Society Circle


About the Society Circle

Since its founding in 1972, the Art Libraries Society of North America has become the leading association for art information professionals in the world. It has grown into a dynamic organization numbering over 1,100 art and architecture librarians, visual resource professionals, publishers, educators, curators and others interested in visual arts information.

Maintaining the Society's position as the leader in the field requires an ongoing commitment. Our mission is to train new art information professionals, provide assistance with research, publish material relevant to the field, and present diverse speakers at conferences in order to enhance the knowledge of our members. To help meet these goals, the Society Circle was formed in 2003 to serve as the Society's fundraising organization. Donations to the Society Circle can be targeted toward two existing funds - the Conference Speakers Fund or the Internship Fund, or can be unrestricted and used wherever the need is greatest.

Joining the Circle

We invite your annual gift to The Society Circle at the following levels:

Founder's Circle: Gifts of $1,000 and above
President's Circle: Gifts of $500 - 999
Patron's Circle: Gifts of $200 - 499
Member of the Circle: Gifts of $100 - 199

In appreciation for your generosity, all members will receive a Society Circle ribbon at the annual conference and will be acknowledged on the ARLIS/NA web site and in Art Documentation.

Patron's Circle will also be invited to the Society Circle reception with the President during the annual conference in addition to the Society Circle ribbon at the annual conference and acknowledgement on the ARLIS/NA web site and in Art Documentation.

President's Circle members are invited to a private lunch with the President at the annual conference in addition to the benefits mentioned above.

Founder's Circle members will be acknowledged at the Convocation at the annual conference and will have their names listed in perpetuity on the ARLIS/NA website. They will also receive the same benefits as the President's Circle members.

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2013 Society Circle Members

Founder's Circle

Joan Benedetti
William Dane

President's Circle

Deborah Kempe (in honor of Jon Evans)
Roger Lawson
Joyce Pellerano Ludmer (in honor of Maria and Charlie Pellerano)
Gregory P.J. Most (in memory of Robert C. Kaufmann)

Patron's Circle

Todd Bludeau
Sandra Brooke
Sherman Clarke (in honor of Wittenborn Art Books)
Janis Ekdahl
Carole Ann Fabian
Leigh Gates
Angela Giral
Ted Goodman
Laura Harris
Janine Henri
Milan Hughston (in memory of Lois Swan Jones)
Cathie Lemon
Amy Lucker
Lindy Narver
Nancy Pistorius (in memory of Howard Karno)
Faith Pleasanton (in memory of Kirk Varnedoe)
Mark Pompelia
Barbara Rockenbach
Deborah Barlow Smedstad
Daniel Starr
Carol Terry
Kathryn Wayne
Ann Whiteside
Kathy Woodrell

Members of the Circle

Nancy Allen (in honor of Caroline Backlund) Mary Ashe
Amanda Bowen (in memory of Wolfgang Freitag)
Adeane Bregman
Heather Brodhead
Marilyn Carbonell (in honor of Marilyn Russell)
Helen Chillman
Amy Ciccone
Kim Collins
Susan Davi
Samantha Deutch
Alison Dickey
Judy Dyki
Suzy Frechette
Stephanie Frontz
V. Heidi Hass (in memory of Wolfgang Freitag)
Holly Hatheway (in honor of Laura Tatum)
Karlen Kane
Clayton Kirking
Susan Lewis
Dan Lipcan
Cara List
Martha Mahard (in memory of Wolfgang Freitag)
Martha Maier
Eileen Markson (in memory of Barbara Sevy)
Laurence McGilvery (in memory of Judith Hoffberg)
Alan Michelson
Richard Minsky (in memory of Judith Hoffberg)
Darin Murphy
Elinor Nacheman (in memory of Wolfgang Freitag)
Nancy Norris
Karen O'Connell
Elizabeth O'Keefe
Maria Oldal
Henry Pisciotta
Alyssa Resnick (in honor of Carol J. Resnick)
Thomas Riedel
Marilyn Russell
Frances Scott (in honor of William Dane)
Anna Simon
Maryly Snow (in memory of Merrill Wadsworth Smith)
Kenneth Soehner
Sandra Still
Gail Storer
Edward Teague (in memory of Wolfgang Freitag)
Allen Townsend (in memory of Anne d'Harnoncourt)
Rina Vecchiola
Joyce Weaver
Margaret Webster
Laurie Whitehill Chong (in memory of Wolfgang Freitag)
Kathy Woodrell
Floyd Zula (in memory of John Larsen)

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Past Founder's Circle Members

2012:

Joan Benedetti

2011:

Joan Benedetti
William Dane

2009:

Joan Benedetti
Deborah Boudewyns

2008:

Joan Benedetti

2007:

Joan Benedetti
Wolfgang Freitag - In Honor of Pamela J. Parry

2006:

Joan Benedetti

2005:

Nancy Allen (in honor of Caroline Backlund)
Joan Benedetti*
Deborah Ultan Boudewyns
    (Francis V. Gorman Art Library Fund,
    University of Minnesota, Wilson Library)

2004:

Joan Benedetti
Deborah Ultan Boudewyns
    (Francis V. Gorman Art Library Fund,
    University of Minnesota, Wilson Library)

2003:

Joan Benedetti
Betty Jo Kish Irvine
     (in honor of Indiana University graduates specializing in Art and
     Visual Resources Librarianship)

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