VMFA_EAD_PH01Education and Outreach (PH-01)Finding Aid to the Education and Outreach Records in the Photo Archives PH-01Photo Archives 01Kate Kaluzny, Photo ArchivistVirginia Museum of Fine Arts Archives

04/14/2023

Margaret R. and Robert M. Freeman Library200 N. Arthur Ashe BoulevardRichmond, VA 23220-4007Business Number: 804-340-1495library@vmfa.museumURL:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-07-08 13:03:30 -0400.Description is written in: English, Code for undetermined script script. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Archives Education and Outreach Photo Archives Virginia Museum of Fine Arts PH-01 /repositories/2/resources/468 97 boxes 97 binders 1950-2010 This collection documents the history of the various Education and Outreach initiatives, comprising everything from the VMFA's Artmobile program to art classes, lectures and symposia to family open houses, and includes photographic prints, slides, programs, and related ephemera. English . PH-01-01 Binder 1 PH-01-01 Binder 2 PH-01-01 Binder 3 PH-01-01 Binder 4 PH-01-01 Binder 5 PH-01-01 Binder 6 PH-01-01 Binder 7 PH-01-01 Binder 8 PH-01-01 Binder 9 PH-01-01 Binder 10 PH-01-01 Binder 11 PH-01-01 Binder 12 PH-01-01 Binder 13 PH-01-01 Binder 14 PH-01-02 Binder 1 PH-01-02 Binder 2 PH-01-02 Binder 3 PH-01-02 Binder 4 PH-01-02 Binder 5 PH-01-02 Binder 6 PH-01-02 Binder 7 PH-01-02 Binder 8 PH-01-02 Binder 9 PH-01-02 Binder 10 PH-01-02 Binder 11 PH-01-02 Binder 12 PH-01-02 Binder 13 PH-01-02 Binder 14 PH-01-03 Binder 1 PH-01-03 Binder 2 PH-01-03 Binder 3 PH-01-03 Binder 4 PH-01-03 Binder 5 PH-01-04 Binder 1 PH-01-04 Binder 2 PH-01-04 Binder 3 PH-01-04 Binder 4 PH-01-04 Binder 5 PH-01-04 Binder 6 PH-01-05 Binder 1 PH-01-05 Binder 2 PH-01-05 Binder 3 PH-01-06 Binder 1 PH-01-06 Binder 2 PH-01-06 Binder 3 PH-01-06 Binder 4 PH-01-06 Binder 5 PH-01-06 Binder 6 PH-01-06 Binder 7 PH-01-06 Binder 8 PH-01-06 Binder 9 PH-01-06 Binder 10 PH-01-06 Binder 11 PH-01-07 Binder 1 PH-01-08 Binder 1 PH-01-08 Binder 2 PH-01-08 Binder 3 PH-01-08 Binder 4 PH-01-08 Binder 5 PH-01-08 Binder 6 PH-01-08 Binder 7 PH-01-08 Binder 8 PH-01-08 Binder 9 PH-01-08 Binder 10 PH-01-08 Binder 11 PH-01-08 Binder 12 PH-01-08 Binder 13 PH-01-09 Binder 1 PH-01-09 Binder 2 PH-01-10 Binder 1 PH-01-10 Binder 2 PH-01-10 Binder 3 PH-01-10 Binder 4 PH-01-11 Binder 1 PH-01-11 Binder 2 PH-01-11 Binder 3 PH-01-11 Binder 4 PH-01-11 Binder 5 PH-01-11 Binder 6 PH-01-12 Binder 1 PH-01-12 Binder 2 PH-01-13 Binder 1 PH-01-13 Binder 2 PH-01-13 Binder 3 PH-01-13 Binder 4 PH-01-13 Binder 5 PH-01-13 Binder 6 PH-01-13 Binder 7 PH-01-14 Binder 1 PH-01-15 Binder 1 PH-01-15 Binder 2 PH-01-15 Binder 3 PH-01-15 Binder 4 PH-01-15 Binder 5 PH-01-15 Binder 6 PH-01-15 Binder 7 PH-01-15 Binder 8 PH-01-16 Binder 1 PH-01-16 Binder 2 PH-01-16 Binder 3 PH-01-16 Binder 4 PH-01-16 Binder 5 Conditions Governing Use

The collection is subject to all copyright laws. Transmission or reproduction of materials is protected by copyright, beyond that allowed by fair use, requires the researcher to obtain permission of copyright holders.

 Preferred Citation

Records of the Education and Outreach Department (PH-01). VMFA Archives, Richmond, Virginia.

 Scope and Contents

This collection documents the history, exhibitions, and programming of the VMFA's Education and Outreach Department, and includes graphic materials, publicity, and exhibition object lists.

