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Annual Meeting 2007: Business Meeting Minutes

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:45:42 -0400

Annual Business Meeting Minutes
8:30-11:30 a.m., Sunday, October 28, 2007
Warwick Melrose Hotel, Dallas

1. Call to Order (President Hinojosa)

The Art Libraries Society of North America, Texas-Mexico Chapter’s Annual Business Meeting 2007 was held at the Warwick Melrose Hotel, San Antonio, Texas at 8:30 A.M., October 28, 2007. The meeting was called to order by President Selene Hinojosa.

2. Approval of 2006 Business Meeting Minutes (President Hinojosa)

President Hinojosa called for approval of the 2006 minutes. Jon Evans asked that the minutes specify that the Website referred to in Section Three is the 2005 ARLIS/NA Annual Conference website. Laura Schwartz moved to that the minutes be approved with that addition. Mark Pompelia seconded. The minutes were then unanimously approved.

Annual Meeting 2007: Webb Art Gallery Tour, Waxahachie

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:23:50 -0400

Tour of Webb Art Gallery, Waxahachie, Saturday, October 27, 2007

Webb Art Gallery, the 1987 love child of Bruce and Julie Webb, bursts at the seams with self-taught painting and sculpture, tramp art, fraternal lodge items, sideshow banners (“Two Noses” anyone?), and general strangeness. I loved it, and bought a trio of collages by an as-yet-unidentified architect. There were reports of other purchases and near-purchases. For those who could not attend, the Webb Art Gallery is a kind of cross between Austin’s Yard Dog Folk Art and the incomparable Uncommon Objects. Among the artists represented are Chelo Gonzalez Amezcua, Ike Morgan, Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Reverend Johnny Swearingen, and Dan Phillips. It is well worth a return trip.

Annual Meeting 2007: Waxahachie Tour

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:20:50 -0400

Tour of Waxahachie, Texas, Saturday, October 27, 2007

Margaret Culbertson led members on a tour of Waxahachie’s downtown square and a historic residential district. Ms. Culbertson, a former resident of Waxahachie, is currently the Director of the Hirsch Library at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

The tour began at the Rogers Hotel, a Prairie Style hotel of reinforced concrete. It was designed by architect C.D. Hill in 1912. After two hotels on the site burned down, the Rogers was designed to be as fire-resistant as possible.

The hotel anchors one corner of the courthouse square. The Ellis County Courthouse stands at the center of that square. It was designed by James Riely Gordon, though his association is somewhat accidental. The contractor, Otto Kroeger was hired to construct the courthouse and sold Ellis County the plans of his business associate, Gordon. It is unlikely that Gordon visited Waxahachie during the design process or building construction. He had earlier devised five courthouse plans that could be customized by government contractors. Construction progress was reported daily in the local newspaper. The carved stonework on the Richardsonian Romanesque courthouse is a highlight of the building. Carving was supervised by Harry Herley, a German craftsman who emigrated to Texas in 1890. A local legend that the carved faces chronicle Herley’s unrequited love affair persists. The uglification of the faces supposedly mirrors Herley’s increasing dissatisfaction with a local girl which did not return his affection. The accuracy of this legend cannot be confirmed, however.

Annual Meeting 2007: Hamon Arts Library Tour, Southern Methodist University

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:05:09 -0400

Tour of the Hamon Arts Library, Southern Methodist University, Friday, October 26, 2007

Members of the ARLIS TX/MX chapter attended a tour of the Hamon Arts Library at Southern Methodist University given by Beverly Mitchell, the library’s Fine Arts and Dance Librarian. The tour began with an introduction to Hamon’s Special Collections where Dr. Sam Ratcliffe, Head of Special Collections, displayed some examples of the artwork and documents for the then upcoming Meadows Museum exhibition, Jerry Bywaters: Interpreter of the Southwest & Lone Star Printmaker,. Bywaters was a professor of art at SMU and director of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, now the Dallas Museum of Art. Several of his works and archives, which Bywaters bequeathed to Hamon, comprise the nucleus of this exhibition. This exhibition runs from November 30th, 2007-March 2nd, 2008. Dr. Ratcliffe also took chapter members into the vault where he showed and discussed other special holdings of the library, including model drawings by Bywaters for post office murals in west Texas and the archives of Greer Garson.

Annual Meeting 2007: Pam Nelson Art Gallery Tour

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:31:22 -0400

Tour of the gallery of Pam Nelson, Saturday, October 27, 2007

Pamela Nelson, local artist and teacher graciously allowed us to tour her downtown loft home and studio on Saturday morning. Pam (as the whole world calls her) is also a member of the U. S. Commission of Fine Arts, and began the very successful homeless art classes in a downtown church. Since many of us were late, she and member Beverly Mitchell, were standing outside to usher us into an old office building near the central Dallas Public Library that she has turned into three large condominiums. Two are for rent and she and her husband use the top floor for themselves.

