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2017 Lois Swan Jones Professional Development Award Announcement Applications Due: November 21, 2016 The ARLIS/NA Texas-Mexico Chapter is pleased to announce the 2017 Lois Swan Jones Professional Development Award. This $500 award encourages active involvement of a member of the Texas-Mexico Chapter in the ARLIS/NA 45th Annual Conference<http://www.arlisna.org/neworleans2017/> held in New Orleans, February 5-9, 2017. The award honors the memory of Lois Swan Jones, Professor Emerita of art history at the University of North Texas, by underwriting participation of members of the Texas-Mexico Chapter at the ARLIS/NA annual meeting. The award committee urges everyone with interest and need to apply, especially first-time conference attendees. To meet the primary requirement, applicants must lack full institutional funding. Previous winners are eligible. Applicant must be a member in good standing of both ARLIS/NA and ARLIS/Texas-Mexico. A description of the award, application procedure, and a list of previous recipients can be found on the Chapter's website: http://texas-mexico.arlisna.org/lois-swan-jones-award/ The deadline for applications is Monday, November 21, 2016. The award committee will announce the winner on Friday, December 2, 2016. Direct all inquiries to the 2017 award committee chair: Helen Lueders (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston). Other members of the 2017 committee are Samuel Duncan (Amon Carter Museum of American Art), Beth Dodd (University of Texas, Austin), and last year's winner, Sarah Long. Please forward this announcement to anyone you know who might qualify and benefit from attending the conference in February! Submitted by Helen Lueders, Chair, Lois Swan Jones Award Committee Helen Lueders Library Assistant Kitty King Powell Library and Study Center Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 713.353.1542 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~