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Mellon Archives Innovation Fellows: Meet and Greet
Sun, Dec 04
|Stony Island Arts Bank
Join us for this very special Mellon Archives Innovation Program Fellows Meet and Greet.
Time & Location
Dec 04, 2022, 3:00 PM CST – Dec 05, 2022, 4:00 PM CST
Stony Island Arts Bank, 6760 S Stony Is Ave, Chicago, IL 60649, USA
About the event
On Sunday, December 4, from 3pm to 4pm - for the first time ever, we will have the opportunity to meet three of our Mellon Fellows - Yaw Agyeman, Dr. Honey Crawford, and Ben LaMar Gay. Fellows will introduce their research projects and engagement with the archives. RSVP to join our fellows for a cocktail and conversation.
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In August 2022, Rebuild Foundation launched the Mellon Archives Innovation Program—a multifaceted initiative supporting the creation of new research, scholarship, and artistic production through engagement with Rebuild Foundation’s archival collections at the Stony Island Arts Bank.
Over the course of the next two years, Rebuild Foundation will fund and support the creation of new work inspired by our four permanent archives. The four inaugural fellows are singer, songwriter, and musician Corrine Bailey Rae, interdisciplinary performing artist Yaw Agyeman; professor and performance studies scholar Dr. Honey Crawford; and composer and cornetist Ben LaMar…