ArchivesAmericanArt

The world's preeminent resource dedicated to collecting and preserving the papers and primary records of the visual arts in America.

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From the Archives of American Art Journal, read “Martha Jackson’s Voice: Gender, Oral History, and Art-Historical Evidence” to revisit a 1969 interview with gallerist Martha Jackson. https://t.co/FlJW98pCfj @ArchivesAmerArt

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The finding aid to the Cranmer Art Group records is now online! The records contain client files and photographs that document the professional activities of art conservator Dana Cranmer and her studio. View the finding aid here: https://t.co/qQhXIKGJft
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The newest issue of our journal features “Weaving Abstraction,” a suite of original paper weavings by artist Wendy Red Star (Apsáalooke) that were inspired by the art and words of abstract painter Joan Mitchell. For more: https://t.co/II71t1bIr1
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The finding aid to the papers of sculptor Louise Bourgeois are online! Included are clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, a menu, meeting notices, and copyprints of photographs taken by Bourgeois. View the finding aid at https://t.co/i8xhysMU5a
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Octavio Medellin (1907-1999) was a Mexican sculptor of Otomi heritage who worked in Texas. A finding aid to the Octavio Medellin papers is available at https://t.co/lB1H4cbend
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Born #OnThisDay in 1887, Georgia O’Keeffe had little interest in painting subjects deemed suitable for women, such as still lifes. Instead she experimented with abstraction, immersing herself in the hothouse of American modernism.

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How are the Colin de Land, the gallery space Four Walls, and a Claudia Schiffer calendar connected? In more ways than you think! Read more in our latest blog post, Colin de Land, Four Walls, and A Supermodel’s Autograph: “Claudia Schiffer Day,” 1994: https://t.co/sfVeYBW2Dk

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Ralph Higbee held the titles of design assistant, studio manager, studio director, head of production, and weaver over the 23 years he worked with Dorothy Liebes. Higbee often worked on architectural projects that used his ability to handle heavier and larger-scale designs.

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📣 The finding aid to the Emily A. Francis papers is now online! 🎉 The papers include organizational records for Contemporary Arts and Collectors of American Art, Inc. in New York. View the finding aid at https://t.co/xFLX24g6xz #FindingAidDay

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Thank you to all the veterans who have served our country. Happy Veterans Day! #ThankYouVeterans #VeteransDay #VeteranArtists
📷: Sam Francis painting in his room at Ft. Miley Veterans Hospital, San Francisco, Calif., 1946. Betty Freeman papers, 1951-1969.

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Celebrate #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth with the latest episode of our #ARTiculatedPodcast: “A Class by Themselves: Joe Feddersen, G. Peter Jemison, and the eternal futures of Native American art." To listen: https://t.co/pNGlsM6t2J

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Meet Josh T Franco, our head of collecting!
View more of Josh's favorite collections items in our exhibition, Staff Picks: Our Favorite Items from the Collection, which Josh co-curated. Open now in the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art & Portraiture.

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Check out the digital exhibition link below, featuring photographs from the Archives of American Art's Emma Amos papers and Dorothy Liebes papers. You can also learn more about Emma Amos through our podcast: https://t.co/kZc5R9mjKd

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Dorothy Liebes hired artist Emma Amos for her color sensibility. Amos’s talents shine in her designs for Bigelow Carpets, one of the studio’s most lucrative contracts. Explore "A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes": https://t.co/fni7CcOrSr @ArchivesAmerArt

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📣 NOW ONLINE: The finding aid to the papers of lithographer and teacher, Emil Weddige, who worked primarily in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Weddige studied under Morris Kantor at the Art Students League and Emil Ganso in Woodstock, NY.
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📣 The finding aid to the papers of artist Anna Campbell Bliss is now online! 😄 The papers document Bliss' career as an architect and artist, involvement with several professional organizations, and time spent giving color theory lectures. https://t.co/aGa0LpSxhv #FindingAidDay

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#OTD in 1905, Lois Mailou Jones was born! 🎂 Jones was an artist and professor of design and watercolor at @HowardU from 1930 to 1977. Her story has been told in the @americanart Drawn to Art comic, “Behind the Mask,” illustrated by Aleyah Lyon from @RinglingCollege.

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Read the full interview transcript of Dr. David Driskell's 2009 Archives of American Art oral history interview: https://t.co/uRSJtRyqTR

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New Raymond Cummings: A 2018 Weisman Art Museum interview with installation artist Robert Irwin vs. a 2009 Smithsonian Archives of American Art interview with artist and art historian Dr. David Driskell. https://t.co/Sg1XHSpK7I

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First #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth artist highlight: Wendy Red Star (Apsáalooke (Crow))
In her 2021 oral history (https://t.co/9MY9jLduk1), she discusses her family, animals, repatriation, her journey working with multiple media, and more.
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👻 Do the spirits of the dead roam the Earth? This picture would have you believe so. See this double exposure from Charles Mahoney’s photos at the Archives, and decide if you believe the spirits walk among us. #HappyHalloween🎃
For more from Mahoney: https://t.co/AmmZkfMADw