The Quiet in the Land Projects Archive, 9999

Creator:: Quiet in the Land (Organization)
Extent:: 37 linear feet 27 record cartons; 2 document boxes; 1 small flat; 1 tube; 1 oversize folder in mapcase
Language:: English .
Scope and content:: The Archives of THE QUIET IN THE LAND includes materials documenting The Quiet in the Land (1996-2013), an art and education project founded and directed by the curator and art historian France Morin. The projects include The Quiet in the Land: Everyday Life, Contemporary Art, and the Shakers; The Quiet in the Land: Everyday Life, Contemporary Art, and Projeto Axé; and The Quiet in the Land: Art, Spirituality, and Everyday Life, Luang Prabang, Laos. This work goes beyond the making of art to human rights and the meeting of cultures project that has great resonance in today's world.
Biographical / historical:: The Quiet in the Land is a nonprofit art and education organization founded and directed by the independent curator France Morin. It organizes projects in the form of long-term collaborations between artists and communities that are deeply rooted in the rhythms of everyday life. These projects demonstrate how an artist's gift to open up new ways of seeing, to forge connections between persons from diverse backgrounds, and to inspire positive change might contribute to the process of reconsidering the potential of contemporary art as a socially grounded practice.

Acquisition information:

2014.2015.M094: Source of acquisition--France Morin. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--12/13/2016.

Processing information:

Collection-level record describing unprocessed material made public in summer 2018 as part of the Hidden Collections initiative.

Papers [processed, etc.] [initials here] xx/xx/20xx.

Accruals:

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Physical location:

15: 7e, 05-07

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related material:

The website http://www.thequietintheland.org/ is being captured by the CUL web archiving program here: https://wayback.archive-it.org/2766/*/http://www.thequietintheland.org/

Access and use

Restrictions:

Material is unprocessed. Please contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms of access:

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred citation:: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); The Quiet in the Land Projects Archive; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Location of this collection:: Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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