Scrapbook on the Common Ground of the Arts
name: label: Creator
content: Common Ground of the Arts (Organization : Detroit, Mich.)
creator: label: Creator
content: Common Ground of the Arts (Organization : Detroit, Mich.)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Common Ground of the Arts was an arts organization in Detroit, Michigan, established to support art and artists and whose members were active in many of Detroit's arts community.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1978
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.commgroa
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A scrapbook titled "Involvements" documenting activities of Common Ground of the Arts and the involvement of its members during 1978 in the Detroit Council on the Arts; the organizing of the 42nd annual Conference of the Mid-America College Art Association (MACAA), held in Detroit October 25-28, 1978; the Michigan Association of Printmakers; the Artists Guild of Detroit; Detroit-Area Printmakers; studio tours of Common Ground's artists' studios held for graduate students at Wayne State University and members of the Archives of American Art; Common Ground's sponsorship of a Visual Artists Forum at Wayne State University; and the non-profit gallery Detroit Focus. Included are photographs, clippings; publications; and typed introductions for each category of involvement.