Awards and Honors

The Society bestows honors and provides opportunities for funding.

ARLIS/NA Applauds Award

Honors an individual or a group of up to five persons to recognize an outstanding contribution to the Society’s work during the preceding calendar year.

Compass Award

Supports an internship which provides financial and professional support for new and early-career colleagues in the arts information field who identify as racialized.

Distinguished Service Award

Honors an individual whose exemplary service has made an outstanding contribution to art information.

George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award

Recognizes excellence in art publishing from the past year.

Gerd Muehsam Award

Annual recognition for an outstanding graduate student paper or project relevant to art librarianship.

H. W. Wilson Foundation Research Award

Supports the research activities of ARLIS/NA members.

Conference Attendance and/or Travel Awards

Provides funding to travel to and/or attend ARLIS/NA's annual conference.

International Relations Study Tour Scholarship

Provides funding and scholarly opportunities for an early-career ARLIS/NA member to participate in and contribute to the annual study tour abroad organized by the Society’s International Relations Committee (IRC).