The following Artifacts events took place from the 2006–2007 academic year to the 2015–2016 academic year. To see events beginning fall 2016, visit our home page.
2020
Artifacts 2020 x New Directions in Art Librarianship + Archives
Sunday, June 27, 2020, 9:30AM – 1PM
Artifacts officers met in Summer 2019 and decided to organize an inaugural Artifacts conference to take place in Spring 2020! When the COVID-19 pandemic altered everything, we decided to change the conference to a live event via Zoom.
Artifacts 2020 x New Directions in Art Librarianship + Archives places information professionals and artists in conversation with each other to explore solutions for emerging social and professional issues in the related fields of arts librarianship and art archiving. This forum highlights artists’ approaches to using archives and connections between independent art book publishers and academic libraries.
2019
Los Angeles Contemporary Archive (LACA) site visit
Sunday, November 17, 2019, 2PM-3:30PM
Archivists Hailey Loman and Saida Largaespada hosted Artifacts members at LACA for a tour and conversation about the origins and details of running their contemporary art archive in Chinatown.
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ARLIS-NA SC/Artifacts Job Hunting Workshop
Saturday, October 19, 2019, 1PM – 5PM
The Southern California chapter of ARLIS/NA invites members of Artifacts at UCLA and SJSU students to a job hunting workshop featuring professionals from a variety of institutions.
On the panel are:
Jennifer Faist, Library Systems Administrator, ArtCenter College of Design
Mary Haberle, Archivist, Mike Kelley Foundation
Janine Henri, Architecture, Design, and Digital Services Librarian, UCLA Arts Library
Philip Leers, Project Manager for Digital Initiatives, UCLA Hammer Museum
Denise Mc Iver, Research Librarian, California African American Museum
Annalise Welte, Reference Librarian, Getty Research Institute
Stacy R. Williams, Head, Architecture and Fine Arts Library, USC
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Art + Sound Archivists Mixer
Sunday, April 14, 5 – 8PM
About the guest speakers:
Matt Austin, Candor Arts
Matt Austin is a Chicago-based artist, educator, and publisher. Matt tends to apply his approaches to art making in all facets of his life: working, teaching, getting older, having dinner, etc. Though his practices vary widely – from making photographs to publishing books, hosting dinners to building benches, his work remains focused on the importance of honesty and learning from others. Many of his creative projects are motivated by tragic experience and frequently engage the idea of learning to appreciate through embracing difficulty. Inspired by failure and often motivated by fear, he mostly demonstrates his enthusiasm for living by trying things out.
Ariel Schudson
Ariel Schudson (she/her/hers) is an archival activist, independent scholar and feminist film programmer who has been a member of the film, television and digital media landscape for almost 20 years. Currently you can find her working as the head film programmer/social media manager/website wrangler/you-name-it at the Downtown Independent movie theater in downtown Los Angeles. She has presented academic work centered on gender and media, subcultural dynamics, and audience theory at multiple academic conferences including Comic Con and Consoling Passions. She is the creator and hostess of Archivist’s Alley, a podcast platforming our colleagues in the archiving and media community who consistently go ignored due to the Rich Straight White Dude power structures in place. She received two MA’s from UCLA: one in Film, TV & Digital Media Theory and one in Moving Image Archive Studies. Her current project is a book about women and representation in Korean television (K-dramas). She has two cats that are the loves of her life (Eartha Kitten and Wallach) and a pretty decent 16mm collection.
Yasmin Dessem
Yasmin Dessem is the Head of the Audiovisual Preservation Studio at UCLA Library where she serves as the technical lead as the library continues to develop its program of preservation, digitization and access of its moving image and sound holdings. Previously she managed archive deliverables for new feature releases at Paramount Pictures. Since 2015, as part of UCLA Library’s International Digital Ephemera project, she has partnered with heritage institutions in Cuba and South Africa to provide digitization and preservation training. She will be presenting on Recent Developments in the Preservation of Wire Recordings and Dictabelts at this year’s ARSC Conference, happening May 8-11 in Portland, Oregon.
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LACMA Balch Art Research Library Tour
Friday, February 22, 2019, 11AM – 1PM
Artifacts members enjoyed a tour of the LACMA Balch Art Research Library with Alexis Curry and Pauline Wolstencroft leading a discussion on the library and archives of LACMA.
2018
UCLA LSC Punk Archives Tour
Tuesday, December 4, 2018, 5PM – 6PM
Lori Dedeyan hosted Artifacts members for a tour of the UCLA Punk Archive collection in UCLA Library Special Collections. The Punk Archive Collective pulled artworks, zines, and other ephemera from the 80s/90s LA and San Francisco punk scenes.
