National collector Josh T. Franco writes about the large addition to the Emanuel Martínez Papers, illuminating his work with incarcerated youth and involvement in the Chicano movement.
Jacob Proctor, the Gilbert and Ann Kinney New York Collector, highlights the Michèle C. Cone Papers, recently acquired by the Archives. The following essay was originally published in the Spring 2022 issue (vol. 61, no. 1) of the Archives of American Art Journal.
Matthew Simms, the Gerald and Bente Buck West Coast Collector, highlights the Consuelo Jiménez Underwood Papers, recently acquired by the Archives. The following essay was originally published in the Fall 2021 issue (vol. 60, no. 2) of the Archives of American Art Journal.
Jacob Proctor, the Gilbert and Ann Kinney New York Collector, highlights the Art in General Records, recently acquired by the Archives. The following essay was originally published in the Fall 2021 issue (vol. 60, no. 2) of the Archives of American Art Journal.
National collector Josh T. Franco highlights the Nela Arias-Misson Papers, recently acquired by the Archives. The following essay was originally published in the Fall 2021 issue (vol. 60, no. 2) of the Archives of American Art Journal.
Registrar and collections manager Susan Cary shares the conservation process of a group of recently digitized stock books.
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.