Guide to the Founders Gallery Exhibit records USDA.002
Prepared by Ashley Toutain, 2016. Updated by Gabrielle Wood, 2024.
University of San Diego Archives
2016
Copley Library
5998 Alcalá Park
San Diego, CA 92110-2492
spcoll@sandiego.edu
Contributing Institution:
University of San Diego Archives
Title: University of San Diego Founders Gallery Exhibit records
Creator:
Whitcomb, Therese Truitt
Identifier/Call Number: USDA.002
Physical Description:
3.5 Linear Feet
(4 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1970-1993
Abstract: These records consist of the planning materials, newspaper clippings, and photographs gathered for University of San Diego
Founders Gallery exhibits between 1971 and 1993.
Language of Material:
English
.
These records include the exhibition planning materials, press releases, newspaper articles, photographs, and correspondence
about exhibitions featured in Founders Gallery. Exhibition planning materials include lists of exhibited work, research materials,
exhibit space sketches, announcements and exhibit labels. Photographs are of both the exhibit space as well as exhibited artifacts.
Correspondence is largely between exhibit curator, Therese Whitcomb, and the featured artist(s). Correspondence also includes
praise from Gallery attendees. Exhibitions often changed monthly. The majority of Founders Gallery exhibitions from 1971
to 1993, though not all, are represented in these materials.
The University of San Diego Founders Gallery, located in Founders Hall, was established by Therese (Hanafin) Whitcomb in 1971.
The first show premiered on April 23rd, 1971 featuring San Francisco artist Jeff Ruocco. The Founders Gallery was organized
as a permanent, professional exhibition area to provide instruction in art history and design. Exhibits frequently changed
monthly during the academic year featuring an array of local, national, and international art, as well as student work. In
2002, the exhibit space was renamed the Hoehn Family Galleries, in honor of Robert and Karen Hoehn, long time supporters of
the arts at USD.
Therese (Hanafin) Whitcomb was the first, and only, graduate of the San Diego College for Women in 1953. She became a faculty
member in the University of San Diego Art Department after earning her master's degree from San Diego State University. Shortly
thereafter she became the Chair of the Art Department. In addition to establishing the Founders Gallery, Whitcomb curated
the majority of the exhibits put on display. Whitcomb continued her integral role in the Art Department for 35 years and,
in 2015, was awarded the honorary degree, Doctor of Humane Letters.
This collection is open for research.
University of San Diego Founders Gallery Exhibit records are the physical property of the University of San Diego, Archives
and Special Collections. Copyright, except in cases where material has passed into the public domain, belongs to the authors
or their legal heirs and assigns.
[Folder Title], Box # Folder #, University of San Diego Founders Gallery records, Copley Library, University of San Diego,
Archives and Special Collections. [Date accessed]
This collection was initially processed by Tessie Camina in 2009. Additional processing was done by Ashley Toutain in 2016
and Gabrielle Wood in 2024.
Exhibition dates are included at the beginning of each folder title. Accompanied by the folder title is a second set of dates
that reflects the date range of materials within each folder. Often the materials gathered about an exhibition spanned more
than the period of exhibition.
More slides related to Founders Gallery Exhibits can be found in the Archives slide collection. Please contact the USD University
Archives and Special Collections for information on these materials.
See also the Therese Whitcomb papers for more Founders Gallery materials.
Some photographs, slides, and negatives throughout the collection have been moved to photograph storage for preservation purposes.
Copies of these have been made and remain in the original folder.
These records are arranged in chronological order.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
University of San Diego
San Diego (Calif.)
Art Exhibitions
Art
Art museums Exhibitions
Azar, George, (1959- )
Avery, Mary Ann
Bailey, Clayton, (1939-2020)
Boyle, Neil, (1931-2006)
Bradshaw, Glenn, (1922-2013)
Burgess, Michele, (1960- )
Cha, Guo Jun
Chick, Victoria
Chow, Grace
Curtis, Edward Sheriff, (1868-1952)
DiGiulio, Lou Brown, (1933- )
Dirks, John H., (1914-2008)
Dixon, T.J., (1951-2018)
Dominguez, Jesus
Emerson, Charles R, (1935- )
Esaki, Carol
Funicello, Ralph
Flores, William Vann
Freeman, Earl
Gathings, Evelyn, (1927-2010)
Gilot, Françoise, (1921-2023)
Gonzales, Fred, (1954- )
Graff, Herman, (1921-2004)
Greene, Ethel, (1912-1999)
Gregoire, Mathieu, (1953- )
Hassam, Childe, (1859-1935)
Hill, Lilli, (1920-2011)
Applebroog, Ida, (1929-2023)
Hubbell, James, (1931-2024)
King, William Asbury
Leavitt, Dan, (1930-1996)
Leavitt, Donna
Lebrun, Rico, (1900-1964)
Lench, Maria
Levett, James
Levinthal, David, (1949- )
Lowe, Jean, (1960- )
McCosker, Duncan, (1944-2016)
McGraw, DeLoss, (1945- )
Morales, Esteban
Morgan, Robert
Myrna, Nobile
Perine, Robert, (1922-2004)
Ruocco, Jeff, (1938-2010)
Seager, Richard
Sparks, James Barry
Stacklick, Paul
Stoddard, Clint
Stratton, Dorothy, (1908-2007)
Thieme, Fred
Wenger, John, (1887-1976)
Whitaker, Eileen Monaghan, (1911-2005)
box 1, folder 2
Postcard 1970 June
box 1, folder 3
April to May 1971 - Ruocco's Art, The First Show of a New Gallery 1971 March - August
This folder contains material for the first show in the Founders Gallery. Includes correspondence between Art Department Director,
Therese Hanafin and featured artist, Jeff Ruocco.
Jeff Ruocco (1938–2010), a San Diego native who earned his BA from San Francisco State College, was an artist known for his
graphic designs as well as lithographs that he created as a printer at the Tamarind Lithography Workshop in Los Angeles. Opening
in 1960, the workshop sought to revive the fine art of lithography through collaboration between various artists and printmakers.
During this time, Ruocco's works were also shown at exhibits in Los Angeles, Washington DC, the Netherlands, England, Switzerland,
and Sweden.
Office of Public Information, "Jeff Ruocco First to Exhibit in New USD Art Gallery" (1971). News Releases. 532. https://digital.sandiego.edu/newsreleases/532
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"Line Involvement I," Philadelphia Museum of Art, accessed 6/17/2024, https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/206746.
"TAMARIND HISTORY," Tamarind Institute, accessed 6/17/2024, https://tamarind.unm.edu/about/history/.
"Collection-Tamarind Lithography Workshop Collection," Amon Carter Museum of American Art, accessed 6/17/2024, https://www.cartermuseum.org/carter-collection/collection-group/tamarind-lithography-workshop-collection.
box 1, folder 4
November 1971- Ethel Greene, "Paintings" 1971 October-December
This folder contains notes, newspaper clippings, and other information about Ethel Greene's exhibit.
Ethel Maud Greene (1912-1999) was a San Diego based artist known for her Surrealist works of art. Her first solo show was
exhibited at the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art in 1956 (then the La Jolla Art Center). Beginning in the 1960s, Greene
frequently exhibited her artwork in galleries and exhibits in Southern California as well as in the greater United States
and abroad.
"ETHEL GREENE SURREALIST PAINTER," Oceanside Museum of Art, accessed 6/17/2024, https://oma-online.org/past_exhibitions2002/ethelgreene/.
"Ethel Greene," The Annex Galleries, accessed 6/17/2024, https://www.annexgalleries.com/artists/biography/2765/Greene/Ethel.
box 1, folder 5
December 1971 to February 1972- Ida Horowitz [Ida Applebroog] 1971 October - 1972 February
This folder contains correspondence, notes, and two photographs on slides related to the Ida Applebroog (known as Ida Horowitz
at the time) exhibit.
Ida Applebroog (1929-2023), born Ida Appelbaum and also known as Ida Horowitz, was an artist known for her paintings, sculptures,
and multi-media works that addressed issues of politics, violence, and gender. During her time in San Diego, where she moved
with her husband and children in 1968, Applebroog began a study of sketches and sculptures that explored female and biomorphic
human forms after a hospitalization for mental health struggles. Working out of a local studio, Applebroog participated in
one of her earliest group exhibitions in Long Beach in 1972, which featured all female artists. She formally changed her name
from Ida Horowitz to Ida Applebroog after her move back to New York in 1975 and continued to exhibit her work to acclaim till
her death.
"Ida Applebroog," Brooklyn Museum, accessed 6/17/2024, https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/about/feminist_art_base/ida-applebroog.
Sarah Cascone, "Friends and Family Remember Artist Ida Applebroog, Whose Wry, Feminist-Tinged Work Defied Categorization,"
Artnet, accessed 6/17/2024, https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ida-applebroog-remembrance-2387056.
Jillian Steinhauer, "The Drawings Ida Applebroog Made During a Breakdown," Hyperallergic, accessed 6/17/2024, https://hyperallergic.com/374490/the-drawings-ida-applebroog-made-during-a-breakdown/.
box 1, folder 6
February 1972 - Charles Emerson 1972 1979
This folder contains correspondence, notes, newspaper articles, and exhibit sketches related to Charles Emerson's exhibit.
Charles Emerson (1935- ) is an artist known for his colorful abstract works of art. Originally from Los Angeles, Emerson pursued
an arts education and a Fulbright scholarship that took him to Rome in 1961 before exhibiting his work both internationally
and domestically. From 1969-1973, he took up an artist-in-residency at the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art (Museum of
Contemporary Art San Diego) and subsequently showed his artwork throughout Southern California. Following his residency, Emerson
moved to the Pacific Northwest to continue exhibiting his work and teaching on color experience.
