Dumbo Arts Center records, 1994-2013

Collection Information

Size: 19.1 Linear feet

Summary: The Dumbo Arts Center records measure 19.1 linear feet and date from 1994 to 2013. The records document the Center's activities through administrative files such as board meeting minutes, strategic business plans, invoices, and workshop materials; grant award files; annual art festival documentation such as permits, schedules, sponsorship contracts, and artist lists; annual auction documentation such as permits, inventories, and invoices; exhbition files consisting of loan agreements, artist resumes, and artist work samples; exhibition announcements, exhibition catalogs, festival schedules, auction invitations, and other printed material; photographs from both the annual arts festivals and auctions; artist video submissions.

Biographical/Historical Note

The Dumbo Arts Center was established in 1997 to preserve the identity of Dumbo, Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass area of Brooklyn, New York, as a vital artists' community. The Center held annual "Art Under the Bridge" arts festivals between 1997 and 2014 as well as annual art auctions. The festivals consisted of exhibitions, dance, and theater performances. In addition to the festivals and auctions, the Center would host exhibitions in its gallery space. The Dumbo Arts Center closed in 2014.

Provenance

The Dumbo Arts Center records were donated to the Archives of American Art in 2015 by the Dumbo arts Center via Julie Martin, Board member.

Language Note

English .

Funding Note

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.