Fall 2016 Meeting

On December 14, 2016 we had a great virtual meeting of our Northern California chapter. You can view the meeting minutes here.

We had some interesting presentations from our chapter members on current projects, including:

Carl Schmitz, Diebenkorn Foundation
Carl spoke about his work on the recently published Richard Diebenkorn Catalogue Raisonné
http://diebenkorn.org/catalogue-raisonne/about/

Lynn Cunningham, Visual Resources Center, UC Berkeley
Lynn presented a demo of a project in process by the VRC and Professor Elizabeth Honig called OpenArt. OpenArt (in Beta stage) is an open-source, Drupal-based cataloging and online publishing tool for creating online catalog raisonnés.
http://arthistory.berkeley.edu/about/projects/project/openart

Jason Hosford, Visual Resources Center, UC Berkeley
Jason presented on the digitizing and cataloging of a collection of images gifted to the UCB VRC in 2014 from the late James Cahill, Professor Emeritus at UC Berkeley and a preeminent scholar of Chinese painting.

Spring 2016 meeting

The Northern California chapters of VRA and ARLIS/NA met for a joint meeting at the UC Berkeley Visual Resources Center, and the new Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive on May 19, 2016. The morning session included a tour of BAMPFA, and the afternoon session included a workshop on Photogrammetry and RTI by Cultural Heritage Imaging held at the Visual Resources Center at UC Berkeley.

Click here for the meeting minutes from our VRA business meeting.

Join us for our Spring 2016 VRA Northern California meeting

Spring 2016 VRA & ARLIS/NA Northern California Chapter regional meeting

Please join us for a joint VRA & ARLIS/NA Northern California Chapter regional meeting on Thursday, May 19th from 10:00-5:00 in Berkeley.

Morning session 10:00-12:00

Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Downtown Berkeley

2155 Center Street, Berkeley

10:00-11:00 Pacific Film Archive tour* (limit of 20 attendees)

11:00-12:00 Berkeley Art Museum exhibit tour (limit of 30 attendees)

Lunch 12:00-1:30

Lunch on your own (see map for recommendations: http://tinyurl.com/jeskrc5)

Afternoon session 1:30-5:00

Visual Resources Center, UC Berkeley

307/308A Doe Library

Enter the VRC through the Art History/Classics Library on the 3rd floor of Doe Library

1:30-2:30 business meeting

2:30-2:45 coffee break

2:45-5:00 workshop by Cultural Heritage Imaging 
http://culturalheritageimaging.org/

CHI will be doing a version of their workshop on 3D Photogrammetry & RTI imaging methods: http://tinyurl.com/j7qw5lv

Google Map to meeting locations and recommended restaurants:

http://tinyurl.com/jeskrc5

   

Transportation

BART (Bay Area Regional Transit): https://www.bart.gov/

    Downtown Berkeley stop

   

Driving Directions

http://visitors.berkeley.edu/gethere/traveling.shtml

Parking

    Campus parking

    http://pt.berkeley.edu/parking/visitor

    http://pt.berkeley.edu/parking/visitor/lots

    Downtown Berkeley parking

    http://www.downtownberkeley.com/images/Kiosk_map_2016_Minimum.jpg

   

   

Sincerely,

Abby Bridge, SFMOMA, ARLIS/NA Northern California Chapter Chair

Christina Moretta, SF Public Library, ARLIS/NA Northern California Vice-Chair

Lynn Cunningham, UC Berkeley, VRA Chapter Chair

Meeting Minutes from VRA/ARLIS joint Seattle Meeting 2016

Please see the meeting minutes from our joint VRA/ARLIS California meeting in Seattle.

Meeting Minutes

Spring 2015 Meeting Minutes Now Available

The minutes from our Spring 2015 chapter meeting at the UC Berkeley Visual Resources Center on in May 8, 2015 are now available under the Meeting Minutes sidebar. You can also access the minutes directly with this link.

Fall Meeting Minutes Now Available

The minutes from our Fall chapter meeting at the Environmental Design Archives at UC Berkeley on October 25th are now available under the Meeting Minutes sidebar. You can also access the minutes directly with this link.

Spring Meeting Minutes Now Available

The minutes from our Spring chapter meeting at the San Francisco International Airport Aviation Museum and Library on May 24th are now available under the Meeting Minutes sidebar. You can also access the minutes directly with this link.