Julia Santos Solomon papers
name: label: Creator
content: Santos Solomon, Julia, 1956-
label: Names
content: Parsons School of Design -- Faculty
label: Names
content: Calamari, Barbara
label: Names
content: Dye, Alice
label: Names
content: Dye, Pete
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- Dominican Republic
label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- New York (State)
label: Occupation
content: Fashion designers -- Dominican Republic
label: Occupation
content: Fashion designers -- New York (State)
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Dominican Republic
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Woodstock
label: Occupation
content: Textile designers -- Dominican Republic
label: Occupation
content: Textile designers -- New York (State)
label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin American artists
label: Topic
content: Women artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 2015 and 2016 by Julia Santos Solomon.
creator: label: Creator
content: Santos Solomon, Julia, 1956-
setName: label: See more items in
content: Julia Santos Solomon papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of Julia Santos Solomon measure 2.0 linear feet and date from 1972 to 2014. The papers document Santos Solomon's career as an artist, educator, and fashion designer through a proposal for "Lola!" television show, proposals for a series of children's books, exhibition announcements and catalogs, photographs of artwork, and other professional activity files; writings consisting of notes, diary pages, and diaries; and sketches, sketchbooks, and other artwork.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Julia Santos Solomon (1956- ) is an educator, painter, sculptor,  digital artist, and textile and fashion designer in the Dominican Republic and Woodstock, New York. Santos Solomon was born in the Dominican Republic in 1956, and she emigrated to the United States in 1966 where she eventually went on to study at the Rhode Island School of Design and Brown University. Santos Solomon was a founding member of Altos de Chavon School of Design of Parsons School of Design, through which her vision shaped generations of successful Dominican artists. She currently resides in Woodstock, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972-2014
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.santjuli
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
label: Type
content: Video recordings
label: Type
content: Diaries
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into three series.

Series 1: Professional Activity Files, 1972-2014 (0.7 linear feet; Boxes 1-2)

Series 2: Writings, 1977-2007 (0.3 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 3: Artwork, 1985-2002 (0.9 linear feet; Boxes 1-3, OV 4-7)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Ricky Gomez in 2022.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Diaries
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of Julia Santos Solomon measure 2.0 linear feet and date from 1972 to 2014. The papers document Santos Solomon's career as an artist, educator, and fashion designer through a proposal for "Lola!" television show, proposals for a series of children's books, exhibition announcements and catalogs, photographs of artwork, and other professional activity; writings consisting of notes, diary pages, and diaries; and sketches, sketchbooks, and other artwork.

Professional material consists of correspondence with Alice Dye, wife of Pete Dye, golf course architect; commission files relate to golf course landscape paintings, prints, and textiles; some exhibtion catalogs and announcements; and printed material related to Altos de Chavon School of Design. Also included are proposals for a series of children's books consisting of some correspondence, draft manuscripts, and sketches. Audio visual material consists of a DVD and CD related to the pilot television program 'Lola' (never produced) created by Santos Solomon and Barbara Calamari and loosely based on Santos Solomon's biography, especially as a teenager and young adult. Also included are episode descriptions and notes about the show. 

Writings include three diaries recording Santos Solomon's study of art and design, largely in the Dominican Republic and Europe. Also included are pages of diary entries from various years, and some notebooks of notes.

Artwork consists of sketchbooks, sketches, fashion illustrations, an original watercolor, pen, and pencil textile designs.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also found in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Julia Santos Solomon conducted by Fernanda Espinosa, August 26, 2020; an oral history interview conducted by Fernanda Espinosa, March 9-April 15, 2021.