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September Newsletter 2012

Sep 17, 2012 by User Not Found

av福利社 Update
At the April 2012 board meeting, the av福利社 board made amendments to the av福利社 by-laws governing membership. The board elected to change membership from a calendar year schedule (January through December) to an anniversary schedule. All members will continue to receive membership services and access to av福利社 online resources for a full 12 months. 

FLW Collection Moves to NYC
Frank Lloyd Wright's archives, formally housed at Taliesin are now joining the collections of Columbia University and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. This joint stewardship agreement will allow for these historically important archives to be accessible to students, scholars, and the public. 

National Building Museum Prize
The National Building Museum has named Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic and av福利社 member Paul Goldberger as the Fourteenth Laureate of the Vincent Scully Prize, "for his lifetime work of encouraging thoughtful discourse and debate about the importance of design." 

Charnley-Persky House
The Charnley-Persky House is one of many sites open to the public for . Come visit us between 10 am and 4 pm on the weekend of October 13-14. 

Call for Nominations for Editor of Jav福利社
av福利社 invites self-nominations for the next Editor of the Jav福利社 to serve a three-year term: January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2017. In addition, the Editor is required to serve as Editor Designate beginning September 1, 2013. 

Fellowships
Applications are now being accepted for the following fellowships:

Edilia and François-Auguste de Montêquin Fellowship. The 2013 award will be for a junior scholar. Applications are due by September 28, 2012. 

HABS-av福利社 Sally Kress Tompkins Fellowship. This fellowship permits an architectural historian to work on a 12 week HABS project during the summer and consists of a $10,000 stipend. Applications open October 15 - December 14, 2012.

Charles E. Peterson Fellowship. This fellowship is offerered in partnership with the Athenaeum of Philadelphia to support the participation of a graduate student in the research and writing for a volume in the Buildings of the United States series. Applications open October 1, 2012 - January 2, 2013.

Calendar

  • September 22: Western Reserve Chapter, 
  • September 26: av福利社 website launches
  • September 28: Chicago Chapter,  @ Glessner House
  • October 1: Tickets go on sale for av福利社 Awards Gala
  • October 3: Latrobe Chapter,  lecture by John H. Sprinkle Jr., PhD
  • October 17 - 20: Southeast Chapter 
  • October 20: Southern California Chapter 
  • November 2 - 3:  @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • November 3 - 4:  Marion Dean Ross/Pacific Northwest Chapter 
  • November 10: av福利社 Awards Gala in Chicago

av福利社 September Booklist 
. The Booklist and Exhibition Booklist are selected by Barbara Opar, Architecture Librarian, Syracuse University Library.

Gifts and Donor Support
1 August, 2012 - 31 August, 2012

On behalf of the av福利社 Board and members, we sincerely thank the members listed below who, in August, made gifts to a variety of funds. We are extremely grateful to all of you for your generosity and your willingness to help av福利社 fulfill its scholarly mission.

av福利社 Annual Appeal

Gifts of $250 - $999
Liz Goodman and Robert Nauman

Charnley-Persky House Awards Gala Sponsorship

Gifts of $5,000 - $9,999
HBRA Architects, Aric Lasher

Gifts of $250 - $999
Thomas and Nancy Klein

Fellowship Funds

Rosann S. Berry Annual Meeting Fellowship Fund
Victoria Young

Spiro Kostof Annual meeting Fellowship Fund
Zeynep Kezer
June Komisar
James Wickersham