, “Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980,” and a plenary presentation by Professor Chon Noriega, head of Chicano Studies at UCLA, made possible by Alternative Voices funding. Additional highlights will be a Society Circle event at a significant private collection of Latin American art, and a separate tour to the 1818 Avila Adobe on Olvera Street, followed by a viewing of the newly restored América Tropical, located at El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument, the only U.S. public mural by famed Mexican artist David Alfaro Siqueiros still in its original location.

 

All ARLIS/NA members will benefit from the cultural exchange and expanded opportunities for collaboration offered by the participation of our Latin American colleagues. More information on the librarians selected for the program will be forthcoming soon. Please make a point to welcome our fellow arts information professionals from Latin America in Pasadena.

 

Holly Hatheway

ARLIS/NA IRC Chair 2012-14

 

Holly Hatheway,  Art and Architecture Librarian
Assistant Director for Collections, Research & Access Services
Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library, Yale University
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