Register for our Memory Lab Workshops
Learn more about Personal Digital Archiving, Digitization Ethics, and Building Feminist Legacies.
Registration for our Memory Lab workshops is now open!
The steering committee for the Conference of Women in the Visual Arts, 1972. Copyright held by the Estate of Mary Beth Edelson; preserved through a partnership with The Feminist Institute. Image courtesy of the Estate of Mary Beth Edelson and David Lewis Gallery.
Workshop I: Personal Digital Archiving (June 20th, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm)
This workshop will teach folks how to create their digital archive — from scanning to creating metadata to curating their selections; the TFI staff will cover it all. More specifically, as big tech becomes increasingly precarious, we’ll teach attendees how to scrape their data from social media profiles. We’ll also provide alternate hosting platform suggestions.
Workshop II: Ethical Onlining Considerations (June 27th, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm)
With personal digital archiving comes personal material. In this workshop, we’ll discuss the ethics of digitizing personal material and publishing it online. What kind of releases and considerations are needed if your materials include other people? Our Archives + Special Projects Coordinator, Allison Elliott, will lead this workshop. Her research focuses mainly on the ethics of digitizing personal analog materials that have mostly been circulated in community spaces.
Workshop III: Feminist Legacy Planning (July 11th, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm)
How do you build your own feminist legacy? This workshop will discuss what exactly a feminist legacy is and how to construct your archive around these principles. As The Feminist Institute builds our archiving practices around feminist legacy, we’re well-versed in the subject and want to share our strategies with our community.
All workshops will take place in person at Pen + Brush. Stay tuned for announcements about our guest speakers and partners.
About the TFI Memory Lab
TFI’s Memory Lab at Pen and Brush aligns our primary goal to increase access to feminist materials and empower individuals to preserve their analog and digital legacies by offering our archival services to the public. If you are interested in starting a personal archiving project and need assistance, an archival consultation at the memory lab may be the place to start.