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University of New Mexico Art Student Association Gallery Records

 Collection
Identifier: UNMA-155

Scope and Content Note

This collection contains advertisements, photographs, posters, news clippings, correspondence, budget records and requests, meeting minutes, and records of gallery exhibitions from the Art Student Association Gallery at UNM.

Dates

  • 1973-1987

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Copy Restrictions

Limited duplication of CSWR material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for compliance with all copyright, privacy, and libel laws. Permission is required for publication or distribution.

Historical Note

The Art Student Association (ASA) was a chartered student organization that reported to and received its budget from the Associated Students of UNM (ASUNM). The ASA operated the Art Student Association Gallery that was located in the basement of the Student Union Building (SUB) from 1973-2005. The Gallery exhibited and sold artwork created by UNM art students and visiting student artists from other universities. After the remodel of the SUB in 2001, the ASA Gallery occupied a space that had been originally been planned as a study area called “The Quiet Lounge.” At the end of the spring semester of 2005, the Associated Students of UNM and UNM Recreation Services jointly decided to close the Gallery and replace it with a gymnasium. The ASA fought the removal of the Gallery, meeting with the SUB directors and circulating a petition, but the space was quietly transformed over the summer of 2005. The last exhibit at the ASA Gallery was a group show entitled Mentors’ Alchemy that ran from April 29th to May 6th of 2005. As of 2006, the ASA no longer appears in listings of UNM chartered student organizations.

Extent

2 Cubic Feet (2 boxes plus 1 oversized folder)

Abstract

This collection contains advertisements, photographs, posters, news clippings, correspondence, budget records and requests, meeting minutes, and records of gallery exhibitions of the Art Student Association Gallery at UNM.

Related Material

University of New Mexico Associated Students Records, Center for Southwest Research, University Libraries, University of New Mexico.
Title
Finding Aid of the University of New Mexico Art Student Association Gallery Records, 1973-1987
Status
Completed
Date
© 2012
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid is in English

Repository Details

Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository

Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451