Series V. The Archive Project, 1986-2013, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
Visual AIDS began The Archive Project in 1994 in an effort to collect, describe, preserve, and provide access to the personal papers, audiovisual materials, publications, and ephemera created, dealing with, or collected by HIV-positive artists. Material in this series documents the formation and marketing of the Archive Project as well as planning files for exhibitions inspired by material from artists' files. This series also contains a small collection of individual artists' files containing resumes, exhibition material, and artwork images.
Arrangement
Organized into 3 subseries:
Subseries V.A. Project Documentation
Subseries V.B. Exhibits
Subseries V.C. Artists' Files
Material within these subseries are in chronological, with the exception of the last, which is in alphabetical order.
Subseries V.A. Project Documentation, 1989-2013, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains material related to the formation, administration, and marketing of the Archive Project including correspondence, promotional material, artwork image use documentation, and committee meeting minutes and notes. This subseries also contains material related to the partnership between The Estate Project and Visual AIDS which was connected to the formation of the Archive Project. Files related to use of artwork images by outside organizations are also in this subseries.
Correspondence, 1989-2003, inclusive
Information Sheet, Press Release, List, 1989-1991, inclusive
Artists' Caucus -- Meeting Minutes, Promotional Material, Documentation on Project Formation, 1990-1998, inclusive
The Archive Project Zine Drawings, circa 1990s, inclusive
Estate Project Partnership / Collaboration -- Correspondence, Promotional Material, Notes, 1991-1999, inclusive
Estate Project Partnership / Collaboration -- Artist Release Forms, Contracts and Letters Related to the Virtual Collection, 1997-1999, inclusive
Archive Slide File Forms, 1993-1995, inclusive
Proposal, 1994
NPR Show Interview -- Script, Press Clipping, Correspondence, 1995
Archive Committee -- Agenda, Notes, 1995
Archive Committee -- Agenda, Notes, Minutes, 1996
Carrie Yamaoka -- Project Letterhead and Logo Design, 1995
Print Advertisements, 1995, 1998, inclusive
Archive Project Artists' Images Used in Outside Publications, 1995-2009, inclusive
Completed Artists' Release Forms, 1996
Nick Debs Correspondence, 1996
Art Supply Service Program -- Requests, Letters, 1996, undated, inclusive
Frank Moore Party -- Correspondence, Descriptions, 1996
Tom McGovern Book Publishing Project -- Proposal, Letter, 1996
Ann Meredith Project on Lesbians with AIDS (Not Completed) -- Negatives of Images, Letters, Project Description, 1996
Speech Script from HIV Arts Network Event, May 22, circa 1997
List of MoMA Artworks by Artists with HIV / AIDS, circa 1997
In the Life Media -- Film Project Using Artwork Images from Archive -- Release Forms, 2001
Promotional Cards for the Artists' Registry, circa 2013
Subseries V.B. Exhibits, 1995-2005, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains material related to exhibitions inspired by artists with files within the Archive Project. These exhibitions highlight the value Visual AIDS places on preserving and sharing the documentary artistic record of HIV-positive artists for the purposes of awareness, advocacy, and teaching. Notable exhibitions documented in this series include Visual AIDS / Works from the Archive Project; The First 10: The Archive Project; and Lightbox: An Exhibition of the Visual AIDS Archive Project. Materials typically found in these files include promotional materials, brochures, press clippings, press releases, images of artwork, and catalogs with related work files. A significant portion of this series focuses on the 1993 exhibition shown in Boston, Arts' Communities / AIDS' Communities: Realizing the Archive Project. These files include promotional materials, press clippings, correspondence, posters, catalog drafts and final copies, installation notes, photographs, and information related to the Hunter Reynolds Memorial Dress Performance. Also of note are paper and digital files related to the "Salon: A Selection of Work by Artists from the Archive Project" event including invitations, notes, and images from the event.
Visual AIDS / Works from the Archive Project -- Information Sheet, 1995
The First 10: The Archive Project -- Booklet, March 30 - April 23, 1995
God's Love We Deliver -- Art Release Forms for Exhibit, 1995
Arts' Communities / AIDS' Communities: Realizing the Archive Project -- Promotional Material, Press Clippings, Poster, February 20 - March 3, 1996
Arts' Communities / AIDS' Communities: Realizing the Archive Project -- Hunter Reynolds Memorial Dress Performance Material, February 20 - March 3, 1996
Arts' Communities / AIDS' Communities: Realizing the Archive Project -- Visitor Count Sheets, Loan Forms, Installation Notes and Photographs, February 20 - March 3, 1996
Arts' Communities / AIDS' Communities: Realizing the Archive Project -- Catalogue Draft and Published Booklet, February 20 - March 3, 1996
Co-Curated Exhibit, A Living Testament of the Blood Fairies -- Promotional Material, Letters, Press Clippings, Poster, January - March 1997
Salon: A Selection of Work by Artists From the Archive Project Event -- Invitations, Notes, Slide Photographs, February 23, 1998
Lightbox: An Exhibition of the Visual AIDS Archive Project -- Brochures, Announcements, Artwork Images, Press Clippings, 2000-2005, inclusive
Sight of Construction -- Announcements, Press Releases, Artwork and Installation Slide Images, May 31, 2001
Subseries V.C. Artists' Files, 1986-2007, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
This series consists of material on the lives and work of artists with HIV/AIDS that were accumulated by the Archive Project to document those not adequately represented in the artistic community as a result of their death and the societal stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS in the late 1980s and 1990s. Artists' files typically contain statements, resumes, press clippings, and artwork images, as well as exhibition catalogs and promotional material.
Due to the sensitive nature of HIV/AIDS disclosure, individual artists' names are not listed in this inventory.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged alphabetically.
