2022 Artifacts Conference

Open Call for Submissions: Artifacts Spring 2022 Conference 

UCLA Information Studies student group, Artifacts, is currently seeking content proposals from both graduate students and new professionals for an interdepartmental day-long conference to take place on Saturday, April 23, 2022.

Please submit a proposal up to 500 words with a CV or resume to artifacts.ucla@gmail.com with the subject line “Spring 2022 conference submission ” by April 3, 2022.

We are accepting proposals spanning (but not limited to):

  • Emerging trends and issues in arts librarianship
  • Intersections of art and archives
  • Teaching with artist books
  • Labor, power, and privilege
  • Preservation challenges of artworks, including digitization
  • Collaborative relationships between artists and art librarians
  • Collections as data

The conference format can include panels, art performances, short film screenings and digital artworks.

Artifacts is a group for students interested in art librarianship, visual resources, and museum informatics. Artifacts is dedicated to encouraging professional networking beyond the classroom through lectures, conferences, tours, and workshops. 

See previous presenters and conference information here.