ARLIS/New England & VRA-New England Spring Meeting
Fairfield UniversityFairfield, CT
May 11, 2012 Please join us for the Spring 2012 Visual Resources Association - Joint Meeting with the New England Chapter and the Greater New York Chapter in Fairfield, Connecticut
Location:
Bellarmine Hall, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut
Dates and times:
Friday, May 11, 2012, 10:00 am 4:30 pm
Meeting and Mini-Conference Schedule:
10:00-10:30 Registration and light breakfast: Classroom, Bellarmine Museum of Art
10:30-12:30 Visual Resources and Library Presentations, Diffley Board Room
o 10:30-10:45 Welcome and Introductions
o 10:45-11:30 Visual Resources at Yale: Recent Trends and New Developments, Presenters: Robert Carlucci, Manager, Visual Resources Collections, Yale University and Carolyn Caizzi, Digital Projects Manager, Yale University Library
o 11:30-12:00 Opening Access to Works in the Public Domain at Yale, Presenter: Melissa Gold Fournier, Associate Registrar & Manager of Imaging Services, Yale Center for British Art
o 12:00-12:30 Shared Shelf Demonstration, Presenter TBD.
12:30-2:00 Lunch in the Great Hall and on the Terrace
2:00-2:45: Business meetings for VRA NE and VRA NYC
o VRA NE in Diffley Board Room
o VRA NYC in BMA Classroom
2:45 - 3:45 Exhibits and Tours
o Guided or self-guided tour of the current BMA exhibition, Immortality of the Spirit: Chinese Funerary Art from the Han and Tang Dynasties
o Guided tour of the Samuel Kress Collection of Italian Renaissance and Baroque Paintings in the permanent collection of the BMA with museum director, Dr. Jill Deupi
o Visit the Walsh Art Gallery in the Quick Center for the Arts: on view SoloCollective: Junior/Senior Seminar Exhibition.
2:45 - 3:45 Social Time - BMA Classroom, Enjoy coffee and dessert and catch up with your colleagues, before you hit the road
Registration fee: TBD Please bring check on day of event, r.s.v.p. to cweber@fairfield.edu by May 1, 2012.
Transportation:
MetroNorth train service to Fairfield (not Fairfield Metro) Station http://as0.mta.info/mnr/schedules/sched_form.cfm - we will meet the 8:34 a.m. train from NYC arrives Fairfield 9:52 (when you rsvp, let me know that you want to be picked up) We will get you back to the 4:44 train. 15-20 minute walk to station./p>
No public transportation within Fairfield, taxi service available at train station. Red Dot Taxi Service: 203-330-1003.
Directions and Parking:
http://www.fairfield.edu/arts/bell_map.html - directions, maps, scroll all the way down on this page to see the map that shows were the museum is.
Exact parking instructions to follow.
Lodging:
http://www.fairfield.edu/about/about_hotels.html See this link for a listing of all nearby lodging choices.
The Fairfield Motor Inn http://www.fairfieldcircleinn.com/ (is the nearest option special rate $85 plus tax, you must say you are coming to an event @ Fairfield U. to get this rate)
Let me know if you are spending the night (Thursday or Friday) as I would like to host drinks or dinner at my house for anyone who is going to be in town.
Local Dinner Options:
http://www.fairfield.edu/about/about_restaurants.html See this link for an extensive listing of nearby restaurants. Below are some of my favorites in Fairfield:
The Chefs Table soups and salads
Martel French bistro
Frank Pepe Pizzeria an off-shoot of the famous New Haven original
Osianna Mediterranean cuisine
Coromandel excellent Indian, in Southport
Shake Shack is just down the road in Westport
Please contact Carey Mack Weber (cweber@fairfield.edu) with any questions.
