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Registration is now open! Visual Literacy: Learning to Look and Looking to Learn VRAF Regional Workshop University of California Berkeley February 26th, 2016 Session 1: 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Berkeley Art Museum Session 2: 2:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m., Visual Resources Center, 308A Doe Library The Visual Resources Association Foundation is pleased to announce that *Visual Literacy: Learning to Look and Looking to Learn* will be held at University of California Berkeley on February 26th, 2016, one of two workshops being offered in the first year of the VRAF Regional Workshop Program. This workshop will be hosted by the Visual Resources Center in the History of Art Department at UC Berkeley, and is open to image management professionals, image users, and the broader information and educational community. The VRAF is grateful to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation for their generous support of this new opportunity. Part one of this workshop will focus on visual literacy skills and pedagogical approaches by exploring objects at the new Berkeley Art Museum. In part two of the workshop, participants will discuss and develop ways to implement their own visual literacy program at their institutions, and learn how staff, students and faculty can use digital archives, art objects, and other primary sources in developing visual literacy skills. Instructor *Visual Literacy: Learning to Look and Looking to Learn* will be taught by Jessica Sack, the Jan and Frederick Mayer Senior Associate Curator of Public Education at the Yale University Art Gallery. During her fifteen years in the field of museum education, Jessica has developed training programs in visual literacy for information professionals, teachers, faculty, and students. To learn more about Jessica and the workshop, please visit: http://vrafoundation.org.s119319.gridserver.com/index.php/projects/visual_literacy_regional_workshop/ Registration Registration for *Visual Literacy: Learning to Look and Looking to Learn* is now open. Click the workshop link above for more information on registration. The fee for the workshop is $75 for either the morning or afternoon session, or $125 for the full day. If you have questions about registration, feel free to contact Betha Whitlow, VRAF Director, [log in to unmask] For questions about the University of California Berkeley venue, please contact Lynn Cunningham, Curator of Visual Resources, [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~