March 16 All Member Meeting, March 2 #ARCSchat explores DEAI, and More Upcoming Events ARCS Update Vol 6 | Update 4
February 22, 2021 | In the PressAll Member Meeting March 16 at 1pm ET
All Active Members of ARCS are invited to attend an All Members Meeting scheduled for March 16 at 1:00 p.m. ET. To register for the meeting, please click on the link below:
Register for the All Member Meeting
During the meeting, you will hear news from our board and committees, but most importantly, we want to hear from you!
Active members are encouraged to submit a short video with a message for your colleagues. It could be a simple “Hello!” or you can share something more.
You will find the deadline to submit and specs below. Feel free to reach out to us at info@arcsinfo.org if you have any questions.
We can’t wait to see and hear from you!
ARCS FY21 Member Video Submission
Do you have questions you want to ask the board? Please send them along and we’ll address them in the meeting.
ARCS FY21 All Members Question Submission
Sponsor Feature
In appreciation of their sponsorship, ARCS is excited to share stories from Gold and Platinum level sponsors about projects that have had an impact on the collections community. For a full list of all of our sponsors, please visit: http://www.arcsinfo.org/support-arcs/2019-2020-sponsors
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Since Hizkia van Kralingen, CEO and founder of Turtle, invented the art transport crate Turtle in 1994 it has been used by museums across the globe for the safe transportation of valuable artworks. Turtle recently carried out scientific studies into the vibration reduction performance of various types of packing materials. This was done under the auspices of the vibration expert Prof. Dr. Kerstin Kracht. The studies show that vibrations were reduced most efficiently by what are called ‘wire rope isolators’.
The new advanced securing system T+ that has just hit the market guarantees the optimum vibration reduction for any specific work of art, regardless of its size or weight. The T+ blocks used for holding the painting in place in the crate use the wire rope isolators to transform the input of vibrations so that the output to the painting itself, and therefore the vulnerable paint layers, is minimized. Better than that, the reduction is now 100% compared to the traditional double-walled wooden crates. This is an unparalleled and revolutionary innovation in safe transport for artworks.
The Kröller-Müller Museum in The Netherlands became the first museum to use the T+ when it recently lent three paintings by Vincent van Gogh to the United States. Tanja de Boer, head of collections and research:
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“We are pleased to be able to work with the T+ for the recent transport of three paintings by Vincent van Gogh to Houston in the United States. It means that the artworks from our collection can be transported with even less risk to exhibitions within the Netherlands and abroad. We are enthusiastic about the way we've been able to help develop the T.” The paintings are currently on display at the exhibition: Hockney – Van Gogh: The Joy of Nature in the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston.
And thanks to our Silver Sponsor Ancecom for its support of ARCS!
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#ARCSchat Explores: Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion - March 2 at 1 p.m. ET
Join us March 2nd at 1pm EST for #ARCSchat Explores: Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion. This episode will feature guest co-host, Samantha Forsko, Vice President of the ARCS Board, and four members of the IDEA task force (Co-Chair Renee S. Anderson, Ph.D. [she/her], Shiori Oki [she/her], Janet Chen [she/her], Tiffany Charles [she/her]). We will explore the themes of diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion within our field, discuss the creation of the ARCS IDEA task force and their work to date, as well as the future of the IDEA group.
For more information of the IDEA task force, its members, and its work, please follow the attached link: #ARCSchat DEAI Bios and Description
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Upcoming Events and News
Board of Directors - Call for Nominations
As the terms of current members of our Board of Directors end, we call on members to serve on our active board of leaders. To better fulfill our mission, strengthen our cognitive diversity, and meet the needs of a global community, we seek individuals with a variety of perspectives and backgrounds. We are encouraging consideration of candidates who are Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC).
Please send contact information, a resume, and a statement of interest from the nominee to the Nominations Committee via the Vice President at vicepresident@arcsinfo.org with ARCS BOARD NOMINATION as the subject line. Self-nominations are welcomed and encouraged.
Deadline for submission is February 26, 2021.
Call for Proposals! ARCS 2021 Biennial Conference: Evolution
ARCS invites you to submit proposals for the 2021 Biennial Conference, Evolution, a hybrid event with both virtual and in-person components to be held in Montréal, Canada on November 10-12, 2021. Sessions may address any aspect of your work, but priority will be given to sessions that reflect the theme of the conference, Evolution. The deadline for submission has been extended to March 5, 2021!
Click here for proposal guidelines and more!
Webinar Digital Condition Reporting, March 25 at 2:00 p.m. ET
The Education Programming Committee will hold a Digital Condition Reporting webinar on March 25 at 2:00 p.m. ET that will serve as an introduction of available mobile platforms used for condition reporting, as well as an introduction to the benefits and challenges of digital condition reporting as a whole. The speakers will cover digital condition reporting in general, but will also go into detail of two possible viable platforms: PDF Expert and Notability.
