America: Now and Here records
name: label: Creator
content: America: Now and Here, circa 2010-2011
label: Names
content: Dunn, Dorothy
label: Names
content: Fischl, Eric, 1948-
topic: label: Topic
content: Traveling exhibitions
label: Topic
content: Artists and community
label: Topic
content: Community arts projects
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The America: Now and Here records were donated to the Archives of American Art in 2012 by Dorothy Dunn, former Director of the organization.
creator: label: Creator
content: America: Now and Here, circa 2010-2011
setName: label: See more items in
content: America: Now and Here records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The records of America: Now and Here, a traveling arts program headquartered in New York City that provided traveling arts presentations, measure 0.9 linear feet and 5.05 GB and date from circa 2010-2012. The collection consists of interviews with artists and poets, two writings, and printed and digital material, much relating to the America: Now and Here program in Kansas City (2011 May). The materials were designed to create interactive dialogues with visitors about the "American Journey," our culture, the arts, and creativity.
bioghist: label: Historical Note
content: America: Now and Here, a privately funded project, was founded by artist Eric Fischl with Dorothy Dunn as Director. Its mission was to provide a multi-disciplinary art experience that would travel from cities to small towns, encouraging dialogues among ordinary Americans about issues of importance to this country. Included in the program were visual art exhibitions, plays, movies, music, poetry, and inter-active exercises with an emphasis on young people's participation. More than 150 artists were involved with the program. Mobile truck visual art exhibitions would be situated with performance space and retail shops, driving economic activity in participating regions. The exhibitions traveled to Chicago, Detroit, Kansas City, Baltimore, Aspen and other venues. The program was suspended in 2012 due to lack of funds.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.9 Linear Feet
label: Extent
content: 0.891 Gigabytes
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 2010-2012
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.amernowh
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Gigabytes
label: Type
content: Interviews
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This collection is arranged as 4 series.

Series 1: Interviews, circa 2010 (Box 1; 0.3 linear feet, ER01; 1.52 GB)

Series 2: Writings, 2010-2011 (Box 1; 2 folders, ER02; 1.52 GB)

Series 3: Printed Material, circa 2010-2012 (Boxes 1-2, OV 3; 0.5 linear feet, ER03; 2.01 GB)

Series 4: Artwork, circa 2010 (Box 2; 1 folder)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed to a minimal level and a finding aid prepared in 2014 by Harriet E. Shapiro. The Archives of American Art has implemented minimal processing tactics when possible in order to increase information about and access to more of our collections. Minimal processing included arrangement to the series and folder levels. Generally, items within folders were simply verified with folder titles, but not arranged further. Folders within boxes were not numbered. The collection was rehoused in archival containers and folders, but not all staples and clips were removed. Born-digital materials were processed in 2019 by Kirsi Ritosalmi-Kisner with funding provided by Smithsonian Collection Care and Preservation Fund.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The records of America: Now and Here, a traveling arts program headquartered in New York City that provided traveling arts presentations, measure 0.9 linear feet and 5.05 GB and date from circa 2010-2012. The collection consists of interviews with artists and poets, two writings, and printed and digital material, much relating to the America: Now and Here program in Kansas City (2011 May). The materials were designed to create interactive dialogues with visitors about the "American Journey," our culture, the arts, and creativity.