"Charles Emerson," Harris Harvey Gallery, accessed 6/17/2024, https://www.harrisharveygallery.com/charles-emerson.
"About," Charles Emerson, accessed 6/17/2024, https://www.charlesemerson.com/about.
Michael Upchurch, "A pair of Northwest masters at Sisko Gallery," The Seattle Times, accessed 6/17/2024, https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/visual-arts/a-pair-of-northwest-masters-at-sisko-gallery/.
box 1, folder 7
March 1972 - Lilli Hill, "Future Memories" 1971-1973
This folder contains correspondence and newspaper articles related to Lilli Hill's exhibit.
Lilli Hill (1920-2011) was a San Diego based artist known for her use of oil pigments and varnishes in a series of glazes
resembling vitreous (glass like) enamel that she developed after coming to San Diego in 1960. Hill, a native to the Pacific
Northwest, studied art at the University of Washington, Mt. San Antonio College, Pomona College, and Scripps College. She
was a member of the San Diego Art Guild as well as director of Scandia's Gallery in San Diego. Her work was exhibited throughout
San Diego County in a number of exhibits during her career.
box 1, folder 8
May to June 1972- James Hubbell Show, "Remembered Traces of Earth...Stars...and Hands" 1972 April-May
This folder contains newspaper articles, correspondence, and writings related to James Hubbell's exhibit.
James Hubbell (1931-2024) was a San Diego based architectural designer, sculptor, painter and stained-glass artist. His works,
which grace places such as local churches, libraries, homes, parks, and schools, were influenced by the natural landscape
of Southern California. Within his designs, he frequently used stone, glass, paint, wood and steel to create art on walls,
roofs, floors and furnishings. One of his best known works of art was his home and studio in Santa Ysabel, California, described
as a 'habitable sculpture' composed of local natural resources and elements. Hubbell is also known for his philanthropic efforts,
namely his Ilan-Lael Foundation, which seeks to bring art to the masses and has resulted in the building of multiple peace
parks throughout the San Diego area, Mexico, and beyond as part of their Pacific Rim Park Project.
Pam Kragen, James Hubbell, "San Diego's iconic sculptor, artist, naturalist and peace advocate, dies at 92," San Diego Union
Tribune, May 20th, 2024, accessed 6/18/2024, https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/05/20/james-hubbell-san-diegos-iconic-sculptor-artist-naturalist-and-peace-advocate-dies-at-92/
.
"ABOUT JAMES HUBBELL," ILAN-LAEL FOUNDATION, accessed 6/18/2024, https://ilanlaelfoundation.org/about/about-james-hubbell/.
"New San Diego Public Library Exhibit Features Work of Local Artist James Hubbell," Library - Arts and Culture, Inside San
Diego, March 8th, 2023, accessed 6/18/2024, https://www.sandiego.gov/insidesd/new-san-diego-public-library-exhibit-features-work-local-artist-james-hubbell.
box 1, folder 9
September 1972 - "Politico", Sculpture by Myrna Nobile 1972-1976
This folder contains photographs and negatives of Nobile's sculpture. In addition to the Politico exhibition materials, there
is later correspondence and newspaper articles about Myrna Nobile, a member of the University of San Diego Fine Arts faculty
in the early 1970s.
Some materials from this folder have been restricted until 2028.
Myrna Nobile is a San Diego based sculptor who alongside exhibiting her work also taught graphics, assemblage, sculpture and
enameling at the University of San Diego. Nobile's sculptures reflect a brutalist style, with most pieces being cast in bronze,
aluminum, and enameled bronze. Her sculptures were exhibited at places such as the La Jolla Museum of Art, Orr's Gallery,
and the Southern California Exposition at Del Mar throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
Office of Public Information, "Myrna Nobile Show at Founders Gallery" (1976). News Releases. 1399. https://digital.sandiego.edu/newsreleases/1399,
accessed 6/18/2024.
"Myrna Nobile Sculpture," Objects USA, accessed 6/18/2024, https://www.objectsusa.com/?jw_portfolio=myrna-nobile-sculpture.
box 1, folder 10
"Primitive Indian Batiks" October-November 1972
This folder contains materials related to the "Primitive Indian Batiks" exhibit, including photos and news releases. This
exhibit featured the work of Mawashi Ram, a leading folk artist of the time, and represents an attempt at preserving the art
form. These art pieces, made using a wax resistant method on cloth rather than a paint resistant technique, are from the central
villages near New Delhi and reflect a Hindu influence.
box 1, folder 11
Maria Lench-November to December 1972 - "Fiber Exhibit"; October to December 1977 - "Dimensions in Texture" 1972-1980
This folder contains correspondence, newspaper articles, and planning materials for both of these Maria Lench exhibits as
well as her donations to the university.
Maria Lench is a San Diego based artist known for her fiber and enameled works of art. She served as a juror to student art-media
exhibitions at USD as well as a member of numerous local arts groups such as the San Diego Weavers Guild, Fine Arts Gallery,
Tapestry West California, and the San Diego Art Guild.
box 1, folder 12
March to April 1973 - Dorothy Stratton, "Intaglios and Paintings" 1972-1981
This folder contains materials related to the "Intaglios and Paintings" exhibit as well as for the Dorothy Stratton Retrospective
Exhibit in 1980. Additionally, information about Dorothy and her husband, William King's, contributions to the University
of San Diego as well as correspondence between the Kings and members of the USD community are included.
Dorothy Stratton (1909-2007), also known as Dorothy Stratton King, was an artist known for her abstract expressionist paintings
and later her printmaking. She is often cited as contributing to the Modernist movement in the Southern California art scene
in the 1950s through 1970s. Stratton began her career in drawing and animation painting, but in the 1950s began to exhibit
her abstract works of art with her first major solo show taking place in Pasadena in 1959. In the 1960s she began studying
printmaking at the University of California, La Jolla, where she studied with Paul Lingren and eventually became a conservator
for Beatrice S. Levy, a well known Modernist printmaker, in Chicago in the 1970s. Stratton would go to exhibit her art work
in a number of galleries, such as the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Russia, the Long Beach Museum of Art, and several US
Embassies as well as private collections and a mural in San Diego.
"Dorothy Stratton King," People, Modern San Diego, accessed 6/21/2024, https://modernsandiego.com/people/dorothy-stratton-king.
"About Dorothy," Dorothy Stratton, accessed 6/21/2024, https://www.dorothystrattonking.com/about.
box 1, folder 13
May to June 1973 - John Dirks Sculpture 1972-1973
This folder contains news articles, signage, and planning materials.
John H. Dirks (1914-2008) was a San Diego based sculptor and furniture designer who taught at San Diego State University (SDSU)
for almost thirty years. Dirks studied art at SDSU, known then as California State University San Diego, before becoming a
professor at his alma mater in 1946 upon his return to San Diego from the Navy. Alongside his teaching and sculpture work,
Dirks also designed and built his own home and studio space which was specifically designed to fit within and further show
off the natural landscape it was built on. He and father later opened a design shop where they crafted furniture as well as
high-fidelity radio-phonograph systems. Dirks' sculptures and furniture pieces were exhibited throughout the Western US during
his life, including at the First World Congress of Craftsmen and the Museum of Contemporary Crafts in New York. He was a founding
member of the Latin American Arts Committee of the San Diego Museum of Art, and was the last surviving founding member of
the San Diego Allied Craftsmen.
"In Memoriam: John Dirks," News, San Diego State University, March 23, 2009, accessed 6/21/2014, https://www.sdsu.edu/news/2009/03/in-memoriam-john-dirks.
"John Dirks," Faculty Oral Histories and Recordings, SDSU University Library, accessed 6/21/2024, https://library3.sdsu.edu/scua/raising-our-voices/sdsu-history/faculty/john-dirks.
box 1, folder 14
June to July 1973 - "Pioneers of Modern Painting" Film Series 1972-1973
This folder contains correspondence and art print related to the 'Pioneers of Modern Painting' film series. The film series
was a six part documentary series written and produced by Kenneth Clark and distributed for free to select universities by
the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC through their Gallery Extension service. The series explored the works of Edouard
Manet, Paul Cezanne, Claude Monet, Georges Seurat, Henri Rousseau, and Edvard Munch.
box 1, folder 15
October to November 1973 - Robert Perine Watercolors 1972-1973
This folder contains correspondence and planning materials related to Robert Perine's exhibit.
Robert Perine (1922-2004) was a Southern California based artist known for his fine art Californian Style watercolors as well
as his commercial advertising and illustration work. Alongside exhibiting his art and working on advertising campaigns for
companies such as Fender Musical Instruments, Perine also taught art at various schools and helped revive a version of the
Chouinard Art Institute through the Chouinard Foundation.
The Associated Press, "Robert Perine, 81, Author Who Revived Art Institute, Dies," The New York Times, November 15, 2024,
accessed 6/27/2024, https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/15/arts/design/robert-perine-81-author-who-revived-art-institute-dies.html.
"Robert Perine," NAMM, accessed 6/27/2024, https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/robert-perine.
"Robert Perine Biography," California Watercolor.com, accessed 6/27/2024, https://www.californiawatercolor.com/pages/robert-perine-biography.
"South Pasadena Art School," Chouinard Foundation, accessed 6/27/2024, https://www.chouinardfoundation.org/home/south-pasadena-art-school/.
box 1, folder 16
November to December 1973 - Rico Lebrun show 1973 October-December
This folder contains news papers, correspondence, and planning materials related to the Rico LeBrun exhibit. The Rico LeBrun
exhibit featured works of art from the private collection of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie L. Johnson.