UCLA Arts Library Tour
Monday, October 22, 2018, 5PM
Artifacts members kicked off the academic year with a detailed look at the UCLA Arts Library from Librarians Robert Gore (Visual Arts Librarian), Janine Henri (Architecture and Design Librarian and Team Lead for Collections) and Diana King (Librarian for Film, Television, Theater, World Arts and Culture/Dance, Gender Studies, and LGBTQ Studies). We will hear more about special resources available at the Arts Library, professional associations for arts librarians, and have an opportunity to ask these working professionals about librarianship in the arts and academia.
Tea Break with Jennifer Kishi from Sterling Ruby Studio
Thursday, May 24, 2018, 12PM – 2PM
Jennifer Kishi is the archivist for Sterling Ruby Studio. She is also a founding member of the Los Angeles Archivists Collective (LAAC) and is currently serving as the vice-chair for the Art Libraries Society of North America’s Southern California Chapter. Jennifer holds an MLIS from UCLA.
2013
Tour of Disney Libraries, Glendale Campus (with SLA)
Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 9:30am–1:00pm
SLA and ARTiFACTS are presenting tours of the Disney Animation Resource Library and the Creative Resource Center at the Consumer Products Library in Glendale on May 21, 2013, followed by lunch with the librarians at the Disney commissary!
Tour of the Western Costume Company
Thursday, February 21, 2013, 12:00pm
The legendary WCC is one of the oldest and largest costume companies in the world. Since 1912, WCC has been truly been a part of film history. In 2012, the Costume Designers Guild presented Western Costume with a special Service Award honoring the company’s one hundred years of professional contributions from the silent era to the present.
2012
Tour of the UCLA Arts Library
Thursday, November 1, 2012, 1:00pm
ARTiFACTS presents a tour of the UCLA Arts Library! Learn about this great art resource on campus and find out more about art and architecture librarianship. We will be meeting in the sculpture garden at 1pm by the sculpture of the horse made out of branches and we will walk to the Arts Library together!
Tour of the Wende Museum
Thursday, November 14, 2012
Join ARTiFACTS for a tour of the Wende Museum, a Cold War museum right here in sunny Southern California! We will tour the museum and its intriguing Surveillance Room. This is also a great chance to learn about internship opportunities!
College Night at the Getty Villa
Tuesday, November 13, 2012, 6:00–9:30pm
Join ARTiFACTS at the Getty Villa for an evening of art, music, food, and fun just for college students! Take a step back in to time and explore the Museum’s collection of Greek and Roman antiquities, as well as the special exhibition The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection.
2010
College Night at the Getty Villa
Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 6:00–9:00pm
2009
Tour of the Herrick Library at Margaret Herrick Library at The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Friday, February 27, 2009, 10:30am–12:30pm
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is located in the heart of Hollywood. The Archive is dedicated to the preservation, restoration, documentation, exhibition and study of motion pictures.
Tour of the Balch Art Research Library at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Friday, February 20, 2009, 10:00am
The Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch Art Research Library at LACMA maintains an extensive research-level collection including monographs on artists and specialized art subjects; art reference books; collection and exhibition catalogues of museums, galleries, and private collectors; current auction catalogues; and artist files.
Department of Information Studies 50th Anniversary Event
Saturday, January 31, 2009
We will be present at the Information Studies 50th Anniversary celebration on January 31, 2009 in the Powell Library Rotunda.
2008
Brown Bag Discussion Series 2008
Please join us for a series of informal and engaging discussions with professionals from the field of art librarianship and visual resources curatorship.
Brown Bag Discussion: Mahnaz Ghaznavi (Records Manager at the J. Paul Getty Trust)
Friday, October 17, 2008, 12:30–1:30pm
2nd Floor Salon (UCLA GSE&IS Building)
Brown Bag Discussion: Sarah Sherman (Assistant Reference Librarian at the Getty Research Institute and co-founding president of ARTiFACTS)
Friday, October 31, 2008, 12:30–1:30pm
2nd Floor Salon (UCLA GSE&IS Building)
Brown Bag Discussion: Liza Posas (Reference Librarian, Braun Research Library, Southwest Museum of the American Indian)
Friday, November 7, 2008, 1:00–3:00pm (part of the IS Career Panel)
2nd Floor Salon (UCLA GSE&IS Building)
Brown Bag Discussion: Pauline Wolstencroft (Associate Librarian, Cataloging and Reference, Balch Art Research Library, Los Angeles County Museum of Art [LACMA])
Friday, November 14, 2008, 12:30–1:30pm
2nd Floor Salon (UCLA GSE&IS Building)
Brown Bag Discussion: Emily Ho (Associate Editor, Bibliography of the History of Art, Getty Research Institute)
Friday, November 21, 2008, 1:30–2:30pm
2nd Floor Salon (UCLA GSE&IS Building)
IS Organizations Fair
Friday, September 26, 2008, 12:30–1:30pm
Courtyard (UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library)
ARTiFACTS will be attending the IS Organizations Fair in the courtyard by YRL. Ask us about becoming an officer.
