Scope and Contents
Administrative History
Arrangement
Access
Restrictions
Cite as
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Archive of Recorded Sound
Title: Meridian Gallery Collection
creator:
Meridian Gallery
Identifier/Call Number: ARS.0192
Physical Description:
22.5 Linear Feet
24 boxes and 1 flat folder; including 199 CD-ROM(s), 2 mini CD-ROM(s) 10 DVD(s), 13 video cassette(s), 29 tape cassette(s),
40 DAT cassette(s), 1 LP, 2 5.5" floppy disk, 5 photograph memory cards, 2 32-gigabyte flash drive, 1 500-gigabyte flash drive,
and 2 external hard drive(s)
Date (inclusive): 1956-2017
Abstract: The Meridian Gallery Collection documents the activities of the Meridian Gallery, a non-profit exhibition and perrformance
space, which was founded in San Francisco by Anne Brodzky and Anthony Williams. The collection consists of audio and visual
recordings, photographs, slides, negatives, correspondence, exhibition catalogs, flyers, notes, newspaper clippings, computer
media, and other materials.
Scope and Contents
The Meridian Gallery Collection documents the activities of the Meridian Gallery which was founded in San Francisco by Anne
Brodzky and Anthony Williams. The collection consists of correspondence, notes, flyers, exhibition catalogs, photographs,
slides, negatives, audio and visual recordings, newspaper clippings, computer media, and other materials.
Some of the artists, performers and composers whose work is documented in this collection include: Enrique Martinez Celaya,
Abby Leigh, Robert Colescott, Susanna Heller, Carla Kihlstedt, Mark Trayle, Pauline Oliveros, Ladonna Smith, Francis Wong,
Walter Kitundu and Friends, Scot Gresham-Lancaster, Jie Ma, Stuart Dempster, and Pamela Z.
Administrative History
The Meridian Gallery was a non-profit exhibition and performance space in San Francisco, California that showcased innovative
music, performances, lectures and visual arts. The gallery grew out of the Society for Art Publications of the Americas (SAPA),
which was founded in 1985 by Anne Brodzky and Anthony Williams. In 1989 the Meridian Gallery moved into its own space near
Union Square in San Francisco, California. After dealing with escalating rents the gallery briefly moved to the Presidio before
ending operations in 2017.
The Meridian Gallery sought to promote an understanding of the arts and culture and the value of diversity in contemporary
culture. The Meridian Gallery sponsored a series of monthly performances called Composers in Performance. The Meridian Gallery
also ran the Meridian Interns Program, a paid internship for low-income teens where artist instructors taught art workshops
and job-related training. The Interns would showcase their artwork in annual exhibitions.
The Society for Arts Publication of the Americas, was a quarterly arts review focused on the Americas.
Arrangement
Original order has been maintained as closely as possible.
The collection is arranged into seven series. Series 1: Audio and visual recordings, 1989-2017. Series 2: Business files,
1960-2015. Series 3: Society for Arts Publications of the Americas, 1979-2016. Series 4: Meridian Interns Program, 1994-2017.
Series 5: Exhibition catalogs, books and flyers, 1956-2016. Series 6: Binders, 1984-2013. Series 7: Computer media, 2003-2013.
Access
Open for research; material must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Contact the Archive of
Recorded Sound for assistance.
Restrictions
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head Librarian, Archive of Recorded Sound, Braun Music Center, Stanford, California 94305. Consent is given on behalf of the
Archive of Recorded Sound as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright
owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns.
Cite as
Meridian Gallery Collection, ARS-0192. Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, CA.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased by Stanford in two accessions in 2017, ARS-2017-020 and ARS-2017-022. An additional accession was donated to Stanford
in 2018, ARS-2018-051.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Live sound recordings
Exhibitions
Electronic music
Computer music
Meridian Gallery