A view online of selections from Archives of American Art collections,  many showcased in exhibitions in AAA's New York Research Center or prepared for SI Heritage Month celebrations.  

• Wish You Were Here: Artists on Vacation (Selections from an exhibit in AAA's New York Research Center, July 22 - October 8, 2004)

• Metal Matters: Selections from the papers of Metalsmiths (selections from an exhibit in AAA's New York Research Center, April 22 - July 16, 2004)

• Electing Excellence: The National Academy of Design, 1825-1944 (selections from an exhibit in AAA's New York Research Center January 15, 2004 - April 9, 2004)

• No Day Without a Line: Whistler in the Archives of American Art (checklist of the exhibition held in AAA's New York Research Center, October 10, 2003 - January 9, 2004)

• Digging for Clay in the Archives of American Art (selections from an exhibit in AAA's New York Research Center, January 16 - April 4, 2003)

• Selections from the George Catlin Papers (an online version of an exhibit in AAA's Washington DC Headquarters, prepared for American Indian Heritage Month, November 2002)

• Andre Emmerich: A Documentary Portrait (the checklist, plus interview excerpts used in the exhibit in AAA's New York Research Center, October 10, 2002-January 10, 2003)

• Fiber Art: Following the Thread (selections from an exhibit in AAA's New York Research Center, July 3- September 13, 2002)

• Marcel Breuer: A Centennial Celebration (selections from an exhibit in AAA's New York Research Center, April 5 - June 29, 2002)

• American Traditions: A Taste for Folk Art (selections from an exhibit in AAA's New York Research Center, January 10 - March 29, 2002)

• Wayne Thiebaud: Memories and Delights (a guide to the exhibit in AAA's New York Research Center, Oct. 24, 2001-Jan. 4, 2002)

• Craft and the Creative Process (an online version of an exhibit in AAA's New York Research Center, June 1, 2001-Oct. 22, 2001)

• Frida Kahlo: Notas Sobre una Vida / Notes on a Life (prepared for Hispanic Heritage Month 2001)

• A Day in the Life: Diaries from the Archives of American Art (a guide to the exhibit in AAA's New York Research Center, Feb. 2, 2001-May 31, 2001)

• The Artful Presidency: Selections from the Archives of American Art

• Treasures From the Archives of American Art (an online version of an exhibit in AAA's New York Research Center, Sept. 19, 2000-Jan. 5, 2001)  

• Selecciónes Cubanas: Selections from the Papers of Cuban American Artists at the Archives of American Art (prepared for Hispanic Heritage Month 2000)

• A Celebration of the Piano: Selections From the Archives of American Art (prepared in connection with the Smithsonian's Piano 300 exhibition) 

• Selections From The Fairfield Porter Papers

• The American Indian Observed: Selected Sketches and Documents from the Collections of the Archives of American Art  (prepared for American Indian Heritage Month, November 1999) 

• Giulio V. Blanc papers, 1920-1995 (prepared for Hispanic Heritage Month, February 1999)

• In Sight: Portraits of Folk Artists by Chuck Rosenak

• The Critic Sees: A Century of Art Criticism From the Archives of American Art

• Visual Thinking: Sketchbooks from the Archives

• W. Harrison Cady papers in the Archives of American Art

• Tomás Ybarra-Frausto Research Material on Chicano Art

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