Staff Voices

Writing about the newly fully digitized Dorothy Liebes papers, archivist Stephanie Ashley contemplates color and the meaning of home during the pandemic.

In a new Conversations Across Collections entry, Liza Kirwin details an important early exhibition of Ruth Asawa's wire sculptures. 

Oral Historian Ben Gillespie details the Archive's Pandemic Oral History Project, conducted during the summer of 2020. The following essay was originally published in the Spring 2021 issue (vol. 60, no. 1) of the Archives of American Art Journal.

In the latest entry in our Conversations Across Collections series, national collector Josh T Franco chronicles the art and activism of Juan Sánchez.

Processing archivist Rihoko Ueno highlights the Toshiko Takaezu Papers, recently acquired by the Archives. The following essay was originally published in the Fall 2020 issue (vol. 59, no. 2) of the Archives of American Art Journal.

Matthew Simms, the Gerald and Bente Buck West Coast Collector, highlights the Ronald Davis Papers, recently acquired by the Archives. The following essay was originally published in the Fall 2020 issue (vol. 59, no. 2) of the Archives of American Art Journal.

Interim director Liza Kirwin looks closely at Oscar Bluemner's 1933 painting diary and self-portrait in the latest installment of Conversations Across Collections.

National collector Josh T. Franco highlights the Fred Truck Papers, recently acquired by the Archives. The following essay was originally published in the Fall 2020 issue (vol. 59, no. 2) of the Archives of American Art Journal.

In the first of a series of collaborative essays with the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Liza Kirwin examines Martin Johnson Heade's Notebook on Hummingbirds.

National collector Josh T. Franco highlights the Gene Swenson Papers, recently acquired by the Archives. The following essay was originally published in the Spring 2020 issue (vol. 59, no. 1) of the Archives of American Art Journal.