Gallery Systems travel award

Dear Colleagues,

We are very pleased to announce Gallery Systems has sponsored a $750 travel award for a media professional working in a museum environment to attend the annual conference “Capitalizing on Creativity” in Providence, Rhode Island April 3-6, 2013.  This will be Gallery System’s 9th year for sponsoring a travel award to the VRA Annual Conference.  Thank you, Gallery Systems!

If you haven’t done so already, please go to the conference website for to look at the program http://vra2013annualconference.sched.org and information about costs http://www.vraweb.org/conferences/vra31/accommodations/
http://www.vraweb.org/conferences/vra31/registration/

The deadline for receipt of applications will be Monday, November 26, 10 am EST.
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/about/awards/index.html#travel

HERE’S THE LINK TO THE APPLICATION:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEM1Zkdsdlo2dGZ1TEJRN3hGQWxjR2c6MQ#gid=0

The form is also linked from the What’s New on the VRA homepage.

You do not need to be a member of the VRA to apply for a travel award, but please note that upon winning an award an applicant who is not a member of VRA must purchase a membership, with the option to use funding from the travel award to do this.

So if you’re a media professional working in a museum or collection, don’t delay – apply today!

Good luck,

Heidi Eyestone & Vicky Brown
Co-Chairs, VRA Travel Awards Committee