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Call for Proposals: Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution The Multi-Media Archive: Stewardship and Use of Audiovisual Media Documenting Contemporary Art History March 27, 2015, Washington D.C. The Archives of American Art announces an upcoming symposium, “The Multi-Media Archive: Stewardship and Use of Audiovisual Media Documenting Contemporary Art History,” to be held at the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture, in Washington D.C., on Friday, March 27. The symposium will bring together the two sides of the archival repository’s community -- archivists and people who use archives -- to consider the complexities and possibilities of audiovisual recordings that form part of the archival record of contemporary American art history. We seek proposals for participation in two roundtable discussions: • an archivists’ roundtable, discussing strategies for providing access to mixed-media archival collections • a researchers’ roundtable, featuring voices from a variety of disciplines – art or cultural history, fine art, journalism, conservation, or higher education, to name a few possibilities – on the significance of historical sound, video, and film to their work Roundtable participants will present brief remarks individually to introduce their work and thinking on this subject, to be followed by a moderated discussion. How do the keepers of mixed-media archives ensure their obsolete audiovisual recordings are discoverable and accessible to those who want to use them? What is the potential impact of reliable access to these unique archival sound recordings and moving images for researchers? The roundtables will be followed by a reception and a special screening of film and video works discovered in the project collections. A small stipend and travel reimbursement is available for accepted speakers. Please send a proposal relating this subject matter to your own work in an abstract no longer than 250 words to [log in to unmask] The deadline for submissions is January 23, 2015. Questions can be sent via e-mail to project archivist Megan McShea at [log in to unmask] For the full announcement, see http://www.aaa.si.edu/symposium/call-for-papers. This symposium is generously funded by the Council on Library and Information Resources’ “Hidden Collections” grant program: http://www.clir.org/hiddencollections. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~