Edward Arcenio Chavez papers
name: label: Creator
content: Chavez, Edward Arcenio, 1917-1995
label: Names
content: Federal Works Agency
topic: label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin American artists
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Woodstock
label: Topic
content: Sculptors--New York (State)--Woodstock
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The papers were donated by the George Arents Research Library at Syracuse University in 1984.
creator: label: Creator
content: Chavez, Edward Arcenio, 1917-1995
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content: Edward Arcenio Chavez papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of painter and sculptor Edward Arcenio Chavez measure 0.9 linear feet and date from 1917 to 1982 with the bulk of the material dating from 1941 to 1973. The collection is comprised of biographical material, personal business records related to the Federal Works Agency and other projects, printed materials, and photographic materials.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Edward Arcenio Chavez (1917-1995) was a painter and sculptor in Woodstock, New York. He was born in Ocate, New Mexico, and moved to Colorado with his parents and nine siblings when he was five years old. After being encouraged by his high school art teacher to pursue art after graduation, Chavez became an apprentice to artist Frank Mechau and attended the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. During this time he participated in the New York World's Art of America Exhibition in 1937 and began painting murals for the Works Progress Administration under the Federal Works Agency. After serving as a war art correspondent during World War II, Chavez settled in Woodstock, N.Y. where he established his studio.

Over the course of his career, Chavez was awarded the Louis Comfort Tiffany Grant, a Fulbright Grant, the Childe Hassam Institute of Arts and Letters Award among others. He taught at the Art Students League of New York, the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Syracuse University, Dutchess Community College, and was artist-in-residence at Utah City Schools and the Huntington Museum of Art in West Virginia. Chavez's work has been exhibited throughout the United States and is in numerous museum collections such as the Library of Congress, Museum of Modern Art, and Hirshhorn Museum.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.9 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1917-1982
label: Date
content: bulk 1941-1973
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.chavedwa
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Transcripts
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as four series.

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1935-1970 (Box 1, OV 4; 3 folders)

Series 2: Personal Business Records, 1941-1973 (Box 1; 4 folders)

Series 3: Printed Material, 1917-1982 (Boxes 1-3, OV 4; 0.6 linear feet)

Series 4: Photographic Material, 1950-1973 (Box 3; 2 folders)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Sarah Mundy in 2018.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Transcripts
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of painter and sculptor Edward Arcenio Chavez measure 0.9 linear feet and date from 1917 to 1982 with the bulk of the material dating from 1941 to 1973. The collection is comprised of biographical material, personal business records related to the Federal Works Agency and other projects, printed materials, and photographic materials.

Biographical materials include awards, certificates, a biographical sketch, curriculum vitae, and an interview transcript. Personal business records contain a Federal Works Agency contract, correspondence, and a project file. Art reproductions, books, booklets, brochures, clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, journals, magazines, and press releases are in printed materials. Photographic materials consists of photographs and slides of Chavez and works of art.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also found at the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview of Edward Chavez conducted by Joseph Trovato November 5, 1964.