There is still time to apply for one of these awards. Deadline is 30 November 9am US Central Time. Please pass on to interested parties. With apologies for cross-posting once again.
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VRA Travel Awards are available for attendance at the 2011 joint VRA & ARLIS/NA conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 24-28. The deadline for receipt of applications will be November 30, 9am Central Time. The list of recipients will be announced on the VRA listserv the second week of December.
HERE'S THE LINK TO THE APP: http://www.vraweb.org/ under What’s New: Apply for a Travel Award to the 2011 Joint Conference.
Before you apply, PLEASE READ "Travel Award Rules and Guidelines", "Tips for VRA Travel Awards Applicants", and "Types of Travel Awards", all linked here as PDFs: http://www.vraweb.org/organization/committees/travel/index.html
A preliminary conference schedule with a listing of workshops and sessions has already been posted at: http://vraarlis11.sched.org/ and information about costs is posted here: http://www.vra-arlis2011.org/
Again, for 2011, we are fortunate to have generous financial support available:
* Up to six Tansey fund awards of $250 to $850 each
* The Kathe Hicks Albrecht award of $850 (for a first-time conference attendee)
* The Gallery Systems award of $800
* Two New Horizons awards of $850 each. These awards are aimed at members in the following categories: solo VR professionals, part-time VR professionals, geographically isolated VR professionals, VR professionals in smaller institutions, and/or first-time attendees
* The Davis Art Top-up award of $250
* The Joseph C. Taormina Memorial Travel Award of $250
* A New Horizons student travel award of $300, for a full-time student enrolled in an accredited degree program and considering a career in visual resources
* One international award, amount as yet to be determined
More awards may become available and will be announced on this listserv. Also, stay tuned and watch VRA-L and the VRA website for further details about the conference. Please email if you have any questions not answered by the documents noted above.
Best wishes,
Heidi Eyestone & Vicky Brown
Co-Chairs, VRA Travel Awards Committee
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Heidi Eyestone
Visual Resources Collection
Art and Art History
Carleton College
One North College Street
Northfield, MN 55057
507 222-5399
507 222-7042 fax
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Vicky Brown, Visual Resources Curator
History of Art Department, University of Oxford
Suite 9, Littlegate House
St Ebbes
Oxford OX1 1PT
UK
+44 (0)1865 286839
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