Archiving for Artists

The exhibition Vivian Browne: My Kind of Protest is made possible thanks to the diligent work and generous sharing of materials from the Adobe Krow Archives (founded in 1992 by Browne and Vida and Ken Hackman to preserve their artistic endeavors) and the Hatch-Billops Archives (founded in 1975 by artist Camille Billops and theater scholar James Hatch to preserve and promote Black culture).

Inspired by Vivian Browne’s preserved archive, join keondra bills freemyn founder of The Black Women Writers Project and Co-Executive Director of Archives + Strategy at Black Lunch Table for a hands-on workshop designed for artists, cultural workers, and curators. Explore practical strategies for archiving and preserving your creative legacy.

About keondra bills freemyn

keondra bills freemyn is a writer, memory worker, and archivist in the Black tradition currently serving as Co-Executive Director of Black Lunch Table, a radical archiving project centering Black visual artists. Originally from South Central, LA, keondra is a former US diplomat and has worked with the Library of Congress, Smithsonian, New York Public Library and DC Public Library on oral history, digital transcription, and metadata projects centering marginalized communities. She is founder of the digital archival initiative Black Women Writers Project and former coordinator of Project STAND, an independent archival consortium focused on the ethical documentation of student movements. A dedicated digital humanist, keondra is a former Curationist.org Critics of Color fellow and an African American Digital & Experimental Humanities (AADHUM) Scholar. keondra earned a Bachelors degree in Marketing from Fordham University, a Master of Public Administration from Columbia University, and a Master of Library and Information Science in Archives and Digital Curation from University of Maryland. keondra completed a Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies at Harvard University and is a Society of American Archivists Digital Archives Specialist.