Project:  Let’s Talk
Date: 2016-08
Type: Prototype
Description: We are long overdue for conversations about collections and what they say to communities and visitors. This app was designed to use as a tool to gather affinity attitudes on galleries, art objects, and a museum or institution as a whole.

Project:  METAPANEL: WHERE ART AND DATA INTERSECT 
Date: 2015-10-24
Collaborators: Simmons Panaopticon
Type: Panel discussion
Description: Featured panelists with backgrounds in visual, performance, noise, video, installation, circus arts, archives, music, art education, libraries, rare books, special collections, film, puppetry, and more. A truly radical discussion of the past, present, and future of archival access to works of art. Panelists included:

Angela DiVeglia — Providence Public Library
Maggie Cavallo — Harvard University, etc.
Philip Fryer — Artist
Elizabeth Novak — With Care Jewelry, LLC
Nabeela Vega — Artist
Amanda Zhang — East Meets West Bookstore

Project:  DATA MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP FOR ARTISTS
Date: 2015-05-07
Collaborators: Simmons Panopticon
Type: Workshop 
Description: By and large, artists maintain their own assets and develop their own workflow designs and systems of organization for their collections. This workshop was designed for artists to consult with archivists  to gain skills and knowledge to support best file management practices and strategies.  Topics explored:

What metadata actually is and how you can use it to manage your files by using a standard set of vocabulary words.

Everyday workflow strategies, design, and management.

The artist questionnaire – what you need to know about your digital media when submitting to an institution.

The role of copyright when considering preservation of your work, and understanding a work’s lifecycle in the digital realm.


Project:  DATA MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP FOR ARTISTS
Date: 2015-05-07
Collaborators: Simmons Panopticon
Type: Presentation 
Description: Presentation to introduce artists to metadata and filenaming conventions. Was presented  live and streamed at the DATA MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP FOR ARTISTS workshop.

Project:  hierarchy got you down? A ZINE WORK SHOP
Date: 2016-04-06
Collaborators: Simmons Panopticon
Type: Workshop
Description: Featuring informal but informationally-rich discussions about zine culture, activism, history, and bookbinding techniques by Dawn Stahura (Beatley Library), Sarah Ruggiero (Papercut Zine Library), Linnea Vegh (North Bennet Street School), and Mckenzie Mullen (SLIS). Make your own zine! Learn a new binding technique! Get acquainted with the vast, radical history of zines and their role in the margins of mainstream culture, and at the center of punk and queer activist culture.