First Art Film Festival in America sound recordings
name: label: Creator
content: First Art Film Festival in America (1951 : Woodstock, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: American Federation of Arts
label: Names
content: Woodstock Artists Association (Woodstock, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Frankfurter, Alfred M.
label: Names
content: Hayes, Bartlett H., 1904-1988
label: Names
content: Kuniyoshi, Yasuo, 1889-1953
label: Names
content: Matter, Herbert, 1907-1984
label: Names
content: Oertel, Curt
label: Names
content: Resnick, Nathan
label: Names
content: Saarinen, Aline B. (Aline Bernstein), 1914-1972
label: Names
content: Wickiser, Ralph L. (Ralph Lewanda), 1910-
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Provenance unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: First Art Film Festival in America (1951 : Woodstock, N.Y.)
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content: First Art Film Festival in America sound recordings
abstract: label: Summary
content: The First Art Film Festival in America sound recordings measure 0.6 linear feet and date to 1951. The recordings on seven sound tape reels are of a symposium sponsored by the Woodstock Artists Association, American Federation of the Arts and Film Advisory Center. Participants are Alfred Frankfurter, Bartlett Harding Hayes, Jr., Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Herbert Matter, Curt Oertel, Nathan Resnick, Aline Saarinen, and Ralph Wickiser. The panel for the first day of the symposium concerned the subject "Art Film: Aesthetic and Production" and day two concerned " Art Films: Use and Distribution."
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1951 Sept
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.firsart
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into one series.

Series 1: Panel Discussions, 1951 (0.6 linear feet; Boxes 1-2)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Ricky Gomez in 2020.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: All of the sound recordings in the collection were digitized for research access in 2009 and are available at the Archives of American Art offices.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The First Art Film Festival in America sound recordings measure 0.6 linear feet and date to 1951. The recordings on seven sound tape reels are of a symposium sponsored by the Woodstock Artists Association, American Federation of the Arts and Film Advisory Center. Participants are Alfred Frankfurter, Bartlett Harding Hayes, Jr., Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Herbert Matter, Curt Oertel, Nathan Resnick, Aline Saarinen, and Ralph Wickiser. The panel for the first day of the symposium concerned the subject "Art Film: Aesthetic and Production" and day two concerned " Art Films: Use and Distribution."