Juan Sánchez papers
Object Details
- Creator
- Sánchez, Juan, 1954-
- Occupation
- Art teachers -- New York (State) -- New York
- Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
- Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York
- Muralists -- New York (State) -- New York
- Topic
- Latino and Latin American artists
- Provenance
- The papers were donated in 2017 by Juan Sánchez.
- Creator
- Sánchez, Juan, 1954-
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- Sponsor
- The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.
- Summary
- The papers of printmaker, muralist, painter and teacher Juan Sánchez measure 5.4 linear feet and date from circa 1972 to 2010. The collection documents Sánchez's career through professional files that include three video recordings for a project, one video recording of an interview for the University of Colorado, correspondence, proposals, and a file regarding Sánchez's Louis Armstrong mural. Also found are printed materials, such as exhibition announcements and catalogs, invitations, magazines and journals, and posters relating to Sánchez and other artists; and artwork that includes prints and mock-ups for various projects.
- Biographical / Historical
- Juan Sánchez (1954- ) is a printmaker, muralist, painter, and teacher in Brooklyn, New York to immigrant working-class Puerto Rican parents. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Cooper Union in 1977 and a Master of Fine Arts from Rutgers University in 1980. He has been the recipient of several awards including the Guggenheim Fellowship. He is known to be one of the most influential Nuyorican artists. His artwork often deals with themes of Puerto Rican identity and culture. Sánchez teaches at Hunter College in New York.
- Extent
- 5.4 Linear feet
- Date
- circa 1972-2010
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.sancjuan
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Video recordings
- Citation
- Juan Sánchez papers, circa 1972-2010. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement
- The collection is arranged as three series. Series 1: Professional Files, circa 1974-2010 (Box 1, OV 10; 0.5 linear feet) Series 2: Printed Materials, circa 1972-2009 (Boxes 1-5, OVs 7, 10; 4.0 linear feet) Series 3: Artwork, 1986-2007 (Boxes 4-6, OVs 8-9; 0.9 linear feet)
- Processing Information
- The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Sarah Mundy in 2018.
- Genre/Form
- Video recordings
- Scope and Contents
- The papers of printmaker, muralist, painter and teacher Juan Sánchez measure 5.4 linear feet and date from circa 1972 to 2010. The collection documents Sánchez's career through professional files that include three video recordings for a project, one video recording of an interview for the University of Colorado, correspondence, proposals, and a file regarding Sánchez's Louis Armstrong mural. Also found are printed materials, such as exhibition announcements and catalogs, invitations, magazines and journals, and posters relating to Sánchez and other artists; and artwork that includes prints and mock-ups for various projects.
- Restrictions
- Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate copies requires advance notice.
- Record ID
- ebl-1555942884655-1555942884658-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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