Photography Workshop - don't miss it! Just a week left to register! “PhotoSynthesis: What You Need to Know About Photographs” takes place at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens on April 25, 2017.
Learn what you didn't know that you didn't know at this one-day workshop designed to address your concerns if you care for photographic works. Topics include: identification and description, copyright, framing and mounting, display, storage, packing and challenging installations. Buffet lunch is included. To register: https://www.arcsinfo.org/news-events/event/213/1/arcs-2017-photo-synthesis-what-you-need-to-know-about-photographs by April 18th, 2017. AND, the day will be capped by an ARCS Social at PS1, MoMA’s venue for cutting edge work. Collections specialists and registrars, ARCS members and non-members are all invited whether attending the workshop or not. RSVP here: http://www.arcsinfo.org/news-events/event/225/1/arcs-social-new-york-new-york Les Bénévoles As part of the ARCS biennial conference, Thursday, November 2 will be a day of volunteerism for local museums. The name of this project, Les Bénévoles, translates to “The Volunteers”. We encourage professional registrars and collections specialists to volunteer for the day to help catch up on projects such as accessioning, condition reporting, rehousing objects -- actually, any project that may benefit by having help from trained professionals. Take a look at our Flicker page to see pictures of past volunteer projects- https://www.flickr.com/photos/arcs4all/sets/72157661399455125/. If you would like to volunteer to join Les Bénévoles, you can when you register for the conference! Click the volunteer box on the registration form ( http://www.arcsinfo.org/programs/2017-vancouver-conference/registration). At the close of conference registration, you will be sent a confirmation and further details. If you have already registered and want to participate, please send an email to arcs4...@gmail.com with subject heading, “I want to volunteer”. Important Dates April 18, 2017 Deadline to register for ARCS PhotoSynthesis Workshop: https://www.arcsinfo.org/programs/2017-photography-workshop April 25, 2017 ARCS PhotoSynthesis Workshop: https://www.arcsinfo.org/programs/2017-photography-workshop in Astoria, NY. April 25, 2017 NY Social: http://www.arcsinfo.org/news-events/event/225/1/arcs-social-new-york-new-york May 3, 2017 Next #ARCSchat on Twitter, 8-9 pm EST. Topic is Registrar/Conservator collaborations: https://twitter.com/arcs4all May 12, 2017 Deadline for #ARCSConf-Conference Travel Stipend Applications: http://www.arcsinfo.org/programs/2017-vancouver-conference/travel-stipends- September 4, 2017 Deadline for requesting VISA letters from ARCS. For more info please see our ‘Getting There’ page: http://www.arcsinfo.org/programs/2017-vancouver-conference/travel-to-canada October 2, 2017 #ARCSConf-Conference Registration closes: http://www.arcsinfo.org/programs/2017-vancouver-conference/registration November 3-5, 2017 ARCS Conference, Vancouver, Canada: http://www.arcsinfo.org/programs/2017-vancouver-conference
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