Contemporary Arts Association (Houston, Tex.) Search this
Extent:
5 Microfilm reels
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Microfilm reels
Date:
1957-1972
Scope and Contents:
Minutes of Board of Directors meetings and financial statements, 1963-1970; membership lists; committee reports; memorandum; correspondence, mainly relating to searches for a new director, 1964-1966, and plans for construction of a new building, 1965-1969; and statements by Board members concerning the Museum's activities, 1957. Also included are histories of the museum; exhibition catalogs; newsletters; clippings about the museum's development; and photos of the new building, 1972.
Biographical / Historical:
Art museum; Houston, Tex. Opened Nov. 13, 1949 under the auspices of the Contemporary Arts Association, which had begun as a small group in May 1948, and officially organized in May 1949.
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming 1980 by F. Carrington Weems, former chairman of the board of trustees.
Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Correspondence; reports; clippings; catalogs; announcements; and photographs.
REEL 1778: Installation photographs of exhibitions: This is Contemporary Art; Moholy-Nagy Memorial Exhibition; Painting Toward Architecture; Design in Nature; and The Completion of Interiors.
REEL 1781: Correspondence of Robert Preusser, former president of the Contemporary Arts Association, concerning the organization's development; organizational records; annual reports; board meeting minutes; clippings; catalogs and announcements; and 2 negatives and 5 photos of the Contemporary Arts Museum building.
Biographical / Historical:
Art museum; Houston, Tex. Also known as Contemporary Arts Museum. Incorporated 1948 to promote contemporary art through exhibitions and letures.
Provenance:
Material on reel 1781 donated by Robert Preusser 1979; he lent the installation photographs for microfilming (reel 1778) at the same time.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Topic:
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States -- Exhibitions Search this
Contemporary Arts Association (Houston, Tex.) Search this
Extent:
300 Items ((on one partial microfilm reel))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Scrapbooks
Date:
1950-1972
Scope and Contents:
A scrapbook containing clippings, exhibition catalogues, and announcements concerning the Contemporary Arts Association, Houston, Texas; and clippings, exhibition catalogues, announcements, and invitations concerning Dolejska.
Biographical / Historical:
Frank Dolejska (1921-1989) was a painter and sculptor in Houston, Texas.
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming 1979 by Frank Dolejska.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Contemporary Arts Association (Houston, Tex.) Search this
Extent:
31 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1979 August 14
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Frank Dolejska conducted 1979 August 14, by Sandra Curtis Levy, for the Archives of American Art.
Dolejska speaks of the formation and early history of the Contemporary Arts Association in Houston and his involvement with it; early exhibits they had; collectors and patrons who were involved; reasons for his leaving CAA; his own art and the decision to take up metalwork; starting a crafts gallery; his personal history, including his family background and the development of his style.
Biographical / Historical:
Frank Dolejska (1921-1989) was a painter and sculptor from Houston, Texas.
General:
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 1 hr., 25 min.
Provenance:
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
Contemporary Arts Association (Houston, Tex.) Search this
Margaret Brown Gallery (Boston, Mass.) Search this
Extent:
0.2 Linear feet (ca. 140 items (on 3 microfilm reels))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1941-1983
Scope and Contents:
Printed material, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, books by Fearing, biographical material and loan agreements.
REEL 3103: Correspondence with Frank Dolejska and Ellen Sharp of the Contemporary Arts Association of Houston, the Margaret Brown Gallery, Boston, the Carnegie Institute, Catholic University of America, and the Betty McLean Gallery, Dallas; loan agreements from the American Federation of Arts, N.Y.C., for the exhibitions "Painter's Panorama," and "Contemporary Texas Painting"; clippings; and a photograph of Fearing's painting "Madonna and Child with Hummingbirds."
REEL 3104: A biographical data sheet listing Fearing's publications, exhibitions, awards, collections his work is in, and books, catalogs and articles with reproductions of his work; a scrapbook containing letters, clippings, printed material and photographs; a scrapbook of photographs and reproductions of his art work; exhibition catalogs, clippings, and brochures from symposia where Fearing lectured.
REEL 3119: A notebook containing reprints from The Texas Quarterly, "Drawings by Kelly Fearing" and "The Aegean Series: A Selection of Paintings by Kelly Fearing," and exhibition announcements and catalogs; books written by Fearing and others including, THE CREATIVE EYE, ART AND THE CREATIVE TEACHER, CREATIVITY AND THE HUMAN SPIRIT, HELPING CHILDREN SEE AND MAKE ART, OUR EXPANDING VISION, an 8 volume series, and THE COLOUR OF COLOUR by Patrick Heron with a preface by Fearing.
Biographical / Historical:
Painter, educator, author; Austin, Texas. Born 1918 in Fordyce, Arkansas. Professor at the University of Texas.
Provenance:
Material on reels 3103-3104 lent for microfilming by Fearing, 1982 and reel 3119 donated by Fearing, 1982. The books were transfered to NMAA/NPG library, 1984.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Contemporary Arts Association (Houston, Tex.) Search this
Extent:
8 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1952-1959
Scope and Contents:
Six director's statements and a report to the board of the Contemporary Arts Association by MacAgy, 1952-1959 and a preface, table of contents, and a list of illustrations for MacAgy's dissertation, THE FOLK ART OF THE WESTERN RESERVE, Western Reserve University, 1939.
Provenance:
Donated 1979 by Louise Ferrari.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
An interview of Alvin S. Romansky conducted 1979 September 17, by Sandra Curtis Levy, for the Archives of American Art.
Romansky speaks of his history as a painter, ceramist, and collector; the art scene in Houston as he knew it; his political and law activities; artists and collectors who were his friends and associates; the Contemporary Arts Association; his European experiences; his personal philosophies; and the future of museums. He recalls the Blaffer family, Alexander Calder, Nina Cullinan, and John and Dominique de Menil; William Hayter and Buck Schiwetz.
Biographical / Historical:
Alvin S. Romansky (1907-1994) was a painter, ceramist, and collector of Houston, Tex.
General:
Originally recorded on 6 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 11 digital wav files. Duration is 6 hr., 43 min.
Provenance:
These interviews are part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.
