Sharon Irish Women Artists Ephemera collection, 1972-2014

Abstract:: The Sharon Irish Women Artists Ephemera collection includes ephemeral materials collected by art historian Sharon Irish from primarily white, U.S.-based women artists in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Extent:: .3 Linear Feet 1 document box
Language:: English .
Scope and content:: The collection contains promotional, fundraising, and communications materials (show cards, newsletters, brochures); catalogs of exhibitions; resumes; correspondence with Irish; slides and other images of artworks; and other artist ephemera exchanged between artists and Irish. Artists represented include Jerri Allyn, Betsy Damon, Mary Beth Edelson, Bonnie Fortune, Janet Goldner, Freda Guttman, Marylee Hardenbergh, Donna Henes, Sarah Kanouse with Shiloh Krupar, Sabra Moore, Claire Pentecost, Sarah Ross, and Faith Wilding, among other artists. Also included are booklets for the Women's Caucus for Art Honor Awards.
Biographical / historical:: Art and architectural historian Sharon Irish received her PhD in architectual history from Northwestern in 1990 and subsequently became involved in the Women's Caucus for Art (WCA), connecting her art historical study with feminist politics. In 1991, she began reaching out to women artists, at first working from speakers at the 1990 WCA Conference, to acquire slides of their work for her teaching. As she continued her scholarship, working on a book about American artist Suzanne Lacy, she grew her network of acquaintances. She held onto ephemera and other materials that these artists sent to her, which form this collection.

Acquisition information:

Donated to the archives by Sharon Irish, 2024.

Appraisal information:

Women's Caucus for Art Honor Awards booklets from 2001-2013 were removed from the collection and added to the WCA collection at Rutgers.

Processing information:

This collection was processed and the finding aid written by Martha Tenney in May 2024, using an inventory created by Sharon Irish. Descriptive Rules Used: Finding aid adheres to that prescribed by Describing Archives: A Content Standard. Finding aid written in English.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged by individual artist, as received from Sharon Irish.

Accruals:

Accruals are not expected.

Physical location:

This collection is located in the Barnard Archives and Special Collections, Barnard Library. To use this collection, please contact the Barnard Archives and Special Collections at 212.854.4079 or archives@barnard.edu.

Related material:

Additional materials related to artist Sabra Moore may be found in SC16, Sabra Moore NYC Women's Art Movement Collection (https://collections.barnard.edu/public/repositories/2/resources/3830) and SC22, Connections Project/ Conexus Exhibition Documentation and Artwork (https://collections.barnard.edu/public/repositories/2/resources/387).

Women's Caucus for Art Records are held by Rutgers University Archives and Special Collections at New Brunswick (https://archives.libraries.rutgers.edu/repositories/11/resources/688/).

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms of access:

Copyright is retained by original copyright holders; permission must be requested to publish materials from this collection.

Reproductions can be made for research purposes.

Preferred citation:: Sharon Irish Women Artists Ephemera collection, 1972-2014; Box and Folder; Barnard Archives and Special Collections, Barnard Library, Barnard College.

Location of this collection:: Barnard Archives & Special Collections

Barnard Archives & Special Collections
Milstein Center for Teaching and Learning 423
Barnard College
3009 Broadway
New York, NY 10027, USA
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