The Flowerings Project at JMU: Phase 2
News
- As of Spring 2025,
- The 1994 conference Finding Aid is complete in ArchivesSpace with videos available in Aviary.
- Archival description work continues for the 2004 conference and some work has begun for the 2014 conference.
- Libraries has created and/or updated all authority records related to the 2004 and 2014 conferences and imported them into ArchivesSpace.
- March 31, 2025: 2024 Flowerings Highlights posted
- September-October, 2024: Photos and videos now available for Furious Flower IV: Worlds of Black Poetry Conference on FFPC’s Facebook and YouTube Channel.
- July, 2024: Draft schedule now available for Furious Flower IV: Worlds of Black Poetry Conference.
- May 1, 2024: Register now for the Furious Flower IV: Worlds of Black Poetry Conference!
- March 31, 2024: 2023 Flowerings Annual Report Highlights posted
- January 24, 2024: Official trailer launch for Furious Flower IV: Celebrating the Worlds of Black Poetry
- January 22, 2024: Celebrating our newest team members
- December 1, 2023: The Call for Proposals for Furious Flower IV: Celebrating the Worlds of Black Poetry Conference is LIVE! Please share with your social and professional networks.
- September 18, 2023: Furious Flower IV: Celebrating the Worlds of Black Poetry Conference (Sep 18-21, 2024) announced!
- August 25, 2023: Welcome, Gbenga Adesina, Post-Doctoral Fellow in Black Global and Diasporic Poetry
- June 12, 2023: Welcome to our new Digital Archivist, Layne Carpenter
- March 10, 2023: 2022 Flowerings Annual Report Highlights posted
- February, 2023: Welcome to two new colleagues:
- Digital Preservation Specialist, David Black
- Instruction Librarian & Curator for Black Arts & Culture, N’Kosi Oates
- December, 2022: Job Openings posted
- Digital Archivist (Review Date 1/17/2023)
- Furious Flower Fellowship in Black Global and Diasporic Poetry (Review Date 1/23/2023)
- August 11, 2022:
- “Flowerings: A Framework for Mutual Growth” official release
- JMU press release
- January 2, 2022: Flowerings Phase 2 press release
- February 17, 2020: Flowerings Phase 1 press release
What is the Flowerings Project?
Flowerings Project Phase II: Seeding and Tending Furious Flower’s Digital Archives and Infrastructure is a generous $2 million implementation grant to James Madison University (the Furious Flower Poetry Center in the College of Arts and Letters, and JMU Libraries) from the Mellon Foundation.
The 4.5-year grant (2022-2026) will support Furious Flower’s internationally recognized leadership and provide for archival description, digital preservation, and global access to an extensive archive of Furious Flower poetry and spoken word performance videos held by JMU Libraries Special Collections. The grant will help to strengthen and enhance the Center’s web and scholarly publishing infrastructure in partnership with open access and digital scholarship initiatives at the JMU Libraries.
The partners will implement a new model of integrated library support for a living, academic center for the arts with archival components. This model, developed as part of a prior planning grant, will be centered in the needs and insights of Black poets and their related scholarly and creative communities. Lauren K. Alleyne and Dr. Bethany Nowviskie serve as the project’s principal investigators.
Learn more from the press release at JMU News.
Learn More About
- Flowerings Phase 2 Goals, Timeline, and Activities
- Flowerings Phase 1: Planning grant
- JMU’s participation in the AudiAnnotate project
- Innovating the Archives
- Furious Flower Poetry Center
- Furious Flower Inaugural Conference – prototype of digital archive
Related Collections in JMU Libraries
- The Furious Flower Poetry Center Records, 1990-2019
- Furious Flower Poetry Center Video Collection (1994 and 2004) – JMU Scholarly Commons
- Joanne V. Gabbin Papers – a guide to the collection from JMU Libraries Special Collections
Questions?
Contact Galen Talis, project coordinator (talisgj@jmu.edu)
Mellon Award #: 2012-09851
