Newsletter
Shortly after returning from our Eighth World Congress in Białystok, I began to look at the first draft of a commemorative album devoted to PIASA’s first eighty years. Most readers of this newsletter are broadly familiar with PIASA’s founding “in America,” but documents retrieved from our archives to illustrate this album reveal some interesting details, … Read more
I set my alarm early for February 24 as I prepared to embark on a long road trip from my home in Franklin, Tennessee, to a conference in Richmond, Virginia. After throwing a few last items together, I did a quick check of the news on my iPhone to see if anything had changed in … Read more
I would imagine that like me, you are looking for-ward to the new year or at least to a time when we are not worried about a new COVID variant. Virus aside, there is much to celebrate. The Board of Directors has been especially active this year. It has created new awards in honor the … Read more
I had expected this column to be without some opening reference to COVID but we are now in the fourth wave of the pandemic which may not be the last. Nonetheless, PIASA has reopened its New York office on East 30th Street for regular business on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 … Read more
Greetings! I had hoped to begin this column with a postmortem to the COVID pandemic, but that may have to wait. Yet there are many reasons for optimism. A year ago, we had hoped that the pandemic would be sufficiently behind us to plan our international meeting in Białystok, which we were then forced to … Read more
To open my remarks for this issue of the newsletter, I had hoped to begin with a note of enthusiasm for our upcoming conference in Białystok. Alas, this was not to be. In February, together with our hosts from the University of Białystok, we decided the risks to public health and the possibilities of another … Read more
Greetings! We are pleased to present to you the first quarterly issue of the new PIASA Newsletter. At a time when we are unable to network with each other in person, it’s important to provide our members and friends an opportunity to keep abreast of important events in the life of the Institute and happenings … Read more
