To those who have utilized our services, we wish to say "Thank you for your support!" If you have concerns about future services we will be happy to provide you with recommendations for alternative sources where available, or for recommendations on the tools you may need purchase to provide some of these services within your own department.

Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact us, as we are here to help.

Warm regards,

Jim Taskett

Jim Day

Steve Gladfelter

John LeSchofs

Karen Johnson

MaryAnn Wijtman

Visual Art Services plans for closure

at the end of the fiscal year.

As you may have read in the Medical School Dean Pizzo's newsletter of May 29 (http://deansnewsletter.stanford.edu/) Visual Art Services, "Stanford University's Centralized Source for Photography, Graphic Illustration, Digital Imaging and Much More" is planning to close at the end of this fiscal year (August 31, 2012).

"It is with much sadness that we announce the end of an era. Due to intense pressure to create/carve out additional academic and research space on campus for the growing cadre of faculty, researchers, and academic programs, we have determined that the time has come to disband the Visual Arts Service Center effective Aug 31st, 2012."

Please keep in mind, that we will remain open and fully operational until August 31, and this may be the best time to complete some of those projects that you may have planned.

Visual Art Services is one of the earliest Service Centers and has successfully fulfilled its goal and obligation of maintaining a cost-recoverable "0-based budget" every year of its existence. We undertook this obligation with pride and professionalism and are saddened that this will come to an end after so many successful decades.