Sandy Bleifer papers
name: label: Creator
content: Bleifer, Sandy, 1940-
label: Names
content: Space Gallery (Los Angeles, Calif.)
label: Names
content: Venice Art Walk
label: Names
content: Loach, Roberta
topic: label: Occupation
content: Political activists -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Occupation
content: Multimedia artists -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Topic
content: Women artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Sandy Bleifer papers were donated in 2024 by Sandy Bleifer.
creator: label: Creator
content: Bleifer, Sandy, 1940-
setName: label: See more items in
content: Sandy Bleifer papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of artist and activist Sandy Bleifer (1940- ) measure 5.3 linear feet and date from the 1970s to 2023. Included are biographical materials, professional files, project files, and printed materials. Biographical materials include photographs of Bleifer and artwork, notes from a Jack Duganne course, resumes and statements, and correspondence with Roberta Loach, Yuri Kuwata, and Berislav Valvsek. Professional files consist of sales and administrative records, Space Gallery exhibition files, and membership files for ARTBLOCK, COFAC, Venice Art Walk, and the Workshop. Project files consist of drawings and sketches, notes, and paper constructions and samples, as well as notes for Bleifer's works including Hiroshima, Ikebana, Paper and Leaves, River Rocks, Walls, and others. Printed materials include exhibition announcements and catalogs, event catalogs for Venice Art Walk, and books artwork self-published by Bleifer.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sandy Bleifer (1940-) is an activist and artist in Los Angeles, C.A. In 1962, she graduated from UCLA with B.A. in fine arts. Bleifer uses mixed media in her work which deals with social, political, and environmental issues. She is a member of the Space Gallery stable and a key member of the organizing team that ran the Venice Family Clinic auctions, the Venice Art Walk, and the Venice Art Block. Bleifer was the recipient of the Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace Award in 1994 for the Hiroshima / Nagasaki Memorial Project, and in 1980 she received an award for the City of Los Angeles Mural Program.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5.3 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1970s-2023
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bleisand
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Drawings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as 4 series.

Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1970s-2017 (0.4 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Professional Files, 1975-2020 (1.0 linear feet; Boxes 1-2)

Series 3: Project Files, 1970s-2023 (3.1 linear feet; Boxes 2-4, 7, OVs 8-9)

Series 4: Printed Materials, 1977-2022 (0.8 linear feet; Boxes 5-7)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Sarah Mundy in 2025.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of artist and activist Sandy Bleifer (1940- ) measure 5.3 linear feet and date from the 1970s to 2023. Included are biographical materials, professional files, project files, and printed materials. 


Biographical materials include photographs of Bleifer and artwork, notes from a Jack Duganne course, resumes and statements, and correspondence with Roberta Loach, Yuri Kuwata, and Berislav Valvsek. Professional files consist of sales and administrative records, Space Gallery exhibition files, and membership files for ARTBLOCK, COFAC, Venice Art Walk, and the Workshop. Project files consist of drawings and sketches, notes, and paper constructions and samples, as well as notes for Bleifer's works including Hiroshima, Ikebana, Paper and Leaves, River Rocks, Walls, and others. Printed materials include exhibition announcements and catalogs, event catalogs for Venice Art Walk, and books artwork self-published by Bleifer.