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Series II. Murals, Exhibitions, and Projects, 1964-2018, inclusive

Extent

9.18 Linear Feet in 8 manuscript boxes, 3 half manuscript boxes, 5 small flat boxes, 3 oversized flat boxes, and 5 flat file folders

Extent

1 VHS

Extent

28.6 Gigabytes in 5096 computer files

Scope and Contents

This series contains production-related materials for each mural, exhibition, or project supported by Artmakers, either independently or in collaboration with other organizations (such as Operation Greenthumb and United Community Centers). Documentation about murals sponsored by Cityarts Workshop and painted by artists who collaborated with Artmakers are included here. All of the materials reflect the organization's commitment to involving the community in the creation of its murals. Materials, in paper and electronic formats, include correspondence, photographs, preparatory drawings and paintings, press releases, postcards, exhibition programs, painting schedules, and budgets. Materials related to the publication of On the Wall: Four Decades of Community Murals in New York City include a prospectus, grant application, background/research materials, correspondence with the publisher, press clippings, and photographs.

Cityarts Workshop/Cityarts, Inc., 1980-2003, inclusive

Cockcroft, Eva -- City and Country: Greenmarket Mural, 1980

Box: 4, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stephenson, Joe -- Various Murals, 1980-1982, inclusive

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

Cockcroft, Eva -- The Flushing Mural, 1982

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

Cockcroft, Eva -- Puerto Rico: Feasts, Landscape, and Culture -- Borinquen Plaza Senior Citizen Center, 1982

Box: 4, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Flat-file-folder: 5 left (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ortega, Susan Ackoff -- We Shall Live and Build Together, 1982

Box: 15, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 22, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bender, Leslie -- Dungeons and Dragons, 1982-1983, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ortega, Susan Ackoff -- Through the Golden Years, 1983

Box: 22, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stephenson, Joe -- St. Albans Greatest Hits -- Restoration, 1983-1988, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Braun-Reinitz, Janet -- Home Run, 1988

Box: 5, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stephenson, Joe -- St. Albans Greatest Hits Restoration and St. Albans Greatest: They All Lived Here, 2001-2003, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Various Artists -- Ballooning, 1984

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

Stephenson, Joe -- Grovsenor House Mural -- Co-Sponsored by Artmakers, 1984

Box: 5, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cockcroft, Eva (Project Director) -- La Lucha Continua: The Struggle Continues, 1984-1988, inclusive

Correspondence, Press, Call for Proposals, and Budget, 1984-1988, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Drawings, circa 1985-1986, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 15, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Negatives and Contact Sheets, 1985

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

Photographs, circa 1985-1986, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 10-11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 15, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 20, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Posters, 1985-1986, inclusive

Box: 20, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Slides, 1985

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

Video Recording -- "La Lucha Continua" -- First Edit, circa 1985-1986, inclusive

Box: 14, VHS: 564.0004 (Material Type: video)

La Lucha Continua: The Struggle Continues -- Film by John Hunt, 1985

Digital materials

La Lucha Continua: The Struggle Continues -- Film by John Hunt (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Electronic Records

Digital materials

Electronic Records (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Artists for Nicaragua: A Benefit Exhibition, 1986

Box: 6, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reed, Kristin and Robin Michals -- The Enchanted Garden Mural -- Co-Sponsored by Artmakers, 1986

Box: 6, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cockcroft, Eva (Project Director) -- Push Crack Back, 1986-1987, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stephenson, Joe -- East New York Project/Bicor Building -- Co-Sponsored by Artmakers, 1986-1987, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cockcroft, Eva -- Homage to Seurat: La Grande Jatte in Harlem -- Collaboration with Operation GreenThumb's Artists in the Gardens Program, 1986-1987, inclusive

Correspondence, Press, and Photographs, 1986-1987, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Preparatory Drawings, circa 1986

Box: 15, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 22, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jemisin, Noah -- 174th Street Mural, 1988

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

Various Artists -- Stars of the Bronx, 1988

Box: 6, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Artists Speak to the Issues: Election 1988 -- Co-Sponsored by Artmakers and Bronx River Art Center, 1988

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

Reed, Kristin (Project Director) -- The Changing Face of Soho, 1988-1990, inclusive

Correspondence and Press, 1988-1990, inclusive

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

Drawings, Plans, and Blueprint, 1964-1988, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 15, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 20, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 22, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Flat-file-folder: 6 Left (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs, circa 1988

Box: 6, Folder: 11-12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Negatives and Slides, circa 1988

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

Electronic Records

Digital materials

Electronic Records (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Progressive Propaganda: Artmakers Address the Issues, 1989

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

Braun-Reinitz, Janet -- A Future for Every Child -- Collaboration with UCC, 1989

Correspondence, Photographs, Slides, and Press, 1989

Box: 6, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Preparatory Drawings, circa 1989

