Queer arts, artists, and culture: the queerupnorth archive
Queer arts, artists, and culture is a project led by queerupnorth, in partnership with Manchester Archives and Local Studies
. The project will catalogue the records of the arts festival archive and make them available to a wide and diverse audience. Paper archives will be catalogued and deposited at Manchester Archives and Local Studies. Those moving image archives which are deemed to be of historic importance to Manchester and the North West will also be catalogued and donated to the North West Film Archive.
In addition the project will train and use volunteers to record memories of people involved in queerupnorth, and make the recordings available. The project will increase opportunities for learning about archives and the history of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community in Manchester. The archive will also be the basis for a touring exhibition and a learning day. In February 2008 the exhibition will tour Manchester's local libraries and community centres as part of LGBT History Month exhibition. The exhibition will also form part of the queerupnorth festival in May 2008.
To access the project catalogues click on the link to Access to Archives.
For more information about this project please email: John Benson
.
