iniva’s new Cataloguing Archivist, Niamh Glanville-Frayne in Stuart Hall Library with Third Text Journal, 2022
iniva is excited to announce that we have received an Archives Revealed Cataloguing Grant. Archives Revealed is a partnership programme between The National Archives, The Pilgrim Trust and The Wolfson Foundation, dedicated to cataloguing and unlocking archives.
Through Archives Revealed funding, we have been able employ an Cataloguing Archivist to catalogue key sections of the archive that are most in demand by our users, including our founding conference and early constitutional documents which feature speeches, writings, and practice by now internationally recognised academics and thinkers including Stuart Hall, Rasheed Araeen, Geeta Kapur, Gilane Tawadros and Eddie Chambers. We will also catalogue ground-breaking exhibition and programming material including Veil and X-Space, together representing a microcosm of INIVA’s institutional archive as a whole.
These archives will be brought alive via a dynamic open-source software called ‘Collective Access+’ for managing and publishing museum and archival collections, accessible worldwide. This new catalogue will contribute to wide-ranging research and academic knowledge by exposing hidden art histories, as well as promoting well-being and creative expression through interaction with archival extracts that are representative of their local communities in Westminster and beyond.
“iniva is delighted to receive this grant to fund an archivist to catalogue key parts of our visual arts archive pertaining to our organisational set-up and two ground-breaking exhibitions. This fund will enable us maximise the digital reach of our collections to our global audiences, such as researchers and scholars, as well as provide our local communities with access to learn more about the history of INIVA, which has supported the development of Black arts in the UK since the mid-90s’ – Tavian Hunter, Library and Archive Manager, iniva
“The cataloguing of key parts of our archives will facilitate the activation of significant histories in diverse contemporary art. These collections represent a continued push to challenge conventional notions of diversity and difference. People will be able to develop new and interesting responses that are built on the original ideas of the creators.” – Kaitlene Koranteng, Archivist and Engagement Producer, iniva