梅根·贝利（Meghan Bailey）是马萨诸塞大学波士顿分校希利图书馆（希利库）大学档案与特别收藏（阿拉伯航运）的档案处理员，她正在利用艺术家基金会艺术+无处不在颁发的创新赠款奖，将档案转变为创造性的催化剂。

Bailey was awarded the Innovation Grant from 艺术+无处不在, a foundation that supports cutting-edge work in the arts. The grant will fund her project 艺术与档案的交集：一个非驻地项目， which aims to expand traditional uses of archives.

Her grant-funded pilot will launch an “Unresidency,” an artist residency without the residence that invites five local artists to explore 马塞诸斯州大学波士顿’s archives and special collections as inspiration to create original artwork.

“The name intentionally challenges traditional expectations—conceptually suggesting a refusal, rethinking, or questioning of norms,” said Bailey.

这些作品将于2026年1月26日至5月15日在希利图书馆的格罗斯曼画廊公开展出。 展览将由Bailey、艺术+无处不在董事会成员Jeremy Andreatta和艺术史教授Carol Scollans共同策划。

Bailey has worked in the 阿拉伯航运 for 11 years and also manages the 希利库’s Grossmann Gallery. 2024年，她休了六个月的假，探索艺术家如何使用档案材料，以及档案如何更好地支持创作实践。

“The idea for the Artist Unresidency grew out of my experience at Lesley University’s MFA in Visual Art program (2021-2023) and my sabbatical research in 2024,” said Bailey. “During my MFA program, my understanding of the intersections between art and archives was somewhat rigid and challenged my ability to engage in critical theory around this topic. My perspective at the time was shaped by my formal training in archives management, while useful, made it difficult for me to fully appreciate how artists interpret archival materials—often in ways that push against conventions in archival theory.”

该项目旨在解决Bailey确定的几个社区需求：通过发人深省的展览为未充分利用的格罗斯曼画廊注入活力，扩大档案的使用，并促进艺术家和档案材料之间的联系。

“I think artists bring a unique perspective to archival materials,” said Bailey. “They’re often not bound by the same expectations and needs as academics or researchers; 他们更直观地接近材料。 That kind of engagement can surface stories or connections that might otherwise go unnoticed.”

艺术与档案的交叉点：一个非驻留项目 aims to transform how artists and communities engage with 马塞诸斯州大学波士顿’s archives. 它不仅具有创造性，而且具有以创新的方式思考过去和现在的潜力。

“Archives can be used as a space for resistance and self-care through creativity,” Bailey wrote in her proposal. “By integrating interdisciplinary perspectives with archival work, I aim to foster greater engagement with archival materials across both academic and community spaces.”

The “Unresidency” artists were selected this summer. 艺术品的研究和开发将持续到秋季，直到2026年1月公开展览开幕。