ARCS Update Vol 2 Issue 7 Seminar/Seminario in Mexico City, #ARCSConf Travel Stipends for Students, & CCAHA Workshop Discounts
August 15, 2017 | ARCS NewsSeminar in Mexico City / Seminario en la Ciudad de México
ARCS and Secretary of Culture of Mexico present the seminar “Unexplored Territorries: The Challenges of a Contemporary Collections Registrar”, which will take place in the Salón de Recepciones of the Museo Nacional de Arte in Mexico City, on October 9 and 10. Admission is free with registration.
Included are two full days of commentary, discussion, and debate by top Mexican and international collections specialists about the contemporary challenges that confront registrars of cultural assets, primarily works of art. To conclude the event, a guided tour of the Anri Sala exhibition will precede a cocktail party at the Tamayo Museum.
The event will be open to local museum professionals and ARCS members only and will be conducted in Spanish. Register here.
La ARCS y la Secretaría de Cultura de México, organizan el encuentro Territorios inexplorados: retos en el registro contemporáneo de colecciones, que tendrá lugar en el Salón de Recepciones del Museo Nacional de Arte, los días 9 y 10 de octubre. La entrada será libre con previo registro.
El encuentro incluye dos días de conferencias, conversaciones y debates entre destacados profesionales en colecciones, mexicanos y extranjeros, para reflexionar sobre los retos contemporáneos del registro de bienes culturales, con especial énfasis en acervos de obra artística. Para el cierre del evento, habrá una visita guiada por la exposición Anri Sala en el Museo Tamayo, seguida de un coctel.
El evento está abierto únicamente a profesionales de museos en México y miembros de la ARCS. Inscripciones aquí.
#ARCSConf Travel Stipends for Students
ARCS provides resources and programs for all persons who work with and support collections, whether in a museum or in a private or corporate collection. We are offering an inaugural travel stipend to assist two museum science/studies students to attend the ARCS Biennial Conference November 2-5, 2017 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Two students will receive $1,000 each to help defray the costs of attending this conference. In return, the recipient agrees to write a two- page review of a session. The specific session will be mutually agreed upon and coordinated by an Awards Committee member prior to the conference and the report will be due to ARCS by December 1, 2017.
Applicants for this inaugural student fellowship must be current members of ARCS. Selection of the recipients will be based upon demonstrated merit, dedication to the field, and financial need.
To apply for the award, send:
- a cover letter, explaining specifics of demonstrated merit, dedication, and need;
- a current resume; and
- one letter of recommendation, preferably from your current supervisor or advisor.
Application materials must be received by September 1, 2017. Please submit Electronic documents to arcs4all@gmail.com with the subject line "Student Travel Stipend".
Workshop Discounts for ARCS Members
The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA)is pleased to offer a $50 discount to ARCS members for the following two workshops:
- Into the Vault: Library and Archive Storage Strategies, August 25-26, in Austin, TX; and
- Behind the Scenes: Exploring Museum Collections Storage, November 8-9, in Philadelphia, PA.
Please email arcs4all@gmail.com for the discount code.
Important Dates
- August 17, 2017 ARCS Networking Social in New Haven CT
- September 4, 2017 Deadline for requesting VISA letters from ARCS. For more info please see our‘Getting There’ page.
- September 5, 2017 #ARCSchat returns to Twitter. Participate and follow here.
- October 2, 2017 #ARCSConf-Conference Registration closes.
- October 9 – 10, 2017 ARCS Seminar in Mexico City
- November 3-5, 2017 ARCS Conference, Vancouver, BC Canada