Flat-file-folder: 5 left (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cosin, Catherine (Project Director) -- Don't Drink and Drive, 1989-1990, inclusive

Correspondence, Research Material, and Press, 1989-1990, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 15, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Drawings, 1989

Box: 7, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 20, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Flat-file-folder: 5 left (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Slides, Negatives, and Photographs, circa 1989

Box: 7, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 22, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Braun-Reinitz, Janet -- The Saints/Yankees Mural -- Co-Sponsored by Artmakers and Community Arts St. Helens, 1990

Box: 7, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cockcroft, Eva and Kristin Reed -- The Political Landscape Mural and Exhibition -- Co-Sponsored by Artmakers and Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island University, 1990

Box: 7, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Flat-file-folder: 5 left (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Multiple Artists -- Venceremos, 1991

Exhibition Postcards and Photographs, 1991

Box: 7, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Electronic Records

Digital materials

Electronic Records (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Braun-Reinitz, Janet -- By the Beautiful Sea -- Collaboration with UCC, 1991

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

Braun-Reinitz, Janet -- Mantis Mural and Mantis Too -- Co-Sponsored by Artmakers and Operation GreenThumb's Artists in the Gardens Program, 1991-1996, inclusive

Photographs, Correspondence, and Press, 1991-1996, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 15, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Preparatory Paintings, circa 1991

Box: 22, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Flat-file-folder: 7 Left (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Braun-Reinitz, Janet -- Freedom Train: A Multiracial Journey -- Collaboration with UCC, 1992

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

Multiple Artists -- The Gardens of the Animals -- Co-Sponsored by Artmakers and Auburn Shelter, 1992

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

Braun-Reinitz, Janet and Rochelle Shicoff -- East New York Women's Wall -- Collaboration with UCC, 1993-1995, inclusive

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

Braun-Reinitz, Janet -- Dream on Jerome -- Collaboration with UCC, 1993-1996, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 15, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Braun-Reinitz, Janet -- The Art of Healing -- Collaboration with UCC, 1993-1999, inclusive

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

Dowling, Wong -- We're Still Waiting -- Collaboration with UCC, 1994

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

Shicoff, Rochelle and Janet Braun-Reinitz -- Choices: The Pensacola Mural -- Co-Sponsored by Artmakers, 1994-1995, inclusive

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

Shicoff, Rochelle and Janet Braun-Reinitz -- Bringing Health to Our Communities -- Co-Sponsored by Artmakers and Planned Parenthood of New York City, 1995

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

Braun-Reinitz, Janet -- No Violence/Violencia No -- Collaboration with UCC, 1995

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

Unidentified Events and Murals -- Photographs, 1995

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

Multiple Artists -- The Aldo Cycle -- Co-Sponsored by Artmakers and Operation GreenThumb's Artists in the Gardens Program, 1996

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

Braun-Reinitz, Janet -- Signs and Symbols: From Mali, West Africa, to Brooklyn, New York -- Collaboration with UCC, 1996

Drawings, Stencils, and Press, 1996

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

Photographs, 1996

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

Shicoff, Rochelle and Janet Braun-Reinitz -- Pride -- Co-Sponsored by Artmakers, 1997

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

Braun-Reinitz, Janet -- As Time Goes By -- Collaboration with UCC, 1997

Photographs and Press, 1997

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

Preparatory Drawings and Paintings, 1997

Flat-file-folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Dowling, Wong, Janet Braun-Reinitz, and Rochelle Shicoff -- That's True! -- Collaboration with UCC, 1998

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

Shicoff, Rochelle and Janet Braun-Reinitz -- Imagine -- Collaboration with UCC, 1998

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

Braun-Reinitz, Janet -- Celebrating 25 Years of Struggle -- Collaboration with UCC, 1998

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

Braun-Reinitz, Janet -- Pea Pods and Butterfiles -- Collaboration with UCC, 2000

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

Braun-Reinitz, Janet (Designer/Lead Artist) -- Homage to Eva: La Lucha Continua, 2002-2008, inclusive

Postcards, Programs, and Notes, 2002

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

Drawings, circa 2002

Box: 9, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 20, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Flat-file-folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs, 2002-2008, inclusive

Box: 9, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 15, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Electronic Records, 2003-2008, inclusive

Digital materials

Electronic Records (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Braun-Reinitz, Janet and Jane Weissman -- On the Wall: Four Decades of Community Murals in New York City, 2002-2009, inclusive

Correspondence, Drafts, Research Material, Press, and Grant Applications, 2002-2009, inclusive

Box: 9, Folder: 4-6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs, Prints, and Postcards, 2009

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

Front and Back Covers, 2009

Box: 16, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Electronic Records

Digital materials

Electronic Records (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Unrealized Project -- Cuban Murals, 2003-2004, inclusive

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

Unrealized Project -- Braun-Reinitz, Janet (Project Director/Designer) -- Ousmane Zongo Memorial Mural, 2003-2005, inclusive

