Skip to main content

2014 Flashback: Archives

Support Provided By
shadesofla_list

From a massive bank of images in the Los Angels Public Library's Shades of L.A. photo archive to an exhaustive collection of works by Oscar Wilde housed at the Clark Library, archives are preserving the heritage of our society for future generations. Today, we look back at five of 2014's featured articles about archives. On New Year's Day at 1 PM PST on KCET-TV, we will be airing a three-hour Artbound Marathon which will feature a mash up of our episodes from this year. We hope you enjoy catching up on all the artistic discussions and activities that pervaded arts and culture in 2014.


Animation Resources' Mission to Build a Digital Archive of Cartoon Art

AnimationResources_new

Animation Resources is a digital archive of animation art, ephemera and other related materials that are accessible to animation artists around the world.


The Works of Lewis Carroll Live On at USC's Special Collections

LewisCarrollCollection01-thumb-580x435-83297

The Lewis Carroll Collection in the Special Collections department of USC Libraries houses an exhaustive archive of the famed author's works and their adaptations.


Inside the Clark Library's Immense Oscar Wilde Collection

An exhaustive archive of literary hero and icon of LGBT rights Oscar Wilde is growing at UCLA's William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.


Shades of L.A.: 20 Years of Illuminating Diversity Through Photography

shadesofla_5

The L.A. Library's Shades of L.A. photo archive contains more than 10,000 photographs drawn from family albums from communities across Greater Los Angeles.


Binding Desire: Unfolding Artists Books

artistsbooks_2

"Binding Desire: Unfolding Artists Books" is a group exhibition featuring the works of Otis students, faculty, and known figures in the art world.

Support Provided By
Read More
An 8mm film still "The Kitchen" (1975) by Alile Sharon Larkin. The still features an image of a young Black woman being escorted by two individuals in white coats. The image is a purple monochrome.

8 Essential Project One Films From the L.A. Rebellion Film Movement

For years, Project One films have been a rite of passage for aspiring filmmakers at UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television. Here are eight Project One pieces born out of the L.A. Rebellion film movement from notable filmmakers like Ben Caldwell, Jacqueline Frazier and Haile Gerima.
A 2-by-3 grid of Razorcake zine front covers.

Last Punks in Print: Razorcake Has Been the Platform for Punks of Color For Over Two Decades

While many quintessential L.A. punk zines like "Flipside," "HeartattaCk," and "Profane Existence" have folded or only exist in the digital space, "Razorcake" stands as one of the lone print survivors and a decades-long beacon for people — and punks — of color.
Estevan Escobedo is wearing a navy blue long sleeve button up shirt, a silk blue tie around his neck, a large wide-brim hat on his head, and brown cowboy pants as he twirls a lasso around his body. Various musicians playing string instruments and trumpets stand behind him, performing.

The Art of the Rope: How This Charro Completo is Preserving Trick Roping in the United States

Esteban Escobedo is one of only a handful of professional floreadores — Mexican trick ropers — in the United States, and one of a few instructors of the technical expression performing floreo de reata (also known as floreo de soga "making flowers with a rope"), an art form in itself and one of Mexico's longest standing traditions.