Join Guest Curator Cydney Payton and Monterey Museum of Art Archivist Eleanor Uhlinger in a conversation about presenting, preserving, and creating new futures for the work of fine artists.

About the Event

Open Archive will offer a rare behind-the-scenes conversation about Monterey Museum of Art's historical archives and the curation of the exhibition Morley Baer: Modernism in Northern California Architecture. How does the process of making exhibitions from artist's archives work? What is included and why? See and hear about works that were not selected for the exhibition. Learn about the importance of the archive in curatorial research and the role of the artist in the creation of their legacy. Gain a deeper understanding of Morley Baer's methodology to ensure his place in history.

Registration

Advance registration is required. Seating is limited, so we recommend reserving your tickets early.

$5 MMA Members, Students, Military, Under 18, and SNAP Participants with EBT

$20 General Admission. Includes an admission pass to MMA - Pacific Street.

About the Presenters

Cydney Payton is an American museum director, curator, and writer. Payton was the Director and Chief Curator for both the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (2009–2000) and the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (2000–1991). Payton has curated over fifty exhibitions, many for individual artists including Larry Bell, Lynda Benglis, Stan Brakhage, Dale Chisman, Yu-Chen Chou, Dorothy Dehner, Jane Hammond, Damien Hirst, Ana Maria Hernando, Brad Kalhammer, Susanne Kühn, Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt, Wangechi Mutu, Erwin Redl, Rex Ray, Stacey Steers, and Collier Schorr. She has written on artists such as Lynda Benglis, Dorothy Dehner, Jasper de Biejer, Susanne Kühn, Susan Meyer and Jeffrey Starr, Barbara Shark, Ann Shostrom, Rex Ray, and Clark Richert. Payton holds an MA in Curatorial Practice, from California College of the Arts. Her practice focuses on the relationship between contemporary art and architectural histories and theories.

Eleanor Uhlinger is the Archivist/Librarian at the Monterey Museum of Art. In her former role as University Librarian at the Naval Postgraduate School, she created a Special Collections and Archives department to document and preserve the history of the School, its students and faculty, and its location on the grounds of the former Hotel Del Monte. After retirement, she became active in the Monterey Regional Collections Roundtable, a local group of archivists, historians, librarians, and researchers who meet monthly to facilitate cooperation and promote a better understanding of the sound administration, preservation, and appropriate use of historical research and museum collections in the Monterey Region.