Collection Description 
Checking In is a collection of art ephemera and personal mementos that share ways we use art to inform each other about harm reduction during moments of rest, leisure, stress and joy. These include visual materials related to rave care artist books, ticket stubs, Fentanyl test strip brochures, doodles on Narcan packaging, text messages, venmo request collateral, lost and found items, oral histories and journaling related to overdose, loss, and grief, and other materials that offers insights into how we take care of each other on and off of the dance floor.

History 
Checking In was informed by artists who have contributed to this conversation about harm reduction with materials from Nacho Nava Jr’s of memorial (Mustache Monday), items from the alley, and artist books about Jewels Catch One.

This collection is an open call inviting people to grow the conversation and contribute their ephemera related to overdose prevention and the ways we take care of each other. 

Checking In: Art and Harm Reduction

Titlesort descending Artist(s)/Author(s) Date Acquired Reference #
After Accountability Pinko 12/6/2023
B.35842.PI
And Now My Watch Begins: (almost) 8 Years of Sobriety My Way AKA Staying Sober While Staying Woke Golden Collier 1/5/2024
B.35886.CO
Block by Block to a World Without Rent! 1/12/2024
B.35905.BL
First Aide to Face Adversity Kuwa Jasiri 1/12/2024
B.35904.JA
Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention [2019] Jen Shear 2/25/2022
B.32794.SH
Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention [2023] Jen Shear 7/7/2023
B.35200.SH
Harm Reduction Collection Jen Shear 12/6/2023
B.35843.SH
HARM REDUCTION IS NOT A METAPHOR: Living in the 21st Century with Drugs, Intimacy, and Activism 5/31/2024
B.36661.HA
Harm Reduction: A Reader Jen Shear 7/7/2023
B.35197.SH
how to make zines to cope: from someone who copes a lot Ardent Eliot Reinhard 7/7/2023
B.35199.RE
I'd rather being grieving sticker Jade Forrest Marks 2/9/2024
B.36043.MA
Informed Consent and Trauma Aware Tattooing Tamara Santibañez 1/26/2024
B.35969.SA
Letters Mingle Souls: Mitsuko Brooks Mitsuko Brooks 1/12/2024
B.35906.BR
Lil Dope Fiend Overdose Prevention Guide 7/1/2015
B.11072.LI
Love Roses Scott Benzel 3/29/2024
B.36318.BE
Mad Ecologies: A Radical Harm Reduction Inquiry Various Artists 3/31/2023
ST.34685.VA
Metta bears sticker Jade Forrest Marks 3/29/2024
B.36322.MA
Notes on the LA Rave Scene 7/7/2023
B.35207.NO
Rave Scout Cookies First Edition Handbook Rave Scout Cookies 12/6/2023
B.35835.RA
Reclaiming Harm Reduction Emi Koyama 12/6/2023
B.35840.KO
SENTIENCE Carolina Hicks 1/5/2024
B.35878.HI
SENTIENCE Carolina Hicks 1/5/2024
B.35879.HI
Solstice*Come-down Carolina Hicks 1/12/2024
B.35908.HI
Someone you love sticker Jade Forrest Marks 3/29/2024
B.36321.MA
The Audre Lorde Harm Reduction Zine Golden Collier 1/5/2024
B.35887.CO
The HIV Howler: Transmitting Art + Activism, Issue 1: Criminalization-Medicalization Various Artists 6/30/2023
B.35156.AR
The HIV Howler: Transmitting Art + Activism, Issue 2: Mother-Mentor Various Artists 7/7/2023
B.35201.AR
The HIV Howler: Transmitting Art + Activism, Issue 3: Sex-Pleasure Various Artists 7/7/2023
B.35202.AR
The HIV Howler: Transmitting Art + Activism, Issue 4: Movement-Migration Various Artists 7/7/2023
B.35203.AR
The HIV Howler: Transmitting Art + Activism, Issue 5: Time + Money Various Artists 7/7/2023
B.35204.AR
The HIV Howler: Transmitting Art + Activism, Issue 6: Spirit-Substance Various Artists 7/7/2023
B.35205.AR
The Housemate Kevin O’Meara 2/11/2022
OS.32762.OM
[Anonymous note] 3/29/2024
B.36334.AN
[Balloons from Dance Data release rave] 7/5/2024
B.36729.BA
[CalArts After Hours Counseling Line] 3/29/2024
B.36324.CA
[Community Health Project LA Anniversary Party T-Shirt] 1/12/2024
B.35907.CO
[Community Helpline Bookmark] 1/26/2024
B.35964.CO
[Covid-19 Mail Handling Guide] Rave Scout Cookies 12/6/2023
B.35836.RA
[CPR face shield keychain] 3/29/2024
B.36326.CP
[Drug Info Cards] Dance Safe 12/6/2023
B.35837.DA
[How & Why to wear as MASK] 3/29/2024
B.36325.HO
[Jen Shear polaroids] Jen Shear 3/29/2024
B.36319.SH
[Mitsuko Brooks mail/note] Mitsuko Brooks 3/29/2024
B.36327.BR
[Nar-Anon Family Leaflets] 2/9/2024
B.36042.NA
[Rapid Response Drug Test] 1/26/2024
B.35965.RA
[Speed Scented Candle] Rave Scout Cookies 12/6/2023
B.35834.RA
[The Highlander: Club Spotlight newspaper clip] 3/29/2024
B.36323.TH