The Expanded Archives Network was set up by Ellie Porter during her time as Head of Programme at Art360 Foundation (2017-2023), and Director of Hauser & Wirth Institute, Lisa Darms, in 2019. The EAN continues to be run by Hauser & Wirth Institute after Art360 closed its doors in December 2023 after nine years of operation.
The EAN connects freelance and institution-based archivists, curators and other memory workers through a shared interest in artists’ archives and futures. Through workshops, talks and professional development opportunities it seeks to foster a cross-cultural network for resource sharing and innovation in the expanded field of artists’ archives. You can become one of 250+ global members by signing up for free on HWI’s website.
Past events include In Relation: Power and Presence in Archives with Lisa Darms (HWI), Artist, Erika Tan, Topher Campbell (Rukus! Black LGBTQ+ Archive) and Dominique Luster (Archivist) and Being, Making, Becoming: Women’s Art Archives as Sites of Activation withThe Women’s Art Library, housed at Goldsmiths, University of London, and the Women’s Studio Workshop in Rosendale, New York.
The documentation on this page is of an event at Flat Time House, London, 3 November 2022 with speakers, Chloe Turner, Althea Greenan and Lauren Craig, who each participated in the film ‘Yes to the Work! The Women’s Art Library’ by Holly Antrum.
