Adrienne Fuzee papers
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GLBT Historical Society
2023
989 Market Street, Lower Level
San Francisco, California 94103
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Dates: 1966-2003
Collection Number: 2003-27
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 7 linear feet (6 cartons, 1 oversize box)
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: The
Adrienne
Fuzee
papers document the professional life of one of the few openly lesbian African-American curators working in the U.S. in the
late 20th Century and include correspondence and memos, ephemera, financial records, grants and proposals, news clippings,
notes, publicity materials and slides. The collection also contains some of Fuzee’s writings and notebooks; personalia, including
a small amount of correspondence, clothing and artifacts; and photographic materials.


Language of Material: English
The collection is open for research, with the exception of mailing lists, which are restricted for 20 years from the date
of creation. Please contact the Managing Archivist for more information.
Funding for processing this collection was provided by the National
Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Copyright has been transferred to the GLBT Historical Society.
[Identification of item].
Adrienne
Fuzee
papers. Collection Number: 2003-27. GLBT Historical Society


Gift of Lisa Kahaleole Hall on June 21, 2003
Biography/Administrative History


Scope and Content of Collection
The
Adrienne
Fuzee
papers document the professional life of one of the few openly lesbian African-American curators working in the U.S. in the
late 20th Century. Fuzee (1950-2003) was a
visionary artist and writer who helped develop and promote the work of artists at the Watts Towers, the Los Angeles Women's
Building, New Langton Arts, the Spectrum and Zocalo Galleries, the GLBT Historical Society, Oakland Art (Dot) Com, the San
Francisco LGBT Community Center, and her own Galerie Fuzee. She co-edited “Unsolicited Commentary,” a journal of cultural
criticism; taught at the San Francisco Art Institute; co-founded Lesbians in the Visual Arts (LVA); was a founding board member
of the Queer Cultural Center (QCC), which produced the National Queer Arts Festival; and was a president and board member
of the City of San Francisco Art Commission Gallery Advisory Board. There are records related to many of these organizations
in the collection, particularly Galerie Fuzee, LVA and QCC. The bulk of the collection consists of Fuzee’s professional and
artists’ files, which document exhibits she curated and promoted and artists and galleries she worked with. They contain correspondence
and memos, ephemera, financial records, grants and proposals, news clippings, notes, publicity materials and slides. The collection
also contains some of Fuzee’s writings and notebooks; personalia, including a small amount of correspondence, clothing and
artifacts; and photographic materials. GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000381; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_003728;
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_007675; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001039; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001601;
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_006371; http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D001154


Lesbians
African Americans
Art
Black people
People of color
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Adrienne Fuzee
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