Series II: Public Arts Council

Scope and Content

Arranged chronologically, this series documents projects that were initiated by the Public Arts Council of the Municipal Arts Society. Significant gaps exist and the materials are not a comprehensive reflection of all projects completed during the time period. The series is divided into six subseries.

Subseries II.A: General Organizational Files

Public Arts Council Statements & History, 1970-1976, inclusive

Box: 8, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Public Arts Council advisory board & other correspondence, 1973-1978, inclusive

Box: 8, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Public Space/Public sculpture commissioning program, 1974-1976, inclusive

Box: 8, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Unrealized project - Waterside Plaza floor printing, 1975, inclusive

Box: 8, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Public Arts Council bank account closed, 1976, inclusive

Box: 8, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Midtown Arts Advisory Committee, 1977, inclusive

Box: 8, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Press releases, 1978, inclusive

Box: 8, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Art Commission of New York, 1973-1974, inclusive

Box: 8, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"The Great American Quilt" - A design for the unveiling of the stature of liberty for its rededication, 1984-1986, inclusive

Box: 8, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries II.B: Public Art Council Projects

Index of public art in New York City - Research (1 of 2), 1971-1973, inclusive

Box: 8, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Index of public art in New York City (2 of 2), undated

Box: 8, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Walk Through Sculpture in the Park, 1974, inclusive

Box: 8, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Walking Tour Guide of Lower Manhattan (1 of 3), 1975, inclusive

Box: 8, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Walking Tour Guide of Lower Manhattan (2 of 3), 1975, inclusive

Box: 8, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Walking Tour Guide of Lower Manhattan (3 of 3), 1975, inclusive

Box: 8, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Platforms for Design (1 of 4), 1976, inclusive

Box: 9, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Platforms for Design (2 of 4), 1975-1976, inclusive

Box: 9, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Platforms for Design (3 of 4), 1974-1977, inclusive

Box: 9, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Platforms for Design (4 of 4), 1976, inclusive

Box: 9, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries II.C: Artist Projects, 1971-1977, inclusive

King, William, 1971, inclusive

Box: 9, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Gourfain, Peter, 1972, inclusive

Box: 9, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Oppenheim, Dennis, 1972, inclusive

Box: 9, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Slivka, David, 1974, inclusive

Box: 9, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Snelson, Kenneth - 1 of 2, 1974, inclusive

Box: 9, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Snelson, Kenneth - 2 of 2, 1974, inclusive

Box: 9, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hamner, Richard - unrealized, 1975, inclusive

Box: 9, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tumarkin, Igael, 1975, inclusive

Box: 9, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Von Ringelheim, Paul, 1975, inclusive

Box: 9, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

di Suvero, Mark - 1 of 4, 1975, inclusive

Box: 10, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

di Suvero, Mark - 2 of 4, 1975, inclusive

Box: 10, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

di Suvero, Mark - 3 of 4, 1975, inclusive

Box: 10, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

di Suvero, Mark - 4 of 4, 1975, inclusive

Box: 10, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Canole, 1976, inclusive

Box: 10, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Milkowski, Antoni - unrealized project, 1976, inclusive

Box: 10, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Negrin, Lee, 1976, inclusive

Box: 10, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tumarkin, Igael - 1 of 2, 1976, inclusive

Box: 10, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tumarkin, Igael - 2 of 2, 1976, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Valinski, Dennis - 1 of 3, 1976, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Valinski, Dennis - 2 of 3, 1976, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Valinski, Dennis - 3 of 3, 1976, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

King, William - 1 of 3, 1976, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

King, William - 2 of 3, 1976, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

King, William - 3 of 3, 1976, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Indiana, Robert, 1977-1978, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries II.D: Community Environmental Sculpture Program

General artist correspondence and planning (1 of 5), 1967, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General artist correspondence and planning (2 of 5), 1967, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General artist correspondence and planning (3 of 5), 1967, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General artist correspondence and planning (4 of 5), 1967-1972, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General artist correspondence and planning (5 of 5), 1967-1972, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ramirez, Edmundo, 1972, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Meadmore, Clement - "Split Ring", 1972-1973, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Meadmore, Clement - "Swing", 1972-1987, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Doyle, Tom, 1973-1974, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lockpez, Inverna, 1974, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fugate-Wilcox, Terry, 1974-1987, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs, undated

Box: 12, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries II.E: Consulting projects

Borough Hall Sculpture Garden - Brooklyn, 1971-1976, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

College Art Association Meeting, 1974-1975, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Consulting Central Park Restoration / Grand Central Station Concert, 1977, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Consulting for Fox Square / Plaza, 1973-1974, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Consulting Plaza Sites for Sculpture, 1975-1976, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Consulting Queens Court House, 1976, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Creative Time Project – Crafts in Action, 1974, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Creative Time Project – Sail, 1974, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Louise Nevelson Plaza, 1976-1979, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"In the Event of Living Sculpture" Benefit - Phyllis Yampovsky, 1978, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York City Commission on Cultural Affairs, 1974-1975, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York Cultural Center, 1972, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries II.F: Slides and Negatives, 1971-1978, inclusive

Cooper-Hewitt Sculpture Symposium/Pavia, Philip/Three untitled works, 1971, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cooper-Hewitt Sculpture Symposium/Pavia, Philip/Wind, Sand, and Stars, 1971-1972, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

King, William/Exhibition of five sculptures/Borough Hall, Brooklyn, 1971-1972, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Community Environmental Sculpture.../Lockpez, Inverna/Walking Pineapples, 1972, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Community Environmental Sculpture.../Meadmore, Clement/Split Ring and Swing, 1972-1973, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Community Environmental Sculpture.../Ramirez, Eduardo/Columnade, 1972, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Walk Through: Sculpture in the Park, 1972, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Snelson, Kenneth/Exhibition of five sculptures/Waterside Plaza, 1976, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Commissions for Public Spaces/King, William-Up/Tacha, Athena-Tide Park, 1975-1978, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Canole/Accents on Nature, 1976, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Valinski, Dennis/Exhibitions of three sculptures/Waterside Plaza, 1976, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Platforms for Design, 1977, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tumarkin, Igael, undated

Box: 14, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Times Square Site Photos, undated

Box: 14, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Messages to the Public Negatives, undated

Box: 14, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General - Negatives, undated

Box: 14, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)