Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Casas, Mel, 1929-2014
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content: Mel Casas papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Folders (Box 1)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1975-1993
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.casamel, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Four folders of correspondence primarily document exhibitions and other events Casas participated in. Correspondence related to his participation in symposia and other programs includes  Arte-Arts regarding a 1984 symposium "Images for the '90s," San Antonio radio station KURU 89.1 FM, the  San Antonio Art League, the San Antonio Women's Caucus for the Arts, and INTAR Gallery, where  Casas served as a guest panelist for a 1986 symposium on Chicano/Mexican-American Art.

There are two letters from Shifra M. Goldman, one of which expresses her interest in writing about Casas, and correspondence from San Antonio College, including material related to Casas's receipt of an award at the Seventh Annual Tribute to the Chicano Arts recognizing "outstanding achievements of contemporary Hispanic artists."

Correspondence with galleries and museums relates to exhibitions with Aspen Art Museum, ¡Mira! Canadian Club Hispanic Art Tour, and Frito-Lay, Inc. Also found are correspondence, check lists, loan agreements, and material relating to the exhibition catalog essay, for Casas's retrospective at the Laguna Gloria Art Museum. Additional printed material for exhibitions can be found in Series 4: Printed Material.