Announcing the Recipients of the 2026 vrcHost Membership Awards

Written By PR&C Officer

TheVRA Awards Committee is delighted to announce that twenty-two information professionals have been selected as recipients of the 2026 vrcHost Membership Awards.

ThevrcHost Membership Awards provide a year of individual VRA membership, and chapter memberships of the recipient’s choice. They are intended to provide VRA memberships to engage new members in the organization and to help existing members who need financial assistance retain their VRA membership.

This third round of awards are sponsored byvrcHost, a company that offers comprehensive solutions for the Madison Digital Image Database (MDID) project--installation, integration, hosting, customization, and software development--while also serving as the exclusive agent for the Archivision Research Library, which provides professional architecture and art photography with rich metadata for educational purposes. VRA is grateful for vrcHost’s continued generosity.

Congratulations to:

  • Abdelmoniem Mohammed Abdelmoniem Mohammed Gomaa, Fayoum University

  • Anna Huetteman, Wayne State University

  • Carli Neustadt, Central Park Conservancy

  • Claire Cirocco, Wayne State University

  • Drew Facklam, Northeastern University

  • Erin Robinson, San Jose State University

  • Kong Pei Yen, New York University

  • Mariah Isbell, Emory University

  • Marlene Moser, Art, Design and Architecture Museum

  • Michelle Susan Varteresian, Independent

  • Olivia McCall, The Peter Hujar Foundation

  • Raegan C. Stearns, Alabama State University

  • Sam Neat, University of Illinois

  • Sarah Young, Kirkwood Community College

  • Sasha Kim, Bowling Green State University

  • shady Radical, The Radical Archive Project

  • Thomas Gailis, George Washington University

  • Tiffany Gray, Georgia State University

  • Timothy Provenzano, Arizona State University

  • William Neumaier, Wayne State University

  • …and two anonymous awardees

Please join us in welcoming these new members to the Visual Resources Association and in thanking vrcHost for funding these awards.

With much appreciation,

VRA Awards Committee

PR&C Officer
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