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Dear VRA Members, The CAA conference in Chicago will be taking place January 12th through 15th and the VRA planned events are on the 1st day, so make sure they are on your schedule (see below). Bridget Madden, University of Chicago, is chairing the VRA business-meeting-turned-forum midday and a formal session in the afternoon on Wednesday. Hope many of you can join in on these activities. Sincere thanks to Bridget and all of the panelists for their willingness to share their expertise and experiences at CAA 2020. You can view the online schedule and a PDF of all CAA events at: https://www.collegeart.org/programs/conference/conference2020/schedule There is also a mobile app that is now live and ready for you to download onto your mobile phone or tablet. Just search for “CAA 2020” in your device’s app store and download the app for free to synch the full schedule. There is no longer a printed program. The VRA Business Meeting is scheduled midday at the Hilton Chicago, 3rd Floor in Williford B (free and open to the public). It will be a discussion forum opening with a presentation entitled "From Archive to Classroom: The Use of Omeka and Companion Tools in the Curation of Digital Stories and Exhibits" involving Matt Taylor, Director of the Media and Design Studio, and Rebecca Zorach, Mary Jane Crowe Professor of Art and Art History, as well as their students from Northwestern University. It will be followed by what will surely be an engaging discussion about online exhibitions and other current trends in the field of visual resources. In the afternoon, a formal session has been organized entitled, "Hands-On to Eyes-On: From Material Collections to Digital Exhibitions" chaired by Bridget Madden, Associate Director of the Visual Resources Center, in the Department of Art History at the University of Chicago (registration required). A distinguished panel of artists, art historians, librarians, museum and information professionals will discuss the hands-on use of materials and museum collections to allow students to apply their knowledge in real-life contexts. The session will take place at 4pm at the Hilton Chicago, 3rd floor in the Wilford C room and there should also be time for questions and some discussion at the end. Hope many of you can get to Chicago to experience these terrific VRA events and more! With best wishes, Maureen VRA CAA Affiliate Liaison ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~