I. Andrea Hoffman Jackson Papers, 1952-1987

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Summary

Creators:
Andrea, I.
Abstract:
This collection contains items related to the work of I. Andrea Hoffman Jackson, a sculptor and art writer in San Diego including a scrapbook on her body of work, interviews of local artists for her book, "San Diego Artists," and research materials on a number of Southern California art institutions, including San Diego Museum of Art.
Extent:
4.0 Linear feet (9 boxes)
Language:
Preferred citation:

I. Andrea Hoffman Jackson Papers, MS 217, San Diego History Center Document Collection, San Diego, CA.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains some of the personal papers, writings and research of I. Andrea Hoffman Jackson. The personal papers include her resume, portfolios, and photos and articles about her work. The collection’s bulk of writings and research opens with I. Andrea’s book, "San Diego Artists," including a copy transcript, research notes, and publisher correspondence. Also included is information on each of the fifty artists featured in the book, including resumes, biographies, notes, articles, brochures, news releases, and art images, as well as book chapter copies and interview transcripts for some artists. Additionally there is information about other San Diego-based artists that were not featured in the book. The collection also includes much of the research I. Andrea did while writing an article in 1981 on the San Diego Museum of Art called "The Great Brezzo Experiment." This research includes a wealth of information about the San Diego Museum of Art, including by-laws, policies, staff information, meeting minutes, inventory, and financial information. There is also some information about the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art (now the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego) as well as some documents, brochures and clippings from other art institutions around the country.

Biographical / historical:

I. Andrea Hoffman Jackson was born in Los Angeles in 1946. She earned a Master’s degree in Art and Art History from San Diego State University, completed coursework for a doctorate in Art History at the University of Southern California, and studied art and sculpture in Italy. She has created numerous sculptures on public display in San Diego, including: the ‘Discus Thrower’ at the Hall of Champions in Balboa Park, the ‘Children’s Wall’ at the Mandell Weiss City Park, M. Larry Lawrence Jewish Community Center, and a bronze portrait bust of Mandell Weiss at the Mandell Weiss Center for the Performing Arts at University of California, San Diego (UCSD). She also created a ceremonial mace of polished bronze with semi-precious stones for UCSD and the Roger Revelle Medal for Distinguished Service to UCSD. She continues to sculpt and returns every few years to Italy to work and study.

Andrea is an accomplished writer and art critic, writing about artists, art exhibits, and current events in the art world. Her writing has been published under two bylines, I. Andrea and Andrea Hoffman, in publications such as Artweek, San Diego Magazine and The New York Post. From 1978 – 1979 she was a freelance writer for the Los Angeles Times and from 1979 – 1982 she was an art critic and feature writer for the San Diego Tribune. In 1988 she co-authored San Diego Artists, which featured interviews and profiles of more than fifty local artists. She also taught art, art history, and writing at San Diego State University.

In 1988 Andrea earned a second Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from the Professional School of Psychological Studies. She currently lives in the San Diego area where she sculpts and counsels at the San Diego Center for Children using Art Therapy.

Acquisition information:
Accession number 2001.011.
Processing information:

Collection processed by Jennifer Ho on September 26, 2011.

Collection processed as part of grant project supported by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) with generous funding from The Andrew Mellon Foundation.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into five series:

Series I: Personal Papers

Series II: 'San Diego Art and Artists' - Manuscript and Research

Series III: San Diego Museum of Art - Article and Research

Series IV: La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art - Research

Series V: Miscellanea

Items in each series are arranged by subject.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Architecture
Art
Art -- History
Art museums
Artists
Ceramic arts and crafts
Installations (Art)
Jewelry making
Mixed media (Art)
Painting
Photography
Sculpture
Stained glass
Names:
Border Art Workshop/Taller de Arte Fronterizo.
Putnam Foundation.
San Diego Museum of Art.
San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art.
Society for Photographic Education.
Timken Museum of Art.
Adler, Sebastian
Andrea, I.
Antin, Eleanor
Atkinson, Karen
Austin, Joan
Avalos, David
Baker, Richard, 1959-
Berman, Sara Jo
Boettiger, Bill
Braley, Jean
Brezzo, Steven L.
Camp, Dan
Capps, Kenneth
Christo, 1935-
Cohen, Harold, 1928-
Cole, Viki
Cooling, Janet
Cutler-Shaw, Joyce, 1932-
Dominguez, Jesus
Farber, Manny
Fisch, Arline M.
Forester, Russell, 1920-
Fredman, Faiya, 1925-
Ghirardi, Gary
Ginder, Robert
Gomez-Pena, Guillermo
Gonzalez, Marco Vinicio
Greene, Ethel J.
Gronborg, Erik, 1931
Grondona, Tom
Guerrero, Raul, 1945-
Harrison, Helen Mayer, 1929-
Harrison, Newton, 1932-
Hicks, Emily
Honda, Margaret
Hord, Donal, 1902-1966
House, Suda, 1951-
Hubbell, James
Johnson, Jay
Kirkland, Philip
Kittredge, Nancy
Lara, Mario
Lee, Christopher, 1951-
Leland, Malcolm
MacConnel, Kim, 1946-
McGraw, DeLoss
McReynolds, Cliff
Meilach, Dona Z.
Mitten, Peter
Morris, Richard Allen
Murray, Ming
Nidorf, Patrick X.
Nodelman, Marjorie
Nyiri, Joe
O'Cain, Anna
Oatman, Christine
Ochoa, Victor, 1954-
Ollman, Arthur
Oriol, Eriberto
Patterson, Patricia, 1941-
Pieters, Edward
Provder, Carl
Provder, Elinore
Radakovich, Toza
Rahmani, Aviva
Riggs, Brent
Rittermann, Philipp Scholz
Saint-Phalle, Niki de, 1930-2002
Scanga, Italo, 1932-2001
Schnorr, Michael W.
Schuette, Lynn
Shaw, Reesey, 1943-
Silva, Ernest
Small, Deborah, 1948-
St. Pierre, Jean, 1947-
Stecker, Lois
Theobald, Gillian
Weldon, Barbara
Wigginton, Ron
Wojtyla, W. Haase
Places:
San Diego (Calif.)

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

The San Diego History Center (SDHC) holds the copyright to any unpublished materials. SDHC Library regulations do apply.

Preferred citation:

I. Andrea Hoffman Jackson Papers, MS 217, San Diego History Center Document Collection, San Diego, CA.

Location of this collection:
1649 El Prado, Suite 3
San Diego, CA 92101, US
Contact:
(619) 232-6203
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