 Arrangement

The collection is organized into three series, and items are generally arranged chronologically within each series. Items with no date are generally placed at the end of each series.

History and Miscellaneous Photographs Construction and End Donation to the Science Museum Exhibitions Processing Information

In general, during processing, all publications are removed and added to the VMFA Library's holdings and original newspaper clippings are photocopied, with identifiers transferred, and then destroyed. Original folder titles are retained, when provided.

 Preferred Citation

Records of the Events Department (PH-02). VMFA Archives, Richmond, Virginia.

 Art, American -- 20th century -- Virginia Art -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Exhibition techniques -- History Art museum visitors Art -- Exhibitions. Art museums Artists Lectures art education Art. Teenagers. Children Series 1: ArtmobilePH-01-01/repositories/2/archival_objects/70277Virginia Museum of Fine Arts14 boxes14 binders1953-1993English.PH-01-01 Binder 11PH-01-01 Binder 22PH-01-01 Binder 33PH-01-01 Binder 44PH-01-01 Binder 55PH-01-01 Binder 66PH-01-01 Binder 77PH-01-01 Binder 88PH-01-01 Binder 99PH-01-01 Binder 1010PH-01-01 Binder 1111PH-01-01 Binder 1212PH-01-01 Binder 1313PH-01-01 Binder 1414Scope and Contents

This series documents the history, construction, and various exhibitions of the VMFA's Artmobile program, and includes graphic materials along with exhibition information.

In 1953, VMFA became one of the first museums in the world to have an Artmobile. Over the course of four decades, four different Artmobiles brought 59 different exhibitions to Virginia towns, ranging from Little Dutch Masters to African Textile Arts. While most of the objects came from VMFA's collection, some exhibitions featured works on loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Natural History, the Guggenheim Museum, and other institutions. Speakers offering lectures on a variety of art-related topics were also from some of the nation's leading universities and museums. Budgetary constraints and concerns about conserving and protecting works of art on the road eventually led to the program's end in 1994.

Exhibitions are listed as follows:

-Exhibition 1 - Little Dutch Masters (1953-1955) -Exhibition 2 - Art from Ancient Egypt (1955-1958) -Exhibition 3 - Painters of the Renaissance (1958-1961) -Exhibition 4 - Art Before Columbus (1961-1964) -Exhibition 5 - Twelve Portraits: Delacroix to Gauguin (Sept-Oct 1962) -Exhibition 6 - Art from the Ancient World (Nov 1962-Feb 1963) -Exhibition 7 - Landscape Painting 1650-1960 (Mar-May 1963) -Exhibition 8 - Dragons and Dynasties: Art from China (1963-1965) -Exhibition 9 - An American Sampler: Painting 1815-1865 (Feb-Jun 1964) -Exhibition 10 - Medieval Treasures (Sept 1964-Jan 1965) -Exhibition 11- Paris '20: The T. Catsby Jones Collection (Feb-Jun 1965) -Exhibition 12 - The Williams Collection (Sept 1965-Jan 1966) -Exhibition 13 - English Conversation Pieces (Feb-Jun 1966) -Exhibition 14 - American Indian Art/Northwest Coast (Sept 1966-Jan 1967) -Exhibition 15 - An Age of Elegance and Grandeur (Feb 1967-May 1968) -Exhibition 16 - Treasures from the Guggenheim Museum (Sept 1966-Jan 1967) -Exhibition 17 - Treasures from the Whitney Museum (Feb 1967-Sept 1968) -Exhibition 18 - Art from the Ancient World (Sept 1966-Jan 1967) -Exhibition 19 - The Human Figure in Art (Feb 1967-Jan 1968) -Exhibition 20 - Japanese Art (Feb 1968-May 1969) -Exhibition 21 - A Wyeth Portrait (Feb 1968-Dec 1969) -Exhibition 22 - American Folk Art (Sept 1968-May 1970) -Exhibition 23 - Late Italian Painting (Feb-May 1969) -Exhibition 24 - Byzantine Treasures (Sept 1968-May 1969) -Exhibition 25 - Images in Wood (Sept-Dec 1969) -Exhibition 26 - Randolph Macon Woman's College Collection (Sept-Dec 1969) -Exhibition 27 - The Prints of James McNeill Whistler (Fall 1969-Spring 1970) -Exhibition 28 - The Art of India (Fall 1970-Spring 1972) -Exhibition 29 - African Art (Sept-Dec 1970) -Exhibition 30 - Encounter I: Space (Sept 1970-May 1971) -Exhibition 31 - Encounter II: Color (Sept 1972-Feb 1974) -Exhibition 32 - Treasures in Miniature (Feb-Dec 1972) -Exhibition 33 - Art Nouveau (Sept 1972 - May 1974) -Exhibition 34 - Images of Reality (Feb 1973-Feb 1974) -Exhibition 35 - Symbols of Myth - Melanesian Art (Sept 1973-Dec 1974) -Exhibition 36 - Paintings of the American Scene: Hopper, Burchfield and Marsh (Jan 1974-May 1975) -Exhibition 37 - The Art of the Goldsmith (Sept 1974-Dec 1976) -Exhibition 38 - The Independent Spirit in American Painting (Sept-Dec 1975) -Exhibition 39 - The Nature of Landscape (Sept 1975-Dec 1976) -Exhibition 40 - Masterpieces of Pre-Columbian Art (Feb-May 1976) -Exhibition 41 - Idea Into Image: Sculpture (Sept 1975-Dec 1977) -Exhibition 42 - American Marine Painting (Feb-Dec 1977) -Exhibition 43 - Symbols of Faith (Feb 1977-May 1978) -Exhibition 44 - Art of the American West (Sept 1977-Dec 1978) -Exhibition 45 - Art and the Archaeologist (Feb 1978-May 1979) -Exhibition 46 - African Textile Arts (Sept 1979-Dec 1980) -Exhibition 47 - Secrets (Sept 1979-May 1981) -Exhibition 48 - Images of America: Impact of the Thirties (Feb 1980-Dec 1981); -Exhibition 49 - Furniture of the United States: The First 100 Years (1981) -Exhibition 50 - Patterns (Sept 1981-May 1982) -Exhibition 51 - Interior/Exterior (Mar 1982-June 1984) -Exhibition 52 - Realities (Sept 1982-May 1985) -Exhibition 53 - Illusion: Art and the Moving Image (Jan 1984-May 1987) -Exhibition 54 - Reflections (Sept 1985-Dec 1988) -Exhibition 55 - Choices Artists Make: Selections of American Art (Sept 1985-May 1987) -Exhibition 56 - Fragments (Feb 1988-May 1990) -Exhibition 57 - Craft Now: Breaking Boundaries (Sept 1988-June 1991) -Exhibition 58 - Expressions: The Human Face in Art (Apr 1989-Dec 1991) -Exhibition 59 - The Art of Graphic Design (Feb 1991-Jun 1993) -Exhibition 60 - Introducing Virginia Architecture (Sept 1992-May 1994)

