3 posts by Maxwell Van Cooper

Maxwell Van Cooper is a writer and Library Trainee at the Free Library of Philadelphia. They are working to receive a Master of Science in Library Science (MSLS) with a concentration in Archival Studies. Max is also the co-founder of an online publication,tk.collective. Their writing focuses on queer culture, literature and art criticism, and creative nonfiction. Max has written for publications such as Full Stop Magazine and DRØME, and is a recurring contributor to Artblog.

September 4, 2024 by Maxwell Van Cooper

Sloan Leo Cowan, on community design in Philadelphia and facilitation

Max Van Cooper interviews designer and facilitator Sloan Leo Cowan and they talk about a wide range of issues, including what community design looks like in Philadelphia.

February 28, 2024 by Maxwell Van Cooper

Icons, the sacred, the lost, the overlooked, in ‘minor details’ at TILT Institute

Maxwell Van Cooper sees the six-person group exhibit ‘minor details’ at TILT Institute. An exhibition that takes off from the idea of an archive, the show is in part a collaboration or, even more-so, a response to curator Rami George’s archival work, “Untitled (minor details).”

October 20, 2023 by Maxwell Van Cooper

An interview with Bryn Ziegler on their new interactive comic, ‘Dont Look into the Abyss’

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