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Dear Mark and Fleet Library, Congratulations on this exciting grant opportunity. The cross-disciplinary program looks excellent. Best, Elisa On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Mark Pompelia <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > The Fleet Library at Rhode Island School of Design is the recipient of a > $50,000 National Forum Grant from the Institute of Museum & Library > Services (IMLS) to hold a symposium titled *Materials Education and > Research in Art and Design: A New Role for Libraries*. From June 6-8, > 2013, this unprecedented summit will convene international stakeholders, > including artists, architects and designers, educators, researchers and > librarians, to focus on the resources and documentation that are required > to prepare art and design students for knowledgeable, responsible, and > innovative use of materials in their professional work. Participants, > including designers in the field, will speak to the current practical and > expansive needs for information about materials; in addition faculty now > teaching in art and design institutions will articulate the support they > need to develop and collect material knowledge and share it to their > students. Librarians in the process of building collections and databases > of material samples will also be on hand to speak to the issues they have > encountered. Respondents and other participants from Association of > Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD) schools with materials > collections, as well as faculty and librarians from these and other AICAD > schools and university art and architecture programs at non-AICAD > institutions will attend the forum. The symposium includes an evening > keynote and reception, a day of sessions, and a half-day workshop. A white > paper will serve as a record of the symposium and a guiding resource for > the creation and development of materials collections. > > Confirmed keynote speakers include: > > - Billie Faircloth, Research Director at KieranTimberlake, Philadelphia > - Liat Margolis, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture at > University of Toronto > - Chris Lefteri, Design Materials Specialist at Chris Lefteri Design > Ltd., London > - Rosanne Somerson, Furniture Maker and Provost at Rhode Island School > of Design > > Confirmed designers/firms include: > > - Stephen Lane, Ximedica <http://www.ximedica.com/> > - Nader Tehrani, NADAA <http://www.nadaaa.com/#/> > - Mike Taylor, Steelcase<http://www.steelcase.com/en/Pages/Homepage.aspx> > - Michael Lagreca, Material ConneXion<http://www.materialconnexion.com/> > > Participating schools include: > > - Art Center (Pasadena) > - California College of Arts (San Francisco) > - College for Creative Studies (Detroit) > - Emily Carr University of Art + Design (Vancouver) > - Harvard University (Cambridge) > - Holon Design Museum (Israel) > - Kent State University (Kent, OH) > - Maryland Institute College of Art (Baltimore) > - Ontario College of Art & Design University (Toronto) > - Otis College of Art & Design (Los Angeles) > - Pratt Institute (Brooklyn) > - Rhode Island School of Design (Providence) > - School of Visual Arts (New York City) > - School of the Art Institute of Chicago > - University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) > - University of Virginia (Charlottesville) > - University of the Arts (Philadelphia) > > Registration $30. Look for more information to appear on the Fleet > Library website, http://library.risd.edu. > -- > *MARK POMPELIA* > Visual + Material Resource Librarian > *Fleet Library at Rhode Island School of Design* > library.risd.edu > 401-709-5935 > Fleet Library at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fleet-Library-at-Rhode-Island-School-of-Design-RISD/184762598222685> > <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fleet-Library-at-Rhode-Island-School-of-Design-RISD/184762598222685> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > -- *Elisa Lanzi • Director of Digital Strategies & Services Smith College Libraries* Northampton, MA 01063 413.585.2912 [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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~