Hi all, Just a friendly reminder that travel award applications for VRA SoCal are due this Friday. See the announcement below for more details: *VRA Southern California Regional Chapter* 2013 VRA Annual Conference Travel Awards The Visual Resources Association's Southern California Chapter is pleased to announce the availability two *$300 travel award* to attend the VRA annual conference in Providence, RI. http://www.vraweb.org/conferences/vra31/ Anyone in the Southern California area may apply, but applicants must be both national and local chapter members of the VRA.Please note that early bird registration for the conference ends on February 28.The successful awards recipients will receive the funds after proof of registration is provided. TRAVEL AWARD The criteria used in applicant evaluation are financial need, expected benefits, level of conference participation (i.e., session moderator, speaker, workshop leader, committee chair, etc.), first-time attendance, and/or veteran professional attendance (i.e., in the profession for at least five years and unable to attend a national conference for the last three).Applications do not have to be lengthy, but should indicate how the applicant meets the above-listed award criteria and provide a brief summary of expected expenses to demonstrate financial need (please include an account of any funds your institution might be contributing). *DEADLINE:* The *deadline for submissions is Friday, February 8, 2013* and materials should be e-mailed OR received in the post ON or BEFORE that date. *SEND APPLICATIONS BY EMAIL TO:* Heather Lowe Co-Chair Travel Awards Committee [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> CSUSB Art Department 5500 University Parkway San Bernardino, CA 92407 -- Heather Lowe Visual Resources Specialist Department of Art Cal State San Bernardino 909-537-5810 http://interlibrarylowe.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~