Series 2: Children's Art Resource CenterPH-01-02/repositories/2/archival_objects/70276Virginia Museum of Fine Arts14 boxes14 binders1989-2003English.PH-01-02 Binder 11PH-01-02 Binder 22PH-01-02 Binder 33PH-01-02 Binder 44PH-01-02 Binder 55PH-01-02 Binder 66PH-01-02 Binder 77PH-01-02 Binder 88PH-01-02 Binder 99PH-01-02 Binder 1010PH-01-02 Binder 1111PH-01-02 Binder 1212PH-01-02 Binder 1313PH-01-02 Binder 1414Scope and Contents

This series documents the projects, participants, artwork, and program catalogs for the Children's Art Resource Center, the first classroom for children's art learning set in the original North Wing of the VMFA, between 1989-2003.

Series 3: Educational Resource RoomPH-01-03/repositories/2/archival_objects/70894Virginia Museum of Fine Arts5 boxes5 binders1999-2007English.PH-01-03 Binder 11PH-01-03 Binder 22PH-01-03 Binder 33PH-01-03 Binder 44PH-01-03 Binder 55Scope and Contents

The series documents the programming and activities of the Educational Resource Room at the VMFA from 1999-2005, and includes photographic and promotional materials.

Series 4: Lectures and SymposiaPH-01-04/repositories/2/archival_objects/70895Virginia Museum of Fine Arts6 boxes6 binders1950-2010English.PH-01-04 Binder 11PH-01-04 Binder 22PH-01-04 Binder 33PH-01-04 Binder 44PH-01-04 Binder 55PH-01-04 Binder 66Scope and Contents

The series photographically documents the various lectures and symposia held at the VMFA from 1994-2010.

Series 5: Studio Classes for TeensPH-01-05/repositories/2/archival_objects/70896Virginia Museum of Fine Arts1999-2009English.PH-01-05 Binder 11PH-01-05 Binder 22PH-01-05 Binder 33Scope and Contents

The series documents the Studio Classes for Teen program from 1999-2009, and includes photographic prints, contact sheets, and class programs.

Series 6: Family Open House PH-01-06/repositories/2/archival_objects/70897Virginia Museum of Fine Arts11 boxes11 binders1980-2010English.PH-01-06 Binder 11PH-01-06 Binder 22PH-01-06 Binder 33PH-01-06 Binder 44PH-01-06 Binder 55PH-01-06 Binder 66PH-01-06 Binder 77PH-01-06 Binder 88PH-01-06 Binder 99PH-01-06 Binder 1010PH-01-06 Binder 1111Scope and Contents

This series documents the events and programming of the VMFA Family Open House program.

