The Art Equation is a podcast from Now Be Here, where art historian and curator Patricia Ortega-Miranda and contemporary artist Kim Schoenstadt talk with artists, writers, curators, registrars, archivists, and more, about everything that goes into pulling off an exhibition and being part of the art world. Now Be Here is a fiscally sponsored nonprofit, hosting a visual directory of women and nonbinary artists to develop opportunities and promote their work to wider audiences. www.nowbehereart.com
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The Art Equation is a podcast from Now Be Here, where art historian and curator Patricia Ortega-Miranda and contemporary artist Kim Schoenstadt talk with artists, writers, curators, registrars, archivists, and more, about everything that goes into pulling off an exhibition and being part of the art world. Now Be Here is a fiscally sponsored nonprofit, hosting a visual directory of women and nonbinary artists to develop opportunities and promote their work to wider audiences. www.nowbehereart.com
Elizabeth Botten: Stories from the Archives of American Art
The Art Equation: A Now Be Here Podcast
40 minutes 20 seconds
6 months ago
Elizabeth Botten: Stories from the Archives of American Art
In this episode, reference specialist Elizabeth Botten brings us behind the scenes at the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art. The conversation dives into Elizabeth’s path to working at the Archives, how deep archival research really works, and everything that goes into documenting, preserving, and accessing original materials from artists and art world figures throughout American history. Kim and Patricia speak to their own unique experiences doing research in the Archives, and Elizabeth shares a selection of her favorite objects and some incredible stories from the collection.
Mentions:
The Museum of the City of New York;
Shirley Chisholm;
Elizabeth Botten;
The Smithsonian Archives of American Art;
The National Portrait Gallery;
Taína Caragol;
Emilio Sanchez;
(Patricia’s blog) https://www.aaa.si.edu/blog/2020/08/emilio-sanchezs-photographic-sources;
Catherine Opie;
Georgia O’Keeffe;
Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship;
Jan van der Marck;
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago;
Esther McCoy;
Florence Knoll;
Walt Kuhn;
1913 Armory Show;
Marcel Duchamp;
Florence Allen;
Isabel Bishop;
Warren Chappell;
Eleanor Dickinson;
Trek magazine;
Miné Okubo;
Chiura Obata;
Walt Whitman;
Naul Ojeda;
Federico García Lorca;
Pablo Neruda.
The Art Equation: A Now Be Here Podcast
The Art Equation is a podcast from Now Be Here, where art historian and curator Patricia Ortega-Miranda and contemporary artist Kim Schoenstadt talk with artists, writers, curators, registrars, archivists, and more, about everything that goes into pulling off an exhibition and being part of the art world. Now Be Here is a fiscally sponsored nonprofit, hosting a visual directory of women and nonbinary artists to develop opportunities and promote their work to wider audiences. www.nowbehereart.com
