Audiovisual material relating to Pacita Abad
name: label: Creator
content: Abad, Pacita
label: Creator
content: Garrity, Jack
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Asian American artists
label: Topic
content: Filipino American artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 2009 by Jack Garrity, Abad's husband and director of Pacita Abad Art Estate.
creator: label: Creator
content: Abad, Pacita
label: Creator
content: Garrity, Jack
setName: label: See more items in
content: Audiovisual material relating to Pacita Abad
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection of audiovisual material relating to Pacita Abad measures 89.63 GB and dates from 1984 to 2008. All materials in this collection are in born-digital format and include video and audio recordings and presentations. The Biographical Materials series includes videos of Pacita Abad's life in the Washington, D.C., region, and several recordings of memorials and services after her passing in 2004. The Professional Materials series consists of videos of two workshops and two lectures given by Pacita Abad. The Interviews and Documentaries series consists of American and Asian TV programs, films, and radio interviews with and about Pacita Abad and her art. The Exhibitions and Artwork series has videos and presentations of Pacita Abad's art, and solo and group exhibitions.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Pacita Abad (1946-2004) was an Ivatan and Filipina painter based in New York, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. Abad emigrated to the United States from the Philippines in 1970, and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1994. 

Abad  traveled in over 80 countries and different cultures had a profound influence on her artistic style. She developed a technique of trapunto painting, which entailed stitching and stuffing painted canvases to give them a three-dimensional, sculptural effect, and incorporating materials such as traditional cloth, mirrors, beads, shells, plastic buttons, and other objects into the surface of paintings. Abad crafted more than 5,000 artworks over a 30-year career. Her work has been featured in over 60 solo and group exhibitions at museums and galleries worldwide, and her art is held in private collections and cultural institutions in more than 70 countries.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 89.63 Gigabytes
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1984-2008
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.abadpaci
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Gigabytes
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Video recordings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as four series.

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1994-2005 (19.39 GB; ER01-ER08)

Series 2: Professional Material, 1995-2000 (11.86 GB; ER09-ER11, ER42)

Series 3: Interviews and Documentaries, 1990-2004 (36.68 GB; ER12-ER29)

Series 4: Exhibitions and Artwork, 1984-2008 (21.70 GB; ER30-ER41)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Kirsi Ritosalmi-Kisner in 2021.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection of audiovisual material relating to Pacita Abad measures 89.63 GB and dates from 1984 to 2008. All materials in this collection are in born-digital format and include video and audio recordings and presentations. Several of the videos were transferred from VHS tapes. Some recordings in this collection are only partially transferred, and technical quality of both audio and video components varies. The Biographical Materials series includes videos of Pacita Abad's life in the Washington, D.C., region, and several recordings of memorials and services after her passing in 2004. The Professional Materials series consists of videos of two workshops and two lectures given by Pacita Abad. The Interviews and Documentaries series consists of American and Asian TV programs, films, and radio interviews with and about Pacita Abad and her art. The Exhibitions and Artwork series has videos and presentations of Pacita Abad's art, and solo and group exhibitions.