Series 7: Various Events and ProgramsPH-01-07/repositories/2/archival_objects/70898Virginia Museum of Fine Arts1965-2009English.PH-01-07 Binder 11Scope and Contents

The series photographically documents various events and programs held at the VMFA from the 1960s through 2009.

Series 8: State ServicesPH-01-08/repositories/2/archival_objects/70899Virginia Museum of Fine Arts13 boxes13 binders1950-2009English.PH-01-08 Binder 11PH-01-08 Binder 22PH-01-08 Binder 33PH-01-08 Binder 44PH-01-08 Binder 55PH-01-08 Binder 66PH-01-08 Binder 77PH-01-08 Binder 88PH-01-08 Binder 99PH-01-08 Binder 1010PH-01-08 Binder 1111PH-01-08 Binder 1212PH-01-08 Binder 1313Scope and Contents

The series documents the work of the State Services/TEAMS Department from 1950-2009, and includes photographs and slides of exhibition objects, installations, and State Services catalogs.

Series 9: Studio ClassesPH-01-09/repositories/2/archival_objects/70900Virginia Museum of Fine Arts2 boxes2 binders1950-1989English.PH-01-09 Binder 11PH-01-09 Binder 22Scope and Contents

This series documents the various studio art classes held at the VMFA's Robinson House from 1950-1989, and includes photographic prints and slides.

Series 10: Studio SchoolPH-01-10/repositories/2/archival_objects/70901Virginia Museum of Fine Arts4 boxes4 binders1992-2010English.PH-01-10 Binder 11PH-01-10 Binder 22PH-01-10 Binder 33PH-01-10 Binder 44Scope and Contents

This series documents the various classes held at the Studio School, aka the HealthSouth Visual Arts Center on Grove Avenue, and includes contact sheets, photographic prints, and class catalogs.

Series 11: Teachers Workshops PH-01-11/repositories/2/archival_objects/70903Virginia Museum of Fine Arts6 boxes6 binders1994-2005English.PH-01-11 Binder 11PH-01-11 Binder 22PH-01-11 Binder 33PH-01-11 Binder 44PH-01-11 Binder 55PH-01-11 Binder 66Scope and Contents

This series documents the various Teachers Workshops, institutes, and programs held at the VMFA from 1994-2005, and includes photographic prints, contact sheets, slides, and event programs.

Series 12: Children's StudioPH-01-12/repositories/2/archival_objects/70904Virginia Museum of Fine Arts2 boxes2 binders2002-2010English.PH-01-12 Binder 11PH-01-12 Binder 22Scope and Contents

This series documents the studio art programs, special exhibitions, and printed materials created by the Children's Studio for the benefit of children and their families, and includes photographic prints, slides, and program catalogs.

Series 13: Three Days in MarchPH-01-13/repositories/2/archival_objects/709057 boxes7 binders1972-2001English.PH-01-13 Binder 11PH-01-13 Binder 22PH-01-13 Binder 33PH-01-13 Binder 44PH-01-13 Binder 55PH-01-13 Binder 66PH-01-13 Binder 77Scope and Contents

This series documents the events and programming of the VMFA's Three Days in March High School Residency Program, in which junior and senior high school students and teachers from communities across Virginia explore the museum and its objects through galleries encounters, artists workshops, tours, performances and other cultural activities. The series includes photographic prints, contact sheets, slides, and event programs.

Series 14: ConcertsPH-01-14/repositories/2/archival_objects/70906Virginia Museum of Fine Arts1 box1 binder1950-2005English.PH-01-14 Binder 11Scope and Contents

This series documents the various concerts held in different areas of the VMFA, from 1950-2005, and includes photographic prints, contact sheets, and programs.

Series 15: The Virginia Museum TheatrePH-01-15/repositories/2/archival_objects/70907Virginia Museum of Fine Arts8 boxes8 binders1955-2016English.PH-01-15 Binder 11PH-01-15 Binder 22PH-01-15 Binder 33PH-01-15 Binder 44PH-01-15 Binder 55PH-01-15 Binder 66PH-01-15 Binder 77PH-01-15 Binder 88Scope and Contents

This series documents the various performances held at the Virginia Museum Theatre from 1955-1989 and includes photographic prints of the theatre interior and performances, contact sheets, newspaper clippings, and playbills.

Series 16: Docents ToursPH-01-16/repositories/2/archival_objects/715805 boxes5 binders1970-2008This series documents the VMFA's docent led tours and programs from the years 1970-2008.PH-01-16 Binder 1PH-01-16 Binder 2PH-01-16 Binder 3PH-01-16 Binder 4PH-01-16 Binder 5