Chicago Archives + Artists Project: Case Studies in Collaboration

Edited by Kate Hadley Toftness, Tempestt Hazel, and Christina Nafziger

Published in collaboration with From The Birds Trapped in Airports, the book features over three dozen Chicago artists, archivists, librarians, writers, curators, community organizers, and editors we adore.

Within the pages of the book, you’ll find new archive-inspired explorations, a directory of Chicago-based archives and collections, and reflections on 5+ years of the Chicago Archives + Artists Project (CA+AP). The book also features two new artist + archive pairings with letterpress printer Ben Blount who spent time in the archives of Shorefront Legacy Center, and artist/poet Natasha Mijares who explored the Latinx art collection at DePaul Art Museum.

The book features writings from Oscar Arriola (Zine Mercado/Chicago Public Library), Sara Chapman + Dan Erdman (Media Burn), Sky Cubacub (Rebirth Garments), Meg Duguid + Michael Thomas (Culture/Math), Marc Fischer (Public Collectors/Temporary Services), Kate Hadley Toftness (Sixty), Tempestt Hazel (Sixty), Ivan LOZANO (CA+AP Artist), David Maruzzella (DPAM), H. Melt (CA+AP Artist), On the Real Film (CA+AP Artists), Jennifer Patiño (Sixty), Jessica Pushor (Chicago History Museum), Morris “Dino” Robinson (Shorefront), Robert Sloane (Chicago Public Library), Nell Taylor (Read/Write Library), Lauren Shadford (Voices of Contemporary Art), Darryl DeAngelo Terrell (CA+AP Artist), and more.

Edited by Kate Hadley Toftness, Tempestt Hazel, and Christina Nafziger, with support from persephone van ort. Designed by Matt Austin of For the Birds Trapped in Airports.

This publication is made possible through generous support from the Hauser & Wirth Institute and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

Book photos by Ryan Edmund Thiel.