Candy Store Gallery records
name: label: Creator
content: Candy Store Gallery
label: Names
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
label: Names
content: Arneson, Robert, 1930-1992
label: Names
content: Azaceta, Luis Cruz, 1942-
label: Names
content: De Forest, Roy, 1930-2007
label: Names
content: McHugh, Adeliza, 1912-2003
topic: label: Topic
content: Funk
label: Topic
content: Women art dealers
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated in 2004 by Sheri Renison, daughter of Adeliza McHugh, as part of the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.
creator: label: Creator
content: Candy Store Gallery
setName: label: See more items in
content: Candy Store Gallery records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The records of the Candy Store Gallery measure 1.0 linear feet and date from 1968 to 2004. The records document the history of the gallery through correspondence, photographs, artist files for some of the artists, and printed material including clippings, magazine articles, exhibition announcements and catalogs.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Candy Store Gallery was founded by Adeliza McHugh in Folsom, California in 1962. The gallery primarily exhibited the works of teachers and students from California State University at Sacramento and the University of California at Davis. The gallery also hosted multiple solo exhibitions of artists such as Robert Arneson, Sandra Shannonhouse, and Luis Jimenez. The gallery closed in 1992. 

Adeliza McHugh (1912-2003) was an American art dealer and gallery owner who worked primarily in Sacramento County. McHugh originally started her business to sell homemade nougat, but opposition from the Health Department caused her to convert her candy store into a small art gallery. Although McHugh had little professional art experience, her countercultural tastes caused the Candy Store Gallery to become a fixture of the Sacramento art world.
function: label: Function
content: Art galleries, Commercial -- California
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1968-2004
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.candstog
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into two series.

Series 1: Artist Files, 1968-2000 (0.5 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Printed Material, 1970-2004 (0.5 linear feet; Box 1)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid created by Ricky Gomez in 2021.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The records of the Candy Store Gallery measure 1.0 linear feet and date from 1968 to 2004. The records document the history of the gallery through correspondence, photographs, artist files for some of the artists, and printed material including clippings, magazine articles, exhibition announcements, and catalogs.

Artist files consist of general correspondence between Adeliza McHugh and friends and artists, and a file of photographs of artwork and exhibitions. Also included are named files for notable artists such as Robert Arneson, Luis Cruz Azaceta, Roy De Forest, and Maija Peeples.

Printed material includes clippings and magazine articles, a book on Sacramento, and exhibition announcements and catalogs, some of which are handmade.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also found in the Archives of American Art is the Candy Store Gallery exhibition announcements, [undated] and 1973-1982.