The Nathan Lyons Research Center at Visual Studies Workshop holds research collections of photography, film and video, periodicals, and artist’s books, as well as an art library with over 25,000 titles.
- Nathan Lyons Research Center
Hours
Monday–Friday: 10am–4:30pm;
By appointment.For more information
Please contact jessicajohnston@vsw.org or taranelson@vsw.org
SEARCH THE ART LIBRARY
The collections at VSW showcase the aesthetics, cultural history, and social uses of still and moving images. Holdings encompasses both creative work and vernacular objects, as well as items that represent the history of media use.
Search The Joan Lyons Independent Press Archive
Search artist’s books in the Independent Press Archive
Search The Photography Collections
Search selected photographs from the Visual Studies Workshop photography collections. Moving image collections coming soon!
Watch Portable Channel Videos
Portable Channel was a Rochester, NY non-profit (1971–1987) founded by documentary filmmaker and activist Bonnie Sherr Klein.