>A colleague asked me to forward this message below to MCN members in >an open invitation to apply and participate in the annual VRA >conference this Spring. > >Best regards, >Maureen > >>Dear VRA members, >> >>I am happy to announce the Travel Awards for the Silver Jubilee conference >>in Kansas City. This year we are announcing the 2007 awards earlier than >>usual, with an earlier deadline for submission. We hope that by doing >>this we can 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 Tuesday, November 7, 2006. >> >>A preliminary conference schedule with a listing of most workshops and >>sessions will be posted on the VRA website late tomorrow (October 13). >>This information will be supplemented as things are confirmed, so please >>check back regularly: http://www.vraweb.org/conferences.html In >>addition, Rebecca Moss has provided the basic information for budgeting >>purposes: >> >>Dates: March 27 - April 1, 2007 >>Pre-registration costs: $175 for members, $325 for non-members >>Room rates (at conference hotel): $149 for single or double room >> >>We have very good news about the Travel Awards this year. There will be >>nine (9) awards of $750 available (6 Tansey Fund awards, 2 corporate >>awards from Gallery Systems and Archivision, plus the brand-new Kathe >>Albrecht award). In addition, there are two (2) corporate awards of >>$1,000 each for international members (from Davis Art Images and Saskia, >>Ltd.). We also have a new form of funding assistance to offer for 2007: >>Top-Up Awards. These are for applicants with some institutional support >>but who need to supplement it - the awards range from $250 to $500. A big >>thank-you goes out to all our Corporate Sponsors and to Kathe Albrecht for >>their support of this program! >> >>The application form this year will be available (very soon) in the >>MemberClicks section of the VRA website (thanks to Chris Hilker for >>putting together this easy to use form!). Before you apply, please read >>the document "Tips for VRA Travel Awards Applicants", which will be linked >>at the top of the form as well as the main website (I will send the link >>when it's available). 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 (2004-2006) >> >>Stay tuned and watch VRA-L and the VRA website for further details >>about the conference and posting of related documents. >> >>Best wishes, >>Jackie Spafford >>Co-Chair >>VRA Travel Awards Committee >> >>*************************************************************************** >> Jacqueline Spafford <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 >>*************************************************************************** > >Maureen A. Burns, Ed.D. >Humanities Curator >Visual Resources Collection >61 Humanities Instructional Building >University of California >Irvine, CA 92697-3375 >949-824-8027 phone >949-824-4298 fax >MABURNS at UCI.EDU
