Dear colleagues, I am thrilled to share reports from the ARLIS/NA 2019 Venice study tour, June 10 – 16, with Society members. I invite each of you to please take a moment to read the International Relations Venice study tour report<https://www.arlisna.org/images/committees/intrel/2019_ARLISNA_IRC_StudyTourVeniceReport.pdf>, written and compiled by study tour co-leader, Spyros Koulouris, complete with the itinerary’s details and beautiful images of the site visits. Chantal Sulkow, 2019 recipient<https://www.arlisna.org/news/news-events/1725-2019-irc-study-tour-scholarship-awarded> of the International Relations study tour scholarship, has also contributed a lovely, detailed blog report<https://www.arlisna.org/news/news-events/1900-2019-venice-study-tour-irc-scholarship-recipient-report> available on ARLIS/NA News and Events<https://www.arlisna.org/> or on past study tour reports<https://www.arlisna.org/news/news-events/1189-past-study-tours>. You may also enjoy more images, contributed by participants, of the 2019 study tour on the Flickr group<https://www.flickr.com/groups/3161321@N21/pool/>. Please join me in congratulating study tour co-leaders, Spyros Koulouris and Isotta Poggi; past IRC chair, Debbie Kempe; and Chantal Sulkow for their immense effort and dedication to another groundbreaking ARLIS/NA study tour. You may also view the itinerary<https://www.arlisna.org/studytour2019-Venice/> as well as the symposium program, Building Bridges<https://www.arlisna.org/StudyTour2019-Venice/docs/Symposium_BuildingBridges1.pdf>, on June 14. The symposium enabled ARLIS/NA members and Italian colleagues a unique opportunity to present and represent their libraries and archives in an international exchange. Warm regards, Beverly Beverly Mitchell Assistant Director Art & Dance Librarian Curator, Hawn Gallery Hamon Arts Library | 214-768-2796 Chair, International Relations Committee, 2019-20 ARLIS/NA [cid:[log in to unmask]] Schedule a research appointment<https://libcal.smu.edu/appointments/?g=2335> Current exhibitions at Hamon<https://www.smu.edu/Libraries/hamon/Exhibitions/Current> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~