Professional files consist of Rubin's employment records as curator for the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans and the Phoenix Art Museum; as director of the Freedman Gallery at Albright College, San Francisco Art Institute, and Santa Monica College Art Gallery; and as associate director/chief curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland, then known as the Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art. Other files include born-digital and written proposals, meeting minutes, correspondence, and other material that documents Rubin's consultant and committee work, participation in symposiums, professional education work, teaching, and projects.
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Citation:
David S. Rubin papers, 1960-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.
