Regina Stewart papers
name: label: Creator
content: Stewart, Regina Serniak, 1942-
label: Names
content: New York Artists Equity Association
label: Names
content: Blackburn, Robert Hamilton, 1920-
label: Names
content: Candell, Victor, 1903-1977
label: Names
content: Facci, Domenico, 1916-1994
label: Names
content: Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009
label: Names
content: Kuniyoshi, Sara Mazo
label: Names
content: McMurtry, Larry
label: Names
content: Stewart, Jack, 1926-2005
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Collagists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Costume designers
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women arts administrators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Regina Stewart, July 27, 2010.
creator: label: Creator
content: Stewart, Regina Serniak, 1942-
setName: label: See more items in
content: Regina Stewart papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: Three scrapbooks, 1959-2010, assembled by Regina Serniak Stewart document her career as a costume designer, painter, board member and Executive Director of the New York Artists Equity Association.
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Regina Serniak Stewart (b. 1942), a painter, administrator, and writer in New York City is the Executive Director of the New York Artists Equity Association.

Stewart is a graduate of the Cooper Union School of Art and Achitecture whose paintings have been exhibited in New York and throughout the United States. In addition to painting, Ms. Stewart was a set and costume designer for the Paterson Lyric Opera Theatre, a jewelry designer, an art consultant, and an art instructor. She was elected to the board of the New York Artists Equity Association in 1989 and is now Executive Director.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.8 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1959-2010
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.stewregi
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Sketches
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as 2 series:

Series 1: Scrapbooks, 1959-2010 (Boxes 1-2; 0.7 linear ft.)

Series 2: Printed Materials, circa 1977, 2003-2008 (Box 2; 0.1 linear ft.)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed to a minimal level by Rachel Salzman in 2011.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketches
scopecontent: label: Scope and Content Note
content: Three scrapbooks, 1959-2010, assembled by Regina Serniak Stewart (b. 1942) document her career as a costume designer, painter, board member and Executive Director of the New York Artists Equity Association.

The scrapbooks contain: letters from Robert Blackburn, Victor Candell, Domenico Facci, Edward M. Kennedy, Sara M. Kuniyoshi, Larry McMurtry, Jack Stewart, and letters from various museums and galleries; costume sketches, 1963-1974, for the Paterson, New Jersey Lyric Opera Theatre; curriculum vitae, awards and profiles of the artist; photographs of Stewart, her work, and events; and printed material including clippings, articles, programs, brochures, flyers, and exhibition catalogs. The collection also includes some loose printed materials consisting of collectors' guides to kitchen utensils and stoneware co-written by Stewart and an article and exhibition catalog about her painting.