Folders arranged alphabetically according to institution name and arranged chronologically within folders.
Description
This series documents David Driskell's relationships and interactions with cultural institutions such as museums, galleries, and establishments primarily concerned with artwork and exhibitions (e.g. community art centers, printmaking workshops, and art institutes). This series contains correspondence, writings, memoranda and meeting minutes, agendas, loan agreements and forms, invoices, notes, exhibition catalogues, announcements, brochures, invitations, newspaper clippings, articles, writings by Prof. Driskell, photographs, slides, and transparencies among other items. Highlights include materials from the Museum of African Art board of commissioners, on which Prof. Driskell sat during the planning of the museum and its subsequent construction on the National Mall as well as Prof. Driskell's own impromptu drawings which include sketches of new acquisitions from the Museum of African Art and color paintings of stained glass windows for the Reginald F. Lewis Museum. Information related to university art galleries is also located in this series, however material for art foundations, associations, festivals, projects, and informal groups can be found in Series 8: Organizations.
Dates of Creation
Inclusive dates: circa 1930-2012. Bulk dates: 1970-1990.