Rico Lebrun (1900-1964) was an Italian American sculptor and painter who focused on exploring the human condition and darker
side of life. Lebrun exhibited his work throughout the United States at galleries and museums such as Museum of Modern Art
in New York as well as taught at art institutions such as the Chouinard Art Institute, Jepson Art Institute, and Yale University.
"Rico Lebrun," ArtNet, accessed 6/27/2024, https://www.artnet.com/artists/rico-lebrun/biography.
"Rico Lebrun," Rico LeBrun, accessed 6/27/2024, https://www.ricolebrun.com/.
box 1, folder 17
January to February 1974 - Francoise Gilot 1972-1974
This folder contains correspondence, exhibit planning materials, as well as newspaper clippings related to Françoise Gilot's
oil painting exhibit.
In addition to materials for the Francoise Gilot exhibit are newspaper articles about Gilot's artwork not related to the Founder's
Gallery exhibit.
Françoise Gilot (1921-2023) was a French painter and memoirist, known for her book 'Life with Picasso' which detailed her
relationship with Pablo Picasso. Gilot was part of the Post-World War School and influenced by Picasso, Henri Matisse, Georges
Bracque, and Bernard Buffet. After her marriage to Jonas Salk in 1970, she spent her time between La Jolla, New York, and
Southern France. Throughout her lifetime Gilot exhibited her work across the United States as well as internationally, with
her work held in numerous museums and galleries.
Alan Riding, "Françoise Gilot, Artist in the Shadow of Picasso, Is Dead at 101," The New York Times, June 8, 2023, accessed
7/01/2024, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/06/arts/francoise-gilot-dead.html.
"Françoise Gilot," Artnet, accessed 7/01/2024, https://www.artnet.com/artists/fran%C3%A7oise-gilot/.
box 1, folder 18
February to March 1974 - Lou Brown DiGiulio - "Photo Sculpture" 1974-1975
This folder contains correspondence and exhibit planning materials.
Lou Brown DiGiulio (1933 - ) was a photo sculptor who liked to play with ideas of realism within her work. Her 1975 Founders
Gallery exhibit displayed blown up silk screened printed photos of leaves that were then colored with ink and hand painted,
afterwards the leaves were sewn together stuffed and attached to a styrofoam ball to form twenty four separate cabbages.
box 1, folder 19
March to May 1974 - "Woven Art of South Asia" 1973-1974
This folder contains photos, planning materials, and correspondence.
This exhibit featured South Asian folk costumes, weavings, and looms from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. William A. King (Dorthy
Stratton). The items were acquired by members of Mrs.King's family during their time as missionaries with the Board of Foreign
Missions of the Methodist Church. The exhibit also displayed antiquities from India, Burma, and Tibet. The looms featured
were from Tibetan craftsmen in a British gun-carriage factory where King's mother was a teacher in India. These looms went
on to be used in a coordinating summer class held at USD teaching weaving.
box 1, folder 20
box 1, folder 21
"Adobes in the Sun" 1974 September-October
This folder contains photographs, correspondence, news articles, and planning materials related to the "Adobes in the Sun"
exhibit. The exhibit featured work by architectural photographer Morley Baer, who at the time was interested in capturing
Adobe style properties in California, ranging from private homes to government and commercial buildings.
box 1, folder 22
October to November 1974 - "Paintings by James Barry Sparks" 1974 September-November
This folder contains planning materials and newspaper articles about Barry Spark's painting exhibit.
Barry Sparks was a USD instructor who taught drawing, painting, and photography. Sparks received his art degrees from Washington
University, St. Louis and later USC, exhibiting his artwork along the way in St.Louis and Los Angeles. Sparks described this
particular exhibit as an exploration of, '..the struggle to harmonize image, technique, and feeling into a coherent whole.'
box 1, folder 23
December 1974 - "Earl Freeman Ceramics" 1974 November-December
This folder contains planning materials and articles/news releases related to Earl Freeman's exhibit.
Earl Freeman was a ceramic artist who graduated USD in 1974. His exhibition in the Founder Gallery included mediums such as
porcelain, raku, and stoneware in a variety of forms including wall mural, decorative plates, wall pieces, as well as sculptural
and porcelain pots. Freeman was particularly interested in the glazing process of ceramics when fired at high heats.
box 1, folder 24
April 1975 - "Six from Kentucky" 1975 March-April
This folder contains planning materials, correspondence, and news articles. The 'Six from Kentucky' was an invitation exhibit
that featured selected prints, drawings, and paintings by university and college art faculty members from Kentucky. The exhibit
featured work by David Boyd, April Foster, Robert Knipschild, Deloss McGraw, Doug Semivan, and Howard Storm. Their art was
meant to depict the unique landscapes, people, and lifestyle of Kentucky.
box 1, folder 25
"Student Art Competition" 1975 May
This folder contains news articles and planning materials related to the Student Art Competition. The competition was juried
by Dorothy Stratton and four prizes were awarded. Student work ranged across art courses and included drawings, prints, paintings,
photographs, ceramics, weavings, enamels, and sculptures.
box 1, folder 26
August to September 1975 - Evelyn Gathings 1974-1975
This folder contains news articles, correspondence, small prints/promotional images, and planning materials for the exhibit.
Evelyn Lorraine (Siedschlag) Gathings (1927-2010), also known as Evelyn Lorraine Gathings Butler, was a Southern California
based artist known for her oil paintings and later in life her children's book illustrations. Gathering won numerous awards
throughout her sixty year career, including first place at the 1972 Southern California Exposition at Del Mar for her painting
"San Diego 1898" and first place at the1971 Annual La Mirada Fiesta des Artes. She took part in many solo exhibits and at
one point served as a faculty member at San Bernardino Valley College. Her painting show at USD in 1975 consisted of twelve
large oil paintings depicting the men and animals of the Old Testament.
Office of Public Information, "Evelyn Gathings Paintings at USD" (1975). News Releases. 1298. https://digital.sandiego.edu/newsreleases/1298
"EVELYN L. GATHINGS BUTLER," Legacy, accessed 7/15/2024, https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/pressenterprise/name/evelyn-butler-obituary?id=8440765.
box 1, folder 27
October to November 1975 - "American Primitive Sculpture" 1975
This folder contains photographs, press releases, and exhibit planning materials. The "American Primitive Sculpture" exhibit
featured wooden contemporary folk cravings, primarily from the Appalachian area, accompanied by Joseph Munson's photographic
documentation on Appalachian Folk Sculptors and Their Environment. The collection traveled throughout the United States and
was part of an inaugural exhibition at the Museum of Craft and Folk Art in Los Angeles.
box 1, folder 28
Carol Esaki - "Graduation Series" 1975 November-December
This folder contains a cassette tape with a handwritten list on the cassette case including "New Guinea (field recordings
by Eddie Lund); Fiji Island Chant; Java; Music from Tonga," newspaper articles, correspondence, and exhibit materials.
Carol Esaki was a 1974 USD Graduate of the Art Department who exhibited her work in her 1975 show entitled, "Graduation Series."
Esaki's show featured various variations of her own graduation picture, such as changing the background and collages, to reflect
on her thoughts about herself, graduation, and the world around her.
box 1, folder 29
"Student All-Media Art Competition" 1976 May
This folder contains planning materials and new releases related to the Third Annual Student All-Media Art Competition held
in 1976. Student work was from the areas of drawing, painting, ceramics, printmaking, photography, weaving, enamel, and sculpture.
Each of the four selected winners was awarded a prize of seventy five dollars.
box 1, folder 30
"Some Pictures, Montage", DeLoss McGraw 1976 September - November
This folder contains news articles and exhibit materials from Deloss McGraw's exhibit as well as materials from the Ferdinand
Roten Galleries.
DeLoss McGraw (1945- ) is an American painter known for his whimsical gouache painting style inspired by his poetry, the poetry
of W.D. Snodgrass as well as folk and childrens art. Alongside exhibiting his work throughout the United States and Europe,
McGraw also served as a Professor of Studio Arts in USD's Arts department in the 1970s, where he taught photographic techniques
and design.
"DeLoss McGraw," Artnet, accessed 07/17/2024, https://www.artnet.com/artists/deloss-mcgraw/.
Office of Public Information, "Three-week Photography Course Offered at University of San Diego" (1979). News Releases. 2225.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/newsreleases/2225
Office of Public Information, "USD Offers Landscape Painting" (1976). News Releases. 1490. https://digital.sandiego.edu/newsreleases/1490
"DeLoss McGraw," M.A. Doran Gallery, accessed 07/17/2024, https://madorangallery.com/artist/483-deloss-mcgraw/exhibits?ppage=84.
box 1, folder 31
"Toy and Game Specialty" Show 1976 November-December
This folder contains correspondence and exhibit planning materials. The "Toy and Game Speciality show" was a specialty exhibit
put on by California Fibers and presented at USD which featured many different fiber media projects by artists such as tapestry
weavings, crochet, punched rug, etc., all of which played with representations of toys and games. The work was originally
displayed and juried at Ellen Phillips home, the show chairman, before being moved to USD's founders gallery for a joint exhibition
between USD and California Fibers.
box 1, folder 32
February to March 1977 - "Carousel Animals as Sculpture" 1977 January-March
This folder contains exhibit planning materials, photographs, and correspondence. This exhibit featured wooden carousel animals
carved from 1890 to 1920 from various private collections in Southern California. The animals, manufactured by American carousel
firms such as Dentzel Co., C.W. Parker, Herscheel-Spillman, Charles I. D. Loof, etc, ranged from typical horses to camels,
ostriches, and a hippocampus. The exhibit was accompanied with a recording from a real carousel that included sounds of children,
brass rings, and calliopes.
box 1, folder 33
March to April 1977 - Thompson, "Still Life Interiors" 1977 January-April
This folder contains exhibit planning materials, news releases, and correspondence.