Annual Meeting 2007: Collecting Early Texas Art Panel Session

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:58:06 -0400

Collecting Early Texas Art panel discussion at the Hall of State Fair Park, Friday, October 26, 2007

This year, thanks to the efforts of Gwen Dixie, the ARLIS/NA Texas-Mexico chapter hosted a panel discussion titled Collecting Early Texas Art. Gwen managed to get four of the most preeminent names in early Texas art collecting to talk to us about their areas of interest and expertise. Personally I do not know anyone who could refuse Gwen (myself included), but I also suspect that each of the panelists were there because they know her and love and respect her as much as we do.

Annual Meeting 2007: Dallas Museum of Art Library Tour

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:38:09 -0400

Tour of Dallas Arts District, Thursday, October 25, 2007

The ARLIS Texas-Mexico group met at the lobby of the Warwick Melrose Hotel and headed to the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) for a self-guided tour. On Thursdays, the DMA is open late and has live music. While live jazz was playing in the dining area, a group of us walked up to tour the Mildred R. and Frederick M. Mayer Library.

Texas State University San Marcos librarians Karen Sigler, Selene Hinojosa, and Tara Spies in front of the Mayer Library at the DMA.

Librarians Mary Leonard and Jacqueline Allen gave us a brief tour and answered our questions. The library has over 55,000 titles and is still growing. They serve the public and the curatorial staff at the DMA. They have two reference areas and their collection is mainly focused on art reference materials, periodicals and serials. They also have artist files. The current library was built in 1991 with the renovation of the DMA. After the tour, we were on our own to explore the DMA galleries, the Nasher Sculpture Center, and the Crow Collection of Asian Art. We met for dinner at the Nasher Sculpture Center and went on a wonderful tour of the downtown arts district with Gwen Dixie.

Annual Meeting 2007: Dallas Arts District Tour

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:30:33 -0400

Tour of Dallas Arts District, Thursday, October 27, 2007

The 2007 ARLIS/NA Texas-Mexico Chapter Annual Meeting in Dallas got off to a great start with a leisurely ramble through the Raymond Nasher Sculpture Center. The “Nasher,” designed by architect Renzo Piano and landscape architect Peter Walker opened in 2003. The museum and garden consists entirely of modern and contemporary sculpture. Of particular note is the building’s roof, an engineering marvel designed by the London-based architectural consulting firm Arup. Their engineers plotted the sun's yearly path across the Dallas sky and then created a protective ‘sunscreen’ consisting of over a half-million aluminum ‘shells’ that deflect the sun’s damaging rays while flooding the galleries with natural sunlight.

Annual Meeting 2007: Fair Park Tour

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:23:22 -0500

Tour of Fair Park, Friday, October 26, 2007

What a treat! Brad Hamilton was the most amazing tour guide. His passion for the Texas State Fair and Fair Park was obvious. Fair Park was the site of the first World’s Fair in the Southwest, which took place in 1936. Fair Park has marvelous art deco structures, murals, and sculptures. Bob Thorton and George Dahl lobbied to get the World’s Fair in Dallas in 1936 for the Texas Centennial. Each building has a rich history. For example the first public radio station in Texas was in the annex building on the Fair Park grounds. Brad told us so many interesting tidbits.

Annual Meeting 2008 | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0400

2008 ARLIS/NA Texas-Mexico Chapter Annual Meeting
November 30–December 3, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Guadalajara skyline rendering

The Chapter is currently planning the 2008 meeting to take place in conjunction with the 22nd Guadalajara International Book Fair/22 Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara (FIL), which runs from 29 November-7 December. The Chapter will meet from Sunday to Wednesday, November 30-December 3.

Annual Meeting 2006: Austin, San Marcos, San Antonio

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:31:28 -0500

Austin Skyline

Registration should be postmarked by October 7 and sent to Craig Bunch (registration form is found at the bottom of this page).

Hotel Information

A special rate has been procured for meeting attendees at the following hotels:

October 19-20

Radisson Hotel & Suites Austin
$139 single/double/triple/quad occupancy (plus local occupancy taxes, currently 15% [as of May 2006])
Call 800-333-3333 to make your reservation.
Please note: All reservations must be guaranteed with a major credit card prior to the cut-off date of September 28, 2006.

October 21

Emily Morgan Hotel
$159 single or double occupancy (plus local occupancy taxes, currently 16.75% [as of May 2006])
Call 210-225-5100 or 800-824-6674 to make your reservation.
Please note: All reservations must be guaranteed with a major credit card prior to the cut-off date of September 28, 2006.

