Made during the Archives & Access project from 2012 to 2017, these films explore the breadth of projects and people that can be inspired by archive collections.
Read moreArt: Furen Dai, How Race Was Made?
Collection: NC History Museum Quilts
“Quilts speak. They reveal voices from the past—specifically women’s voices. Some of these voices have long been silenced by illiteracy, exhaustion, racial oppression, and gender inequity. But if we know how to listen, we can understand what the quilts are saying. They speak of skill and power….”
Read moreArt: Public Art Archive
The Public Art Archive is a totally free, continually growing, online and mobile database of completed public artworks. This extensive archive offers inspiration for creating your public artwork.
Read moreCollection: the Museum of the Cherokee Indian
The Museum of the Cherokee Indian in Cherokee, NC, Cherokee Territory, is an immensely valuable resource. The Archives has a diverse range of materials, many of which are available to be accessed online using the online catalog.
Read moreArticle: "Censorship, Not the Painting, Must Go"
In “Censorship, Not the Painting, Must Go: On Dana Schutz’s Image of Emmett Till,” Coco Fusco wrote about Open Casket, an abstracted depiction of Emmet Till in his open casket by Dana Schutz, and the widespread criticism it received while on view at the Whitney Biennial in 2017.
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