Charles (1921-2011) and Jean Thompson (1925-2007) were a pair of married artists and art educators based in Southern California.
Both were graduates of the Art Institute of Chicago, where they met while pursuing their art degrees. Charles was a professor
of Fine Art at California State University Long Beach for forty five years and Jean taught Art history at Long Beach City
College for twenty five years. Both artists exhibited their works throughout the United States during their careers including
at the Ball State Drawing Show, Long Beach Museum, and the Minnesota Museum.
Office of Public Information, "A Joint Exhibition of Still Life and Interiors by Charles and Jean Thompson will open March
18 at Founders Gallery, University of San Diego." (1977). News Releases. 1652. https://digital.sandiego.edu/newsreleases/1652
"Charles McDowell Thompson," Legacy, accessed 07/26/2024, https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/montereyherald/name/charles-thompson-obituary?id=20203341.
"Jean Brody Thompson," Legacy, accessed 07/26/2024, https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/montereyherald/name/jean-brody-thompson-obituary?id=24582241.
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May 1977 - "Student All-Media Art Competition" 1977 April-May
This folder contains press releases, exhibition planning materials, and correspondence for the fourth Annual Student All
Media Art Competition. This exhibition was open to all students enrolled in art classes at USD including painting, drawing,
printmaking, sculpture, weaving, ceramics, enameling, and photography. Prizes were awarded by Martin Peterson, Curator of
Western Art at the Fine Arts Gallery in San Diego, to the top four student artists.
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February to March 1978 - "Stations on the Tokaido Road" 1977 - 1978
This folder contains press releases, news articles, exhibition materials, correspondence, and planning materials related to
stations on the Tokaido Road exhibit. The exhibit featured 56 early woodblock prints by Japanese artist Hiroshige on loan
from the Fine Print society/Fine Arts Gallery in San Diego.
Hiroshige (1979-1858) was a Japanese woodblock artist known for his emphasis on nature and natural scenes of everyday life
rather than traditional human subjects. His 1830s series, "Stations on the Tokaido Road", features fifty three images of the
imperial road from Tokyo to Kyoto, with each print representing a different station on the journey. The images showed the
unique blending of all classes and types of people along the route. The prints, measuring four by six inches each, would have
been bought by visitors such as Sir Rutherford Alock and other Europeans to show their travels.
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March to April 1978 - Dan and Donna Leavitt 1975 - 1978
This folder contains news articles, exhibit planning materials, and correspondence.
Dan and Donna Leavitt were a married pair of artists who frequently exhibited their nature-inspired art together. Dan taught
drawing and painting at San Diego City College and was known for his oil paintings. Donna is known for her colored pencil
and graphite drawings, ranging from surreal depictions of nature to large composite drawings of trees. Both artists' work
was shown in galleries and juried shows throughout the United States. Donna continues to exhibit her work in the Pacific Northwest.
"Leavitt exhibit at EdCC Gallery," HeraldNet, February 22, 2008, accessed 07/31/2024, https://www.heraldnet.com/uncategorized/leavitt-exhibit-at-edcc-gallery/.
"Donna Leavitt," Artist Biography, Women Painters of Washington, accessed 07/31/2024, https://womenpainters.com/BIO/LEAVITT/Leavitt.htm.
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"Student All-Media Art Competition" 1978 May
This folder contains competition planning materials, correspondence, and new releases from the fifth annual Student All-Media
Art Competition.This exhibition was open to all students enrolled in art classes at USD including painting, drawing, printmaking,
sculpture, weaving, ceramics, enameling, and photography. Prizes were awarded by John Dirks, a Professor of Sculpture at SDSD,
to the top four student artists with the prize amount ranging from fifty to hundred dollars.
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"TAPA" 1978 September-October
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October to December 1978 - "The Theatrical Design of John Wenger" 1978-1979
This folder contains planning materials, gauze, newspaper articles, and correspondence.
John Wenger (1887-1976) was a Russian born set designer who emigrated to the United States and became known for his immersive
designs. He is cited as breaking down traditional static designs in theater and shifting to less harsh, more immersive and
free designs. Within his designs, he introduced movable sets and gauze to theater set designs. During his career, Wenger created
sets for shows at places such as the Ziegfeld Follies, Carnegie Hall, Metropolitan Opera. This exhibit featured thirty five
paintings on display put to music.
Anita Wilson, "Wenger West coast Premiere at USD," Vista, October, 26th, 1978.
Jan Jennings,"Set Paintings put to music," San Diego Evening Tribune, October 27th, 1978.
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"All San Diego Student Exhibition" 1979 February
This folder contains planning materials and news releases. The show was open to all art students studying at Jr. college,
academy, or university in San Diego County. Students submitted either drawings, paintings, or photographs. Out of all the
submissions, thirty five were chosen to be juried by Gerri Coats, the assistant director of SPACE Gallery, with the top artist
winning a one person exhibition at the university in February 1980.
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March 1979 - "Beauties of the Fleeting World" 1979-1984
This folder contains exhibition planning materials, correspondence, news release/articles, exhibition research and articles.
This exhibition featured Ukiyo-E, which are woodblock prints which depict everyday life, women, theater scenes, actors portraits,
and landscapes. These prints were popular with the middle class during the nineteenth century due to the sumptuary laws at
the time which controlled what people could wear and buy based on their social class. These rules arose in part due to the
Shogunate's concerns over the rising influence of the Middle Class during this time. The Shogunate also used sumptuary laws,
such as the Tempo reforms of 1842, to suppress the popularity of Ukiyo-E prints by restricting size, color, and subject matter.
In response, print markers adapted by depicting nationalistic subject matter such as heroic legends and travelog prints, but
with beautiful women in foreground wearing clothes that were purposefully not accurate but extravagant and aspirational. These
prints romanticized the world they lived in, thereby creating a 'floating world' and creating a need for mass production to
meet the needs of their audience. This exhibition feature fifty prints by artist such as Eisen, Hiroshige, Kunisada, Kuniyoshi,
Toyokuni II, Kochoro Toyokuni, Toyokuni, Kesai Eisen, Kunisada, Eizen, Hiroshige, Kasentei Jominobu, Kuniyoshi, Gokotei Sadakage,
and Toyokuni Kio.
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"Student All-Media Art Competition" 1979 May
This folder contains news releases and exhibit planning materials from the sixth annual Student All-Media Art Competition.
This show was open to students from USD studio classes with works from any of these categories: drawings, prints, paintings,
photographs, ceramics, weavings, enamels, sculpture, graphic design. The competition was juried by Jean Swiggett, professor
emeritus SDSD and prizes were awarded to the top three artists.
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"California Chair" 1979 September-October
This folder contains correspondence, news releases, exhibit materials, loan agreements, and planning materials related to
the "California Chair" exhibition. This exhibit featured different types of chairs on loan from various institutions and people
in order to talk about the history of California. Each of these chairs was meant to symbolize a different time in California
history and say something about how people lived during that time, such as a mission chair being used to talk about missions
and the Spanish influence on California in the eighteenth century. Other chairs on display were English Sheraton chairs, Irving
Gill chairs, airplane ejection seats, Eames molded plywood chairs, among others.
Includes also: CD of building photographs and exhibit text and negatives, many of which duplicate the images on CD.
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November to December 1979 - "The Native Eye Now" 1974-1979
This folder contains new releases/articles, correspondence, and planning materials related to the "Native Eye Now" exhibition.
This exhibition featured 50 contemporary American Folk paintings and sculptures from artists around the country, ranging from
wood carvings to drawings. While none of the participants had official art training, each was regarded as a committed artist.
Artists included Ben Miller of Kentucky, Seaborn Sutton of Long Beach, Ernest Goud of Kentucky, Inez Walker of New Jersey,
Felipe Archleta of New Mexico.
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"Herman Graff Retrospective" 1980 February-March
This folder contains articles, newspaper clippings, and correspondence.
Herman Graff (1921-2004) was a Southern California based expressionist painter, draftsman, and engraver. He taught at Cal
State Long Beach alongside exhibiting his work at places such as Ect. Gallery Chicago; San Jacinto College, Gallery Uno, Watercolor
USA, National Small Painting Exhibition, and Long Beach Art Association Gallery. This exhibit featured figurative and abstract
work from his fifty year career.
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Paul Stacklick and Mary Ann Avery 1980 March-April
This folder contains correspondence, news clippings, and exhibit planning materials. This exhibit featured work by the co
winners of the 1979 All-San Diego Juried Student competition, Paul Stacklick and Mary Ann Avery. Stacklick, from San Diego
City College, displayed photography and Avery, from University of San Diego, displayed printmaking.
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"Student All-Media Art Competition" 1980 May
This folder contains news clippings, correspondence, exhibit planning materials, and art prints/materials from the eighth
annual Student All Media Art Competition. The competition was open to all USD art students and works accepted included ceramics,
drawings, weavings, paintings, and print-making. This competition was juried by Martin Peterson, curator of American and European
art at the San Diego Museum of Art, with top students being awarded cash prizes and the chance to have their art exhibited
in the office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences.
