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name: label: Collection Creator
content: Amos, Emma, 1937-2020
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content: Emma Amos papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Linear Feet (Boxes 20-24, 46)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1960s-2018
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.amosemma, Series 7
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The files are arranged alphabetically by file type, then alphabetically within each type. Exhibitions are arranged in rough chronological order by exhibition date.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The series consists of files documenting Amos's residencies and fellowships at the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation in Italy, and the American Academy in Rome; memberships with the College Art Association, Guerrilla Girls, National Academy of Design, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and Women's Caucus for Art; and presentations at conferences, symposiums, workshops, and as a visiting artist. An electronic diskette and one electronic disc contain material regarding other artists. Amos curated a number of exhibitions including Progressions: A Cultural Legacy (1986), also co-curated by Julia Hotton and Vivian Browne, Resisting Categories: Finding Common Ground, and Resisting Categories: Finding Common Ground. Also included are artist files, curating files, jury and panelist files, and files detailing her travels to Cuba, Brazil, German, Italy, Mexico, and South Africa.