Commission and Project Files
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Tacha, Athena, 1936-
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content: Athena Tacha papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 9.2 Linear Feet (Boxes 9-18, OV 37)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1974-2016
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.tachathe, Series 5
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This series is arranged alphabetically by state followed by title of the work (if known). In many cases, original titles of files have been maintained. Unrealized commissions may be alphabetized by state or city as originally organized and labeled by Athena Tacha.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Commission and project files may contain the following: proposals and revisions, drawings and plans, governmental and legal communications, materials research, labor deliberations, detailed recommendations on maintenance, drawings and sketches, correspondence, financial records and receipts, contracts, printed material, photographs, and video recordings of Tacha's numerous public art commissions in Ohio, the Washington, D.C. metro region, and throughout the United States. Records include sound and video recordings.  

Of note are files on Star Fountain at Muhammad Ali Plaza in Louisville, Kentucky, and Merging at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. General contracts and proposals for works are also found here. Unrealized commission files may be less detailed and are arranged alphabetically by location assigned by Tacha.