Collection Information
Size: 0.2 Linear feet
Summary: The exhibition announcements of the Candy Store Gallery measure 0.2 linear feet and date from circa 1973 to circa 1982. The collection comprises exhibition announcements for gallery exhibitions featuring artists such as Robert Arneson, Clayton Bailey, Roy De Forest, David Gilhooly, Irving Marcus, Gladys Nilsson, James Nutt, Maija Woof Peeples, Sandy Shannonhouse, Chris Unterseher, Peter Vandenberge, and others.
Biographical/Historical Note
The Candy Store Gallery was founded by Adeliza McHugh in Folsom, California in 1962. The gallery primarily exhibited the works of teachers and students from California State University at Sacramento and the University of California at Davis. The gallery also hosted multiple solo exhibitions from artists such as Robert Arneson, Sandra Shannonhouse, and Luis Jimenez. The gallery closed in 1992.
Provenance
The collection was donated in 1983 by Paula Z. Kirkeby.
Related Materials
Also found in the Archives of American Art is the Candy Store Gallery records, 1968-2004.
Language Note
English .
Funding Note
The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.