Emma Metcalfe Hurst

Artspeak Radio Digest

Posted by in Curatorial, Media, Podcast, Writing

Fall 2018 – Artspeak Radio Digest on Vancouver Co-op Radio, CFRO 100.5FM Artspeak Radio Digest was a three-month long program run in partnership with Vancouver Co-op Radio, a community radio station based in the Downtown Eastside since 1973. Taking the form of an audio journal, Artspeak Radio Digest was an expanded approach to Artspeak’s publishing program that culminated into 11 episodes. Each show was conceived of as an individual audio journal issue. Interdisciplinary in its approach, the digest format featured new commissions, sound works, poetry, radio plays, and music amongst…read more

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​Recollective: Artist-Run Centre Archives​ a​nd Initiatives @ ACA Conference 2020

Posted by in Archives, Contemporary art, Event, Presentation

June 2020 – ​Recollective: Artist-Run Centre Archives​ a​nd Initiatives at 2020 ACA Virtual Conference “20/20 Vision: Seeing Archives Differently” Co-presented with Dan Pon, grunt gallery Archives Manager and Allison Collins, Independent Curator and Recollective Partner. We presented on Recollective: Vancouver Independent Archives Week, a multi-vocal group of artists, curators, arts administrators, and archivists that work together across various arts and culture organizations to present research and artistic projects/events that intersect with community and institutional archives. Recollective responds to the need to address archives and bring visibility to them within the…read more

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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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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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