Visual Artists Coalition records
name: label: Creator
content: Visual Artists Coalition (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Jones, Lois Mailou (1905-1998)
label: Names
content: Kanny, Marjorie
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated in 1982 by Marjorie Kanny, president and founder of the Visual Artists Coalition.
creator: label: Creator
content: Visual Artists Coalition (New York, N.Y.)
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content: Visual Artists Coalition records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Visual Artists Coalition records date from 1964-1981 and measure 0.3 linear feet. The records provide scattered documentation of the coalition's mission, exhibitions, and other activities primarily during the 1970s. Records comprise printed material including exhibition catalogs, flyers, and posters, and other organizational and exhibition records such as exhibition and insurance lists, fact sheets, and invitations to artists to participate in exhibitions. One response from Lois Mailou Jones is a photocopy.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Established in the 1960s as a New York non-profit artist organization, the Visual Artists Coalition was "composed of professional women artists, working in diverse media and philosophy but with an affinity for each other's work and goals." The coalition aimed to expand horizons and increase "public awareness of the creative woman's accomplishments" as an inherent part of achieving equality for women artists. Headed by president Marjorie Kanny, the board of directors included Alice Neel, Hilda Wisoky, Dorothy Gillespie, Ruth Abrams and others. At various locations in and around New York, the coalition held panel discussions, showed artist films, and exhibited the works of artist board members in addition to those of Betty Parsons, Judith Rothschild, Alma Thomas, and many others.
function: label: Function
content: Artist associations -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Function
content: Arts organizations -- New York (State) -- New York
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964-1981
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.visuarti
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Stephanie Ashley in 2024.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Visual Artists Coalition records date from 1964-1981 and measure 0.3 linear feet. The records provide scattered documentation of the coalition's mission, exhibitions, and other activities during the 1970s. Records comprise printed material including exhibition catalogs, flyers, and posters, and other organizational and exhibition records such as exhibition and insurance lists, fact sheets, and invitations to artists to participate in exhibitions. One response from Lois Mailou Jones is a photocopy.