Emma Metcalfe Hurst

Archiving for the Performing Arts

Posted by in Archives, Event, Performing arts, Presentation

Summer 2018 – Archiving for the Performing Arts Presented by Karen Jamieson Dance Karen Jamieson Dance and The Dance Centre partnered with Simon Fraser University’s Special Collections and Rare Books to host Archiving for the Performing Arts, a free roundtable discussion focusing on records management and archival practices for performing arts organizations in Vancouver. Supported in part by SFU’s Community Engagement Initiative. Presenters included myself as well as: Melissa Salrin, Head of Special Collections and Rare Books at Simon Fraser University Melanie Hardbattle, Archivist for the Special Collections and Rare…read more

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Coming Out of Chaos: A Vancouver Dance Story

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Fall 2021 – Coming Out of Chaos: A Vancouver Dance Story  Coming Out of Chaos: A Vancouver Dance Story is an archival research and oral history project produced by Karen Jamieson Dance that recounts that looks back at the early collaborative work Coming Out of Chaos (1982) to tell a story of the emergence of contemporary dance in Vancouver. I had the opportunity to interview 17 established and mid-career contemporary dancers, choreographers, administrators, dance historians and critics, as well as six of the original Coming Out of Chaos collaborators. The…read more

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Acts of Transfer: Performance Art in the Western Front Archive

Posted by in Archives, Curatorial, Film, Media, Performing arts

Spring 2018 – Acts of Transfer: Performance Art in the Western Front Archive Acts of Transfer: Performance Art in the Western Front Archive is a web-based archival project that I developed for a newly digitized A/V collection of performance art by women-identifying artists at the Western Front from 1975-2006.  I conducted a rigorous permissions process by contacting artists directly, documenting how (and if) they want their work presented online, and offering them copies of their digitized works. The final product materialized as an interactive media timeline that hosted 65 newly…read more

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Access Gallery

Posted by in Archives, Contemporary art, Curatorial, Event, Gallery

2015-2016 – Curatorial Assistant, Access Gallery Worked closely with Kimberly Phillips, former Director/Curator at Access Gallery to develop and execute curatorial projects, public programming, publications, and Access Gallery’s inaugural travelling artist residency T​wenty-Three​ D​ays at Sea, on a container/cargo ship. Hosted exhibition tours and assisted with more than 8 public events. Conducted studio visits with artists. Assisted with grant writing, reports, and budget management. Performed daily administration and docent tasks including: opening/closing gallery, email correspondence, greeting visitors, conducting sales of gallery merchandise. Installed 5 exhibitions. Generated promotional materials and managed gallery…read more

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Western Front

Posted by in Archives, Collection, Curatorial, Media, Performing arts, Writing

2017-2018 – Archives and Media Intern, Western Front Developed the web-based archival research project ​Acts of Transfer: Performance Art in the Western Front Archive​; featuring 65 newly digitized performance artworks by women-identifying artists in the Western Front archives from 1975-2006. Curated a selection of works and generated new descriptions for the works on the project website/archives. Digitized audio-visual materials including: 6” Open Reel, Umatic SP, Mini DV. Updated permissions for use and access documentation for digitized performance works of 65 artists. Organized, described, and developed storage for WF poster collection….read more

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Recollective: Vancouver Independent Archives Week

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2018-Present – Project Coordinator, Recollective: Vancouver Independent Archives Week Co-ordinated and managed 14 events for 7 partnering organizations over 3 years. Performed general administration including: e-mail correspondence, note-taking, contract writing, budget management, grant writing/reporting, and copy editing. Prepared publicity and promotional materials (social media and e-news) for distribution and marketing. Assisted with the design and development of the ​Recollective​ website​. Performed website maintenance and undertook content creation. Designed digital publication series for the program. Built relationships with grunt gallery staff, partners, archivists, and artists. Co-presented Re-collective: Artist-Run-Centre Archives​ a​nd Initiatives​…read more

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Karen Jamieson Dance

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Summer 2020-Present – Dance Archivist for Karen Jamieson Dance (Co-op Work Experience) Assisted with metadata creation for 28 digital assets to be ingested into Arca.  Spearheaded the implementation of Traditional Knowledge (TK) Labels for 7 items in collaboration with Indigenous creators (ongoing). Implemented archival storage for photographic materials from the KJD archives. Organized materials into 5 binders with descriptive information for access and preservation (ongoing). Assisted with archival research, requests, and digitization for the production of the film “Body to Land: Stone Soup” (forthcoming in 2021). Created an inventory for…read more

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