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Board of Directors & Executive Committee 2025-2027, Member Meeting May 19, & Mentoring Program ARCS Update Vol 10 Issue 10

May 12, 2025 | ARCS News

Congratulations to the Board of Directors & Executive Committee 2025-2027!

Newly elected Board of Directors 2025-2027:

  • Courtney Keel Becraft, Collections Manager, Senator John Heinz History Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
  • Ann Poulson, Director of Collections Management, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
  • Meghan Strong, Director of Collections, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
  • Emmeline Yen, Associate Registrar, Permanent Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Executive Committee 2025-2027 Members:

  • Sydney Briggs, Director of Registration, American Federation of Arts, New York, New York, United States of America, Secretary, ARCS Board of Directors
  • Sebastián E. Encina, Associate Director of Curation & Exhibition, Minnetrista Museum & Gardens, Muncie, Indiana United States of America, Treasurer, ARCS Board of Directors

Member Updates

Member Meeting May 19, 2025

All active ARCS Members should mark their calendars for May 19 to attend the annual members meeting. Attendees will be given a chance to ask questions of the board members and find out about programming for the upcoming year

Register Here

Mentorship Program

ARCS Mentoring Program is now accepting applications for its next mentoring/mentee period, which runs July-December 2025. Applicants are asked to complete either a Mentor or Mentee application by Friday, June 13, 2025.

Mentoring Program

Get Involved with ARCS Committee Membership!

ARCS is seeking interested and motivated collections professionals to serve as volunteers on ARCS committees and task forces as we continue to provide new opportunities to benefit our members.

The following committee positions are open:

  • Advocacy Committee Members
  • Webinars & Workshops Committee Chair

More info here

2025 Conference

The Association of Registrars and Collection Specialists invites you to join us at our 2025 conference to share bold, ambitious, and unique actions through ideas of interconnectedness, listening, and caretaking in service of the care of our collections in the PRESENT tense.

Important Dates

  • June 24, 2025 - Registration Opens
  • August 2025 - Hotel Block Opens
  • November 18-21, 2025 - Conference

Conference Information

Interested in being a sponsor for this conference?

Sponsorship Opportunities

Our mission

The mission of ARCS is to represent and promote registrars and collection specialists, to educate the profession in best practices of registration and collections care, and to facilitate communication and networking.

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