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.
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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.
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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...
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A flyer for the 1978 Portland appearance of the major Whitney-organized touring exhibit, "Calder's Universe". A return address and postage imprint is printed on the reverse as the flyer was meant to be folded and mailed, but this copy is unfolded and in fine condition. A charming book of the same name was published by Viking for the touring exhibit.

Condition: Fine.
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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.
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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.
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An exhibition flyer on heavy cardstock for an October, 1960 Dwan Gallery Los Angeles group show including Jackson Pollock, Philip Guston, Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning, Robert Goodnough, Grace Hartigan, Larry Rivers and Paul Jenkins, among others. The exhibition featured a survey of notable abstract expressionist painters based in New York. The tri-fold flyer opens to list the names of each artist included in the exhibition.

Condition: Very Good+, minor rubbing to edge folds.
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An "operations and information" newsletter published by E.A.T. (Experiments in Art & Technology) in November of 1968.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. E.A.T. saw itself as a catalyst for integrating new technology.....
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Newsprint brochure from La Mamelle, an artist-run organization interested in experimental art and active in the Bay Area from 1975-1995. The organization presented exhibitions, provided space for events, music and other performances, exhibited video art, produced various zines and publications, and also maintained an archive of contemporary works. This brochure is one sheet printed on both sides. Folded, it provides four pages of information including a membership form, an order blank and a list of select projects. Opened up, it is a poster of the San Francisco building that housed...
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Exhibition flyer for Lousie Nevelson's April/May 1961 exhibition at Martha Jackson Gallery in New York in which Nevelson exhibited a series of golden "walls" and circular and semicircular disks that hung from the ceiling. Named "The Royal Tides" exhibition, the works included in this 1961 show became the foundation of the Royal Tides works exhibited by Nevelson in the 1962 Venice Biennale.

Condition: Very Good+, tiny pinholes in four corners barely visible against black printing: folded as issued across center.
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