The Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York (ART) welcomes contributions for the winter 2025 issue of the Metropolitan Archivist, ART’s online digital publication featuring short- and long-form articles, reviews and interviews, and collection spotlights

The forthcoming issue of the Metropolitan Archivist is organized around the theme Let's Get Creative - focusing on the documentation of the arts as well as the creative potential of archives, records, and special collections.

We want to hear about archival collections that you've worked on related to art (including film, literature, theater, etc.), artists, and art institutions; outreach initiatives or collaborations between your repository and arts/education groups; personal experiences and challenges related to processing, exhibiting, or providing reference services to art-related materials; and ways that creativity plays a role in your work or the collections that you work with. We also welcome more creative approaches to writing about archives - short stories, poems, speculative essays, or any other way that you might want to share your work and experiences.

Other questions to consider include:

• What are some unique challenges or opportunities (logistical, legal, technological, etc.) presented by collections that document living artists?

• How can the routine work of processing and providing access to collections be seen as part of the creative process?

• What is an archival object, collection, or exhibition that has inspired you?

Proposals are due by Monday, September 2nd. Selected authors will be notified by Friday, September 6th, and final drafts with cleared images permissions are due by Friday, October 18th.

Link to form: https://forms.gle/aES5C7BmFTSTgast9