WOMEN AND ART DOCUMENTATION NEWSAuthor(s): Lorraine Baggett-HeuserSource: Art Documentation: Journal of the Art Libraries Society of North America, Vol. 3,No. 2 (Summer 1984), p. 69Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Art Libraries Society of NorthAmericaStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27947293 .

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WOMEN AND ART DOCUMENTATION NEWS edited by Lorraine Baggett-Heuser AThe editor of this column would like to solicit and encour age your participation in bringing information on Women and Art to the attention of the ARLIS membership. Please send your contributions to Lorraine Baggett-Heuser, Moore College of Art Library, 20th and the Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103.

AKrystyna Wasserman, librarian at the National Museum of Women and Art, would like to exchange catalogs of one man exhibitions and group shows for catalogs of one woman exhibitions and women group shows. If interested contact her at 4590 MacArthur Boulevard, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20007.

AWellesley College Center for Research on Women offers a series of reports of research and other work by Center staff and affiliates. Of particular interest to art libraries are Work Paper no. 121: "An Alternative Agenda to Male-Dominated History: Material Culture and Women's History" by Mary Johnson, and Working Paper no. 122: "Feminism and Methodology: Dynamics of Change in the History of Art and Architecture" by Natalie Kampen and Elizabeth G. Grossman. For a catalog of papers in the series contact the Center at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 02181. A"Memories of Monet," a thirty-minute documentary about the friendship of Claude Monet and American painter Lilla Cabot Perry, was recently completed by Parisian women flimmakers Meredith Martindale Frapier and Toby Molenaar. The film evokes the past as seen through the eyes of Perry, a neighbor of Monet at Giverny for ten years, using excerpts from her personal letters and articles. The film combines paintings and photographs (made available by Perry's descendants and museums and galleries around the world) with the filmmaker's own vision of Giverny. The film will be shown on public television in the United States in April and May, 1984.

AThe International Women Artists Archives is seeking pic tures of all women's artworks, as well as catalogs, biog raphies, and articles. There is no charge for participation, although donations are needed and welcome. Send SAS E for a flyer containing more information. IWAA also pub lishes a news magazine for the woman artist who wants to

make progress with or start a career; individual subscrip tions are $6.00/year for six issues. Contact IWAA, P.O. Box 1033,Hadley, MA 01035.

Alnterest was expressed in Cleveland to exchange bibliog raphies currently in use in "Women and Art History" courses. These bibliographies could aid in collection devel opment. Anyone interested in such an exchange can send 30 copies of their bibliography to Lorraine Baggett-Heuser. Each library responding will receive a set of bibliographies.

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ART BIBLIOGRAPHY A laser videodisc on the National Gallery of Art has been

completed by Videodisc Publishing. The videodisc is de scribed as an "interactive catalogue of 1,645 still frames of paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints from the collec tions..., each followed by a frame of text identifying the artist and work." The videodisc will be available at the Na tional Gallery's publications service and at most home video retailers at a price of $95.00. For more information on this and similar projects, contact Steve Sagman, Videodisc Publishing, Inc., Suite 1601, 381 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016,212-685-5522. AA fascinating synopsis of the controversy surrounding the great fresco in the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena appears in News from RILA, Number 2 (February 1984). RILA editor Alice Sedgwick Wohl discusses the topic on the basis of RILA coverage of the uncovering of a new fresco and the subsequent scholarly debates surrounding its appearance; she also includes the citations to these articles as they ap peared in RILA. A great art-historical detective story! AThis News from RILA also includes information on how to locate and read a RILA citation for Festschriften.

AArt & Antiques is under new ownership and with an en tirely new staff. The journal is being redesigned and hopes to have a more scholarly focus. A & A welcomes contribu tions in the field of non-contemporary fine arts, decorative arts, architecture, and photography; long essays concerned with critical issues or cultural debates are encouraged. Ad dress inquiries to Celia Betsky, Senior Editor,/! &A, 89 Fifth Avenue, N.Y., NY 10003. AThe International Society of Copier Artists (I.S.C.A.) has sent us a copy of its latest Quarterly, which includes 275 artworks by artists who use the photocopy machine as a creative tool. As the Director, Louise Neaderland, states, "it is our intention to establish electrostatic prints, bookworks

multiples and one-of-a-kind pieces as legitimate and collec tible art works." Single copies of the Quarterly cost $25; a one-year subscription is available to libraries for $60. Write to I.S.C.A., 800 West End Ave., New York, NY 10025, 212 662-5533. AVolunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts (VLAA) announces an update of its publication for individual artists: Taxation of the Visual and Performing Artist: An Insight into Federal Income Tax. This handbook contains easy-to understand explanations of common problem areas for ar tists. Completed sample forms illustrate the text. Copies may be obtained for $5.00 plus $1.15 for tax and handling from VLAA, 1540 Sul Ross, Houston, TX 77006. VLAA also publishes the bimonthly Art Law and Accounting Reporter for those interested in legal and accounting aspects of non-profit, tax-exempt organizations. One-year subscrip tions cost $25.00. AArtQuest, the new on-line database of the Art Sales Index of art auction prices, now has twenty-one subscribers, in cluding The National Gallery, London, Sotheby's and Christ ie's. The database includes information on more than half a

million pictures sold in over 250 auction houses worldwide; it is updated every two weeks. For more information, write to Miriam Kramer, Public Relations Consultant to Art Sales Index, 12 The Vineyard, Richmond, Surrey TW10 6AN,

England. AThe West Central Region Chapter of the American Council of Schools of Architecture (ACSA) is publishing the proceed ings of its 1983 conference on "Architecture and the Emerg ing Third Millenium." Cost is $6.00 and can be ordered di rectly from Garth Rockcastle, School of Architecture, 89 Church St., S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455.

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