In conversation with…

In our September feature we catch up with Lorraine Blackman, Awards Manager at the Royal Society of Sculptors (RSS) and ex-Business Manager of ARLIS/UK and Ireland. Lorraine talks to us about managing the dynamic events programme at the RSS and fills us in on some of the things she’s been up to since leaving ARLIS. […]

Viva las Projectionistas: ARLIS celebrates women’s art through slides

ARLIS UK and Ireland celebrates 50 years with a series of events. Goldsmiths looks back at the 35mm colour slide and the way it has helped introduce the work of women artists into the curriculum with an evening of simultaneous projections in the stunning converted bathhouse of Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art. This has been […]

Visit to the Chelsea College of Arts MA summer show 2019

The ARLIS Professional Development Committee are offering a casual, self-guided tour of the Chelsea College of Arts MA Summer Show. The show features student work from the MA Graphic Design Communication, MA Interior and Spatial Design, and MA Textile Design courses. Please note that the MA Fine Art show has already taken place. When: Tuesday […]

Write-up: Taking the Plunge: Considering a career in art librarianship

‘Taking the Plunge: Considering a career in art librarianship’, ARLIS/UK & Ireland Professional Development Committee, Chelsea College of Arts, University of London, Tuesday 28th June 2019. On Tuesday 28th June 2019 the Professional Development committee of ARLIS held the yearly event for aspiring library and information professionals considering a career in art librarianship. I attended […]

The Art Education Library, June 2019

The Art Education Library Part I – University of St Andrews. 17-28 June 2019 Part II – Basic Mountain, Edinburgh. 23 June 2019 This event was the inaugural presentation of The Art Education Library, a collaboration between Andrew Demetrius and Naomi Garriock taking the form of a participatory installation. Our shared research interests involve a […]

ARLIS/UK & Ireland Travel and Study Award Report: ARCLIB conference, Venice, May 2019

‘Globalism, Diversity, Exchange’, ARCLIB conference, Venice, 8-11 May 2019 With the support of ARLIS/UK & Ireland and ICOM UK, I was fortunate to attend the ARCLIB (Architecture Librarians’ Group) conference in Venice, the theme for which this year was ‘Globalism, Diversity, Exchange’. The conference centred on the ways in which library services can contribute to […]