2010 Visual Studies Workshop Summer Institute

Working With Archives
Matt Walker
July 12-16


This workshop provides the fundamentals for working with photography in the context of the archive, and the creation of original artwork. Using the substantial visual resources at the Visual Studies Workshop, or a preferred personal collection, this workshop examines concepts, analysis, and current archival/museum best practices in the assembly of visual information. Exploring the uses of vernacular collections, this workshop assists students in researching and documenting visual information, and in crafting new conceptual structures of visual data. Working With Archives incorporates topical readings, field exercises, focus on alternative methodology, and hands–on experience with diverse visual collections. Assemble the foundation of an artists’ book, enhance your portfolio, acquire material for a montage, video, film, or website, among other options. This course provides an opportunity to develop skills that can be widely applied throughout the arts and a diversity of professional pursuits in the utilization of archived visual information.

Matt Walker is a photographer and educator living and working in Rochester, NY. He teaches in the Visual Studies Workshop MFA program, and is a history lecturer in the Rochester area. Matt’s photographic work focuses on transition in the landscape as visualized through the historic record. His most recent book Iroquoia was published through Visual Studies Workshop Press. http://mwalkerphoto.com/

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