ARLIS/NA 50th Annual Conference

The Artist Parent Index
Sarah Irvin, Artist Parent Index and Emily Zarse, Indiana University
This presentation describes an artist-run digital humanities project, the Artist Parent Index (www.artistparentindex.com). The database, a free research tool for students and professionals, archives information related to the visual art discourse around human reproduction and child-rearing.

Research Impact in the Visual Arts
Richard Saladino, University of Nevada, Las Vegas and Christina Miskey, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
In this lighting talk, the authors will discuss the survey results that helped to shape new types of outreach and services to areas of support for faculty in demonstrating the impact of their scholarly and creative works in the visual arts.

Linked, Interactive and Dynamic: Artist Biographical Dictionaries in the Digital Age
Kristina Impastato, St. Louis Public Library and Amelia Nelson, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Missouri Remembers: Artists in Missouri through 1951 (missouriartists.org) is a collaborative initiative that rethinks the artist biographical dictionary for the digital age. Designed for all to discover, and make connections between, artists and specialized art research collections, this session will explore next steps for this grant funded project.

Towards a More Inclusive Materials Library
Siobhan McKissic, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
This presentation will discuss the development of an object-oriented materials library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign that prioritizes collecting objects from minority and employee-owned manufacturers, designers from underrepresented groups, and that are culturally significant to the patrons in local communities and beyond.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Coming Out of Chaos: A Vancouver Dance Story – Community Archives, Oral History, & Networks of Archival Support
Emma Metcalfe Hurst, Karen Jamieson Dance
Coming Out of Chaos: A Vancouver Dance Story is an oral history and archival research project produced by Karen Jamieson Dance that tracks the emergence of contemporary dance in Vancouver, British Columbia from the 1960s to the present day. The project takes the form of a website (www.kjdchaos.ca) which includes interviews with local dancers, choreographers, administrators, critics, and historians; a historical timeline; curated digital archival exhibitions; and a multimedia story told in four chapters that looks back at the collaborative work "Coming Out of Chaos" (1982) and its resonance today. This lightning talk will highlight oral history and archives as a tool for relationship-building, and will touch on themes of community archives, access, and networks of archival support within the non-profit arts sector.

Sponsored by UNLV University Libraries in honor of Jeanne Brown, Emeritus Faculty