Laura Chen-Schultz Collection on Asian Working Artists
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Abstract
Laura Chen-Schultz is the Deputy Director of the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at New York University, where she works to preserve and share community histories. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Chen-Schultz served as the staff liaison for Asian Working Artists (AWA), a student group active at the Tisch School of Arts. AWA, founded in 1997, consisted of undergraduate and graduate students across multiple disciplines interested in creating community amongst sutdent artists of Asian and Pacific descent. The group held general meetings and social gatherings, attended theatrical productions, hosted lectures and screenings of works by guest artists, and managed an online discussion list. The Laura Chen-Schultz Collection on Asian Working Artists (dated 1997-2005) consists of materials collected by Chen-Shultz documenting the activities of Asian Working Artists. Materials in this collection include administrative documents, as well as flyers, posters, and other ephemera documenting the organization's events, particularly Asian Film Night and Java House. The collection also includes video recordings on VHS and optical disc submitted for Asian Film Night.
Biographical Note
Laura Chen-Schultz is the Deputy Director of the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at New York University, where she works to preserve and share community histories. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Chen-Schultz served as the staff liaison for Asian Working Artists (AWA), a student group active at the Tisch School of Arts. AWA, founded in 1997, consisted of undergraduate and graduate students across multiple disciplines interested in creating community amongst sutdent artists of Asian and Pacific descent. The group held general meetings and social gatherings, attended theatrical productions, hosted lectures and screenings of works by guest artists, and managed an online discussion list.
Arrangement
Materials are arranged alphabetically into two series:
Series I. Administrative Records
Series II. Video Recordings
Scope and Contents
The Laura Chen-Schultz Collection on Asian Working Artists (dated 1997-2005) consists of materials collected by Chen-Shultz documenting the activities of Asian Working Artists, a student organization active at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Materials in this collection include administrative documents, as well as flyers, posters, and other ephemera documenting the organization's events, particularly Asian Film Night and Java House. The collection also includes video recordings on VHS and optical disc submitted for Asian Film Night.
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Conditions Governing Access
Material pertaining to individual student records may be restricted in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Please contact the Archives with specific questions regarding access to such records.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use materials in the collection in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Laura Chen-Schultz Collection on Asian Working Artists; MC 369; box number; folder number or item identifier; New York University Archives, New York University.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Laura Chen-Schultz in May 2023; the accession number associated with this gift is 2023.045.
Audiovisual Access Policies and Procedures
Video recordings are not available for playback. Researchers may view an item's original container, with the exception of containers with personal student information written on them.
Appraisal
A duplicate recording of Hello Kitty is Dead on an optical disc was appraised out of the collection.
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Processing Information
At the time of accessioning materials were rehoused in archival boxes and folders. Administrative records and video recordings were established as separate series and intellectually alphabetized. Optical discs have been treated as commercial recording objects, and therefore have not been forensically imaged, analyzed, or described.