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    • 6 Nov 2026
    • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
    • 23 Cranberry St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
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    Join the New York chapter of ARLIS/NA for a visit to the Asia Art Archive in America. This program will welcome new and returning visitors to Asia Art Archive in America for a tour of our reading room collection and current exhibition, Zine* Together. We will share information on the history of Asia Art Archive and how to navigate our physical and digital resources. 

    Zine* Together is the first exhibition of its kind to examine Asian American zines not only as objects, but as actions—creative, collective, and relational. Drawing from Asia Art Archive in America’s Reading Room collection, this exhibition highlights collaboratively produced zines from 2010 to the present, alongside newly commissioned projects and prompts that trace zine-making as a mode of shared authorship and community building. Zine* Together, itself a collaborative project, is organized by Claire Kim, Susanna Chang, Sarula Bao, Michelle Yee, Elizabeth Chung, Mary Y. Yang, Chen Luo, and Tasnima Tanzim. 

    Since 2000, AAA has been collecting primary and secondary materials surrounding recent art in Asia and our growing Research and Library Collections now contain over 120,000 records, ranging from publications and ephemera to correspondence, photographic documentation, and video recordings. To facilitate access and improve the user experience, AAA updates features on the digital platform, making sure these valuable resources remain available to users worldwide.

    If you have any questions about the visit, feel free to reach out to Bridget O’Keefe, Programming Coordinator at bridget_okeefe@moma.org

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    • 9 Nov 2026
    • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
    • 505 Carroll St, #2B Brooklyn NY, 11215
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    Join the New York chapter of ARLIS/NA for a visit to BLUE: The TATTER Textile Library. The visit will include a viewing of Shisha, Kantha, and Kachchh: South Asian Domestic Embroidery in the TATTER Collection, the first long-term exhibition in the Blue Library. 

    Shisha, Kantha, and Kachchh: South Asian Domestic Embroidery in the TATTER Collection pulls together and highlights pieces from the collection that present domestic textiles as works of art and their makers as artists, this exhibition includes shisha mirrorwork panels, kantha-stitched coverings for the home, and Kachchh (Kutch) dowry bags. These objects incorporate traditional motifs reflective of rural and nomadic life in the delta and desert regions of India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. While they display the creativity and individual hands of the women and girls who made them, they also show signs of life in their wear and stains. 

    BLUE is an exercise in legacy, interweaving the personal collections of three women: Edith Robinson Wyle (1918-1999), founder of the Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles; her granddaughter Jordana Munk Martin, founder of TATTER; and Carol Westfall (1938-2016), renowned fiber artist and professor. 

    Registration will be capped at 15 attendees. Attendance is limited to chapter members. 

    If you have any questions about the visit, feel free to reach out to Bridget O’Keefe, Programming Coordinator at bridget_okeefe@moma.org



    • 13 Nov 2026
    • 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    • Zoom
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    Dear ARLIS/NY Members,

    Please join us for the ARLIS/NY 2026 Fall Business Meeting on Friday, November 13, from 3:00–5:00 p.m. ET via Zoom!

    We'll reflect on the year's chapter activities, hear updates from the Executive Board, review the slate of candidates for the 2027 Board, discuss important chapter bylaws initiatives and the future of the ARLIS/NY archive, and look ahead to another year of programming and community-building.

    We're also delighted to welcome Wendy Tronrud as our keynote speaker.

    Keynote Discussion: Seeing Things Differently: Wendy Tronrud on the Adrian Piper Reading Resources Project and Teaching with Visual Resources. 

    Keynote Speaker: Wendy Tronrud

    Wendy Tronrud will discuss her work with A.rt R.esources T.ransfer, including Reading Resources, a critical literacy teaching guide developed around the work of artist and philosopher Adrian Piper. Designed for use in libraries, schools, prisons, and other educational settings, the guide uses art to encourage critical inquiry, challenge assumptions, and explore how we understand ourselves and others.

    Her talk will invite art librarians to consider the educational potential of their collections and their role in fostering discovery, critical thinking, and meaningful engagement with art.