Agenda

Thursday, October 19

transit to Austin

Friday, October 20

8-8:30: Complimentary breakfast sponsored by The University of Texas Libraries
Dean's Conference Room, School of Architecture, Goldsmith Hall Room 2.308
8:30-9:45: Thomson Gale resource presentation
Dean's Conference Room
This presentation will focus on key products that may be beneficial to the art community, specifically their Eighteenth Century Collections Online, Corbis Images for Education, and the Sabin Collection.
10-11:30: Harry Ransom Center visual materials presentation
"One of the world's finest cultural archives, the Harry Ransom Center houses 36 million literary manuscripts, one million rare books, five million photographs, and over 100,000 works of art."
11:30-1:15: Complimentary lunch sponsored by The University of Texas Libraries
1:30-4: Blanton Art Museum collection presentation and gallery tour
"The Blanton’s permanent collection is composed of over 17,000 works of art from Europe, the United States and Latin America. The museum also features a dynamic changing exhibition schedule that allows visitors to experience a broad range of artistic expression and history."
6-9: Catered Texas BBQ dinner hosted by Beth Dodd and Greg Smith

Saturday, October 21

8:30-9: transit to San Marcos
9-9:30: Complimentary breakfast sponsored by the Wittliff Gallery
9:30-10:30: Wittliff Gallery tour
"The Wittliff Gallery of Southwestern & Mexican Photography at Texas State University-San Marcos is a creative center and archives devoted to the photographic cultures of Mexico and the Southwestern United States."
10:30-11:30: Southwestern Writers Collection tour
"Founded by Bill and Sally Wittliff at Texas State University-San Marcos in 1986, the Southwestern Writers Collection has become a distinguished and steadily-growing archive, charged with preserving, exhibiting, and providing access to the papers and artifacts of principal writers, filmmakers, and musicians of the Southwest."
11:45-1:15: Lunch at Palmer’s
1:30-2:30: transit to San Antonio
2:30: check into hotel
3:30-4: transit to Magic Lantern Castle Museum
4-6: Magic Lantern Castle Museum lecture and tour provided by Jack Judson, CEO, Director, Curator, Historian (technology), Owner.
"The Magic Lantern Castle Museum contains exhibits of many hundreds of items of equipment, glass slides, illustrations, prints, and other items that relate to the history of the magic lantern (lantern slide projector) and scientific optic projection apparatus from the 1700s to 1900s…. There is a fairly extensive library of original catalogues, books, prints, illustrations, etc. from the 19th century, plus extensive files of information on the subject of magic lantern equipment and usage from the 1600s to present."
6-9 Chapter dinner at Silo

Sunday, October 22

8-8:30: Breakfast at the Emily Morgan Hotel (included with meeting registration)
8:30-11:30: Chapter business meeting

2006 Annual Meeting Registration Form

Annual Meeting 2006: Wittliff Gallery and Iturbide Exhibition

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 19:35:32 -0500

On October 21st, 2006, the ARLIS/NA Texas-Mexico Chapter visited the Special Collections area of the Alkek Library at Texas State University in San Marcos Texas. As you have already read, we visited the entire Special Collections area which includes the Southwest Writer’s Collection, Special Collections Archives, and the Wittliff Gallery of Southwestern and Mexican Photography. Our hostess for this part of the tour was Carla Ellard, Assistant Curator of the photographic and book collection, which all focus on Mexican and Southwestern photography and photographers.

Annual Meeting 2006: Business Meeting Minutes

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:39:27 -0500

1. Call to Order (Schaub)

The Art Libraries Society of North America, Texas-Mexico Chapter Annual Business Meeting 2006 was held at the Emily Morgan Hotel, San Antonio, Texas at 8:30 A.M., October 22, 2006.

2. Approval of 2005 Business Meeting Minutes (Schaub)

The meeting was called to order by President Elizabeth Schaub, who then prompted discussion of the 2005 minutes. Laura Schwartz noted the misspelling of Marianne Stockebrand’s name on page four. After that correction was made, Mark Pompelia moved that the minutes be approved. Gwen Dixie seconded the motion.

3. Introductions and President’s Report (Schaub)

The members of the Art Libraries Society of North America, Texas-Mexico Chapter at the meeting introduced themselves. Those present were Craig Bunch (Coldspring-Oakhurst CISD), Margaret Culbertson (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston), Gwen Dixie (Dallas Public Library), Beth Dodd (University of Texas at Austin), Sam Duncan (University of Texas at Austin), Carla Ellard (Texas State University), Catherine Essinger (University of Houston), Jon Evans (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston), Selene Hinojosa (Texas State University), Ann Jones (McNay Art Museum), Katherine O’Dell (Southwestern University), Mark Pompelia (Rice University), Elizabeth Schaub (University of Texas at Austin), Laura Schwartz (University of Texas at Austin), Karen Sigler (Texas State University), Tara Spies (Texas State University), and Allen Townsend (Amon Carter Museum).

