> Visual Resources Association Conference - Travel Awards > > 2008 San Diego, California > > March 12 > -> 16, 2008 > > > I am happy to announce the Travel Awards for attendance at the 2008 > conference in San Diego, CA, March 12-16. Again we are announcing the > 2008 awards earlier than in the past, with an earlier deadline for > submission. Our goal with this last year was to be able to inform the > recipients much sooner, who in turn can register and get in to workshops > and other events that may fill up early. The new deadline for receipt of > applications will be Wednesday, November 14, 2007 (5pm Pacific Time). > Recipients will be informed no later than Wednesday, November 28, 2007. > > A preliminary conference schedule with a listing of most workshops and > sessions will be posted very soon at http://vraweb.org/conferences/index.html > This information will be supplemented as things are confirmed, so please > check back regularly. Basic conference cost information is already > available to help with planning: > > Pre-registration costs: $195 for members > Room rates (at conference hotel): $189 for single or double occupancy, > $209 for triple, $229 for quadruple > > This year there will be nine awards of $750 available (6 Tansey Fund > awards, two corporate sponsored awards from Archivision and Gallery Systems, > and the Kathe Hicks Albrecht award). In addition, there are two corporate > sponsored awards of $1,000 each for international members from Davis Art > Images and Saskia, Ltd. as well as Top-Up Awards. These are for applicants > with some funding but who need to supplement it - the awards range from $250 > to $500. A huge thank-you goes out to all our Corporate Sponsors and to > Kathe Albrecht for their support of this program! > > The application form will again be available in the MemberClicks section > of the VRA website. Before you apply, please read "Types of Travel > Awards", "Travel Award Rules and Guidelines", and "Tips for VRA Travel > Awards Applicants", all linked here as PDFs: > http://www.vraweb.org/organization/committees/travel/index.html > > Two notes about eligibility: you must be a VRA member to apply, and you > cannot have won a VRA Travel Award in the last three years (2005-2007). > International members (anyone based outside the US) are strongly > encouraged to apply as we now have two awards of $1,000 available. > > Stay tuned and watch VRA-L and the VRA website for further details > about the conference and posting of related documents. Please email if > you have any questions not answered by the documents noted above. > > Best wishes, > Jackie Spafford > Chair > VRA Travel Awards Committee > > About The Visual Resources Association: > VRA is a multi-disciplinary organization dedicated to furthering research and > education in the field of image management within the educational, cultural > heritage, and commercial environments. The Association is committed to > providing leadership in the visual resources field, developing and advocating > standards, and offering educational tools and opportunities for the benefit > of the community at large. The VRA implements these goals through publication > programs and educational activities. > The Association offers a forum for issues of vital concern to the field, > including: preservation of and access to digital and analog images of visual > culture; cataloging and classification standards and practices; integration > of technology-based instruction and research; intellectual property policy; > and other topics of interest to the field. > Through collaboration, partnership, and outreach with the broader information > management and educational communities, the Association actively supports the > primacy of visual information in documenting and understanding humanity's > shared cultural experience. > > > ***************************************************************************> > Jacqueline Spafford <spafford at arthistory.ucsb.edu> <mailto:spafford at > arthistory.ucsb.edu> > Visual Resources Curator, Department of History of Art and Architecture > University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-7080 > Work phone: 805-893-2509 Fax: 805-893-7117 > > > > > Posted by > Jacqueline Allen > The Mildred R. and Frederick M. Mayer > Director of Libraries and Imaging Services > Dallas Museum of Art > 1717 N. Harwood > Dallas, TX 75201 > T 214/922-1276 > F 214/954-0174 > jallen at DallasMuseumofArt.org > www.DallasMuseumofArt.org >