    About Wendy Tronrud

    Wendy Tronrud is an Assistant Professor of English Education at Queens College, CUNY and a former NYC high school teacher. She finished her doctorate in nineteenth century literature at the CUNY Graduate Center in 2020 and was the founding Associate Director of Education Programs with the Bard Prison Initiative until she joined QC in 2022. She works on the intersection between literature, education and visual arts with publications in the Emily Dickinson Journal, Women’s Studies, ESQ, Camera Austria, Brooklyn Rail amongst others. Since 2015, she has developed an annual online critical literacy through the arts curriculum, Reading Resources, with the non-profit organization, Art Resources Transfer.

    Any questions can be directed to chair, Sherri Machlin at sherrimachlin@gmail.com. 



Past events

5 Nov 2026 Visit to Pratt Institute Libraries' special collections
15 Oct 2026 Library180 Visit
14 Oct 2026 Early Career Professional Panel
2 Oct 2026 Visit to the Asia Society Museum
21 Sep 2026 [RESCHEDULED] Tour of "Martha Graham: The Mother of Psychological Dance" @ The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
18 Aug 2026 Visit to the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club Collections
30 Jul 2026 Chapter viewing of "Ruffles & Ribbons: Fashion Plates from the Time of Marie Antoinette" at the Frick Collection
4 Jun 2026 Chapter Visit to Booklyn
11 May 2026 Chapter Tour of "Mystery and Wonder: A Legacy of Golden Age Magicians in New York City" at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
4 May 2026 Chapter Gathering in Montréal
4 Apr 2026 Visit to BPL's Library for Arts & Culture
6 Mar 2026 Franklin Furnace Archive Visit
3 Mar 2026 NYPL Photography Collection Visit
11 Feb 2026 ICP William Randolph Hearst Library Visit
2 Jan 2026 Chapter Viewing of "Through Padlocks, Behind Barricades" at Interference Archive
5 Dec 2025 ARLIS/NA New York Chapter Holiday Party
19 Nov 2025 Grolier Club Tour
17 Nov 2025 Diagonal Press Studio Visit
14 Nov 2025 Fall Business Meeting & Chapter Symposium
30 Oct 2025 Chapter Viewing of "The Public's Domain: Transforming Iconic Works of Fiction and Sound" at NYU's Bobst Library
28 Oct 2025 Early-Career Professional Panel
24 Oct 2025 *RESCHEDULED* Purgatory Pie Press Studio Visit
11 Sep 2025 Back to School Happy Hour
14 Aug 2025 Small Editions Studio Visit
5 Aug 2025 Chapter Viewing of "A Comedy for Mortals: Artists Books of Tammy Nguyen" at the Cooper Union Library
13 Jun 2025 Andrew French Studio Visit
20 May 2025 National Conference Pizza Party & Spring Meeting
14 Apr 2025 Hunter College Zabar Art Library Visit
11 Apr 2025 Whitney Museum of American Art Library Visit
27 Mar 2025 Tour of "Puerto Rico in Print: The Posters of Lorenzo Homar" at Poster House
20 Feb 2025 Midwinter Happy Hour
10 Feb 2025 NYPL Picture Collection Visit
10 Dec 2024 ARLIS/NA New York Chapter 2024 Annual Business Meeting
5 Dec 2024 Tour of "Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian's Legacy" at the Morgan Library & Museum
2 Dec 2024 ARLIS/NA New York 2024 Holiday Party
23 Oct 2024 Lightning Talks Day 2 - Archives, Outreach and Literacy - 2024 Virtual Mini-Conference
16 Oct 2024 Early Career Professional Panel - 2024 Virtual Mini-Conference
9 Oct 2024 Lightning Talks Day 1 - Accessibility, UX and Metadata - 2024 Virtual Mini-Conference
28 Jun 2024 Tour of The Awe of the Arctic: A Visual History at NYPL
13 Jun 2024 Early Summer Happy Hour
3 Apr 2024 Chapter Gathering in Pittsburgh
28 Feb 2024 Winter Happy Hour
12 Dec 2023 ARLIS/NA New York 2023 Holiday Party
6 Nov 2023 ARLIS/NA New York Chapter Annual Business Meeting
