2025 VRA Awards Recipients & Recognition
Presented at the 43rd Annual Conference in Portland, Oregon
Abstract
The Visual Resources Association (VRA) presented two awards to twenty-one deserving individuals at the 43rd annual conference in Portland, Oregon on October 9th, 2025.
The 2025 recipient of the VRA Distinguished Service Award (DSA) is Johanna Bauman, Associate Director for Collections Management, Pratt Institute Libraries.
Twenty applicants were selected as recipients of the 2025 vrcHost Membership Awards, including Jung Soo Bae, Filippia Cheilitsi, Daniel Cichowlas, Claire Cirocco, Jori Dale, Aurora Daniel, Christine Gindhart, Abdelmoniem Mohammed Gomaa, Lacey Prpić Hedtke, Noah Krasman, Andrea Linsmeier, Caroline Moore, Sruthi Nanam, Olivera Nastic, Wen Nie Ng, Erin Robinson, Ruth Thomas, Saija Wilson, and two anonymous awardees.
Copyright (c) 2026 Ann McShane, April Martin
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