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Internship, fellowship, and volunteer opportunities provide students and lifelong learners with the ability to contribute to the study and preservation of visual arts records in America.
Read the first-hand perspectives from the staff who preserve and document the history of the visual arts in America.
Three oral history interviews are highlighted by Ben Gillespie, the Arlene and Robert Kogod Secretarial Scholar for Oral History
The papers of Hisako Hibi and Matsusaburo “George” Hibi, an addition to our substantial holdings related to Japanese-American artists, are detailed by California collector Matthew Simms.
Jacob Proctor shares details from the Four Walls Records and its history as an artist-run exhibition and event space
National collector Josh T. Franco shares highlights from the Robert B. and Beatrice C. Mayer Family Collection Records
Ben Gillespie, the Arlene and Robert Kogod Secretarial Scholar for Oral History, reflects on four oral history interviews recently conducted for the Archives of American Art
Internship, fellowship, and volunteer opportunities provide students and lifelong learners with the ability to contribute to the study and preservation of visual arts records in America.
You can help make digitized historical documents more findable and useful by transcribing their text.
Visit the Archives of American Art project page in the Smithsonian Transcription Center now.