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Finding Aid for the Institute for Dance and Experimental Art Records, 1956-1994
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Title: Institute for Dance and Experimental Art Records
Date (inclusive): 1956-1994
Collection number: 1753
Creator:
Institute for Dance and Experimental Art (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Extent:
30 boxes (15.0 linear ft.)
1 flat box
Abstract: The records, including tapes of performances, of the Institute for Dance and Experimental Art (I.D.E.A.).
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Claudia Chapline, 1997.
This material was processed by Nina Meechoonuk in the Center for Primary Research and Training in 2007.
[Identification of item], Institute for Dance and Experimental Art Records (Collection 1753). Department of Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
5706052
Claudia Chapline is a multimedia artist and arts presenter: painter, poet, art journalist, former college professor, choreographer,
founder and director of galleries for new art in Santa Monica and Sacramento, consultant and mentor. After graduating Phi
Beta Kappa, Cum Laude with Special Honors in Art from Corcoran School of Art and The George Washington University, she earned
an M.A. in dance therapy at Washington University. During most of her long career she has worked on the leading edge of art
as healing, performance art, fiber sculpture, assemblage, and installation. Her art has been exhibited in hundreds of museum
and gallery exhibitions throughout the U.S.A., in Canada, Europe, Latin America and Japan, Korea and Australia. She taught
at Washington University, University of Missouri and was a professor at California State University, Northridge and UCLA.
As Manager of the Art in Public Buildings Program for the California Arts Council she coordinated numerous public art projects
for State facilities, developed public art plans and consulted with California cities and counties. She has served on many
boards, providing leadership to community arts organizations. Ms. Chapline is the founder/director of The Institute for Dance
and Experimental Art (I.D.E.A.), established in Santa Monica, California in 1974.
The material documents the activities of The Institute for Dance and Experimental Art (I.D.E.A.) and its founder, Claudia
Chapline. It consists of a variety of documents and audiovisual material, including tapes of performances.
Arranged in the following series:
- Administrative, 1973-1987
- Art organizations, 1972-1981
- Artist files, 1957-1985 (bulk 1973-1981)
- Audiovisual materials, 1956-1986 (bulk 1975-1982)
- Claudia Chapline, 1961-1986
- Ephemera, 1966-1986
- Performances, 1973-1980.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Institute for Dance and Experimental Art (Santa Monica, Calif.) --Archives.
Dance companies --California --Santa Monica --Archival resources.
Arts --Experimental methods --Archival resources.