Great Spruce Head Island Art Week records
name: label: Creator
content: Great Spruce Head Island Art Week (1993-)
label: Names
content: Fuller, Anina Porter
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated in 2023 by Anina Porter Fuller, Founder of Great Spruce Head Island Art Week and niece of Fairfield and Eliot Porter.
creator: label: Creator
content: Great Spruce Head Island Art Week (1993-)
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content: Great Spruce Head Island Art Week records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Great Spruce Head Island Art Week records measure 4.0 linear feet and date from its founding in 1993 to 2023. The collection primarily consists of correspondence with applicants for admission and scholarships to attend the Art Week, photographs participant lists, and books created by or featuring participants.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Great Spruce Head Island Art Week (est. 1993) is a summer arts program in Great Spruce Head Island, Maine. Every summer, twelve artists are invited to attend an unstructured workshop based in the historic home of painter Fairfield Porter.
function: label: Function
content: Art centers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1993-2023
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.greaspru
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into three series.

Series 1: Correspondence, 1993-2023 (2.7 linear feet; Box 1-3)

Series 2: Printed Material, 1996-2023 (0.6 linear feet; Boxes 3-4)

Series 3: Photographic Material, 1993-2010 (0.7 linear feet; Box 4)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Ricky Gomez in 2024.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Great Spruce Head Island Art Week records measure 4.0 linear feet and date from its founding in 1993 to 2023. The collection primarily consists of correspondence with applicants for admission and scholarships to attend the Art Week, photographs participant lists, and books created by or featuring participants.

Correspondence is primarily greeting cards and personal correspondence from artist participants to Anina Porter Fuller. There are letters of application and letters for scholarships. Also included are participant lists, some financial records, envelopes with donation information written on them, and binders of correspondence and resumes. There are also photographs, sketches, and printed material included with some of the correspondence.

Printed material is primarily books and booklets either created by or featuring artists who participated in Art Week workshops. Some of the smaller booklets are artist-made containing sketches. Also included is one folder of clippings.

Photographic material includes a number of albums from various Art Week workshops, miscellaneous photographs of the workshops and of art work by some of the participants, and CDs of images by some of the participants.