The Los Angeles Archivists Collective stands in solidarity with recent statements issued by the Society of American Archivists and the Concerned Archivists group in response to discriminatory and unethical actions undertaken by the new administration.
Please see our Handbook for the Activist Archivist zine for inspiration on taking action.
Drawing by Kali Lawrie from the LAAC Handbook for the Activist Archivist .
February 2, 2017 - Comments Off on Los Angeles Art Book Fair Meetup
Both talks are in Gallery E of the Geffen Contemporary, MOCA. We’ll meet at 11:15 at the museum main entrance, or look for us in the gallery. Afterward we’ll gather at Angel City Brewery for food & drinks. Hope to see you there!
11:30 – 1:00 pm
The Woman’s Building: Animating the Archives
From its founding in 1973 to its closing in 1991, the Woman’s Building was a potent symbol of women’s creative community. Its exhibitions, performances, readings, lectures, public projects and educational programs inspired and fostered generations of women artists, writers, performers and scholars. The Woman’s Building Board of Directors discuss their ongoing preservation of this feminist legacy, and their current archiving and fellowship initiatives at Metabolic Studio’s Spring St location, right next door from the site of the Woman’s Building. Panelists are: Woman’s Building Board of Directors Cheri Gaulke, Terry Wolverton, and Sue Maberry, Metabolic Studio researcher Laurelin Kruse, and moderated by curator-in-residence Charlotte Cotton.
2:00 – 3:00 pm
Veteranas and Rucas : The Instagram account archiving Southern California’s Chicana Youth Subculture, with Guadalupe Rosales and Barbara Calderón
A conversation between Veteranas & Rucas founder Guadalupe Rosales and art writer Barbara Calderón about the Instagram account Veteranas & Rucas’ beginnings as a casual archival project and its maturation into a platform for historical representation. Rosales has created a space where the narratives of counterculture are shared by insiders as opposed to the conventional retelling of history by the outsider. Other themes of the talk will be social media and the role of technology as an instrument in democratizing historical authorship and how this reframing effect will translate into how communities are represented.
January 5, 2017 - Comments Off on LAAC Book Club No. 11
The group will meet on Tuesday, February 7, 2017, from 6:30-8 pm at Taix (1911 W Sunset Blvd, Echo Park, in the bar room). Participants to the Book Club will be capped at 12. Please email hello@laacollective.org to reserve a spot.
We’re changing it up a bit by reading an article! Our next selection is “Public In/Formation” by Shannon Mattern. Places Journal, November 2016
Librarians in formation: Joan Spencer, Mildred Handy, Mollie Huston Lee, Beatrice Hamlin, and Maude Young, at the Richard B. Harrison Library, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1968. Lee founded the library, which was the first in Raleigh to serve African Americans. [Wake County Public Libraries]
You can access the article here.
Can’t make the meeting, but are still reading the book? Let us know!
December 5, 2016 - Comments Off on LAAC & ARLIS/NA SC, Silent Auction: Request for Donations
The auction items will become available from Sunday, December 11 to Thursday, December 15, 2016. We are accepting books, catalogs, posters, photographs, and other merchandise from local institutions, as well as handmade crafts.
Auction planned 1963, Valley Times Collection photographs, Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
All proceeds will be disbursed to LAAC and ARLIS/NA-SC to support memberships, professional development, travel awards, and/or other special initiatives of the organizations.
To donate an item for our silent auction, please complete the donation form and email an image of the item (jpeg, maximum 2 MB) to hello@laacollective.org by Friday, December 9, 2016. Please be sure to indicate “Silent Auction” in the subject line and the title of your donation in the email message.
All shipped donations must be received by Monday, December 12th, 2016.
Ship to:
Jennifer Kishi / Los Angeles Archivists Collective
Sterling Ruby Studio
4900 S. Soto Street
Vernon, CA 90058
If you plan to bring your item to the LAAC + ARLIS/NA-SC Holiday Party, please arrive early and drop off the items no later than 7:30 PM.
We will send out reminders as the deadline approaches. Thank you and we hope to see you at our holiday party (details below)!
LAAC + ARLIS/NA SC 2016 Holiday Gathering
Saturday, December 17, 2016
7-10pm
The Velaslavasay Panorama
1122 West 24th Street
Please RSVP by December 8, 2016
Questions? Email us at hello@laacollective.org
December 5, 2016 - Comments Off on LAAC & ARLIS/NA SC Holiday Party 2016, AV Screening: Call for Submissions
As part of the programming for the LAAC Holiday Gathering on Dec. 17 at the Velaslavasay Panorama, we hope to include a screening of local collections' audio and visual content.
We'd like to feature a variety of local collections in this screening. We are looking for any audio and visual content that features Los Angeles and/or is holiday themed.
Beach goers with discarded Christmas tree on shoreline with sailboats in background at Marina del Rey, Calif., 1973, Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive, UCLA Library Special Collections
Your submission should be:
-In a digital format, such as mp4, and can be digitized or born digital
-2 to 7 minutes long
-Available and open for viewing at this free event. Your institution should have rights to present the material. LAAC will not claim rights or ownership over any of the materials and only intends to present the material at this one time event.
Your submission should include the following information:
-Your name
-Name of contributing institution (we will create a program listing submissions)
-Title of piece
-Creator
-Date of creation/publication
-Original format
-Short description
Please email us hello@laacollective.org with questions and to submit your content.
Last day to submit content is Monday, December 12.
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