President Schaub reported that her presidency focused on issues related to the ARLIS/NA Chapter Affiliation Agreement, communication between chapters and headquarters regarding member status, and chapter concerns about the role headquarters plays vis-á-vis chapters’’ Web responsibilities.

President Schaub stated that she discussed the ARLIS/NA Chapter Affiliation Agreement via a chapter officer listserv. She also participated in a conference call relating to the Agreement on August 22, 2006 with attorney Michael Deese, as well as NA colleagues Barbara Rominski and Trish Rose, ARLIS/NA President Ann Whiteside and ARLIS/NA Executive Director Elizabeth Clarke.

The Affiliation Agreement raised issues surrounding chapter versus NA membership. The ARLIS/NA bylaws stipulate that “membership in a chapter is conditional upon membership in the Society.” The ARLIS/NA Executive Board has determined this clause must be observed by each chapter. The Texas-Mexico Chapter’s bylaws state that membership is open to all members of ARLIS/NA and are, therefore, in compliance with NA’s bylaws. President Schaub expressed the need for a better mechanism by which Headquarters and chapters communicate about individuals interested in membership, in order to enhance recruitment activities. She has been working with South Regional Representative Heather Ball to address these concerns with Headquarters.

President Schaub discussed the chapter Web site and noted that ARLIS/NA requires the Texas-Mexico Chapter maintain the 2005 Web site in perpetuity. The ARLIS/NA management recognizes challenges related to this issue. President Schaub and Vice President/President Elect Sam Duncan have been working with ARLIS/NA South Regional Representative Heather Ball to suggest beneficial solutions for review by Headquarters and the NA Board.

President Schaub also reported that she has investigated liability issues related to the relationship of ARLIS/NA and the chapters. A more detailed discussion of these issues followed in New Business.

President Schaub thanked Sam Duncan for redesigning the chapter Web site. She thanked everyone who helped make her presidency a success, particularly her colleagues Beth Dodd and Laura Schwartz. She thanked Beth Dodd and Greg Smith for hosting the chapter dinner on Friday, October 20th, Laura Schwartz for arranging the Blanton Art Gallery tour and providing members with notecards, Mark Pompelia for coordinating the hotel arrangements, Carla Ellard, Selene Hinojosa, Karen Sigler, and Tara Spies for hosting the Texas State University tours, Craig Bunch for being a responsive Treasurer, Catherine Essinger for volunteering to take minutes, Sam Duncan for being a wonderful collaborator, and past presidents Schwartz, Evans, and Pompelia for inspiring leadership in others. She also thanked all those present for attending the annual meeting.

4. Treasurer’s Report (Bunch)

Treasurer Bunch distributed his report of account balances, income, and expenses from January 1-October 18, 2006. He explained that recent changes altered several figures on the report. He will revise and re-submit the report in the coming weeks. The relatively healthy balance now held by the chapter inspired discussion. It was suggested that the chapter may increase the Lois Swan Jones Award in coming years or use the money to provide a new service.

4a. Updated Treasurer’s Report

ARLIS/Texas-Mexico Treasurer’s Report

Annual Meeting 2006: Harry Ransom Center Visual Materials Presentation

Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:52:08 -0500

Meeting held Friday, October 20, 2006. 10-11:30 a.m.

This year’s progressive conference was rich with interesting and informative tours. What better way to warm the trail than with the incredible visual materials found at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin. The HRC Web site identifies the collections as “one of the world's finest cultural archives ... [which] houses 36 million literary manuscripts, one million rare books, five million photographs, and over 100,000 works of art.”

Annual Meeting 2006: Blanton Museum of Art Tours

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 20:05:52 -0500

Tour held Friday, October 20, 2006

Tours de force is perhaps the best way to describe the expert and enthusiastic Blanton Museum of Art tours by Blanton curators Kelly Baum and Jonathan Bober. Kelly focused on the collections of modern and contemporary American and Latin American art, while Jonathan concentrated on the major exhibition of Luca Cambiaso, which he co-curated. The following are among the highlights they provided.

The Blanton Museum of Art opened in 2006 after a quarter-century of planning, designing, and fundraising. Designed by Kallmann McKinnell & Wood Architects to complement existing buildings, the museum houses some 17,000 works of art, with only a fraction on display at any given time. There are four main departments: prints and drawings, European art, twentieth-century Latin American art, and American art. With virtually no acquisitions budget, the Blanton has relied on major donations which include the James and Mari Michener Collection of American Art, the Barbara Duncan Collection of Latin American Art, the C.R. Smith Collection of Western Art, the Suida-Manning Collection of Renaissance and Baroque Art, and the Leo Steinberg Collection of Prints.