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Through their eyes: the art of Lou and Di Stovall exhibition records

Anacostia Community Museum

Object Details

Creator
Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum
Names
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Fralin, Frances
Gilliam, Sam, 1933-2022
Livingston, Jane
Stovall, Di Bagley, 1947-
Place
Washington (D.C.)
Occupation
Artists
Topic
African Americans
Art -- Exhibitions
Museum exhibits
Printmakers
Women printmakers
Creator
Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum
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Through their eyes: the art of Lou and Di Stovall exhibition records
Summary
An exhibition featuring the works of artists Lou and Di Stovall organized by the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum and held there from September 18 --December 18, 1983. These records document the planning, organizing, execution, and promotion of the exhibition. Materials include correspondence, research files, exhibit scripts, administrative records, brochures, press coverage, education packets, loan agreements, floor plans, and catalogues.
Extent
1.42 Linear feet (2 boxes)
Date
1983-09-18 - 1983-12-18
Archival Repository
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Identifier
ACMA.03-001
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Brochures
Contact sheets
Correspondence
Exhibition records
Exhibit scripts
Photographic prints
Scripts (documents)
Sound recordings
Video recordings
Citation
Through their eyes: the art of Lou and Di Stovall exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Genre/Form
Brochures
Contact sheets
Correspondence
Exhibition records -- 1967-1989
Exhibit scripts
Photographic prints
Scripts (documents)
Sound recordings
Video recordings
Restrictions
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
Related Archival Materials note
Audiovisual materials created for the exhibition by Anacostia Community Museum.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1554838213370-1554838213376-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa760e6c49c-6263-489a-af87-cc4114ca37e9

In the Collection

  • Anacostia Neighborhood Museum catalog for 1974-1975, letter from Lou Stovall, photograph of Lou Stovall working

  • Through Their Eyes: The Art of Lou and Di Stovall Exhibition Tour led by Brian Jones

  • Script draft, photo order form, supply requisition forms, notes regarding exhibit and contracting costs, invoices, photocopy of article from Smithsonian Magazine, memo regarding phone conversations, script excerpt, draft for exhibit panels, correspondence regarding exhibit installation, credits for exhibit video, memo regarding pay for video producer, cost estimates for brochure printing, press submission form, special event request form, rights and reproduction requests, copy of loan agreement, calendar of events, drafts of invitation opening, draft of typography booklet, draft confirmation packet, list of loan items, sketches of paper artwork, routing and transmittal slips, notes for exhibit poster, Christmas card, exhibit label drafts, sketches for slideshow

  • Memo regarding script revisions, draft of catalogue, draft of script, artifact list with insurance values, artifact list with dimensions

  • Correspondence regarding exhibit installation, introduction drafts, anecdote by Sam Gilliam, specifications for exhibit, commentary by various artists, memos regarding exhibit meeting, memo regarding video for exhibition

  • Through Their Eyes: The Art of Lou and Di Stovall Exhibition Tour for Students led by Brian Jones

  • Lou Stovall Interview - Silk Screen Process

  • Exhibit brochures, exhibit catalog order form, requisition for supplies form, press submission form, sketched outline of exhibition catalogue

  • Photocopies of newspaper and magazine articles about Lou and Di Stovall, Workshop Inc. overview, program from Miami-Dade Library, flyers, script excerpts, biographies, exhibit catalog drafts, notes regarding Christmas cards, routing and transmittal slips, opening invitation, press submission form, catalog printing request forms, submission form for American Film Festival, exhibition flyers, notes from the suggestion box

  • Scripts for self-guided audio tour, Smithsonian Institution Press submission form, draft for exhibition catalogue

  • Guide to photographs

  • Narration script draft, memo regarding proposal for exhibition film, proposal for Lou Stovall film, estimated film costs, outline of things to-do for exhibition, travel schedule, memo seeking telecommunication services, memo regarding film editors, correspondence with quotes, resume update, resume, notes on Office for Public Affairs, photocopies of sketches for slides, copy of video script, biographies, narration script, filming schedule, memo and outline for slide show

  • Stovall Workshop Inc. Slide Show

  • Autobiography and history of Lou Stovall Workshop Inc. business

  • Artifact lists, list of loaned items, note regarding publication, memo regarding Workshop Inc., note for overdue research materials, brochure for Cover America, correspondence regarding outline for slide show soundtrack, correspondence regarding slide show, exhibition checklist, interview transcript with Lou Stovall, proposals for slide show, sketches of slide show, slide show outline, to do list for exhibition planning, overview of Workshop Inc., press submission form with catalogue draft, invitation draft, requests for photographic services, notes for exhibition installation, contact sheet, memo regarding supplies and materials for exhibition, draft correspondence, meeting notes, list of expenses, teacher's packet draft, calendar of events, script draft

  • Brochure for National Museum of American Art exhibit, project work order for flyer design, exhibition calendar of events, sketches for Black History Month programming flyer, memo regarding calendar of events

  • Through Their Eyes: The Art of Lou and Di Stovall Walk Thru Tour with Lou and Di

  • Exhibit Files

  • Curriculum vitae and biography for Di Bagley Stovall, curriculum vitae and biography for Luther McKinley Stovall, catalogue draft sections, photocopy of section on Lou Stovall from book on African American Artists, photocopy of Lou Stovall working, photocopy of Lou Stovall autobiography, photocopy of newspaper article about the Stovalls

  • Teacher's Resource Packets

  • Lou Stovall Sound Rolls and Narration

  • Booklets, teacher's resource packets, exhibit brochures, correspondence regarding award Anacostia received for Lou Stovall and Race Movies film, exhibition opening invitations

  • Memoranda regarding film on silk screen printing with Lou Stovall, proposal for exhibit video, video estimated cost list, film schedule, memorandum regarding video script

  • Stovall Workshop Inc. Slide Show Interviews

  • Artifact lists

  • Through Their Eyes: The Art of Lou and Di Stovall Self Guided Audio Tour

  • Lou Stovall

  • Through Their Eyes: The Art of Lou and Di Stovall audiovisual records

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