Sydney Majka's Personal Archive · Museum Studies

Title: Prompt 1: Sydney Majka
Description: The map is an image from google maps of the town Penfield, NY where I grew up. The locations marked include Penfield High School, my childhood home, Rochester Ice Center where I practiced figure skating for 9 years, and Tri-County Sports Complex where I played in volleyball tournaments.
Creator: Sydney Majka
Date Created: November 17, 2022 – November 17, 2022
Medium: Photograph
Extent: 2221_MUSE340
Subject: color photograph

Title: Prompt 2: Sydney Majka
Description: This self portrait was taken in the photo studios at RIT. As a photo major I spend a lot of my time in the studios and it was nice to create images for myself rather than for a class. This image is just me having fun in the studio and creating some nice portraits.
Date Entered Collection: November 10, 2022
Creator: Sydney Majka
Date Created: September 15, 2022 – September 15, 2022
Medium: Photo
Extent: 2221_MUSE340
Subject: See all items with this value color prints (photographs)

Title: Prompt 3: Sydney Majka
Description: This is my warm-up shirt from my senior year and last season of volleyball in high school. This shirt is very special to me because not only does it have my name on it but it has my teammates names surrounding the volleyball in the middle. This shirt has traveled with me all over from Pittsburg to Phoenix and I even still practice in it. My warm-up shirt commemorates my favorite team I played on in high school which was VFX 18s Mystery even though my last season was cut short due to COVID.
Date Entered Collection: December 5, 2019
Creator: Smack Volleyball
Medium: dri-fit fabric
Extent: 2221_MUSE340
Subject: clothing

Title: Prompt 4: Sydney Majka
Description: I bought this tiny replica of the statue of David by Michelangelo when I was in Florence, Italy in 2019. I keep my little David on my desk so I can see it every day. It reminds me of how much fun I had on my trip that I got my first job for so I could save up. Going to see the David was my favorite part of my visit to Florence. The sheer size and detail of the carving took my breath away; it was truly amazing to see in person so of course I had to get a tiny copy for myself.
Date Entered Collection: July 22, 2019
Creator: Unknown
Medium: Sculpture
Extent: 2221_MUSE_340

Title: Prompt 6: Sydney Majka
Description: My great grandparents on my mom's side emigrated from France and didn't bring much of their culture or traditions with them because they wanted to assimilate as much as possible and be seen as just American. One of the few things they did pass down was their recipe for French Pastry. The recipe I have today is theirs that my grandma typed up and as seen in the image has my mom's handwritten notes. My mom and my grandma make french pastry together for every holiday and it's something the whole family loves. One day I hope to add my own notes to the recipe that's been passed down generation to generation.
Creator: Patricia Ouillette
Medium: Paper
Extent: 2221_MUSE_340
Subject: Recipe

Title: Prompt 7: Sydney Majka
Description: I got my tiger shorts when I joined the RIT Women's Club Volleyball team my sophomore year. We wear them as cover shorts at every tournament and game we have because of how loud and bright they are. They make it easy to find one another at busy tournaments and they make us look like more of a team. Everyone on the team including myself loves the tiger shorts and I have so many happy memories in them at RIT and many other places.
Date Entered Collection: September 4, 2021
Creator: Sydney Majka
Medium: cotton fabric
Extent: 2221_MUSE340
Subject: volleyball clothing

Title: Prompt 8: Sydney Majka
Description: After being completely isolated for a month I was really missing everyone. In June three of my friends from the gym I was working at had "parking lot parties" where we would park our cars in the Gananda High School parking lot 6 feet away from each other. We'd sit in our trunks facing each other, eat food, play music, and skateboard with masks on. Our parking lot parties were what I looked forward to every week and they were a safe way to bring back a sense of normality during a time that was so lonely and turbulent.
Date Entered Collection: June 10, 2020
Creator: Sydney Majka
Date Created: June 10, 2020 – June 10, 2020
Medium: Photographs
Extent: 2221_MUSE340
Subject: color photographs

Title: Prompt 9: Protest
Description: I went to many protests for Black Lives Matter in 2020. The image I included shows the signs my best friend and I made for a protest in Victor, NY. I believe that the way Black people in America are being treated, as though their lives don't matter, is wrong and therefore I showed up to support at the protests and help fight for systemic racial equality.
Date Entered Collection: June 5, 2020
Creator: Sydney Majka & Barbara Buck
Date Created: June 5, 2020 – June 5, 2020
Medium: Cardboard
Extent: 2221_MUSE340
Subject: Signs