Dumbo Arts Center records
name: label: Creator
content: Dumbo Arts Center
place: label: Place
content: DUMBO Historic District (New York, N.Y.)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Dumbo Arts Center records were donated to the Archives of American Art in 2015 by the Dumbo arts Center via Julie Martin, Board member.
creator: label: Creator
content: Dumbo Arts Center
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content: Dumbo Arts Center records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Dumbo Arts Center records measure 19.1 linear feet and date from 1994 to 2013. The records document the Center's activities through administrative files such as board meeting minutes, strategic business plans, invoices, and workshop materials; grant award files; annual art festival documentation such as permits, schedules, sponsorship contracts, and artist lists; annual auction documentation such as permits, inventories, and invoices; exhbition files consisting of loan agreements, artist resumes, and artist work samples; exhibition announcements, exhibition catalogs, festival schedules, auction invitations, and other printed material; photographs from both the annual arts festivals and auctions; artist video submissions.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Dumbo Arts Center was established in 1997 to preserve the identity of Dumbo, Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass area of Brooklyn, New York, as a vital artists' community. The Center held annual "Art Under the Bridge" arts festivals between 1997 and 2014 as well as annual art auctions. The festivals consisted of exhibitions, dance, and theater performances. In addition to the festivals and auctions, the Center would host exhibitions in its gallery space. The Dumbo Arts Center closed in 2014.
function: label: Function
content: Art festivals
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 19.1 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1994-2013
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.dumbartc
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Video recordings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into nine series.

Series 1: Administrative Files, 1997-2010 (1.1 linear feet; Boxes 1-2, 21)

Series 2: Grant Files, 1998-2013 (1.0 linear feet; Boxes 2-3)

Series 3: Festival Files, 1997-2011 (3.6 linear feet; Boxes 3-6, 21)

Series 4: Auction Files, 2000-2011 (1.7 linear feet; Boxes 6-8)

Series 5: Exhibition Files, 1998-2010 (4.2 linear feet; Boxes 8-12)

Series 6: Printed Material, 1997-2011 (1.9 linear feet; Boxes 12-13, 20-21, OV 22)

Series 7: Photographs, 1999-2009 ( 2.0 linear feet; Boxes 13-15)

Series 8: Video Submissions, 1994-2003 (1.6 linear feet; Boxes 15-17)

Series 9: Unprocessed Born Digital Material (2.0 linear feet; Boxes 18-19)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Ricky Gomez in 2019.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Dumbo Arts Center records measure 19.1 linear feet and date from 1994 to 2013. The records document the Center's activities through administrative files such as board meeting minutes, strategic business plans, invoices, and workshop materials; grant award files; annual art festival documentation such as permits, schedules, sponsorship contracts, and artist lists; annual auction documentation such as permits, inventories, and invoices; exhbition files consisting of loan agreements, artist resumes, and artist work samples; exhibition announcements, exhibition catalogs, festival schedules, auction invitations, and other printed material; photographs from both the annual arts festivals and auctions; artist video submissions.

Administration materials consist of board meeting minutes, strategic business plans for the Center, board member biographies, material related to workshops hosted by the Center, and business expenses. Grant files consist of applications, correspondences, and award letters to various organizations for funding for exhibitions, annual art festivals, and annual auction events. Festival files consist of permit materials, artist applications, sponsorship contracts, local business advertising forms and correspondence for each year of the annual Arts Under the Bridge Festival between 1997 and 2011. Auction files consist of permit materials, artist applications, sponsorship contracts, inventories and item lists, and invoices related to auctions taking place between 2000 and 2009. Exhibition material consists of artist files and resumes, loan agreements, contracts, and invoices related to exhibitions held between 1998 and 2010. Printed material consists of exhibition announcements, exhibition catalogs, exhibition posters, clippings, and press releases for exhibitions, auctions, and the Arts Under the Bridge Festivals. Photographs consist of photographs and slides of artwork showcased at auction events, photographs related to some of the exhibitions hosted by the Center, and photographs of some of the annual Arts Under the Bridge Festival. Artist submission videos are primarily submissions by artists for some of the exhibitions hosted by the Center. Also included is footage from one of the Arts Under the Bridge Festivals. Unprocessed born digital consists of CDs, DVDs, floppy disks, and zip disks, of submissions by artists, as well as, festival related materials.