Michele Zackheim papers
name: label: Creator
content: Zackheim, Michele
label: Names
content: College of Santa Fe -- Faculty
topic: label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration
label: Topic
content: Installations (Art)
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Prints -- Technique
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Michele Zackheim donated her papers to the Archives in 2014 and 2023.
creator: label: Creator
content: Zackheim, Michele
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content: Michele Zackheim papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of artist Michele Zackheim measure 2.9 linear feet and date from 1976 to 2019, bulk 1980-2000. The collection documents her career in the visual arts through correspondence, interviews, writings, project files, teaching files, printed material, and photographic material.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Michele Zackheim (1941- ) is a writer and former visual artist in New York City working throughout the 1970s-1990s as a fresco muralist, installation artist, print-maker, and painter.

Zackheim was born in Reno, Nevada and grew up in Compton, California. She began working as an artist in the 1970s in New York City, where she was active in the early feminist art movement. In the 1980s, Zackheim moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she taught at the College of Santa Fe and continued to make art. Notable projects include Inherited Dreams, Tent of Meeting, and The Café Series. Tent of Meeting was a large-scale installation using fabric that she printed with images from religious history and proposed the possibility of peaceful coexistence among people of various backgrounds. 

In the mid-1990s, Zackheim became a writer of biographical fiction. She currently teaches Creative Writing from a Visual Perspective at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.9 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1976-2019
label: Date
content: bulk 1980-2000
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.zackmich
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
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content: Video recordings
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as 7 series.

Series 1: Correspondence, 1986-2002 (0.2 linear feet; Box 1, 5)

Series 2: Interviews, circa 1980s (0.1 linear foot; Box 1)

Series 3: Writings, 1990-1991 (0.3 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 4: Project Files, 1983-2012 (0.8 linear feet; Box 1-2, 4)

Series 5: Teaching Files, circa 1990-1991 (0.4 linear feet; Box 2)

Series 6: Printed Material, 1977-1998 (0.4 linear feet; Box 2-4)

Series 7: Photographic Material, 1976-circa 2000 (0.7 linear feet; Box 2-5)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Hilary Price in 2015. A 2023 addition was processed and the finding aid updated by Anna Rimel in 2025.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of artist Michele Zackheim measure 2.9 linear feet and date from 1976 to 2019, bulk 1980-2000. The collection documents her career in the visual arts through correspondence, interviews, writings, project files, teaching files, printed material, and photographic material. 

Correspondence includes communication with museums, galleries, and publishers relating to Zackheim's projects. The interview is a radio broadcast on one sound cassette. Writings include an illustrated botany manuscript and learning portfolios. Project files relate to Zackheim's major works including Tent of Meeting and The Café Series, and are comprised of notes, correspondence, photographic material, video recordings, and a sound recording. Teaching files include notes, slides, and articles that Zackheim used for courses she taught at the College of Santa Fe. Printed material includes exhibition cards and announcements, clippings, journals, and a poster. Photographic material includes artwork, installation process, and portraits of the artist.