Critics of Color Residency

This residency will pair four critics of color with editors and archivists to develop articles for Curationist.org, an online database of Creative Commons (CC0 or CC-BY) content from cultural heritage organizations. Editors and archivists will use their knowledge of the site to help each selected critic research cultural heritage content and develop up to 3 pieces of content of at least 1,000 words to be featured on Curationist.org. The incoming critics will also become part of the Curationist community; their work will inform and expand the metadata for the items about which they write.

The residency will last from the beginning of August 2021 to January 2022. Writers will be compensated a total of $1000 USD for their contribution.

Curationist.org is a human-driven open knowledge ecosystem, designed for selecting and sharing global art and culture. A team of curators/archivists contributes to Curationist.org by curating articles, providing context around images, videos, and/or cultural content pieces. Curationist.org invites and encourages storytelling and curiosity around cultural content through a social justice lens that is anti-racist, anti-colonial, feminist, queer, and anti-ableist.

This residency is all possible thanks to a grant awarded by Allied Media through their Critical Minded program in support of cultural critics of color in the United States.