Artist Legacy Work on Film

This film series presented at Anthology Film Archives in New York City looks to be an interesting one for artists and their legacy keepers. Starting on May 29 and running for 5 days, the series features a recently completed film, Woman in the Sky (2025) paired with Problemista on opening night. Other films included: A Photographic Memory (2025), Flying Lessons (2024), Art for Everybody (2023), Ho‘oulu Hou (2022), All the World’s Memory (1956), A Revolution on Canvas (2023), To Live in June with Your Tongue Hanging Out (2018), Paint Me a Road Out of Here (2024). Short films: Alix’s Pictures (1980), Toute la memoire du monde (1956), An Amplification Through Many Minds (2019), and Your Giorgio (2018).

Find out more and get tickets for this in-person screening series

“What Belongs in Your Archives?” Legacy Discussion Group

Artists’ Legacy Foundation holds their autumn Legacy Discussion Group this Saturday, October 14, 2023 with the theme “What Belongs in Your Archives?” This is a free roundtable discussion about long-term planning, hosted on Zoom. This gathering will discuss archives, thinking through what objects, images, and papers help to tell an artist's story. The discussion group facilitator will share ideas and examples, and welcomes advice and perspectives from artists, family members, and estate managers.

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Registration Open for Archiving for Visual Artists Workshop

I’m excited to be offering the Archiving for Visual Artists: Career Documentation and Legacy Considerations workshop at X Gallery Art for the second year in a row. This six session workshop offers guidelines, best practices, and discussion about artwork inventory and storage, studio workflow, legacy goals and planning.

Registration is open now, and closes at the end of the month.

Dates: Aug 30, Sept 13, Sept 27, Oct 11, Oct 25, Nov 8 (2023)
Day and Time: Wednesdays, 4-6:30pm
Ages: 18 and Up
Skill Level: All
Tuition: $450 (Optional studio visit +$90)
Class Size: 5 minimum, 8 maximum

This workshop is designed for visual artists with an active practice, who are looking for structured support around the process of planning and documentation.

Learn more and register:
https://www.xgalleryart.com/workshop-registration

Northwest Archivists Conference May 3-5

The Northwest Archivist’s Annual Meeting is just a month away! This year activities will be held in Salem, Oregon at the Convention Center, which is centrally located downtown. The theme is “Looking Back, Moving Forward,” I am excited to attend and to hear more about how the field of archives continues to adjust and embrace change. It will be the first time the group has met in person in three years. Archive curious? I hope you will join me there.

Schedule at a glance