From The Green Room

In her third blog post, Blair Black compares the pros, cons, and use scenarios of Airtable and Archivists’ Toolkit (AT), two database options she has considered for JazzAntiqua’s archive project.

In their second post, Abdiel outlines the materials they encountered creating the SQFC inventory and shares highlights and photos of special materials they found.

In her final blog post, Laila Franklin discusses the somewhat untraditional development of the inventory and AirTable database system for Jennifer Harge’s archive.

Blair Black reflects on JazzAntiqua’s early days, first as The Dance Collective, in L.A.’s Leimert Park neighborhood, and how to ensure the archive tells the history of this Afrodiasporic artistic organization and community.

In her final blog post, Bethany Greenho explains how she navigated the challenges of physical arrangement, terminology, and day-to-day usefulness when inventorying CPRD’s materials.

Bethany Greenho dives into the legacy of and materials related to “Southland,” a dance choreographed by Katherine Dunham and important to the history of CPRD and Black arts in America.

Laila Franklin interviews Jennifer Harge about the background and artistic vision for her archive project.

Bethany describes balancing archival theory with the everyday needs of a dance company to build their inventory, and expanding her idea about “archival value” to ensure Cleo’s voice and practice are reflected in the archive.

In her first blog post, Laila explores two guiding questions: “How do we simultaneously share and protect the work of Black, queer, radical women? How do we approach a process of archiving in service to eventual artistic goals?”

In their first blog post, Abdiel shares the hands-on and intimate learning about diasporic Puerto Rican music and dance they received from Segunda Quimbamba Folkloric Center in the early days of their Fellowship.