25 Oct 2023 Lightning Talks Day 2 - Preservation, Description, and Access - 2023 Virtual Mini-Conference
18 Oct 2023 The First Five Years in the Art Library - 2023 Virtual Mini-Conference
11 Oct 2023 Lightning Talks Day 1 - Teaching, Outreach, and Space - 2023 Virtual Mini-Conference
24 Aug 2023 Back to School Happy Hour
13 Jul 2023 Tour of Jaune Quick-to-See Smith at the Whitney and Happy Hour, July 13
13 May 2023 Tour of the Hudson River Museum
19 Apr 2023 Chapter Gathering in Mexico City
29 Mar 2023 Spring 2023 Happy Hour
14 Dec 2022 ARLIS/NA New York Chapter Holiday Party
6 Dec 2022 Exhibition Tour - Threads of Power: Lace from the Textilemuseum t. Gallen.
10 Nov 2022 ARLIS/NA New York Chapter Annual Business Meeting
26 Oct 2022 Day 2 Lightning Talks - Creative Outreach in Libraries and Archives - 2022 Virtual Mini-Conference
19 Oct 2022 Day 1 Lightning Talks - Enhancing Access and Workflows in Collections and on the Web - 2022 Virtual Mini-Conference
12 Oct 2022 ARLIS/NA NY Happy Hour at Porchlight 10/12
15 Sep 2022 Tour of the Cloisters Library and Archives
15 Aug 2022 Tour of the Artists in Residence (AiR) Exhibition at the Bard Graduate Center Library
25 May 2022 ARLISNA/New York Post-Conference Roundtable
3 May 2022 Group tour of the exhibition Gwendolyn Brooks: A Poet’s Work In Community at The Morgan Library & Museum
24 Mar 2022 Pre-Conference Happy Hour
20 Jan 2022 Easton Foundation Tour, January 20th
16 Dec 2021 Easton Foundation Tour, December 16th
27 Oct 2021 Career Paths and Perspectives of Early Career Library Professionals - ARLIS/NA New York Mini-Conference
20 Oct 2021 Day 2 Lightning Talks - Promoting Diverse Authors and Collections - ARLIS/NA New York Mini-Conference
13 Oct 2021 Day 1 Lightning Talks - Digital Projects - ARLIS/NA New York Mini-Conference
6 Oct 2021 Happy Hour Kick Off to ARLIS/NA New York Mini-Conference
15 Jun 2021 Celebration of Distinguished Service Award Recipients Deborah Kempe and Milan Hughston
6 May 2021 Pre-Conference Chapter Zoom Happy Hour
8 Apr 2021 Mentorship Roundtable
27 Jan 2021 You're Invited! Kenseth Armstead Artist Talk with ARLIS/NY
14 Dec 2020 ARLIS/NY Annual Business Meeting
11 Dec 2020 Student and Early Professional Event: Cover Letters, Resumes and Interviewing
11 Nov 2020 Student and Early Professional Panel
23 Sep 2020 Small Libraries Reopening Roundtable
16 Jul 2020 Academic Libraries Reopening Roundtable
24 Jun 2020 Collection Development Roundtable
11 Jun 2020 Webinar: "Why Have There Been No Great Art Libraries: The Role of Radical Cataloging in the Reassessment of Art History" by Janna Singer-Baefsky
3 Jun 2020 Re-opening Roundtable
29 May 2020 Listening Session for Students & Early Professionals
22 May 2020 Reader Services + Reference Roundtable
13 May 2020 ARLIS/NY Virtual Happy Hour
24 Apr 2020 Reader Services and Reference Roundtable
14 Apr 2020 ARLIS/NY Virtual Happy Hour
11 Feb 2020 ARLIS/NY 2020 Kick-Off Happy Hour!
12 Dec 2019 ARLIS/NA New York Chapter Holiday Party
7 Dec 2019 Art Librarian Parents and Caregivers (ALPACA) Meet-Up
6 Dec 2019 Tour of Walt Whitman's Words: Inspiring Artists Today at the Center for Book Arts
18 Nov 2019 Money Matters: Compensation, Negotiation & Survival in Libraries + Archives
12 Nov 2019 A Constant Space of Negotiation: Establishing a Tri-lingual Publication in the Middle East: a presentation by Avi Lubin, co-founder and co-editor of Tohu Magazine
8 Nov 2019 ARLIS/NA New York Chapter Annual Business Meeting
1 Nov 2019 FTC and ARLIS NY Happy Hour
4 Sep 2019 Back to School Happy Hour
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