**ARCS Board Election Results**
ARCS is pleased to welcome Samantha Forsko to the Board. Congratulations, Samantha! We look forward to the start of your service at the Board’s annual meeting in June.
**ARCS Social in Miami**
ARCS is pleased to announce our next networking social for both ARCS members and soon-to-be members!
When:
May 16, 2018
5 PM - 7 PM
Where:
Boxelder Craft Beer Market
2817 NW 2nd Ave. Miami, FL 33127
These get-togethers are a wonderful way for you to get to know other registrars and collections specialists in your area. They are casual, (no sales pitches!) and fun. AND bring your business card, because at every ARCS Social there is a drawing for a free one-year ARCS membership!
Generously sponsored by Artex.
**Registrars and Collections Specialists Mentoring Program**
Have you been wondering whether the RCS Mentoring Program would benefit you? Jennifer Reifsneider, Registrar at the Missoula Art Museum, shares her experience with the program:
The ARCS mentorship program has been a valuable resource for me. In Montana, colleagues are far-flung and professional development opportunities are rare. It’s easy to be pulled in too many directions, but after just a couple of conversations with my mentor, I felt empowered to reset my focus on the collection. Danielle’s perspectives helped me to better organize my workload, identify solutions to nagging problems, and make my co-workers more aware of best practices. I recommend the program to anyone looking for fresh connections and inspiration.
**Catch Up on #ARCSchat**
**Meet Your ARCS Board Members**
This month we would like to introduce you to Board Member Jean Gilmore.
“I retired from the Brandywine River Museum in late 2013, after 31+ years as Museum Registrar. Over those decades I accessioned thousands of works of art; made loan, transportation, insurance, and photography arrangements for works included in hundreds of exhibitions; initiated and maintained a computerized database of collections and loans; supervised the accessioning and cataloguing of thousands of objects in two historic artist studios and a historic house; participated in two building expansion projects; and had the once-in-a-lifetime experience of couriering an exhibition to and from nine locations around the world, including to Leningrad and Moscow when they were still part of the Soviet Union. With my good friend and partner, Rebecca Buck, I co-edited the 4th and 5th editions of Museum Registration Methods and co-authored On the Road Again and Collection Conundrums.
Since retirement, I have continued work in registration through Buck & Gilmore, LLC, our museum consulting business, and through my work with ARCS. I am a Founding Board Member of ARCS and served two terms as vice-president. I have been chair of the Governance Committee since 2015 and contributed to the work of other committees, such as Editorial Review and Website. My service on the ARCS Board will end in June 2019. While I will continue to support ARCS and promote the profession of Registrar, I expect to have a bit more time to pursue my other passions: knitting, playing with my two dogs and one cat, attending opera and theater performances, learning Italian, and writing poetry. Oh yes, and enjoying my husband!
**Important Dates**