Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Hazelwood, Art and Hazelwood, Art
- Abstract:
- Approximately 370 broadsides, street posters, and prints produced by Art Hazelwood and The San Francisco Poster Syndicate. Works focus on a range of social and political themes including climate change, economic justice, homelessness and housing justice, immigration, labor, war, class, and race. Art Hazelwood is an American printmaker, educator and activist based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- Extent:
- 35 Linear Feet 11 flat boxes, 2 roll boxes, 3 oversize folders, 1 wood box, 1 framed item
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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Art Hazelwood Broadsides. MS 531. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Approximately 370 broadsides, street posters, and prints produced by Art Hazelwood and The San Francisco Poster Syndicate. Works focus on a range of social and political themes including climate change, economic justice, homelessness and housing justice, immigration, labor, war, class, and race. Hazelwood employed relief printing techniques for the majority of these prints, including woodcut, linocut, and screenprint. The collection also includes several board games created by Hazelwood.
- Biographical / historical:
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Art Hazelwood is an American printmaker, educator and activist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He received his B.A. in Fine Arts at the University of California Santa Cruz in 1983. He teaches printmaking at the San Francisco Art Institute, and works on collaborative print projects a guest artist at San Quentin State Prison. His work is collected and exbibited internationally.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Art Hazelwood in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2025.
- Processing information:
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The collection was processed by undergraduate intern Rodela Nirjhar and archivist Kate Dundon in 2022.
- Arrangement:
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Prints are physically arranged by size. They are presented in alphabetical order in this collection guide.
- Physical description:
- All measurements are in inches.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Printers -- California
- Names:
- Hazelwood, Art
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright for the items in this collection is owned by the creators and their heirs. Reproduction or distribution of any work protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the copyright owner. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether a use is fair use, and to obtain any necessary permissions. For more information see UCSC Special Collections and Archives policy on Reproduction and Use.
- Preferred citation:
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Art Hazelwood Broadsides. MS 531. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.
- Location of this collection:
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Special Collections and Archives, University Library1156 High StreetSanta Cruz, CA 95064, US
- Contact:
- (831) 459-2547