Creating A Living LegacyDiverseWorks Initiative 2012

Summary of Initial Phase– Selection of artists– DW staff transitions– Selection of Legacy Specialists– Participants gathering and program

orientation led by Neal Ambrose-Smith (two days in February)

Between July2011 and January 2012

Legacy Specialists(how & why they were selected)

Jonathan Leachvisual artist & arts preparator

Amye McCarther visual artist, musician, archivist

Pete Gershonvisual arts writer/historian, founder & editor of online music magazine, Signal To Noise

Progress from March to NovemberAreas of Discussion For Each Artist1. Technology & Database2. Studio/Office space issues3. Cataloging & Documenting works4. Special Issues (i.e. relationships

with Legacy Specialists, artist idiosyncracies, health & safety)

Fred Baldwin & Wendy Watriss

Fotofest gallery, early to mid 90’s

Work delayed due to Fotofest 2012, summer departure of current assistant, George Zerkov, and travel by artists thru late October

Plan to begin in December or January

Insert image of prints Store in home across From Rothko Chapel

Mary Jenewein

Image taken from artist’s website: maryjenewein.com

exterior interior

Mary JeneweinTechnology & Database

Capacity Rating: 3(scale from 1 to 5)

• Has computer, but not to comfortable with it; utilizes Picasa; is online at home

• Relies on computer savvy sister, helped with site and digitization of images

• Is trying to increase use of computer without becoming easily frustrated

Database

• Jonathan has entered 107 works into “Artwork List” (all work onsite)

• Will enter remaining categories beginning next month

Goals:

1. revamp storage racks

2. Catalog works, wrap and label

STUDIORACKSBEFORE

Records in home and studio

Desk in studio Files in studio

Jonathan Leach in Mary’s studio cataloging and wrapping works to store in racks

Other areas of studio reorganized

wall to left of studio entrance

Before

And after Supply storage moved and

reorgainzedShelving added, items purged

Words from Mary……

Wall to right of new shelving

Storage racks resurfaced, items purged and remaining items identified

Mary Jenewein studio late summer

Installed New Lighting

Replaced system of clip lights & hazardous extension cords

More space to shoot works

Bert Long, Jr.

Bert with Kinky Friedman Bert with James Surls & wife, Joan Batson

Bert LongTechnology & Database

Capacity Rating: 5 (scale from 1 to 5)

• Very comfortable with new technology

• Has computer, digital scanner, printer, scanner, is online and utilizes Phanfare

• created website (with some help from son)

Database

• Artwork List: 899 entries• Exhibitions: 149 entries• Art Documents: 84 entries• Archive List: 41 publications• Contacts: 68 entries• Institutions: 129 entries

Home Office

Bert Long Jr. with his legacy specialist, Pete Gershon

Bulk of records are kept in his home office

Immediate Goal:

1. Gather and identify images to appear in book: Bert Long: The Artist’s Journey (working title)

2. Pete is currently inventorying works in home for estate planning

Plan to relocate files (December/January) to new file cabinets (will replace stacks of

boxes and files)

Home office Home office (area to Bert’s right)

Slides scanned so farapprox. 1,000 onsite approx. 3,700 offsite

Remaining slides to scan need to be relocated from about 10 ofc boxes to archival slide containers (likely done offsite)

Hope to eventually migrate video collection of documented installations and events

Many photo items in need of development

Bert Long’s Studio (Joan’s half)Bert Long with Legacy Specialist, Amye McCarther, cataloging prints

Special Issue: A/C in Bert’s studio goes out

Studio organization tabled for now

Special Issue: Legacy Specialists need reigning inSpecial Issue: Bert suffers a fall mid October

Toby TopekGoals: 1. Organize paper

files 2. Organize &

identify images (slides)

3. photograph undocumented works

4. Address space issues in studio

5. Create website (recently added) Toby Topek with her work c. 1983

Technology & Database

Capacity Rating: 0 -1 (scale from 1 to 5)

• Does not have a computer and doesn’t want one

• Relies on local vendor for email maintenance and other printing needs

• Will acquire an external hard drive thru the program

Database

• Have scanned 780 slides since beginning of

• October and about 500 documents and photos

• Artwork List: 21 entries• Exhibitions: 121 entries• Contacts: 23 entries• Institutions: 55 entries

Most to all records are in located in home office

Large walk in closet located on second floor of townhome- bedroom transformed into her office

Binders include slides and photos, as well as clippings, press releases, etc.

Slides were also located in 30 shoe boxes and other small containers

Special issue: communication difficulties

Slides not in binders were inventoried and relocated

Jonathan Leach scanning Toby’s slides

Special issues: mobility issues & difficulty working with other legacy specialists

Jonathan Leach building shelves for Toby’s studio

Work area set up in Toby’s patio Toby had items stored in tub chaotically before shelving was built

Expansion of storage space

View into large closet (studio was originally used as a separate apartment

Special issue: question feasibility of building /constructing for the program

Toby Topek Studio Storage Issues

Mobility decreasing, requiring new systems for organization

Other Areasinclude garage and third floor

Garage Storage