Correspondence, Press, and Photographs, 2003-2005, inclusive

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

Electronic Records

Digital materials

Electronic Records (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Braun-Reinitz, Janet -- Things Fall Apart -- Co-Sponsored by Artmakers, 2004

Photographs and Press, 2004

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

Preparatory Painting, circa 2004

Flat-file-folder: 5 left (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Electronic Records

Digital materials

Electronic Records (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Multiple Artists -- When Women Pursue Justice, 2005-2006, inclusive

Correspondence, Press, Exhibition Catalog, and Grant Applications, 2005-2006, inclusive

Box: 10, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Drawings, circa 2005

Box: 10, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 15, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 16, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs, circa 2005

Box: 10, Folder: 4-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Preparatory Paintings and Study, circa 2005

Box: 20, Folder: 10-12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Slides, circa 2005

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

Mugs, circa 2005

Box: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Women of Nostrand and Greene: When Women Pursue Justice (A Community Mural Project) -- Documentary by Dave Reinitz, 2005

Digital materials

The Women of Nostrand and Greene: When Women Pursue Justice (A Community Mural Project) -- Documentary by Dave Reinitz (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Electronic Records

Digital materials

Electronic Records (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Dominguez, Maria -- Reflect, Connect, Move -- Co-Sponsored by Artmakers and Brooklyn Connects, 2006

Box: 20, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Restoration of Homage to Seurat: La Grande Jatte in Harlem -- Sponsored by Rescue Public Murals, 2006-2009, inclusive

Grant Applications, Correspondence, and Photographs, 2006-2009, inclusive

Box: 10, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 16, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Electronic Records

Digital materials

Electronic Records (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Dominguez, Maria -- Bronx Allegory -- Co-Sponsored by Artmakers, 2007

Box: 22, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Images of the African Diaspora in New York City Community Murals Exhibition, 2007-2011, inclusive

Grant Applications, Press, and Workshop Handouts, 2009-2011, inclusive

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

Photographs, 2007-2009, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 2-3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 21, Folder: 2-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Exhibition Wall Text, circa 2009

Box: 21, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs and Wall Text on Foam Board, 2009-2011, inclusive

Box: 17, Folder: Unknown (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Electronic Records

Digital materials

Electronic Records (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Braun-Reinitz, Janet -- We Shall Overcome -- Co-Sponsored by Artmakers and the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal, 2009

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

Asher, Ricki, Janet Braun-Reinitz, and Androneth Siunarine -- Benjamin and Nana Krah: Portraits of a Village Mural -- Co-Sponsored by Artmakers and Nka Foundation, 2010-2011, inclusive

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

Perrottet, Camille (Designer/Lead Artist) -- The Federico Garcia Lorca Murals, 2011-2013, inclusive

Press and Walking Tour Program, 2011-2013, inclusive

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

Preparatory Drawings, 2011-2013, inclusive

Box: 21, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 22, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Flat-file-folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Electronic Records

Digital materials

Electronic Records (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Unrealized Project -- Restoration of Arnold Belkin's Against Domestic Colonialism and The Legacy of Arnold Belkin: Identity, Community, and Education Exhibition, 2011-2013, inclusive

Correspondence, Grant Applications, and Photographs, 2011-2013, inclusive

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

Electronic Records

Digital materials

Electronic Records (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Multiple Unrealized Projects, 2011-2016, inclusive

Correspondence, 2011-2014, inclusive

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

Electronic Records, 2012-2016, inclusive

Digital materials

Electronic Records (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Braun-Reinitz, Janet and Hildegund Shuster -- Women's Labor in New York City and Hamburg Harbors: Bridging the Two Ports -- Co-Sponsored by Artmakers, 2013

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

Perrottet, Camille and Nick Pelafas -- PS 94/Sunset Park Mural, 2014-2016, inclusive

Digital materials

Perrottet, Camille and Nick Pelafas -- PS 94/Sunset Park Mural (Material Type: Electronic Record)

La Lucha Continua: The Struggle Continues, 1985 and 2017 Exhibition, 2016-2017, inclusive

Correspondence, Grant Applications, Press, Notes, Exhibition Site Map, and Catalog, 2016-2017, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 12, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Exhibition Wall Text and Layout, circa 2017

Box: 16, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 21, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs, circa 2017

Box: 12, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 16, Folder: 5-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 21, Folder: 7-9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Interview with Chino Garcia from Charas -- Interviewed by Jane Weissman -- Filmed by Maria Dominguez, 2016

Digital materials

Interview with Chino Garcia from Charas -- Interviewed by Jane Weissman -- Filmed by Maria Dominguez (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Electronic Records

Digital materials

Electronic Records (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Perrottet, Camille (Designer/Lead Artist) -- Welling Court Murals, 2016-2018, inclusive

Press, 2016-2018, inclusive

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

Electronic Records

Digital materials

Electronic Records (Material Type: Electronic Record)
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