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June to September 1980 - Neil Boyd, "The West Illustrated" 1980
This folder contains correspondence, news releases, and promotional materials.
Neil Boyle (1931-2006) was an artist known for his illustrations and impressionist oil paintings. Boyle trained at the Banff
School of Fine Arts in Alberta Canada and the Chouinard Art institute in California, before teaching at the California Art
institute. During his career, he did illustration work for Disney, music albums, and magazines as well as exhibited his oil
paintings depicting western and bar scenes across the United States.
"Neil Boyle," Illustration History, accessed 08/22/2024, https://www.illustrationhistory.org/artists/neil-boyle.
Lorraine Devon Wilke, "Neil Boyle, Molly Malone's and Pretty in Pink," March 17, 2011, https://www.huffpost.com/entry/neil-boyle-molly-malones_b_837363.
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November to December 1980 - "Indians: The Photographic Images of Edward S. Curtis" 1980
This folder contains correspondence, new releases, exhibition notes and planning materials.
Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) was a photographer known for his series of photographs as well as wax cylinder recordings of
Native Americans that he undertook from 1907 to 1920. This study produced fifteen hundred prints and over fourty thousand
gold tone plates. Curtis, sponsored by the Pierport Morgan Foundation, depicted over 80 western tribes throughout the life
of the project. One of his main inspirations behind this project was to capture 'disappearing Native Amreicans', which is
representative of the common belief at the time that traditional Native American culture was waning and they would soon be
absorbed into the general US culture of the time. To accomplish this, Curtis is often cited as posing his subjects and intentionally
leaving out signs of modern times within these photographs such as clocks. After initial success, Curtis' work fell into obscurity
after his death until the 1960s and 70s when there was renewed interest. While praised for capturing notable figures of the
period for future generations and his artistic use of shadows, Curtis has also been criticized for reinforcing certain harmful
stereotypes and assumptions about Native American culture.
"Edward S. Curtis," Museum Collection, Getty, accessed 08/22/2024, https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/person/103KGH.
"Edward Curtis and the Background of the Collection," Curtis (Edward S.) Collection, Library of Congress, accessed 08/22/2024,
https://www.loc.gov/collections/edward-s-curtis/articles-and-essays/edward-curtis-and-the-background-of-the-collection/.
Ellie Gascoigne, "Edward Curtis and "The North American Indian": An Exploration of Truth and Objectivity," Photography Ethics
Center, accessed 08/22/2024. https://www.photoethics.org/content/2021/2/24/edward-curtis-and-the-north-american-indian-an-exploration-of-truth-and-objectivity.
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February to March 1981 - "Keweenaw Suite", Glenn Bradshaw 1981 1986-1989
This folder contains news releases, correspondence, and exhibit materials.
Glenn Bradshaw (1922-2013) was an artist known for his modernist-leaning landscapes and watercolors frequently inspired by
the lakes of Wisconsin. Alongside teaching at institutions such as at the University of Illinois, Bradshaw also exhibited
his work throughout the United States and abroad in both solo and group shows. His work received critical acclaim, with him
receiving the Whitaker Prize in 1996 and 2001 from the National Academy of Design in New York.
"Glenn Bradshaw", Contemporary Arts Center, accessed 08/23/2024, https://www.contemporaryartscenter.org/artists/glenn-bradshaw.
"QU to Host Glenn Bradshaw Art Exhibition", News, Quincy University, October 25, 2018, https://www.quincy.edu/qu-host-glenn-bradshaw-art-exhibition/.
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Robert Morgan, "Costumes" 1981 March-May
This folder contains correspondence, exhibit planning materials, photographs, and news releases/articles.
Robert Morgan is a costume designer and founding associate at the Old Globe in San Diego. Morgan designed the costumes for
shows such as 'Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas', 'As You Like It', and 'The Full Monty'. In 1979, Morgan won the
Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Costume Design for "A Man for All Seasons". Alongside his theater work,
Morgan has also taught at Carnegie-Mellon, Dartmouth, Pomona, and UC Santa Barbara.
"Robert Morgan," American Players Theater, accessed 08/23/2024, https://americanplayers.org/about/people/robert-morgan.
"Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas!," The Old Globe, accessed 08/23/2024, https://www.theoldglobe.org/pdp/23-season/dr.-seusss-how-the-grinch-stole-christmas-2023/#?startDate=2024-08-01&?endDate=2024-08-31
.
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"Senior Thesis, First Annual Student Exhibition" 1981 May
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Esteban Morales Paintings 1981 August
This folder contains correspondence, exhibit planning material, and new articles/releases.
Esteban Morales served as the Consul General of Mexico in San Diego in the 1980s. This exhibition featured work from his fourty
year foreign service career, ranging from traditional to contemporary styles and periods.
"Some Diplomatic Designs," San Diego Union Tribune, August 13th, 1981.
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DeLoss McGraw 1981-1988
This folder contains news releases/ articles, slides, and correspondence surrounding Deloss McGraw's time at USD.
DeLoss McGraw (1945- ) is an American painter known for his whimsical gouache painting style inspired by his poetry, the poetry
of W.D. Snodgrass as well as folk and childrens art. Alongside exhibiting his work throughout the United States and Europe,
McGraw also served as a Professor of Studio Arts in USD's Arts department in the 1970s, where he taught photographic techniques
and design.
"DeLoss McGraw," Artnet, accessed 07/17/2024, https://www.artnet.com/artists/deloss-mcgraw/.
Office of Public Information, "Three-week Photography Course Offered at University of San Diego" (1979). News Releases. 2225.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/newsreleases/2225
Office of Public Information, "USD Offers Landscape Painting" (1976). News Releases. 1490. https://digital.sandiego.edu/newsreleases/1490
"DeLoss McGraw," M.A. Doran Gallery, accessed 07/17/2024, https://madorangallery.com/artist/483-deloss-mcgraw/exhibits?ppage=84.
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"Mother and Children", Edward S. Curtis 1981 September-October
This folder contains news releases, exhibition planning materials and notes.
Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) was a photographer known for his series of photographs as well as wax cylinder recordings of
Native Americans that he undertook from 1907 to 1920. This study produced fifteen hundred prints and over fourty thousand
gold tone plates. Curtis, sponsored by the Pierport Morgan Foundation, depicted over eighty western tribes throughout the
life of the project. One of his main inspirations behind this project was to capture 'disappearing Native Amreicans', which
is representative of the common belief at the time that traditional Native American culture was waning and they would soon
be absorbed into the general US culture of the time. To accomplish this, Curtis is often cited as posing his subjects and
intentionally leaving out signs of modern times within these photographs such as clocks. After initial success, Curtis' work
fell into obscurity after his death until the 1960s and 70s when there was renewed interest. While praised for capturing notable
figures of the period for future generations and his artistic use of shadows, Curtis has also been criticized for reinforcing
certain harmful stereotypes and assumptions about Native American culture.
"Edward S. Curtis," Museum Collection, Getty, accessed 08/22/2024, https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/person/103KGH.
"Edward Curtis and the Background of the Collection," Curtis (Edward S.) Collection, Library of Congress, accessed 08/22/2024,
https://www.loc.gov/collections/edward-s-curtis/articles-and-essays/edward-curtis-and-the-background-of-the-collection/.
Ellie Gascoigne, "Edward Curtis and "The North American Indian": An Exploration of Truth and Objectivity," Photography Ethics
Center, accessed 08/22/2024. https://www.photoethics.org/content/2021/2/24/edward-curtis-and-the-north-american-indian-an-exploration-of-truth-and-objectivity
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"The Face and Form of Melanesia" 1981 November-December
This folder contains exhibit planning materials, correspondence, news releases and articles. This exhibition featured thirty
eight pieces of ritual art from New Guinea, including fifteen masks, thirteen figures, one chair, three heads, one crucifix,
one bowl, and three seated figurines, alongside selected music from Melanesia. These artifacts were acquired by H. Mark Lissauer,
an Australian anthropologist, prior to the New guinea ban on art exports in 1960. After traveling, Dr. and Mrs. Charles Ross
became interested in Melanesia art and culture and eventually bought parts of Lissauer's collection, which were then housed
at the International Gallery in La Mesa and lent to USD's Founders Gallery in 1981.
"Exhibition on New Guinea Art," The Vista, November 19, 1981.
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January to February 1982 - "Watercolor: San Diego" 1981-1982
This folder contains exhibit planning materials, handouts, correspondence, and news releases. This exhibition featured seventy
four paintings by the honorary members and past presidents of the San Diego Watercolor Society, a group of artists, professional
and amateurs interested in supporting the development of watercoloring painting. These works were selected from the over one
thousand submitted by artists throughout the United States and Canada and were judged by Keith Crown, Barbara Nechis, and
Miles Batt.
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"Bathers: Photographs by Duncan McCosker" 1982 March-April
This folder includes exhibit photographs and materials, news releases, and correspondence.
Duncan McCosker (1944-2016) was professor of photography at USD, whose work focused on contemporary leisure and recreational
space such as beaches, malls, and tourist zones in Southern California and Australia. His photographs are in permanent collections
at Yale University, the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
"Duncan McCosker," Biography, Our Faculty, College of Arts and Sciences, accessed 10/11/2024, https://www.sandiego.edu/cas/faculty/biography.php?profile_id=6873.
Office of Public Information, "McCosker Photographs Exhibited at USD Mar. 9" (1982). News Releases. 2848. https://digital.sandiego.edu/newsreleases/2848.
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April to May 1982 - "The Impressionist as Printmaker, Childe Hassam" 1982
This folder contains correspondence, news articles, exhibition background information materials, and news releases.
