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Monday, April 22, 2024 — 7 - 8:15 pm EDT

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A custom-built website can be extended to function as a full database of archival content—available to the gallery/artist/artist’s estate via private login; able to be made available to other individuals by password-protected access or available on the public website. The material can be viewed online or assembled for catalogs or other materials. Filters can be created to find groups of work by various criteria and private collections can be assembled on the fly for viewing by curators and collectors.

Archiving’s usefulness is not only for the legacy of an artist after they die. Artists whose work is organized in an archival structure early in their career benefit from the ease with which material can be organized and generated for exhibitions, sales, grants and publications.

Information that can be added for each artwork includes:

  • price(s)
  • sales & owners
  • framing notes
  • location/exhibition history & calendar
  • high res images
  • notes on prints, signed copies, artist’s copies, editions
  • research & other notes
  • tags for reference
  • audio & video media not otherwise displayed on the website
  • work in progress notes and photos
  • correspondence

Information that can be added for each exhibition includes:

  • catalog (which may be generated from your archive)
  • installation images (in progress, completed, and with audience)
  • sales
  • reviews
  • venue contact information
  • correspondence

With a custom-built website, it is possible to prioritize what to begin organizing as an archive and extend the archiving capabilities later.

In this workshop, we’ll be discussing those priorities and how an archival setup can be helpful.

Suited to galleries/artists/estates who are already using some archiving functionality which could be improved—and for those who are considering it.

Register

Description

A custom-built website can be extended to function as a full database of archival content—available to the gallery/artist/artist’s estate via private login; able to be made available to other individuals by password-protected access or available on the public website. The material can be viewed online or assembled for catalogs or other materials. Filters can be created to find groups of work by various criteria and private collections can be assembled on the fly for viewing by curators and collectors.

Archiving’s usefulness is not only for the legacy of an artist after they die. Artists whose work is organized in an archival structure early in their career benefit from the ease with which material can be organized and generated for exhibitions, sales, grants and publications.

Information that can be added for each artwork includes:

  • price(s)
  • sales & owners
  • framing notes
  • location/exhibition history & calendar
  • high res images
  • notes on prints, signed copies, artist’s copies, editions
  • research & other notes
  • tags for reference
  • audio & video media not otherwise displayed on the website
  • work in progress notes and photos
  • correspondence

Information that can be added for each exhibition includes:

  • catalog (which may be generated from your archive)
  • installation images (in progress, completed, and with audience)
  • sales
  • reviews
  • venue contact information
  • correspondence

With a custom-built website, it is possible to prioritize what to begin organizing as an archive and extend the archiving capabilities later.

In this workshop, we’ll be discussing those priorities and how an archival setup can be helpful.

Suited to galleries/artists/estates who are already using some archiving functionality which could be improved—and for those who are considering it.

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