Archival Alchemy®

Unfortunately, many people move through life without fulfillment; fewer individuals know how to preserve the legacy of how they lived. WE believe in the active, purposeful use of archival materials to recover and amplify marginalized lives.

In essence, archival alchemy is understanding the life-changing power of archives; through the practice of combining Purpose + Preservation + Activation to = Transformation through Remembrance.

As a certified archivist and an interdisciplinary artist, Joyce LeeAnn Joseph, in collaboration with her Ancestors (= WE), founded Archival Alchemy® to facilitate self-determined individuals and inquisitive visionaries to creatively revisit the past in order to map their way forward.

In general, Joyce LeeAnn could work as a Processing Archivist for termed projects. She could also facilitate Traditional and Creatively Unconventional Archival Consulting℠ for individuals with personal archives/artist files + institutions with records.

Specifically, explorations within the Archival Alchemy Laboratory℠ that are rooted in self-preservation, self-mastery, and self-determination is OUR unique offering.

Please contact us about our services so that Joyce LeeAnn can clarify anything that we’ve shared here, and to further discuss how WE could support you! She could work remotely or on-site, across the USA or around the world. To follow Archival Alchemy’s projects, please connect with us on Instagram!

Joyce LeeAnn Joseph received a bachelor’s degree in Writing and Literature from Naropa University via Hampton University. She received a master’s degree in Library and Information Science with an Archives Certificate from Pratt Institute; she holds a Digital Archives Specialist Certificate from the Society of American Archivists, and she’s a member of the Academy of Certified Archivists. She has also held traditional archivist positions with the Whitney Museum of American Art, The New York Public Library, the Associated Press Corporate Archives, and the Weeksville Heritage Center. In 2011, Joyce LeeAnn self-published the archival text, somethymes grief goes for a walk. In 2013, she co-curated The Finding Aid: Black Women at the Intersection of Art and Archiving event at the Schomburg Center. She was a Create Change fellow with The Laundromat Project, a member of the EmergeNYC incubator, as well as a MoCADA creator in residence. In 2017, Joyce LeeAnn founded Archival Alchemy®* in New York City. Please review her full curriculum vitae (CV) for additional information.

*This letter written by Jean Hines, a librarian and friend, inspired the name of OUR business.