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.