Archives and Art-making class exhibition

Alyse (she/hers) is an artist, archivist, data visualist, memory mapper, and food scholar. Her academic research examines embodied, emotional, and cultural experiences of data and archival information, particularly through the acts of cooking and eating. She stands by the idea that food is political and seeks to use critical archival storytelling to uncover personal and community histories through food. This May, she will earn an MSLIS from Pratt Institute with an Advanced Certificate in Spatial Analysis and Design.

Patrick Kingchatchaval (MSLIS '24) is a Swiftie.

Anna is currently wrapping up her MSLIS program at Pratt Institute's School of Information. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Conflict Resolution at Portland State University. She is currently the Circulation and User Experience Librarian at Teachers College, Columbia University and the User Services Fellow at Brooklyn Public Library's Center for Brooklyn History. Prior to these roles Anna worked as a circulation technician at Portland State University Library, a page at New York Public Library's Periodicals Division, and a digital collections intern at the American Museum of Natural History's research library.

Lila Milgrom (she/her) is a pursuing a MS in Library and Information Science with and advanced certificate in archives.

I am just finishing my second-semester as a Dual Degree HAD/LIS student. After working for over a decade in film and television, mainly working in props departments, I've has always had a interest in the information that an object contains.

Charlie "Chayyim” Shaw is a mixed-media artist and archivist-in-training, currently working towards an MSLIS with an Advanced Certificate in Archives. Charlie Chayyim grounds his practice in lens-based work, drag performance, and archival research. His research interests include digital imaging, digital preservation and curation, and critical archival theory, particularly in the context of historical materials related to trans identity and drag performance.

Declan Sokolska (he/they) is a library and information professional working in New York City. He is currently the head librarian of the Cosmopolitan Club, a 100 year old private library on the Upper East Side. The collection specializes in both historical and contemporary women’s writings including first editions of club members such as Eleanor Roosevelt, Willa Cather, and Marian Anderson. Sokolska has been working in the library and archives field for almost a decade and graduated from Pratt Institute’s library science master’s program with an Archives advanced certificate in May 2024. Their work focuses on human-centered services and accessibility surrounding cultural preservation.

Morgan Võ (b. 1989) is a poet and librarian concerned with resonance, contingency, difficulty understanding, and the presence of the dead among the living. He is the author of THE SELKIE (The Song Cave, 2024), and a current member of the POETRY PROJECT NEWSLETTER editorial collective. Originally from coastal Virginia, he lives now in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.