Laddie John Dill papers
name: label: Creator
content: Dill, Laddie John
topic: label: Occupation
content: Installation artists -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Topic
content: Light and space (Art movement)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated in 2021 by Laddie John Dill.
creator: label: Creator
content: Dill, Laddie John
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content: Laddie John Dill papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of Laddie John Dill measure 1.6 linear feet and date from ca 1968 to 2020. The papers document Dill's career as an artist through awards, interviews, artist statements, sketches, blueprints and designs, and other professional activity files; articles, clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, a biography, and other printed material.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Laddie John Dill (1943- ) is a leading artist of the Light and Space Movement in Los Angeles, California. His most iconic work is his series of "light sentences." Dill also made installations that combined the light sentences with sand and glass. By the late 1970s, he had moved to working with concrete and epoxy. Dill attended the Chouinard Art Institute in the late 1960s.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1968-2020
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.dillladd
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Interviews
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into two series.

Series 1: Professional Activity Files, ca 1968-2020 (0.8 linear feet; Boxes 1-2, OV 3-5)

Series 2: Printed Material, 1972-2020 (0.8 linear feet; Boxes 1-2, OV 3, 5)
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: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of Laddie John Dill measure 1.6 linear feet and date from circa 1968 to 2020. The papers document Dill's career as an artist through awards, interviews, artist statements, sketches, blueprints and designs, and other professional activity; articles, clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, a biography, and other printed material.

Professional material consists of awards, resumes, artist statements, oral history interviews, and some correspondence. Also included are materials related to his partnership and being represented by Doug Christmas, sketches and blueprints, and photographs of some of his works.

Printed material includes articles and reviews, clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, and press releases. Also included is a biography on Dill, a book on the Santa Monica College of Design Art and Architecture featuring Dill, and a series of Los Angeles Times HOME magazines featuring Dill and other area artists.