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Archival Resources: Self-Made, Discovered, Inherited

This week’s contributing author, Cali Buckley, works at CAA. She has a PhD in art history from Penn State University and spent her Fulbright Fellowship in Nuremberg, Germany. She continues to study northern Renaissance art and the history of science.   In the panel discussion Archival Resources: Self-Made, Discovered, Inherited, held at the Brooklyn Rail… Read more »

Shervone Neckles-Ortiz and Lauren Shadford

Preserving the Artist’s Voice: Looking Back on Five Years of CALL/VoCA Talks

Earlier this fall, we announced the 2019 line-up of CALL/VoCA Talks, a series of free, public artist talks exploring topics relating to artistic legacy and the long-term preservation of creative work. This year marks the fifth year of this series, an outgrowth of the Joan Mitchell Foundation’s Creating a Living Legacy (CALL) initiative, presented in… Read more »

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KNOCKING ON MNEMOSYNE’S DOOR: PART 3

This week’s returning author, Marshall Reese, is an artist working in new technologies, video, installations, artists books and limited editions. He has worked in collaboration with Nora Ligorano as LigoranoReese for over two decades. This blog post is part of periodic series from contributor Marshall Reese that focuses on “outsider archivists,” people who highlight the tensions… Read more »

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SFMOMA’s Artist Initiative Symposium on the Reprinting of Color Photography as a Preservation Strategy

This week’s contributing author, Michelle N. Jones, graduated with a Masters of Art in Museum Studies from San Francisco State University majoring in curatorship and higher education. She also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Studio Practice and Art History with a passionate emphasis in photography, post-war and contemporary art, and contemporary Islamic art.  She has… Read more »

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Longevity of Public Artworks: An Interview with Curator Yuri Stone

This week’s contributing author, Bianca Rabbie, is a fourth year undergraduate student at Northeastern University in Boston Massachusetts pursuing a BS in Architecture.  VoCA is pleased to present this blog post in conjunction with Associate Professor of Contemporary Art History, Gloria Sutton’s Spring 2019 Honors seminar, The Art of Visual Intelligence at Northeastern University. This interdisciplinary course… Read more »

Daddy I Would Love to Dance, 2008, Acrylic on canvas, 78 x 78 in. Courtesy of the artist. VoCA. About Face.

About Face

This week’s contributing writer, Jonathan D. Katz, is an activist academic who was the first American be tenured in what was then called Lesbian and Gay Studies and chaired the first such department in the US, and subsequently the first in the Ivy League. A pioneering scholar working at the intersection of art and sexuality,… Read more »

Craftsmanship

Harriet Salmon is a practicing artist and arts professional. She’s worn many hats in the art world including fabricator, curator, small business owner, gallerist, Senior Photo Editor at Artforum Magazine and a consultant for arts-based nonprofits. She is currently the host and producer of the podcast Craftsmanship. In 2006, I was a young MFA student… Read more »

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The Impact of Virtual Reality in Socially-Focused Contemporary Art

This week’s contributing author, Laura Gomez, is a fourth-year undergraduate student at Northeastern University, pursuing a BS in Architecture. Her interests lie in examining social dynamics and effects in the design field at large. VoCA is pleased to present this blog post in conjunction with Associate Professor of Contemporary Art History, Gloria Sutton’s Spring 2019 Honors seminar,… Read more »

Knocking on Mnemosyne’s Door: Part 2

This week’s returning author, Marshall Reese, is an artist working in new technologies, video, installations, artists books and limited editions. He has worked in collaboration with Nora Ligorano as LigoranoReese for over two decades. This blog post is part of periodic series from contributor Marshall Reese that focuses on “outsider archivists,” people who highlight the tensions… Read more »

Technology is Not the Silver Bullet for Museums: Part II

Returning contributing blogger Wided Khadraoui currently works with Art Processors, an experiential design consultancy specializing in museum spaces, in marketing and business strategy. She previously managed a commercial art space for four years. She holds a MSc in Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics, and a MA from Central Saint Martins in Arts… Read more »

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When Art Dies

This week’s contributing blogger, Tyler Wu, is an undergraduate student from Northeastern University’s D’Amore McKim School of Business with a focus on Finance with a Minor in Computer Science. His interests in the arts lie in the valuation of contemporary art and art markets. VoCA is pleased to present this blog post in conjunction with Associate Professor… Read more »

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SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF MUSEUMS IN THE 21ST CENTURY: THE NORTON MUSEUM

This week’s contributing author, Monica Leveckis, is a graduating senior from Northeastern University and is majoring in Accounting with a minor in Art History. VoCA is pleased to present this blog post in conjunction with Associate Professor of Contemporary Art History, Gloria Sutton’s Spring 2019 Honors seminar, The Art of Visual Intelligence at Northeastern University. This interdisciplinary… Read more »