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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- The joint chapter meeting of ARLIS/Southern California and ARLIS/Northern California took place at the Getty Center January 14-16 of this year. The meeting kicked off with a reception at the Getty Research Institute on Thursday evening . The event was beautifully catered by the Getty Center and the only official business (besides saying hello to friends) was the introduction of the SC officers (Coco Halverson, Sue Mayberry, Lois White, Jean Schimmer) and NC officers (Andrea Segall, Alice Egan, Maia Jin). The group thanked Lorraine Perrotta for organizing the joint meeting, and Kathleen Salomon, Acting Director of the Getty Research Institute welcomed the group to the Getty. Registration and breakfast at the GRI Lecture Hall followed on Friday morning. Members took two tours of the Getty given by Getty staff. The first tour was an in-depth perusal of all 5 floors of the GRI. Three floors of open stacks accommodate nearly half of the library collections; the balance is located in compact storage and vaults on the lower floors. The library catalog is found on IRIS and can be accessed at http://www.getty.edu/gri. The groups were given special tours of Special Collections and the Photo Study Collection. The tour of the library ended with the guide pointing out Andy Goldsworthy's spectacular sculpture which showcases the summer solstice. Thanks to the staff of the Reference Department for the tours. The docent-led Architecture tour was the second offering. It started with the magnificent 360-degree view of Los Angeles and information about the 6 Getty buildings on the 110-acre site (even more stunning to see in person!). Travertine sandstone embellishes the geometrically shaped modern buildings. The lush gardens were designed by Robert Irwin. Richard Meyer, the architect, happened to be on-site, and when spotted and applauded by one of our groups, he responded with a hearty wave! Following a box lunch in the GRI lecture hall, 5 speakers focused on the topic of "Researching California Art". Marcia Reed, curator of special collections at GRI, spoke on the significance of artists books. Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick and Phil Kovinick, curators at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art located at the Huntington, showed images of and explained research methods from their latest book, An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West. Author Gordon McLelland described how he depends on libraries in the writing of his books (Rick Griffin, California Watercolors: 1870-1970). Independent scholar Nancy Moure has written many bibliographies for Southern California Art, the most recent being California Art: 450 years of painting and other media. Coco Halverson, immediate past-chair of ARLIS/SC, convened the business meeting which followed. She introduced Kathryn Wayne, ARLIS/NA incoming president, and Lorna Corbetta-Noyes, ARLIS/NA West Regional Representative. Kathryn and Lorna both spoke enthusiastically about the upcoming annual conference in Vancouver and encouraged everyone to attend. Other topics they spoke about were strategic planning, committee membership, the Executive Board search for a management firm, and contributing to the annual conference. Both chapters then moved to donate $250 each to the conference. Lorraine Perrotta and Susan Flanagan, co-chairs of the 2001 conference in Los Angeles, next spoke to members of the need to volunteer to help organize the conference. The group discussed a theme for the convention, hotels, activities, and transportation. The meeting was adjourned at 5:30 and many of the group went to a lovely outdoor dinner in Brentwood. Saturday morning 26 members met at the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens. Tours were given of the Archives of American Art, Art Collections and Art Reference Library, and the Huntington Main Library. A great big THANK YOU is due to the organizers of this great chapter meeting (the above mentioned chapter officers) and to the staff at the Getty Center, who were all very warm and welcoming. The joint meeting was an ambitious and inspiring event, and certainly portends great things to come for the 2001 conference! To: [log in to unmask]