It is managed by a director, nominated by a board of trustees. The Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture reopens to the public on September 18, 2020, with time entry passes required. The Archives of American Art is the largest collection of primary resources documenting the history of the visual arts in the United States. The Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture reopens to the public on September 18, 2020, with time entry passes required . Learn More. Their, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Use facets and filters to explore our collections, Materials relating to our collections and more, Explore the stories behind our collections, Art-related archival materials located in other libraries and repositories, How to borrow archival materials for exhibitions, How to give your primary sources to the Archives, Exhibitions at the Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery, See if our materials are on view near you, Guidelines for submitting scholarly articles, Terra Foundation Center for Digital Collections, Guide to the Papers of African American Artists, Excerpts from the Archives’ Oral History Interviews, Publications Using Material from the Archives. Some original collections are also available in the Archives’ New York Research Center. It is managed by a director, nominated by a board of trustees. 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Caption: The Museum of Modern Art Renovation and Expansion Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Gensler. UPCOMING. P.O. Using primarily local, organic, and sustainable ingredients, the lunch menu includes salads, soups, quiche, sandwiches, and a selection of cheeses. The Art Gallery of Ontario reopened its doors July 2 to Members and Annual Pass Holders, and to the public on July 23. Numerous internship, volunteer, and fellowship Opportunities are also available. The Archives of American Art’s primary exhibition space, the Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery, can be found on the first floor of the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture in D.C.’s Penn Quarter neighborhood—also home to the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery. They can be viewed in the exact order and arrangement as the original files, and their descriptions searched by keyword. More than 20 million items of original material[1] are housed in the Archives' research centers in Washington, D.C. and New York City. The Archives of American Art is the world’s preeminent and most widely used research center dedicated to collecting, preserving, and providing access to primary sources that document the history of the visual arts in America. It also houses a collection of over 2,000 art-related oral history interviews, and publishes a bi-yearly publication, the Archives of American Art Journal, which showcases collections within the Archives. The Archives of American Art was founded in Detroit in 1954 by then Director of the Detroit Institute of Arts, E.P. The collection includes the sketchbooks of Palmer Hayden, Horace Pippin's illustrated journal of his military service during World War I, and photographs of Alma Thomas. Help us keep everyone healthy! Among the significant artists represented in its collection are Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, Marcel Breuer, Rockwell Kent, John Singer Sargent, Winslow Homer, John Trumbull, and Alexander Calder. [8] Today's affiliates consist of the DeYoung, Boston Public Library, the Amon Carter Museum and The Huntington Library. The first archivist was Arline Custer, the librarian of the Detroit Institute of Arts Research Library. ARCHIVE. READ OUR NEW VISITOR GUIDELINES. Book your timed-entry ticket online and in advance prior to visiting the Gallery. Examining how mail art has worked across divergent cultural circumstances—from McCarthy-era America, to Soviet Poland, to Chile under the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet—this exhibition engages issues of circulation, collaboration, and community in and among specific national contexts during the second half of the twentieth century. Wednesday through Sunday Organized by Curator of Manuscripts Mary Savig, the exhibition revisits a 1977 exhibition at Los Angeles’ Woman’s Building, a feminist art school, gallery, and community space founded by Judy Chicago, Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, and Arlene Raven in 1971. It took three years to organize the collection of more than 400 linear feet. [11] In 2012, the Archives celebrated the centennial birth of Jackson Pollock with an exhibition of Pollock's archives and artwork. Mirski's Gallery showed avant-garde art, including work in the New York and international modern art styles as well as non-western art. Can't make it to D.C.? But it was best known for being a major birthing ground for American Figurative Expressionism as a whole, and Boston Expressionism, in particular, especially for mid-century Jewish American artists. [15], Over 100 individuals and organizations are represented in the Archives' Latin American art collection. Extensive collections of personal papers include those of Romare Bearden, Rockwell Kent, Reginald Marsh, Elizabeth McCausland, and Jackson Pollock. In addition to the papers of artists, the Archives collects documentary material from art galleries, art dealers, and art collectors. Victor Building, Suite 2200 A growing number of entire collections have been digitized and are also available on the Archives' Web site as Collections Online. Washington Center Closing November 8, 2020. It contained over 60,000 letters, notes, sketches, manuscripts, photographs and business records covering 70 years. Free visitor Wi-FiDiscounts are available for Smithsonian Members with a valid membership card. It was founded in Detroit in 1954 by Edgar P. Richardson, then director of the Detroit Institute of Arts, and Lawrence A. Fleischman, a Detroit businessman and young collector. These include a bird nest and a Kewpie doll from the collection of artist Joseph Cornell; painter George Luks' death mask; and a cast iron model car that belonged to Franz Kline. Pushing the Envelope features mail art selected from the collections of the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art. [6], In 2011, the Archives of American Art became the first Smithsonian business unit to work directly with Wikipedia through the Wikipedia Galleries, Libraries, and Museums project, starting by appointing the first Smithsonian Wikipedian in Residence, Sarah Stierch. [11], To illuminate scholarship of the history of art in America through collecting, preserving, and making available for study the documentation of this country's rich artistic legacy. Today the Archives houses nearly 2,000 oral history interviews relating to American art. The Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery are now open, with timed-entry passes required for the main building. Pushing the Envelope: Mail Art from the Archives of American Art. The mission of the Archives of American Art is to illuminate scholarship of the history of art in America through collecting, preserving, and making available for study the documentation of this country's rich artistic legacy. Beginning in the 1960s, artists from around the world looked to the postal system as an alternative means of producing, distributing, and receiving art. Visit the Terra Foundation Center for Digital Collections. In 2007, gallery owner Leo Castelli's family donated his papers to the Archives. The Café offers a fresh and seasonal menu of Mediterranean-inspired dishes. But it was best known for being a major birthing ground for American Figurative Expressionism as a whole, and Boston Expressionism, in particular, especially for mid-century Jewish American artists. Photography by … In addition to documenting the works of many renowned American sculptors, the collection also includes a number of rare early photographs of outdoor sculpture and public monuments, artist portraits, and exhibition and installation views. Diane … [22], The Archives of American Art is one of nine research centers of the Smithsonian Institution. *Subject to early closure for non-public museum events. It contained over 60,000 letters, notes, sketches, manuscripts, photographs and business records covering 70 years. They also maintain oral histories starting in 1964.[16].