Childe Hassam (1859-1935) was a French trained American impressionist known for his scenes of modern cities, countrysides,
and nature. He is best known for his Flags over 5th Avenue painting which he created during World War One. Alongside his impressionist
work, he also created pieces using watercolors and illustrations. His works are in collections such as the Art Institute of
Chicago, the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, and The Museum of Modern Art in New York. This exhibition featured a previously unexhibited
collection held at San Diego Museum of Art that became a research project for students, who researched the pieces, compiled
data, and published a catalog.
"Childe Hassam (1859–1935)," The Met, accessed 10/11/2024, https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/hass/hd_hass.htm.
"Childe Hassam," Artnet, accessed 10/11/2024, https://www.artnet.com/artists/childe-hassam/.
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May to September 1982 - James Rocha: Recent Works 1982-1986
This folder contains correspondence, exhibit materials, and news releases.
James Rocha was an artist and painting instructor at USD. His exhibition featured a mix of media techniques on paper and canvas,
a bold use of colors, an emphasis on the 'exploration of a subjective space within a non-objective or non-representation format.'.
His other works were exhibited throughout the country, earning him several awards.
Office of Public Information, "Work of James Rocha on View at USD's Founders Gallery" (1982). News Releases. 2960. https://digital.sandiego.edu/newsreleases/2960.
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September to October 1982 - "Edward S. Curtis, The Indian Venus" 1980-1982
This folder contains news releases, exhibition planning and display materials.
Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) was a photographer known for his series of photographs as well as wax cylinder recordings of
Native Americans that he undertook from 1907 to 1920. This study produced fifteen hundred prints and over fourty thousand
gold tone plates. Curtis, sponsored by the Pierport Morgan Foundation, depicted over eighty western tribes throughout the
life of the project. One of his main inspirations behind this project was to capture 'disappearing Native Amreicans', which
is representative of the common belief at the time that traditional Native American culture was waning and they would soon
be absorbed into the general US culture of the time. To accomplish this, Curtis is often cited as posing his subjects and
intentionally leaving out signs of modern times within these photographs such as clocks. After initial success, Curtis' work
fell into obscurity after his death until the 1960s and 70s when there was renewed interest. While praised for capturing notable
figures of the period for future generations and his artistic use of shadows, Curtis has also been criticized for reinforcing
certain harmful stereotypes and assumptions about Native American culture.
"Edward S. Curtis," Museum Collection, Getty, accessed 08/22/2024, https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/person/103KGH.
"Edward Curtis and the Background of the Collection," Curtis (Edward S.) Collection, Library of Congress, accessed 08/22/2024,
https://www.loc.gov/collections/edward-s-curtis/articles-and-essays/edward-curtis-and-the-background-of-the-collection/.
Ellie Gascoigne, "Edward Curtis and "The North American Indian": An Exploration of Truth and Objectivity," Photography Ethics
Center, accessed 08/22/2024. https://www.photoethics.org/content/2021/2/24/edward-curtis-and-the-north-american-indian-an-exploration-of-truth-and-objectivity
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"A Passion for Detail" November - December 1982
This folder contains news releases, exhibit planning and display materials, and correspondence. This exhibit featured fifty
sculptures crafted out of bronze, marble, and ivory, reflecting animal and figurative themes. These sculptures typify those
that would have been bought by rich European and American tourists during a Grand Tour. A Grand Tour was a trip undertaken
by upper class young European men in the seventeenth and early nineteenth century to continue their education in Classical
and Renaissance studies as well as introduction to wider society, later in the nineteenth and early twentieth century it became
something wealthy Americans of both genders would do as travel to Europe became more accessible.
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"Nagare: Evolution of the Japanese Wood-Block Print" 1983 January-March
This folder contains correspondence news releases, and exhibition planning materials.
This exhibition, held in cooperation with the San Diego Museum of Art, depicted the development of Japanese wood-block printing
from its beginning association with Iwasa Matabei in the sixteenth century through artists of the nineteenth century. It featured
a series of items selected by Sung Yu of the San Diego Museum of Art, including wood blocks, tools used to create the blocks,
and preparatory drawings by Hokusai. The prints created from this art process came out of a school of painting called Ukiyo
E or 'pictures of the floating world'. Ukiyo E reflected a shift from art made to be in religious temples or palaces with
'appropriate subject matter' such as heroic tales to art made quickly for mass consumption with themes and motifs such as
beautiful women, travel scenes, theater actors, among other related topics. These prints became popular with the merchant
trader class who within this period had gained new found economic power in society. Famous artists whose work were included
in the exhibit include Ippitsisai Buncho, Kitagawa Utamaro, Katsushika Hokusai, Utagawa Hiroshigi, Torrid Kiyomitsu, Nishimura
Shigenaga, Isoda Koryusai, Igusa Kuniyoshi, Ikeda Eizen, Isunada Kunisada, Utagawa Toyokuni.
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April to June 1983 - "Arbol De La Vida" 1982-1984 1989
This folder contains textile samples, exhibit planning and researching materials, correspondence, and news release/articles.
This exhibition featured ninety pieces of historical and contemporary ceramics as well as an audio visual presentation highlighting
the ceramics of Metepec. Metepec is a town in Mexico known for black glaze ware and elaborate pulque jugs in the late nineteenth
century and later clay sculptures known as Arbol de la vida or Tree of Life. The Tree of Life sculptures were based on the
story of Adam and Eve, with different branches of the tree representing different parts of the story. Artist interpretations
of the story reflected traditions of the area such as the use of a polychrome technique, mold made figurines used as toys,
nativity sets, ritual curing sets, and pulque jugs elaborated with applied ceramic figures and foliage. The majority of the
ceramics produced in Metepec in this time were made in four different artist workshops (Adrian Luis Gonzales, Heriberto Ortega,
Alfonso Soteno, and Monico Soteno) with each having a slightly different style. These styles in turn were shaped by outside
interest and demand, but also maintained certain traditional elements throughout.
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"Images in Black and White" 1983 June - August
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"Beasts" 1983 September-November
This folder contains news releases and exhibit planning materials. This exhibition featured depictions of animals through
a variety of mediums such as sculptures, paintings, and etchings from USD's permanent collection. The exhibit juxtaposed a
wide range of materials and styles from different parts of the world, across different times to show how animals have historically
been used to convey emotion, symbolism, narrative, abstraction, among other things. This exhibit featured one of the world's
largest petit point embroideries - a six by ten foot "Nativity" scene portraying oxen and lambs-, a seventeenth century Aubusson
tapestry of 'Cleopatra and Anthony' showing dogs, a bronze reindeer sculpture by Austrian Secessionist E. Arthur Berger, a
polycrome cat by New Mexican Felipe Auchulete, a rosewood Griffin chair from the Nob Hill study of nineteenth century baron
James Flood, and a carved Appalachian snake cane by Ben Miller amongst other pieces.
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February to March 1984 - "The Indignant Artist" 1984
This folder contains news releases, correspondence, and exhibit planning materials.
This exhibition featured visual expressions of artist protest and social commentary from the seventeenth to twentieth century.
These forty five prints, by artists such as William Hogarth, Thomas Nast, Kathe Kollwitz, Reginald Marsh, John Sloan, Gabor
Peterdi, and Jose Clement Oroaco, depicted topics ranging from social change and human rights to politics and anti-war protest.
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"Class of '84 Senior Exhibition" 1984 April-May
This folder contains exhibit promotional materials, correspondence, and news releases.
This exhibition featured artwork from sixteen USD graduating art majors, including paintings, drawings, print-making, weaving
and ceramics. These pieces were selected by students from their last four years of work and were displayed alongside descriptions
of their and future goals.
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October to December 1984 - "Designs for the Stage," Ralph Funicello and Richard Seger 1984-1987
This folder contains news releases, exhibit promotional materials, and correspondence. This exhibit traced the creative process
from tentative sketches through the finished production.
Ralph Funicello is a set designer and Powell Chair in Set Design at San Diego State University. He has designed the scenery
for over three hundred productions of plays and operas throughout the world including at the American Conservatory Theatre,
the Lincoln Center Theatre, the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington D.C. Funicello was also an Associate Artist at the Old Globe
Theatre in San Diego.
Richard Seger is a set designer of Broadway and off Broadway productions. He has worked on shows such as
Much Ado about Nothing with the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco,
La Traviata with the Central City Opera,
Anything Goes with the Pacific Center Performing Arts,
Hay Fever with the Ahmanson Theater in LA, and
Arsenic and Old Lace at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego.
Office of Public Information, "USD Founders Gallery "Designs for the Stage" Opens Oct. 17" (1984). News Releases. 3509. https://digital.sandiego.edu/newsreleases/3509.
"Ralph Funicello," "People," "School of Theater, Television, and Film," SDSU, accessed 10/22/2024, https:// ttf.sdsu.edu/people/funicello-ralph.
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William Vann Flores, "Horsefeathers" 1985 February-March
This folder contains news releases, exhibit planning materials, and correspondence.
William Vann Flores (1927- ) is a Cherokee-Tohono O'odham painter, cartoonist, and medical illustrator based in Oklahoma.
He is known for his playful art style and humorous depictions of Native American tribal life, history and legends. Within
this work, he seeks to dispel myths surrounding Native American men and stoicism. In addition to his bright humorous depiction
of Plains Tribal life, he also has pieces that reflect more serious themes and are rendered with more muted somber colors.
He is a member of the Association of Medical illustrators, Southwestern Watercolor Society, as well as Oklahomans for Indian
Opportunity and the Oklahoma Indian Artists and Craftsmen Guild.
