The Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University is inviting artists, thinkers, and researchers to help shape a new resource dedicated to the evolving field of digital art.
As part of Hardwired: Foundational Works in Digital Art and the launch of the Nanula Digital Art Gallery, CAM is developing a Digital Art Resource Library—an expanding collection of texts that trace the history, theory, and future of digital practice.
Rather than building this library from a single curatorial voice, CAM is opening the process to the wider community. We are currently seeking book and publication recommendations from artists, writers, curators, professors, historians, and technologists whose work engages with digital art in its many forms.
This library will bring together foundational texts, contemporary theory, artist publications, and experimental formats—creating a shared space for learning that reflects both historical context and lived experience. Selected titles will be acquired and housed within the gallery, accessible to museum visitors, students, and the broader public both on-site and online.
From early touchpoints like Cybernetic Serendipity (1968) to key texts such as Christiane Paul’s Digital Art, to emerging conversations around blockchain, archives, and AI, the goal is not to define the field—but to map its many pathways.
All contributors will be credited, and submissions will remain open on an ongoing basis as the library continues to grow alongside CAM’s digital art programming. This initiative is led by CAM’s Head of Marketing and Membership and independent curator, Jess Conatser Minicucci, whose work continues to shape the museum’s evolving approach to digital art and public engagement.
In a field that is constantly shifting, this resource is designed to move with it—built collectively, shaped by those actively thinking, making, and questioning what digital art is and what it can become.
This initiative is made possible through the leadership and vision of CAM’s Interim Director and Curator of Exhibitions, Michael J. Beam, whose support has been instrumental in bringing this project to life.
