On July 9th, I joined a panel discussion hosted by the National Portrait Gallery on the significance of the artist’s archive with Dorothy Moss, Director of the Hung Liu Estate, Jeff Lee of Ryan Lee Gallery, and Christina Ayson-Plank of the Smithsonian Archives of American Art. Last year I had the privilege of being part of Hung Liu’s “Sewing Circle”; a group of women who helped organize and catalogue her archive in preparation for its acquisition by the Smithsonian Archives of American Art. Hung was a dear friend, mentor, and advocate, and the opportunity to delve more deeply into her archives has meant developing an even richer understanding of her brilliance in life and work.