ARTiFACTS Gift Presentation
Friday, June 6th, 2008, 3:45pm
MIT Lab (UCLA GSE&IS Building)
ARTiFACTS will present the Multimedia & Information Technology Lab at the UCLA Department of Information Studies with a gift of two books for the collection (Cataloging Cultural Objects & Art Museum Libraries and Librarianship). Katherine Becvar has made hand-drawn bookplates! Director Keri Botello will accept the books for the UCLA Library.
Tour of the Herrick Library at Margaret Herrick Library at The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (with SLA)
Wednesday, April 2, 2008, 10:00am
- Linda Mehr, Director
- Anne Coco, Graphic Arts Librarian
- Lea Whittington, Periodicals Librarian
- Barbara Hall, Research Archivist
- Jenny Romero, Special Collections Deptartment Coordinator
2007
Words Unbound: Exploring Artists’ Books
Friday, December 7, 2007, 2:00–5:00pm
Fowler Museum at UCLA
308 Charles E Young Dr E
Los Angeles, CA 90024
UCLA Arts Librarians Christina Favretto and Robert Gore explore artist’s books from the special collections and arts libraries, highlighting collecting practices and historical development of this unique genre. Selections from the biomedical library collections will further enhance this study program.
Tour of Getty Research Institute
Monday, November 12, 2007, 9:30am
- Sarah Sherman, Assistant Reference Librarian
- Jeanette Clough, Reference Librarian
- Cameron Trowbridge, Manager, Research Services and Information Center (GCI)
- Mary Reinsch Sackett, Head of Conservation and Preservation/Visual Media Services
- Karin Lanzoni, Head of Special Collections, Reading Room
Brown Bag Discussion Series 2007
Please join us for a series of informal and engaging discussions with professionals from the field of art librarianship and visual resources curatorship.
Brown Bag Discussion: David Ziegler (Curator of Visual Resources Collections from the Department of Art History, UCLA) and Susan Rosenfeld (Assistant Curator of Visual Resources Collections from the Department of Art History, UCLA)
Thursday, November 15, 2007, 12:30–1:30pm
2nd Floor Salon (UCLA GSE&IS Building)
Brown Bag Discussion: Alexis Curry (Head Librarian, Research Library, LACMA)
Thursday, November 8, 2007, 12:30–1:30pm
2nd Floor Salon (UCLA GSE&IS Building)
Brown Bag Discussion: Robert Gore (Visual Arts Librarian, UCLA Arts Library)
Thursday, November 1, 2007, 12:30–1:30pm
2nd Floor Salon (UCLA GSE&IS Building)
Brown Bag Discussion: Joan Benedetti (currently processing the Craft and Folk Art Museum Archives, Special Collection, Young Research Library, UCLA; former Librarian [Cataloguer], Los Angeles County Museum of Art [LACMA]; and former Museum Librarian, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles)
Thursday, October 25, 2007, 12:30–1:30pm
2nd Floor Salon (UCLA GSE&IS Building)
Brown Bag Discussion: Alyssa Resnick (Senior Library Supervisor, Brand Library & Art Center [Public Library, City of Glendale])
Thursday, October 18, 2007, 12:30–1:30pm
2nd Floor Salon (UCLA GSE&IS Building)
Career Fest 2007 Panels
Sponsored/presented by the following student organizations: ALA (American Library Association), SLA (Special Library Association), SAA (Society of American Archivists), ARTiFACTS, ASIS&T (American Society for Information Science & Technology), SGB (Student Governing Board), UCLA Graduate Students Association
From the Career Fest Planning Committee: Kim Anderson (SAA), Pearl Ly (SGB), Chizu Morihara (ARTiFACTS), Sarah Sherman (ARTiFACTS), Melanee Vicedo (ALA), Candice Mack (ALA), Loren Spector (SLA), Grace Lau (SLA, ASIS&T)
Tour of the Margaret Herrick Library at The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Wednesday, May 16, 2007, 1:00pm
Tour of the Balch Art Research Library at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Thursday, March 8, 2007, 1:30pm
Led by Alexis Curry, Head Librarian, and accompanied by Pauline Wolstencroft. Followed by a tour of the Doris Stein Research Center for Costume and Textiles led by Meghan Gaynor.
2006
Working with ARTiFACTS: Careers in art librarianship and cultural informatics
Wednesday, November 29, 2006, 6:30pm
Room 111 (UCLA GSE&IS Building)
- Robert Gore, Librarian, UCLA Arts Library
- Cathy Billings, Librarian & Gallery Manager, Brand Library & Art Center (Glendale Public Library)
- Joan Benedetti, Librarian, Craft and Folk Art Museum
- Sheila Cummins, Editor of the Bibliography of the History of Art, The Getty Center
- Diana Folsom, Manager of Art and Education Systems, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)