Announcement for a planned Black Art & Fashion Show at Wadleigh Junior High School (P.S. 88) on May 3, 1969. As noted in the flyer, this show along with other similar events was planned to unite the local black community and help younger African American students develop their talents.

Condition: Good-, two half-ring coffee stains at top of page; faint soft creasing along top edge; smudging to printing at center; stamped "May 7 1969" at bottom of flyer.
Item #728

More about African Nationalist Students, Columbia University: Show Announcement

Exhibition poster for the Al Loving (1935-2005) show at William Zierler Gallery, March 6-27, 1971. On the heels of his successful show at the Whitney Museum of Art the previous year, this exhibit continued Loving's study of geometric form and color. Later in his career he went by Al, and became known for his torn canvas works.

Condition: Fine, folded as issued.
Item #760

More about Alvin Loving: William Zierler Gallery

A folded exhibition announcement/catalog plus invitation for Arman at the Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles in 1962. The announcement features an image of Arman's Alarm Clocks (Reveils), an assemblage of alarm clocks placed in a painted wooden box. The interior of the flyer lists the works included in the exhibition as well as a statement (in French) from Pierre Restany. Also included is a uniquely printed, black on clear mylar invitation to the preview opening on May 6, 1962. Arman is known for his sculptural accumulations and deconstructions/recompositions of mass-produced objects...
Item #633

More about Arman: Dwan Gallery

An original exhibition poster for Alberto Burri's February 1960 exhibition at the Martha Jackson Gallery. This color offset poster pictures a detail image from a welded steel sheet metal piece. This exhibition occurred during a momentous time in the artist's career; in 1959 he won the Premio dell’Ariete in Milan and the UNESCO Prize at the São Paulo Biennial. In 1960, Burri was awarded third prize at the Carnegie International and his work was shown at the Venice Biennale that same year, where he was awarded the Critics’ Prize.

Condition.....
Item #490

More about Burri: Martha Jackson Gallery

By 1969, Columbia students had been holding protests on campus for several years. At the time of this announcement, the SDS had planned a university-wide strike for March 25, 1969 to protest the college's expansion policies, NROTC, military recruiting and government research on campus. In this statement, acting University president Andrew W. Cordier acknowledges the students' rights to freedom of expression but also asserts the rights of the wider community to pursue educational goals without interference.

Condition: Very Good+, .25" tear at left edge, faint soft creasing to bottom right corner.
Item #727

More about Columbia University, Office of Public Information: Announcement of Planned Strike

Mt. Angel College was known for its vibrant art department and exhibition programming in the 1960s and 70s. This two-sided Mt. Angel College flyer describes the Creative Arts Department, writing center, and music workshops along with the College's philosophical and educational approach to these areas. The pinhole photographs that are printed on both sides of the flyer are by Jim Shull, an Oregon artist and the photography professor at the now defunct Mt. Angel College, which was located in Marion County, Oregon.

Condition: Near Fine, toning to newsprint.
Item #244

More about The Creative Arts Department: Mt. Angel College

The flyer for the February 7 to March 4, 1967 group exhibition at the Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles, bringing artists from the New York outpost of the Dwan Gallery to the Los Angeles location. Artists in the exhibit included Sol LeWitt, Arakawa, Anastasi, Robert Smithson, Kenneth Snelson, Michael Steiner, Richard Baringer and Tom Doyle.

Condition: Near Fine, faint soft creasing at edges.
Item #433

More about Dwan Gallery New York at Dwan Gallery Los Angeles

A Dwan Gallery Los Angeles group show postcard for the June 1-27, 1964 exhibition featuring Arakawa, Charles Frazier, Edward Kienholz, Martial Raysse and Jean Tinguely.

Condition: Fine.
Item #493

More about Dwan Gallery: Arakawa, Frazier, Kienholz, Raysse, Tinguely

A circa 1968 form used by E.A.T. (Experiments in Art & Technology) allowing scientists and engineers to apply for membership, either as an associate or participating member.E.A.T. was co-founded in 1966 by engineers Billy Klüver and Fred Waldhauer and artists Robert Rauschenberg and Robert Whitman, growing out of the 10-day festival of experimental performances 9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering held at the 69th Regiment Armory in New York in the fall of 1966. A program of Technical Services was established to assist artists by matching them with engineers and scientists.....
Item #62

More about E.A.T. Scientist / Engineer Membership Form

The opening of Arlene Schnitzer's Fountain Gallery in 1961 was a pivotal moment in Portland's art history, and its influence still resonates today. This flyer, designed by Dale Ott, advertises a group show for the gallery's one-year anniversary with 32 noteworthy Northwest artists including Mark Tobey, Carl and Hilda Morris, Louis Bunce, Robert Colescott and Michele Russo. Postmarked and with handwritten mailing label on verso, remnants of a gold circular mailing tab seal.

Condition: Near Fine, folded twice as issued.
Item #731

More about Fountain Gallery of Art: Group Show 1961/62

Flyer put out by the American Library Association's Task Force on Gay Liberation at its annual conference. One side of the flyer contains a program of events for the 1977 conference in Detroit. The other side summarizes the task force's accomplishments of the past 7 years and projects currently underway.

Condition: Very Good+, horizontal fold across middle.
Item #718

More about Gay Task Force News

Mimeographed flyer for illustrated lecture entitled: Portrait of the Artist As a Man presented by Henry Augustine Tate. Gotham Book Mart, now closed, was a legendary bookstore, writers' center, and literary salon. The James Joyce Society meetings were an important aspect of this bookstore's programing and its usual meeting place. The Society was founded in 1947, and is devoted to the life and works of the Irish author. The first member of the Society was T.S. Eliot.

Condition: Very Good, folded once in half.
Item #366

More about James Joyce Society: Gotham Book Mart; Speaker Henry Augustine Tate

An exhibition flyer for Karel Appel's exhibition held at Martha Jackson Gallery from October 25-November 19, 1960. Martha Jackson Gallery presented Appel's first exhibition in the United States in 1954. Plus a concurrent exhibition flyer, featuring lithographs by Appel, for the inaugural show at David Anderson Gallery next door (Anderson was Martha Jackson's son). The David Anderson Gallery was dedicated solely to exhibiting prints.

Condition: Martha Jackson flyer: Very Good, folded as issued; minor bump to bottom right corner. Anderson Gallery flyer: Fine.
Item #695

More about Karel Appel: Martha Jackson Gallery and Lithographs by Appel: David Anderson Gallery