HEIRLOOM – center for art and archives and the Association of Visual Artists (BKF) invites you to attend a series of events exploring a range of perspectives on how visual artists can engage with their own artistic archives. The goal of this program is to deepen artists' understanding of their collective body of work, addressing key issues stretching from copyright and legal considerations to conservation practices and creative approaches.

The title, I’m an Archive, is inspired by the British artist Barbara Stevini (1928–2020), who in her later years revisited pivotal points of her politically and socially engaged art practice. The title serves as both a tribute to the artist’s legacy and a poignant, somewhat cynical reminder: Visual artists often constitute the most comprehensive archives of their own work, possessing invaluable knowledge not held  by museums, galleries, or other institutions.

This course consists of four workshops and two study circles. The target group of the events are professional artist, but there’s also room for others, such as curators and art historians.

The course consists of four workshops and two study circles. The workshops last three hours. The study circles last two hours.

Program:

September 10., 15-18: The value and potential of the archive

October 8., 15-18: Ways to access my artistic archive: Registration, collection and documentation

November 5., 15-17: Study circle  

November 19., 15-18: How Do I Store My Works? – on selection of material, storage, documentation, and accessibility

January 14., 15-18: The Future of Works – on wills and copyright

January 28., 15-17: Study circle

Course information:

Dates: 9/10, 10/8, 11/5, 11/19, 1/14, 1/28

Location: Copenhagen

Payment: 500 dkk for all six sessions, includes light refreshments (1.500 for non-members). It’s only possible to sign up for all six sessions. There is limited capacity and sign-up is necessary to participate

Sign up: Sign up at Danish Visual Artists via email stud@bkf.dk.  At sign up we ask you to write a few lines about what you hope to get out of participating in the event series.

Sign up deadline: August 6. 2025

The events are supported by BKF’s Copyright Fund, The Danish Arts Foundation and Billedhuggeren professor Gottfred Eickhoff og hustrus maleren Gerda Eickhoffs fond.