VMS LEADERSHIP — SAA Visual Materials Section Annual Meeting (2025)

For this year's Visual Materials Section Annual Meeting on July 30th, kindly join us for a 'Win-Ventory'!

We're putting together a series of 5–7 minute lightning talks where folks can share with our community.

We appreciate that this year has been a difficult one, marked by uncertainty, change, and ongoing challenges across our communities and institutions. In light of this, we hope to create a space to share some wins – through reflection, creativity, connection, and resilience. We would love to see what made you pause, smile, or say ,"this is why I do this."

Some suggestions to get you started:

· A visual materials project that brought people together

· A win (big or small) that came out of working with visual content

· A collaboration engaging between archive and artist

· A surprising visual discovery that brought a moment of joy

· A behind-the-scenes story from the stacks

· A successful digitization or outreach initiative

Submit your idea by June 20th!

Please send proposals or any questions to Paige Adair at Padair@Portmanarchives.com