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Good for you, Katherine, for putting Indianapolis on the list of conference
sites.  I was there for an ARLIS/NA Regional meeting about 10 years ago or so
and I was THRILLED with what I found there!  Columbus, Indiana is one of the
most remarkable places in the country and probably one of the country's best
kept secrets!  I had never heard of it prior to the regional meeting, nearly
did not go on the tour, and was ASTOUNDED by the architecture I encountered
there.  Let's add Indianapolis to the list!  Ray Anne Lockard

PS -- I also like the idea of seeing/doing something different by having a
conference in Las Vegas.  I would never go there otherwise and I am sure there
is plenty for us to learn in that location, expecially things that relate to
American pop and material culture.  RAL

Katharine Martinez wrote:

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> I think all the suggested future sites sound terrific. Just to complicate
> matters I'd like to add Indianapolis. The Indianapolis Museum of Art is the
> seventh largest art museum in the US. In nearby Bloomington there's the
> Indiana University Art Museum, the Lilly Library's extraordinary
> collections of rare books and manuscripts, and a fabulous Thomas Hart
> Benton mural in the University Auditorium. Another major reason for ARLIS
> to go to Indianapolis: the presence of BJ Irvine at IU, which for me, makes
> Bloomington the center of the ARLIS/VRA universe. (Can you tell I'm a
> former student?) *And* in case you need another reason to want to go: the
> nearby town of Columbus, Indiana contains an extraordinary number of
> buildings by important architects -- check out
> http://www.cornishproductions.com/Place/Columbus/Columbus1.html.
>
> The local members may wish I'd kept my mouth shut. I do appreciate how much
> work it would mean for them to organize a conference in Indianapolis with
> trips to Bloomington and Columbus. And I do recognize that ARLIS is not
> responsible for helping me find an excuse to (re)visit Indiana.
>
> Kathy Martinez
>
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