Jancar Gallery records
name: label: Creator
content: Jancar Gallery
label: Names
content: Jancar/Kuhlenschmidt Gallery
label: Names
content: Alf, Martha, 1930-
label: Names
content: Chicago, Judy, 1939-
label: Names
content: Cumming, Robert, 1943-
label: Names
content: Day, Linda
label: Names
content: Duane, Hildegarde
label: Names
content: Hebrun, Micol
label: Names
content: Jancar, Tom, 1950
label: Names
content: Jones, Mary, 1953-
label: Names
content: Korman, Harriet
label: Names
content: Kuhlenschmidt, Richard
label: Names
content: Meyer, Melissa
label: Names
content: Mogul, Susan
label: Names
content: Newton, Richard, 1948
label: Names
content: Segalove, Ilene, 1950-
label: Names
content: Thibeault, Marie
topic: label: Topic
content: Women artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Jancar Gallery records were donated to the Archives of American Art by Tom Jancar.
creator: label: Creator
content: Jancar Gallery
setName: label: See more items in
content: Jancar Gallery records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The records of Jancar Gallery, located in Los Angeles, California, measure 2.5 linear feet and 23.80 GB and date from circa 1972 to 2015, with the bulk of the papers dating from 2006 to 2014. The collection includes exhibition and artist files; administrative and financial records; printed and digital material; and records of the Jancar/Kuhlenschmidt Gallery.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Jancar Gallery (established 2006-closed 2016) was a Los Angeles, California art gallery operated by Tom Jancar. The gallery opened in a building on Wilshire Boulevard before relocating to its Chinatown location on Chung King Road in the summer of 2008. Jancar Gallery did not specialize in any particular kind of art, exhibitions included collage, painting, photography, sculpture, multimedia installation, etc., but it showed predominantly women artists for much of the time it was open. In a short 2014 interview with Christine Palma (possibly at the Photo LA art expo), Tom Jancar gives the statistic as 70-80% female artists showing at the gallery.

Tom Jancar has a BA in art history and an MFA in studio art from the University of California, Irvine. In 1980, he and Richard Kuhlenschmidt opened the Jancar/Kuhlenschmidt Gallery. That gallery closed in 1982. In 2006, he opened Jancar Gallery, which he operated until it closed in 2016.
function: label: Function
content: Art galleries, Commercial -- California
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.5 Linear Feet
label: Extent
content: 23.8 Gigabytes
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1972-2015
label: Date
content: bulk 2006-2015
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.jancgall
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Gigabytes
label: Type
content: Electronic records (digital records)
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Video recordings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as four series.

Series 1: Exhibition and Artist Files, circa 1972-2015, bulk 2006-2015 (Box 1; 1 linear foot, ER01-ER46; 21.34 GB)

Series 2: Administrative and Financial Records, circa 1980s, 2006-2014 (Box 2; 0.3 linear feet, ER47-ER48; 0.128 GB)

Series 3: Printed and Digital Material, 2005-2014 (Box 2; 0.4 linear feet, OV 4, OV 5; ER49-ER52; 0.239 GB)

Series 4: Records of the Jancar/Kuhlenschmidt Gallery, circa 1977-1982 (Boxes 2-3; 0.6 linear feet, OV 6; ER53-ER56; 2.09 GB)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was minimally processed and a finding aid prepared by Rayna Andrews in 2017 with funding provided by Gerald and Bente Buck. Born-digital materials were processed by Kirsi Ritosalmi-Kisner in 2019 with funding provided by Smithsonian Collection Care and Preservation Fund.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Electronic records (digital records)
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The records of Jancar Gallery, located in Los Angeles, California, measure 2.5 linear feet and 23.80 GB and date from circa 1972 to 2015, with the bulk of the papers dating from 2006 to 2014. The collection includes exhibition and artist files; administrative and financial records; printed and digital material; and records of the Jancar/Kuhlenschmidt Gallery.

Exhibition and artist files make up the bulk of the collection. They include artist resumes; artist statements; exhibition planning materials; slides and photographs of work; exhibition announcements and catalogs; price lists; consignment agreements; correspondence; clippings; and digital media such as digital photographs and videos. Also included are materials related to the "narratives of the perverse" exhibition (circa 2008) and materials related to the gallery's exhibition history. 

Artists documented within the exhibition and artist files include Martha Alf, Judy Chicago, Robert Cumming, Linda Day, Hildegarde Duane, Micol Hebron, Mary Jones, Harriet Korman, Melissa Meyer, Susan Mogul, Richard Newton, Ilene Segalove, and Marie Thibeault, among others. 

Administrative and financial records include mailing list materials, invoices and agreements, and digital records. 

The printed materials include exhibition announcements, exhibition catalogs, exhibition posters, clippings, and ephemera. 

Also found in this collection is a selection of Tom Jancar's records related to the Jancar/Kuhlenschmidt Gallery, which Tom Jancar operated in Los Angeles with Richard Kuhlenschmidt from 1980 to 1982. These records are primarily administrative/financial records and printed material, and also include a file on artist David Askevold; some records are in digital format.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds the Richard Kuhlenschmidt Gallery records, 1980-1992. This collection includes materials related to the Jancar/Kuhlenschmidt Gallery.