ARLIS/WNY has presented a professional development award of four hundred dollars to a chapter member since 1994. This award is intended to help members, particularly new professionals, become involved in ARLIS/NA by attending the Annual ARLIS/NA Conference.

Applicants for the award must be dues-paying members of ARLIS/WNY and ARLIS/NA. All ARLIS/WNY members are eligible for the award. The chapter’s officers, members who have never attended the national conference, and those who will be participating in the conference as speakers, session/program moderators, moderators of a section, division or roundtable, or serving on committees are especially encouraged to apply for the award.

Applicants for the award should include a current resume and a letter describing the applicant’s participation in the conference (if applicable), the benefits anticipated from conference attendance, and all travel funding expected from the applicant’s institution or other sources.

Please email materials to Kari Horowicz, kehwml@rit.edu by March 8, 2010, 5pm.

Award will be announced March 15, 2010. (Award Committee, Kari Horowicz, Beth Hylen and Gabriela Zoller)

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ARLIS/WNY Fall 2009 Meeting
Friday, September 18, 2009 at the Corning Museum of Glass
Hosted by Beth Hylen

Meeting Registration Form

9:00 – 9:45 am: Coffee and Registration

9:45 – 10:30 am: Business Meeting

10:30 – 11:00 am: Intro to the Rakow Research Library
Public Services Team

11:15 – 12:15: Voices of Contemporary Glass
Tour of the exhibit, with Bonnie Wright, Gallery Educator

12:20 – 1:20 pm: Lunch Catered by the GlassMarket Café
“Open forum” What’s happening at your library? Outreach? Building plans? Cutbacks? Gaming? Exhibits? Bring brochures and info to share.

1:30 – 2:30 pm: Survey of the History of Glass: Techniques and Demonstrations
By Bill Gudenrath, Resident CMoG Studio Adviser, The Studio

2:30 – 3:30: Fun With Glass
Make a fused glass sun catcher at the CMoG Studio

3:45 – 4:15: Brief Tour of the Rakow Research Library

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