Series V: Messages to the Public

Arranged alphabetically by each artist's surname, material in this series includes contract information, correspondence with the artist, proposals, promotional material, and photographs. Some folders also contain original sketches and prototypes designed by each artist.

In certain cases, Spectacolor Inc, exercised editorial control and did not run projects by all artists, including the work of Judith Barry and Nancy Spero. In most cases, folders pertaining to these projects have been labeled "unrealized."

This series includes correspondence with and documentation of Spectacolor Inc., the activities of the selection panel, financial and budgeting information, and general publicity material. This series also includes some of the background documentation on the compilation videotapes that the Public Art Fund made of various animations from Messages To The Public.

This series contains color slides documenting project installations at Times Square from 1982 to 1989. Slides from 1982-1988 are sorted by artist's surname. Black and white negatives for Messages to the Public are found in Box 14, Folder 15.