Finding Aid to the Ajuan Mance Posters for the SF COVID Command Center Artists in Residence Program 2021 SFH 685
Finding aid composed by Norman Yee
San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
2021
Contributing Institution:
San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
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Title: Ajuan Mance Posters for the San Francisco COVID Command Center Artists in Residence Program
Creator:
Mance, Ajuan Maria
Identifier/Call Number: SFH 685
Physical Description:
1 flat box
(1.25 Cubic Feet)
18" x 15"
Date (inclusive): 2021
Abstract: Contains 11 pairs of posters and an Artist Statment by Ajuan Mance during her time as an Artist-in-Residence with the San
Francisco COVID Command Center to help record the internal workings of the City's vast COVID prevention and response efforts
from an artist's perspective.
Physical Location: Collection is stored onsite.
Language of Materials:
Collection materials are in
English.
The collection is available for use during San Francisco History Center hours. Collections that are stored offsite should
be requested 48 hours in advance.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.
Ajuan Mance Posters for the SF COVID Command Center Artists in Residence Program (SFH 685), San Francisco History Center,
San Francisco Public Library.
The collection was donated to the San Francisco Public Library by the COVID Command Center in 2022.
Researchers are encouraged to see also SFP-138 S. Renee Jones Photographs for SF Arts Commission COVID Command Center Artist
in Residence Project. See also SFP-139 Mabel Jimenez Photographs for SF Arts Commission COVID Command Center Artist in Residence
Project.
Ajuan Mance is a Professor of English and Ethnic Studies at Mills College in Oakland, California, and a lifelong artist and
writer. She is the author of several publications including: Inventing Black Women: African American Women's Poetry and Self-Representation,
1877-2000 and Before Harlem: An Anthology of African American Literature from the Long Nineteenth Century. An artist, illustrator,
and comic creator, Ajuan has participated in solo and group exhibitions as well as comic and zine fests.
Contains 11 pairs of silkscreen posters depicting San Francisco COVID Command workers created by Ajuan Mance during her time
as an Artist-in-Residence with the San Francisco COVID Command Center. Also included are 2 copies of her Artist Statement
regarding the project.
Collection is arranged with each poster separated by acid-free paper.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Posters -- California -- San Francisco
Arts Commission of San Francisco
COVID Command Center Artist in Residence -- San Francisco
San Francisco Arts Commission