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Jesus Dominguez, "Parallel Directions" 1985 March-April
This folder contains news articles, correspondence, and exhibit planning materials related to the "Parallel Directions" exhibit.
Jesus Dominguez was a La Mesa based sculptor known for his steel and marble works of art. He served as an Associate Professor
at the School of Art, Design, and Art History at San Diego State University as well as taught figurative sculpture and 3-D
design at California State University, Dominguez Hills and Fullerton College. Between 1984 and 2012, he created twenty four
public art commissions, such as 'The Lookout' in La Mesa, "Totem for Mr. N' at San Diego Museum of Art, and 'St. Didacus'
at USD, in addition to numerous pieces held in private and public collections. He frequently collaborated with his fellow
artist and wife Mary Lynn Dominguez.
"La Mesa's Centennial "Lookout Legacy Project"," La Mesa Historical Society,
Volume 40, Issue 3 (Summer 2015), accessed 10/24/2024, https://lamesahistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/40.3-Summer-2015-LMHS-Newsletter.pdf.
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"War Dreams" 1985 July-September
This folder contains newsletters, correspondence, and exhibition promotional materials related to the "War Dreams" exhibit.
This exhibition featured work by USD Alumnus Tim Hermsen and Assistant Professor of Art at USD James Rocha, that reflected
their combat experience in Vietnam through painting and writing.
Office of Public Information, ""War Dreams" The Vietnam Experience Founders Gallery July 27-September 9" (1985). News Releases.
3644. https://digital.sandiego.edu/newsreleases/3644.
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September to November 1985 - David Levinthal, "Modern Romance" 1983-1985
This folder contains exhibit promotional materials, news releases, and correspondence.
David Levinthal (1949 - ) is a New York based artist known for his work with polaroid pictures of miniature urban scenes.
After building his miniature sets, he projects a video image of them on a screen, and then photographs the images with a Polaroid
SX-70 to create surreal images of New York. Through this method, he explores themes of loneliness and communication. His photographs
are in permanent collections at places such as the Art Institute of Chicago, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Los Angeles
County Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art, and the Smithsonian American Art
Museum in Washington, DC.
Office of Public Information, "Founders Gallery Exhibit Opens Sept. 24: Unique Video-Generated Polaroid Images" (1985). News
Releases. 3674. https://digital.sandiego.edu/newsreleases/3674
"David Levinthal," Artist, Art + Artist, Smithsonian American Art Museum, accessed 10/24/2024, https://americanart.si.edu/artist/david-levinthal-2906.
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Grace Chow, "Tales from my Homeland" 1985 November-December
This folder contains exhibit planning materials, news releases, correspondence, and application materials.
Grace Chow is a Chinese watercolor artist. Her exhibit focused on the daily lives of Chinese peasants in the 1940s and 1950s.
Her work was inspired by the novels of Chinese writers Hsiao-hung and Shum Ching-wen. Within her work, she used western painting
techniques to tell Chinese stories, depicting pain and anguish in a way that traditional Chinese paintings typically did not
show.
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January to March 1986 - George Azar, "The Boys of Beirut: A Sniper's Tale" 1985-1986
This folder contains exhibit promotional materials, artist information, and correspondence.
George Azar (1959- ) is a Lebanese-American photojournalist and documentary filmmaker whose work is centered on the Middle
East and Arab/Islamic culture. He has worked with GAMMA-Liaison Agency, Associated Press, and United Press International as
well as appeared in newspapers such as the New York Times, Newsweek, Time, U.S News & World Reporter. In addition, he has
also created documentaries for Vice News And Al Jazeera such as "Crime and Punishment in Gaza," "The Islamic State vs Lebanon,"
"Beirut Photographer". He is currently a photojournalist in residence at the American University of Beirut.
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October to December 1986 - "T.J. Dixon Figurative Sculpture" 1982-1991
This folder contains exhibition promotional materials, photographs, planning materials, and news releases.
T.J. Dixon (1951-2018) was an artist known for her terra-cotta works of art. Her pieces were in shows in places such as England,
Austria, Colorado, New York, California, Kansas, and Germany and featured in group exhibitions including "Artist of American
Exhibition" and "Contemporary American Women Sculptors". She received a fellowship at the West Germany Art Colony in Worpswede
and later taught at UCSD and Mesa College in San Diego.
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October to November 1987 - "Centuries of Architecture in Spain" 1985-1987
This folder contains exhibition promotion materials and correspondence. The 'Centuries of Architecture in Spain' exhibition
was a traveling art exhibit organized by the Instituto de Cooperacion Iberoamericana and presented by the Cultural Office
of the Spanish Embassy in the United States and the Spanish General Consulate. It contained thirty photographs of Spanish
buildings that reflect different art styles such as Visigotia, Romanica, Musulmana, Gotica, and Barroco.
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December 1987 to January 1988 - "Clint Stoddard Paintings" 1985-1988
This folder contains exhibition promotional materials, correspondence, and news articles.
Clint Stoddard was an American born artist based in Sweden. He specialized in colorful contemporary painting using oil, charcoal,
and mixed media drawing elements. He exhibited his work in Sweden at the Galleri Munken and Galleri Ulva Kvarn in addition
to his USD show.
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March to April 1988 - "Mission Vestments" 1988 January-April
This folder contains exhibition promotional materials, loan agreements, and correspondence.
This exhibit featured a collection of ecclesiastical vestments on loan from the Franciscan Friars of Mission San Luis Rey
and the Mission San Luis Rey Museum. These items, including an alb, burse, chalice veil, chasuble, cope, corporal, dalmatic,
maniple, morse, orphrey, and stole were typical of those used during the California Mission Period (1769-1843). Alongside
their design merits, these vestments were also used to show the types of the trade happening during this period- with many
not solely originating from Spain, but rather from trade with other places within Europe and further east.
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April to June 1988 - Eileen Monaghan Whitaker "Watercolor Paintings" 1974-1975 1988-1990
This folder contains exhibition promotional materials, correspondence, and news articles.
Eileen Monaghan Whitaker (1911-2005) was a prolific watercolor artist who frequently exhibited her work alongside her fellow
watercolor artist and husband Frederic Whitaker. She was a member of groups such as the American Watercolor Society, Society
of Western Artist, and in 1974 became the second woman elected to the National Academy of Designs watercolor division. She
received numerous honors throughout her career such as the Ranger Fund Purchase Award, National Academy of Design Obrig Prize,
and American Watercolor Society Silver medal.
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September to October 1988 - "Hmong: Needle Work of the Golden Triangle" 1987-1988
This folder contains photos, correspondence, and news articles related to the 'Hmong : Needle Work of the Golden Triangle'
exhibit. This exhibition featured Pandau or 'flowery cloth' created by Humong women from Laos who settled in Linda Vista.
These forty three pieces, including wall hangings, holiday clothes and wedding sashes, were decorated traditionally with some
more modern elements thrown in such as words besides pictures or brighter colors. A portion of the cloth included depicted
the Hmong's post-Vietnam exodus from Loas.
Pandau is an ornate cloth created with freehand needlework, combining techniques such as reverse applique, applique, and embroidery.
These cloths are embellished with religious symbolism and identification motifs that set it apart from other Chinese groups.
The designs are tied to Hmong concepts of life, death, and religion with symbols derived from tales of origin, folk heroes,
ancestors and spirits, and ritual exorcisms in addition to ancient Chinese symbols of fortune and long life such as the swastika,
shou, and panchang. The arrangements of symbols are drawn from Hmong folklore, spirit beliefs and rituals, as well as ceremonies
commemorating the milestones of life. Within this context, symbols have many meanings and those meanings can change over time
and circumstance. These motifs were often adapted to fit the communities that made them, such as natural elements being added
in to suit particular settings and lives. In lieu of a written language, these clothes were used to pass down histories and
traditions.
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Michele Burgess, "Prints and Drawings" 1988 November-December
This folder contains exhibit promotional materials, correspondence, planning materials, and news releases.
Michele Burgess (1960 - ) is a San Diego based printmaker known for her non-representational style in which she uses 'only
color, form, light, and shade to evoke the emotional and intellectual content of her work.' She is an Alumni of University
of San Diego and the Cranbrook Academy where she received a Master of Fine Arts degree in printmaking. Burgess is a Director
at Brighton Press as well as an instructor in the art departments at San Diego State University and the University of San
Diego. Her artist books have been exhibited at the Museé d'Art Americain in Giverny, France, the National Museum of Women
in the Arts, Fresno Art Museum, and Oceanside Museum of Art.
"Staff," Brighton Press, accessed 10/30/2024, https://www.brightonpress.net/staff.
"The Blue Vein, Michele Burgess," "Collections," Mia, accessed 10/30/2024, https://collections.artsmia.org/art/103380/the-blue-vein-michele-burgess.
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February to March 1989 - "Lost Architecture of Kiev" 1989
This folder contains exhibit promotional materials, correspondence, news articles, news releases, and exhibit planning materials
related to the 'Lost Architecture of Kiev' exhibition. The 'Lost Architecture of Kiev' exhibition was a traveling exhibition
created by the Ukrainian Museum in New York to display photographs documenting the destruction of Kiev's landmarks in the
1930s. This exhibit featured twenty four black and white transparent photographs mounted in light boxes accompanied by a supporting
map, explanatory wall panels, individual labels, Ukrainian eighteenth century Baroque music as well as a slide presentation
of demolished and existing seventeenth and eighteenth century landmarks.
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Victoria Chick, "Paintings and Drawings" 1989 May-September
This folder contains news articles, news releases, and correspondence.
