Beautiful & Useful: Supporting the Arts & Crafts in the 21st Century: 4th–
6th July 2007.
This year the ARLIS UK & Ireland Conference goes to Cheltenham to the park
land setting of the University of Gloucestershire Park campus in the
centre of town.
Cheltenham, "England's most complete Regency town", is also a home to the
Arts and Crafts Movement. In responding to this aspect of the conference
venue, the programme aims to encourage art, design and architecture
librarians to look more closely at how their work supports both the
research and the practice of art and crafts in the new millennium.
Topics encompass the digitising of the Northern Italian sketch book of
Charles Rennie Mackintosh; creating an online interactive catalogue of the
works and papers of Birgit Skiold; researching and marketing artists books
and the role of special collections in supporting teaching and learning
Study visits have been arranged to local resource centres including the
Whittington Press, behind the scenes at Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum,
which houses one of the world’s most important Arts and Crafts
collections, and the hidden treasure of a late Arts and Crafts house and
garden at Rodmarton Manor.
Discounts on early booking before 18th May. For further details and
booking information, please visit our website at www.arlis.org.uk.
For up to date information on forthcoming workshops and free visits
please see the online ARLIS/UK & Ireland Events Calendar 2007 at
http://www.arlis.org.uk/even/
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