New Arts Program records
name: label: Creator
content: New Arts Program (Lehigh Valley, Pa.)
label: Names
content: Carroll, James F. L.
label: Names
content: Glass, Philip
topic: label: Topic
content: Artist-run galleries
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated in 2023 and 2024 by James F.L. Carroll.
creator: label: Creator
content: New Arts Program (Lehigh Valley, Pa.)
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content: New Arts Program records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The New Arts Program records measure 65.3 linear feet and date from circa 1960-2024. The collection is comprised of artist files, program files, administrative files, publications files, photographic materials, and James F. L. Carroll papers.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: James F. L. Carroll (1934- ) is a painter, educator, and founder and director of the New Arts Program in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, which has been a radical space for progressive artist residencies and arts education. At the time of its founding Carroll was an art professor for Kutztown University. Creating new artwork, art texts, and exhibiting consistently at NAP and other venues, as an artist Carroll is a three time recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant for individual artists.

New Arts Program (NAP) in Kutztown, Pennsylvania was founded by James F. L. Carroll in 1974, and in its fifty years of continuous operation has presented the work of nearly three hundred visual artists, dancers, musicians, writers and poets.From its earliest iteration NAP provided visiting artists, often visiting from New York City,  with two-day residencies where artists presented talks coinciding with their exhibits in the gallery on the first floor of Carroll's art studio. This regular influx of talent included a wide variety of artists who would go one to be extremely successful including Keith Haring, Simone Forti, Louise Lawler, Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane, Joan Jonas, Dan Graham, among others.

New Arts Program, funded consistently in part by the Pennsylvania Council for the Arts, has broken the traditional mold of even the more idiosyncratic artist run galleries hosting a range of events including  forums and performances, and producing cable television programs and producing a variety of publications including resources for artist like art packing instructional videos. Since the limited gallery space could not accommodate more ambitious programming and performances, throughout the years programming has been held at Kutztown University and other regional colleges and their art galleries, Miller Symphony Hall, Allentown Museum, and the Painted Bride Art Center in Philadelphia. Another trademark of NAP programs is the annual Small Works Invitational Salon Exhibition. Benefit concerts were graced by program alums such as Allen, Ginsberg, Meredith Monk, Jon Gibson, and Philip Glass, who contributed regularly throughout the decades. A committed documentarian of these programs, Carroll assembled a vast collection of over one thousand original video recordings. The New Arts Program concluded its operations on June 20, 2024.
function: label: Function
content: Arts organizations -- Pennsylvania
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 65.3 Linear Feet
label: Extent
content: 455 Gigabytes
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1960-2024
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.newaprog
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content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Gigabytes
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Video recordings
label: Type
content: Motion picture film
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as seven series.

Series 1: Artist Files, circa 1970-2023 (26.8 Linear feet: Boxes 1-13, 35-48, 65, Oversize 69; 82.2 Gigabytes: ER0001-ER0050)

Series 2: Program Files, circa 1975-2024 (17.1 Linear feet: Boxes 14-16, 48-62, 66, Oversize 70; 346.8 Gigabytes: ER0052-ER0124)

Series 3: Administrative Files, circa 1974-2024 (6.8 Linear feet: Boxes 16-21, 65-67; 0.102 Gigabytes: ER0125-ER0130)

Series 4: Publication Files, circa 1977-2023 (3.9 Linear feet: Boxes 21-24, 66, 68: 2.34 Gigabytes: ER0131)

Series 5: Photographic Materials, circa 1970-2006 (4.6 Linear feet: Boxes 24-28, 68)

Series 6: James F. L. Carroll Papers, circa 1960-2024 (5.7 Linear feet: Boxes 28-34, 68, Oversize 63; 23.49 Gigabytes: ER0051, ER0132-ER0153)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Ryan Evans in 2024 including born-digital material. Additional finding aid description of the sound recordings was completed by Kirsi Ritosalmi-Kisner in 2024.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Motion picture film
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The New Arts Program records measure 65.3 linear feet and date from circa 1960-2024. Included are artist files containing a combination of correspondence, visual documentation and promotional material, as well as video recordings and digital records pertaining primarily to artists who have exhibited, performed, participated in a talk, or a residency or consultancy at New Arts Program over its fifty year history. Program files include gallery programs including exhibition and consultation files, as well as workshops, performances, lectures, and benefits, in addition to New Arts Program recorded television series including New Arts Program Connection and New Arts Alive.

Administrative files include board minutes, fundraising records including grant applications and reports, professional correspondence, the video and paper record archives, and program research files comprised of clippings on various art topics. Publication files include working files and/or copies of New Arts Program published works, from grant funded exhibition catalogs to the familiar ring bound catalogs and project binders of later years, as well as NAP produced journal N.A.P. text(s) and DVDs including an instructional art packing program. Also included are exhibition flyers or posters and seasonal schedules. Photographic materials include black and white headshots of artists used for promotion, as well as artwork images including slides, as well as printed photographs and snapshots of artists and students involved in printmaking and other activities.

The James F. L. Carroll Papers series is composed primarily of documents reflecting Carroll's artistic career, and in professional or advisory capacities outside of New Arts Program. These records include exhibition files, professional files including grant applications and board and program jury positions, artist statements and other writings, photographic material including slides and printed photography primarily of artwork, and select artwork including schematic drawings notes, as well as painted works on handmade paper. The series includes digital records including digital video recordings, as well as other types of video recordings including film and video.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Oral history interview with James F.L. Carroll, 2022 November 14 and 15. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.