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Dear colleagues, As early registration for our upcoming conference closes tonight, April 29 at 11:59pm EDT, I'm writing to entice you with this year's Diversity Forum! Read below to learn about this year's focus on accessibility and to meet our two speakers. Diversity Forum: Accessibility in Art Libraries 4:15pm - 5:30pm EDT Wednesday, May 12 Join ARLIS/NA Diversity and Inclusion Committee presenters Shannon Finnegan and Cyrée Johnson as they explore the issue of accessibility in art libraries. Our presenters are artists and activists who provide workshops on ways libraries can be more inclusive. Shannon will address visual impairments and cognitive disabilities through a reframing of alt-text as a type of poetry and practice. Cyrée will examine how libraries think of disabled patrons and colleagues and ways these spaces can embrace all members of the library. The Diversity Forum is hosted by the ARLIS/NA Diversity and Inclusion Committee <https://arlisna.org/organization/committees/80-diversity-committee>. Admission to the Diversity Forum is free with conference registration <https://www.arlisna.org/registration>. *Shannon Finnegan* is a multidisciplinary artist making work about accessibility and disability culture. They have done projects with Banff Centre, Friends of the High Line, Tallinn Art Hall, Nook Gallery, and the Wassaic Project. They have spoken about their work at the Brooklyn Museum, School for Poetic Computation, The 8th Floor, and The Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library. In 2018, they received a Wynn Newhouse Award and participated in Art Beyond Sight’s Art + Disability Residency. In 2019, they were an artist-in-residence at Eyebeam. Their work has been written about in C Magazine, Art in America, Hyperallergic, and the New York Times. They live and work in Brooklyn, NY. *Cyrée Jarelle Johnson* is a writer and librarian from Piscataway, New Jersey. He holds an MSLIS from Drexel University, an MFA from Columbia University, and a BA from Hampshire College. He is the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Librarian at Pratt Institute Libraries. SLINGSHOT, Johnson’s first collection of poetry, was released in 2019 by Nightboat Books. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Rewire News, Boston Review, Vice, and The Root. He has delivered lectures, recited poetry, and facilitated workshops at The White House, Whitney Museum of American Art, Interplanetary Festival, Performance Space NYC, and TEDxColumbia as well as colleges, youth groups, prisons, churches, and community spaces. His work has been supported by grants and scholarships from Leeway Foundation, Astraea's Global Arts Fund, CultureStrike, Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund, and Columbia University. -- K. Sarah Ostrach Kress Fellow in Art Librarianship 2020-2021 Yale University - ARLIS/NA Diversity and Inclusion Committee <https://arlisna.org/organization/committees/80-diversity-committee>, Member The Art of Diversity Blog <https://arlisdivcom.wordpress.com/>, Co-editor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~