Victoria Chick is an artist known for her figurative and animal studies in acrylic and oil pastels, with cats as her main
subject. Her face-less artwork emphasizes gesture and body language to play with ideas of inner and outer worlds. Chick's
work has been exhibited widely in the Midwest at places such as the Albrect and Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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"Art of the Children of Leningrad" 1989 September-October
This folder contains exhibit promotional materials, planning materials, and news articles for the "Art of the Children of
Leningrad" exhibition. The "Art of the children of Leningrad" exhibition, in cooperation with the San Diego Arts Festival
of Treasures of the Soviet Union, featured paintings produced by soviet children between the ages of four and fourteen. These
paintings were a gift from the Leningrad Peace Committee to the Citizen's Exchange Corp. The works depicted local urban and
rural scenes as well as fairy tales.
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"Drooji: An Imagined View of Russia" 1989 November-December
This folder contains news releases, news articles, photographs, and correspondence related to the "Drooji: An Imagined View
of Russia" exhibition. The "Drooji: An Imagined View of Russia" exhibition featured a one hundred and fifty foot mural created
by third grade students from Berry Elementary School in Imperial Beach based on their studies of Russia and its culture. This
exhibition/mural project was completed on site as part of a day of activities and held in cooperation with the San Diego Arts
Festival under their theme 'Treasures of the Soviet Union.'
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February to March 1990 - James Rocha, "Apparitions" 1990
This folder contains news articles, correspondence, news releases, and exhibit planning materials.
James Rocha was an artist and painting instructor at USD. His exhibition featured a mix of media techniques on paper and canvas,
a bold use of colors, an emphasis on the 'exploration of a subjective space within a non-objective or non-representation format.'
His other works were exhibited throughout the country, earning him several awards.
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April to May 1990 - "Yugi: Paintings and Toys from the Children of Japan" 1990
This folder contains promotional materials, exhibit planning materials, and correspondence from the "Yugi: Paintings and Toys
from the Children of Japan" exhibition. The "Yugi: Paintings and Toys from the Children of Japan" exhibition featured paintings
by Japanese children from the collection of Illinois State University and contemporary and traditional toys from the collection
of Mingei International Museum of World Folk Art including items such as bobbing head animals, umbrella, ladder toy, Dolls,
and horse toys. This exhibit was meant to highlight finding beauty in the everyday, with many of the pieces being inspired
by the four seasons, pines, reeds, flowers, animals, the zodiac, etc.
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Fred Gonzales, "Xicotencatl" 1990 September-October
This folder contains exhibit planning materials, correspondence, and news articles.
Fred Gonzales (1954- ) is a photographer who has worked for the Southern Cross Newspaper, the National Science Foundation
as well as real estate and construction industries. His exhibition at USD featured black and white photographs that focused
on a neighborhood in Tijuana named after Aztec god Xicotencatl. The exhibit was meant to show the universality of all people,
even if divided by borders, cultures, and language.
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Fred Theime, "Changing of the Guard" 1990 November-December
This folder contains news articles, exhibit planning materials, and correspondence.
Fred Thieme is an artist known for his works of art that feature overlays of images and media. In his exhibition at USD, he
used rose figures as an archetype of the cultivated garden to probe man's relationship to nature.
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"Maiolica: Key to the People" 1991 April
This folder contains promotional materials and correspondence related to the "Maiolica: Key to the People" exhibition.The
'Maiolica: Key to the People" exhibition, a cooperative exhibit between the Italian and Spanish Consulates in Los Angeles,
featured ancient and contemporary examples of Maiolica pottery. Maiolica pottery is a ceramic artform where earthenware clay
objects are coated with opaque glaze and painted decorations. This style was developed in Spain during the Spanish Renaissance
before later being imported to Italy where it developed distinctive regional styles.
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"Place and Presence: Studies of San Diego's Art in Public Spaces Since 1980" 1991 April-May
This folder contains promotional materials, correspondence, and news articles related to the "Place and Presence: Studies
of San Diego's Art in Public Spaces Since 1980" exhibition . This exhibition featured a sampling of permanent and temporary
public art projects from around San Diego depicted through drawings, slides, and models. Twelve projects were shown, including
bus stop benches, sculptural works in the Stuart Collection at UCSD, and murals at Chicano Park.
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November to December 1991 - "Second Spring: Contemporary Chinese Painting and Sculpture" 1991-1992
This folder contains promotional materials, correspondence, exhibit planning materials, and news releases related to the "Second
Spring: Contemporary Chinese Painting and Sculpture" exhibition.
The "Second Spring: Contemporary Chinese Painting and Sculpture" exhibition featured a series of paintings and sculptures
by student artists who emigrated from the People's Republic of China. Many of these pieces were created in response to the
events at and after Tien-an-Men Square. Students artists included were: Cha Guo Jun, Huang Ya Li, Li Mo, Lin Yan, Ruan Jie,
Qian Yang, Shaw-Shaw Sheng, Wang Dong Ling, Wei Jia, Wen Yi Hou, Xin Han, Xu Bing, Zhang Jian-Jun. The works displayed in
this exhibit used a mix of eastern and western techniques, especially the use of calligraphy to express private and personal
ideas as well as universal ideas like plight for liberty.
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"Mathieu Gregoire Sculpture" 1992 February-March
This folder contains news releases, newspaper articles, correspondence, and promotional materials.
Mathieu A. Gregoire is a sculptor and professor of fine arts at UCSD. Alongside his work at UCSD, he has also taught in the
visual arts department of the University of Nevada Las Vegas and received fellowships from institutions such as National
Endowment for the Arts and the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation. Many of his sculptures are in California, including the Point
Loma Treatment Plant and the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego. His installation at USD featured minimalist sculptures
in wood, plaster laminate, glass, and metal that he juxtaposed with eighteenth century French furniture and art.
"Mathieu Gregoire," "Information," Mathieu Gregoire, accessed 10/31/2024, https://mathieugregoire.net/information/.
"Mathieu Gregoire," "Artist Biography and Facts," Askart, accessed 10/31/2024, https://www.askart.com/artist/Mathieu_A_Gregoire/104405/Mathieu_A_Gregoire.aspx.
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Jean Lowe, "Jardin Zoologique" 1992 April-May
This folder contains news articles, promotional materials, news releases, and correspondence.
Jean Lowe (1960– ) is an Encinitas based artist known for her playful style of artwork and use of enamel painted papier mache.
Within her exhibit at USD, she focused on humans' relationship to other species on Earth, with her central argument being
that human behavior is cruel and unjustified. To achieve this, she reworked traditional style items into something new critique
of tradition, such as creating traditional looking rugs but with an unexpected figure in the center.
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"Thu's Tranquility Garden" 1992 August
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September to October 1992 - "The Voice of Women: Arpilleras of Chile" 1992
This folder contains correspondence, news releases, and planning materials related to the "The Voice of Women: Arpilleras
of Chile" exhibition. The exhibition featured twenty five appliqued and embroidered cloths known as arpilleras. These arpilleras
acted as statements of female protest against the Pinochet dictatorship as well as support for and longing for social reforms
and humanitarian justice. This exhibition was planned in conjecture with Professor Marjorie Agosin of Wellesley College, a
Chilean poet who went into exile after Pinochet overthrew the Allende government in 1972.
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December 1992 to January 1993 - "Cha Guo Jun: Mystic World Series" 1992-1993
This folder contains photographs, promotional materials, and news releases.
Cha Guo Jun (1943– ) is a contemporary Chinese painter and instructor known for the high contrast in materials and themes
within his works of art. The exhibition at USD, "Cha Guo Jun: Mystic World Series", featured oil paintings with textured and
rich colors, combining abstract expressionism of West with calligraphy of East. His artwork is displayed in places such as
the Chinese Consulate General Office in New York, United Nations in New York City, Shanghai Art Museum, as well as private
collections.
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"Dr. Gladstone's Wonders of the World" - Clayton Bailey 1993 March
This folder contains planning materials, correspondence, news releases, and news articles.
Clayton Bailey (1939-2020) was a ceramicist and metal sculptor as well as professor at Cal State Hayward (later Cal State
East Bay). He was a member of the Funk Art Movement, with his eccentric pieces and installations reflecting a playful non
serious attitude toward art. In addition to his home museum installations, he also exhibited work at places such as the Chicago
Art Institute, the Brooklyn Museum, the Renwick Gallery. Bailey is best known for his alter ego, 'Dr. George Gladstone,' a
late nineteenth century mad scientist caricature who wore a white lab coat and pith helmet while performing excavations and
pranks in a staged laboratory, with notable creations including a coin-op electric chair and a growling robot made from scrap
metal that greeted visitors to museums. His exhibition at USD featured an installation of a late nineteenth century style
lab made out of ceramic, which coincided with the International Ceramic Arts Conference in San Diego at the time.
"Clayton Bailey," "Artist," Arts/Industry John Michael Kohler Center, accessed 10/31/2024, https://www.jmkac.org/artist/bailey-clayton/.
Janelle Hessig, "Saying Goodbye to Artist and Prankster Clayton Bailey," June 17, 2020, https://www.kqed.org/arts/13882068/clayton-bailey.
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"This Is Our Yard" 1993 April-May
This folder contains promotional materials, prayer booklets, and correspondence for the "This is Our Yard" exhibition. The
"This is Our Yard" exhibition featured portraits and stories of people whose lives have been affected by AIDS. It was created
by Orange County artist Jerry McGarth and Mary-Linn Hughs as a community education project meant to serve as a visual expression
of support and for those with AIDS and their caregivers.