Jackie Ferrara printed material
name: label: Creator
content: Ferrara, Jackie
topic: label: Occupation
content: Draftsmen (artists) -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated to the Archives of American Art in 2014 by Jackie Ferrara.
creator: label: Creator
content: Ferrara, Jackie
setName: label: See more items in
content: Jackie Ferrara printed material
abstract: label: Summary
content: The printed material of sculptor and draughtswoman Jackie Ferrara measures 2 linear feet and dates from 1964-2012. The material documents her projects and exhibitions through books, brochures, clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, journals, magazines, and two video recordings.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Jackie Ferrara (1929- ) is an American sculptor and draughtswoman working in New York. She is best known for her pyramidal or ziggurat structures. With no formal training in art, Ferrara moved to New York in 1952 and began performing in Happenings and theater events. She tried her hand at fiction writing for several years before turning to sculpture and large scale public art works, continuously producing work for more than sixty years. She was active in the women's art associations and the community of feminist artists in SoHo in the 1970s.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964-2012
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ferrjack
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Video recordings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as two series

Series 1: Printed Material, 1964-2012 (1.8 linear feet; Box 1-3, OV 4-5)

Series 2: Video Recordings, circa 1984, 1996 (0.2 linear feet; Box 3)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed to a minimal level and a finding aid prepared by Hilary Price in 2016.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The printed material of sculptor and draughtswoman Jackie Ferrara measures 2 linear feet and dates from 1964-2012. The material documents her projects and exhibitions through books, brochures, clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, journals, magazines, and two video recordings.