LOSS. RITUAL. RELIC. RESIDUE. the archive

November 1, 2008-February 28, 2009
Newcomb College Center For Research on Women (NCCROW) Library and Archive
62 Newcomb Place, New Orleans, LA 70119
Free and open to the public. OPENING WEEKEND and WEEKLY HOURS: Monday-Friday
9am-4pm, or by appointment. WEEKEND HOURS: call (504) 251-4968 or visit
thevestigesproject.org on the web for more information.

The VESTIGES Project, a New Orleans-based and inspired artist/writer collaborative, is celebrating its
25-year anniversary with a kickoff installation at Newcomb College Center for Research on Women
(NCCROW), opening November 1, 2008 and on view through February 28, 2009. Located in
NCCROW’s Library and Archives on Tulane University’s campus, LOSS. RITUAL. RELIC. Residue:
The Archive is part of the VESTIGES Project’s roving 3-year residency at New Orleans’ Contemporary
Arts Center and is co-sponsored by the CAC. The opportunity to present in Newcomb College’s
research library and archive and work with its scholars and students is most appropriate as three of the
VESTIGES Project cofounders met while attending graduate school at Tulane/Newcomb, and many
participants have similarly attended school, taught and lectured on campus.

VESTIGES Project artists’ musings upon the vestigial landscape and culture of New Orleans began long
before Katrina. Artist Jan Gilbert, a VESTIGES Project cofounder and curator of both its CAC