Lia Cook papers
name: label: Creator
content: Cook, Lia, 1942-
label: Names
content: Allrich Gallery
label: Names
content: B.Z. Wagman Gallery (St. Louis, Missouri)
label: Names
content: Fiberworks, Center for the Textile Arts
topic: label: Occupation
content: Fiber artists -- California -- Berkeley
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California -- Berkeley
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women textile artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Lia Cook papers were donated to the Archives of American Art by Lia Cook in 2016.
creator: label: Creator
content: Cook, Lia, 1942-
setName: label: See more items in
content: Lia Cook papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of fiber artist and painter Lia Cook measure 5.9 linear feet and date from 1968 to 2012. Cook's career and exhibition activities are documented through biographical material, correspondence, professional files, gallery and exhibition files, printed material, photographs, and artwork.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Lia Cook (1942- ) is a fiber artist and painter in Berkeley, California. She is noted for her use of an electronic jacquard loom.

Born in Ventura, California, Lia Cook attended the University of California, Berkeley where she studied political science, painting, and ceramics. She studied under fiber artist Ed Rossbach. She completed a fellowship with the National Endowment for the Arts in the 1970s.

Lia Cook combines fiber art with technology and photography. Her works are found in the collections of museums around the United States and Europe.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5.9 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1968-2012
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.cooklia
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as 7 series.

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1968-2012 (Box 1; 0.1 folders)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1974-1992 (Box 1; 0.1 folders)

Series 3: Professional Files, 1970s-1995 (Box 1-2; 1 linear foot)

Series 4: Gallery and Exhibition Files, 1974-1997 (Box 2-5; 3.2 linear feet)

Series 5: Printed Material, 1970s-2012 (Box 5; 0.6 linear feet)

Series 6: Photographs, 1970s-1980s (Box 6-7; 0.4 linear feet)

Series 7: Artwork, 1970s-2000s (Box 6-7; 0.5 linear feet)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed with a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2019.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of fiber artist and painter Lia Cook measure 5.9 linear feet and date from 1968 to 2012. Cook's career and exhibition activities are documented through biographical material, correspondence, professional files, gallery and exhibition files, printed material, photographs, and artwork.

The bulk of Cook's papers consist of gallery and exhibition files describing her active participation in exhibiting her works throughout the United States and around the world, and her affiliation with the Allrich Gallery, B.Z. Wagman Gallery, and Fiberworks, Center for the Textile Arts. Professional files contain material relating to conferences and symposiums, written articles, and the sourcing of jacquard looms and other equipment.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also found in the Archives of American Art is an interview of Lia Cook conducted 2006 August 22-29, by Suzanne Baizerman, for the Archives' Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.