CALL FOR PAPERS
"Don't Fence Me In: The Arts in the Mountain West"
ARLIS/NA WESTERN REGIONAL CONFERENCE
Host: ARLIS/AZ
Location: Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ
Dates: October 10-13, 1996
The Mountain West has traditionally been defined by its remote and
independent qualities. These qualities are expressed in the various=
art
forms produced in and about this geographic area defined by the states=
of
Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah and
Wyoming. Equally remote and independent are some of the institutions=
which
attempt to collect, provide access and disseminate these artistic
expressions. In addition to three paper session, the conference=
will
include a luncheon session with regional authors, a special session=
with
two Native American artists, Ed Singer and Carm Little Turtle, as
keynote speakers as well as a discussion session on the formation=
of a
Mountain West regional chapter as a recognized entity within ARLIS/NA.
Papers for the session listed below are now being requested. Proposals
should include:
Name of speaker, speaker's affiliation, address, telephone number,=
FAX
number, E mail address;
Session in which speaker wishes to participate;
Title of proposed paper;
Paper abstract of no longer than 100 words;
Equipment requests.
Questions regarding the individual sessions should be directed to=
the
session moderators. Proposals are due June 10, 1996 to:
Winberta Yao, Conference Program Coordinator, Hayden Library, Arizona=
State
University, Tempe, AZ 85287, tel: 602-965-8168, fax: 602-965-9169,=
email:
[log in to unmask]
SESSION I:
"From Collaboration to Elaboration: Land Art in the Mountain West"
Moderator: Ann Lally, Architecture Librarian, College of Architecture,=
The
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, tel: 520-621-2498, fax:
520-621-8700, email: [log in to unmask]
This session will examine works of art created in the southwestern=
and
western regions of the United States in the late twentieth century.=
This
type of art has been known variously as "Environmental Art," "Site=
Specific
Sculpture," "Earthworks," "Earth Art," and "Land Art." The session=
invites
papers which cover both those works which are designed to be permanent
additions/alterations of the landscape as well as those of a more
transitory nature.
SESSION II:
"Open Vistas on the Internet"
Moderator: Mary Johnson, Librarian, Arizona Department of Public=
Safety
Library, 2310 N. 20Th Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85009, tel: 602-223-2300,=
fax:
602-223-2931, email: ?
Collections in remote areas are challenged to maintain current and=
historic
perspective on their subject specialties with =00=00=00=00=00=00=05=C4budget=
and space.
The Internet has emerged as an ideal reference tool for remote collections,
providing information access to and distributing information from=
sources
worldwide. This session invites papers to discuss issues related=
to
current use of the internet as a reference tool, information preparation
for the internet, search methodologies on the internet, as well as
intellectual property rights and copyright.
SESSION III:
"Fences or Gateways: The Myth and Reality of Cooperative Ventures=
in the
Era of Information Access"
Moderator: R. Brooks Jeffery, Curator, College of Architecture, The
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, tel: 520-621-2991, fax:
520-621-8700, email: [log in to unmask]
Shared collection resources, through the development of cooperative
ventures, has always been one of the goals of information technology.=
Now
that sophisticated databases and worldwide electronic access are=
as much of
a reality as dwindling resources, what are the issues facing curators,
managers and administrators as they begin to construct cooperative=
ventures
and consortia between institutions? How are the goals of interoperability
between collections obtained without sacrificing the collection's=
unique
identity? This session invites formal position papers and case studies
which address the above issues of collection management in an age=
of
information technology.
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