Part 1: Artist Flat File Initiative - Spencer Art Reference Library & KCAC

At the Spencer Art Reference Library

Sharing the large AFI/Archive of Philomene Bennett

Conversation: How we got the file, the state it was in when it came to us, what it took to organize, what’s in it, how it can be used as a resource, the connections Philomene Bennett made to the community, her partnership with Lou Marek, the impact they had on the KC creative community, looking at her materials.

Questions. Material shareout. Describing the collection to other artists. In the NAMA collection. Becomes even more important, curatorial files and artist donated files.

• 10 minutes sharing about AFI
• 30 minutes sharing Philomene Bennett: scope of archive, art, community
• 20 minutes questions and close-looking

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