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Artists and Archives: A Model for Community Engaged Archives at Visual Studies Workshop
Friday December 6, 2024 3:15pm - 3:45pm CST
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How do collaborations between artists, community members and archives push forward archival methodologies and practices? This session will present strategies of curatorial and artistic modes of collaboration within the archive, using Visual Studies Workshop (VSW) as a case study. Artist/filmmaker and curator Tara Merenda Nelson and curator, scholar, and archivist, Almudena Escobar López will co-present on the central role of the archives within VSW’s public programming initiatives. Merenda Nelson will present on VSW’s Community Curator Program and the seasonal Salon series that directly connect members of the community with VSW archives, as well as the media transfer laboratory. Escobar López will discuss VSW’s artistic residencies and their use of archives as an example of archival intervention and inquiry.
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Almudena Escobar Lopez

Toronto Metropolitan University
Almudena Escobar López is a scholar, curator, and archivist based in Tkaronto. She is Assistant Professor on Film History, Film Preservation and Collection Management at the School of Image Arts of the Toronto Metropolitan University. She holds a Ph.D. in Visual and Cultural Studies... Read More →
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Tara Merenda Nelson

Visual Studies Workshop
Tara Merenda Nelson is the Curator and Director of Public Programs at Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, NY, where she oversees a collection of over 10,000 16mm film and early video titles. Tara is the lead programmer for the VSW Salon series, and is the Managing Editor for VSW... Read More →
Friday December 6, 2024 3:15pm - 3:45pm CST
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