for Artists +
Collection Stewards
We help artists, studios, and cultural organizations build archival systems — and the programs to sustain them — that are rigorous, sustainable, and grounded in the realities of working outside large institutions.
Strategic Assessment
A focused engagement for stewards who need to clarify scope before committing to a larger project. We identify material and intellectual risks, propose project priority frameworks, and estimate costs — producing a written summary and recommendations suitable for presenting to boards, executors, and grantmakers.
Archival Consulting + Project Management
For studios and organizations ready to build. We work directly with you to design and implement archival systems — from intake and appraisal through metadata schema, controlled vocabularies, and long-term stewardship planning. Engagements are structured around your timeline and collection, and can include volume processing labor, staff and studio training, and ongoing project management.
- Collection assessment + appraisal
- Metadata schema design + controlled vocabulary development
- Archival policy + documentation
- Volume processing labor
- Staff and studio training
- Ongoing project management
ArcaLoom
A metadata tool and node-based visualization environment designed to close the gap between archivist and developer. Built for small to mid-size museums, galleries, and independent archives that need flexible schema editing and knowledge infrastructure — without enterprise overhead.
Currently moving toward beta. Inquiries from prospective partners and early users welcome.
We build public-facing programs that connect artists and cultural workers to archival knowledge — through education, community events, and an editorial practice rooted in care, transmission, and storytelling. Our programming centers the particular challenges of archiving for media art, ephemeral practice, and new genres.
Archiving for Artists
A course for artists and independent practitioners who want to build practical, durable archival systems for their own work. Covers metadata standards, ethical cataloging, digital preservation, and the critical questions behind what gets kept — and how.
Offered in cohort format. Institutional and organizational partnerships available. Scholarships supported through philanthropic contributions.
- Practical metadata + description for artist archives
- Digital preservation fundamentals
- Ethics and critical cataloging
- Custom workshops for institutional staff
Talks, Panels + Discussion Groups
Public and partner-hosted events that bring together artists, archivists, technologists, and cultural workers to think through shared questions in archival practice — with particular attention to media art, performance, and time-based work. We organize conversations that are generative rather than institutional.
- Public talks + lecture series
- Practitioner panels + roundtables
- Discussion groups for artists + archivists
- Partnered events with cultural organizations
Newsletter + Interview Series
A newsletter for artists and cultural workers thinking about archives as living systems. Each issue includes archival tips for independent practitioners, software and tool spotlights, and artist archive profiles — highlighting how individuals and organizations sustain, transmit, and make use of their holdings over time.
- Archival practice for independent studios
- Software + tool spotlights
- Artist archive profiles + Q&As