Misc. Press, 1941-1946
File — Box: 14, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
IAIA MS 27, the Seymour Tubis Papers (1941-1993 [1947-1993, Bulk]) consists of correspondence, publications, photographs, manuscripts, audio-visual, and other documentary materials related to the life and career of artist Seymour Tubis (1919-1993) and is preserved in 14 manuscript cases (7 cu. ft). The focus of this collection is not only on Tubis's professional career as an artist, but also on his time as a member of the faculty at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) from 1964-1981. It is an excellent resource on the history of printmaking at IAIA as well as Tubis's active art career.
This collection is structured according to the creator's original order. The first series focuses on Tubis's professional art career, which was meticulously documented by year from 1946-1993. The second series is related to Tubis's time at IAIA and required a bit more arrangement. Of particular interest are his gradebooks, exhibition records, course outlines, publications, and writings about teaching printmaking and graphic arts. The third series is a collection of materials used by Tubis to create a working manuscript titled "Contemporary American Indian Printmaking." While the book was drafted and detailed between 1971-1992, it was never published; this series consists of the manuscript drafts, images, correspondence, and source materials used to develop the book. Many of the materials are closly related to the second series of IAIA materials. The final series is an Assorted group of documents including resumes, biographical info, publications, photographs, and other materials related to Tubis's career.
For researchers of the Contemporary Native Art, the Tubis papers are an important resource. The printmaking materials show the introduction and application of experimental techniques and methods to American Indian students; Tubis penned a position paper titled "Thoughts, Theories and Conclusions in the Teaching of the Graphic Arts to (and for) the American Indian in Higher Education" in 1972 (Box 6, F. 6) outlining pedagogical theory on graphic art instruction at IAIA. For researchers interested in IAIA and the modern style it's artists developed in the 1960s and 1970s, the Tubis papers are an extremely important view into the studio. Tubis had direct experience with Modernism in Europe in the 1940s and 1950s and may have had an immense influence on the development of the IAIA style. Additionally, Tubis's course outlines are important to understand the development of the experimental curriculum at IAIA.
This collection is structured according to the creator's original order. The first series focuses on Tubis's professional art career, which was meticulously documented by year from 1946-1993. The second series is related to Tubis's time at IAIA and required a bit more arrangement. Of particular interest are his gradebooks, exhibition records, course outlines, publications, and writings about teaching printmaking and graphic arts. The third series is a collection of materials used by Tubis to create a working manuscript titled "Contemporary American Indian Printmaking." While the book was drafted and detailed between 1971-1992, it was never published; this series consists of the manuscript drafts, images, correspondence, and source materials used to develop the book. Many of the materials are closly related to the second series of IAIA materials. The final series is an Assorted group of documents including resumes, biographical info, publications, photographs, and other materials related to Tubis's career.
For researchers of the Contemporary Native Art, the Tubis papers are an important resource. The printmaking materials show the introduction and application of experimental techniques and methods to American Indian students; Tubis penned a position paper titled "Thoughts, Theories and Conclusions in the Teaching of the Graphic Arts to (and for) the American Indian in Higher Education" in 1972 (Box 6, F. 6) outlining pedagogical theory on graphic art instruction at IAIA. For researchers interested in IAIA and the modern style it's artists developed in the 1960s and 1970s, the Tubis papers are an extremely important view into the studio. Tubis had direct experience with Modernism in Europe in the 1940s and 1950s and may have had an immense influence on the development of the IAIA style. Additionally, Tubis's course outlines are important to understand the development of the experimental curriculum at IAIA.
Dates
- 1941-1946
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English
Extent
From the Collection: 7.0 Cubic Feet
Repository Details
Part of the Institute of American Indian Arts Repository
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