ARLIS/NA New York Chapter upcoming events

Chapter viewing of "Zine* Together" at the Asia Art Archive in America (6 Nov 2026)

Fri, 06 Nov 2026 21:00:00 GMT

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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Chapter visit to Blue: The TATTER Textile Library (9 Nov 2026)

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 20:30:00 GMT

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

ARLIS/NA New York Chapter Annual Business Meeting (13 Nov 2026)

Fri, 13 Nov 2026 20:00:00 GMT

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.