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The Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) is pleased to announce that the 2021 ARLIS/NA Applauds Award will be given to Natisha Harper for her leadership in developing the POC Connections and Solution Series. The Applauds Award was presented at the ARLIS/NA 50th Anniversary Conference... Continue Reading
The Sioux Project—Tatanka Oyate, a groundbreaking examination of contemporary Sioux aesthetics in relation to the work of Dana Claxton, was presented with the 31st annual Melva J. Dwyer Award by the Canada Chapter of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA). The book was... Continue Reading
The Kress Awards Subcommittee is pleased to announce the recipients of the Samuel H. Kress Awards for International Exchange for 2022. Thanks to the generosity of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, the Art Libraries Society of North America offers a program to help fund international travel and... Continue Reading
The Student Awards Subcommittee of ARLIS/NA is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s awards: Sam Regal has been chosen to receive the Gerd Muehsam Award, and Joana Stillwell was selected for the Wolfgang M. Freitag Internship Award. Sam is a librarian, writer, and artist living... Continue Reading
The Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) is pleased to announce the winners of the ARLIS/NA Conference Travel Awards for 2022. The Conference Attendance Award was created to encourage participation in ARLIS/NA by assisting conference attendance by committee members, chapter officers,... Continue Reading
The Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) is pleased to announce this year's winners of the ARLIS/NA H. W. Wilson Foundation Research Award. The H. W. Wilson Foundation Research Award supports research activities by ARLIS/NA individual members in the fields of librarianship, visual... Continue Reading
The Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine who are facing military aggression. Continue Reading
Authored by the ARLIS/NA Art and Design School Library Division, this report aims to shed further light on issues and trends affecting art and design school libraries (ADSLs) before and during the pandemic. Continue Reading
Read the March 2022 issue of ARLIS/NA Reviews on ARLIS/NA Commons. View ARLIS/NA Reviews Continue Reading
Statement Against White Appropriation of Black, Indigenous & People of Color's Labor Advocacy & Public Policy Committee (APPC) News Alerts support the committee's mission to monitor governmental activities and social justice issues affecting the professional interests of ARLIS/NA and to... Continue Reading
Tempestt Hazel (Plenary Session) Tempestt Hazel is a curator, writer, and co-founder of Sixty Inches From Center, a Chicago-based arts publication and archiving initiative that has promoted and preserved the practices of BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ artists, and artists with disabilities across the... Continue Reading
