Voices in Contemporary Art Records
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Abstract
Voices in Contemporary Art (VoCA) is a non-profit organization devoted to "critical dialogue and interdisciplinary programming to address the production, presentation, and preservation of contemporary art." VoCA's primary programs include workshops, the VoCA Talks series, and VoCA Journal. The Voices in Contemporary Art Records (dated 2013-2021) consist of electronic documents and recordings from the organization's administrative activities, publications, and VoCA Talks series of artists discussing various aspects related to the creation, showing, and preservation of contemporary art. Materials in this collection include general information on VoCA as an organization, templates for authors and other contributors, style guides, and materials regarding publication and promotion of the organization's journal, including article drafts, images used in the publication, email announcements, launch event flyers, and marketing in other publications. The collection also includes pdfs, jpegs, and mov files documenting each event in the Talks series, including photographs, promotional materials, transcripts of remarks, video recordings, and administrative documents. Not every artist who has participated in the VoCA Talks series is represented in this collection. Event speakers documented in this collection include Henrietta Mantooth, Mimi Smith, Arlan Huang, Jaime Davidovich, Otto Neals, Blane De St.Croix, Juan Sanchez, Christy Rupp, Sarah Oppenheimer, De Wain Valentine, Leonardo Drew, Sonia Almeida, Derrick Adams, Lorraine O'Grady, Tara Sabharwal, Emmett Wigglesworth, Marcos Dimas, Ted Kurahara, Marie Watt, Tory Fair, Gwen Fabricant, Mario Martinez, and Vito Acconci.
Historical Note
Voices in Contemporary Art (VoCA) is a non-profit organization devoted to "critical dialogue and interdisciplinary programming to address the production, presentation, and preservation of contemporary art." VoCA's primary programs include workshops, the VoCA Talks series, and VoCA Journal. VoCA's community includes artists, conservators, curators, art collectors, educators, and students.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into three series, each of which maintains the donor's original order:
Series I. Administration, 2015-2021
Series II. VoCA Talks Series, 2013-2019
Series III. VoCA Journal, 2013-2019
Scope and Contents
The Voices in Contemporary Art Records (dated 2013-2021) consist of electronic documents and recordings from the organization's administrative activities, publications, and VoCA Talks series of artists discussing various aspects related to the creation, showing, and preservation of contemporary art. Materials in this collection include general information on VoCA as an organization, templates for authors and other contributors, style guides, and materials regarding publication and promotion of the organization's journal, including article drafts, images used in the publication, email announcements, launch event flyers, and marketing in other publications. The collection also includes pdfs, jpegs, and mov files documenting each event in the Talks series, including photographs, promotional materials, transcripts of remarks, video recordings, and administrative documents. Not every artist who has participated in the VoCA Talks series is represented in this collection. Event speakers documented in this collection include Henrietta Mantooth, Mimi Smith, Arlan Huang, Jaime Davidovich, Otto Neals, Blane De St.Croix, Juan Sanchez, Christy Rupp, Sarah Oppenheimer, De Wain Valentine, Leonardo Drew, Sonia Almeida, Derrick Adams, Lorraine O'Grady, Tara Sabharwal, Emmett Wigglesworth, Marcos Dimas, Ted Kurahara, Marie Watt, Tory Fair, Gwen Fabricant, Mario Martinez, and Vito Acconci.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
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; Voices in Contemporary Art Records; MSS 601; box number; folder number or item identifier; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Lauren Shadford and Margaret Graham on behalf of Voices in Contemporary Art in February 2020 and March 2021; the accession numbers associated with this gift are 2020.032 and 2021.2010.
Born-Digital Access Policies and Procedures
Advance notice is required for the use of computer records. Original physical digital media is restricted. An access terminal for born-digital materials in the collection is available by appointment for reading room viewing and listening only. Researchers may view an item's original container and/or carrier, but the physical carriers themselves are not available for use because of preservation concerns.
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Processing Information
New York University Libraries follow professional standards and best practices when imaging, ingesting, and processing born-digital material in order to maintain the integrity and authenticity of the content. One hard drive was forensically imaged, analyzed, and arranged in Forensic Toolkit, maintaining the donor's original arrangement structure. Empty file directories (i.e., folders with no files) were not retained. An accretion with materials documenting the organization's administrative activities and scholarly publication was integrated into the existing collection as separate intellectual series due to their distinct nature.
