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Northwest Artists Workshop records, 1970-1989

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Northwest Artists Workshop (Portland, Or.)
Title
Northwest Artists Workshop records
Dates
1970-1989 (inclusive)
Quantity
10.9 cubic feet, (22 letter document cases; 1 slim letter document case; 1 card file box (12x3x5); 1 flat box (14x18); 1 flat box (20x24); 1 flat box (25x31))
Collection Number
Mss 2856
Summary
Records of the Northwest Artists Workshop, including materials relating to exhibitions and events, such as programs, posters, and press releases; materials relating to artists; arts publications; and administrative records, including grant applications. The Northwest Artists Workshop was a non-profit organization for contemporary and experimental visual and performing arts based in Portland, Oregon. It operated from 1976 to 1989.
Repository
Oregon Historical Society Research Library
1200 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR
97205
Telephone: 503-306-5240
Fax: 503-219-2040
libreference@ohs.org
Access Restrictions

Materials in Box 23 are restricted until 2040. All other materials are open for research.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

The Northwest Artists Workshop was founded as a non-profit organization in 1976 in Portland, Oregon, by artists seeking space for exhibits and performances outside conventional gallery and theater contexts. The organization was located at 117 NW 5th Avenue from 1976 until 1981, and from 1982 to 1989 at 522 NW 12th Avenue. The workshop participated in the annual Artquake festival, and in 1984 co-sponsored the exhibition "Interaction: Art and Science" with the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. In addition, the workshop maintained a public reading room, and a library of local, national, and international arts periodicals. The workshop also operated the Oregon Artists Slide Bank, which housed photographic slides of artists' works. The Northwest Artists Workshop dissolved in 1989.

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Content Description

The collection consists of the records of the Northwest Artists Workshop, a non-profit alternative arts organization based in Portland, Oregon. The collection includes materials relating to exhibitions and events at the workshop and artists affiliated with the workshop, such as advertisements, posters, press releases, correspondence, and planning documentation. The collection also holds art and poetry books by artists, and issues of arts publications. Administrative records include guestbooks, board and committee records, financial records, grant proposals and documentation, membership and staffing records, and records concerning the workshop's dissolution in 1989.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.

Preferred Citation

Northwest Artists Workshop records, Mss 2856, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Collection is arranged in four series: Series 1. Exhibitions, performances, and events; Series 2. Artists; Series 3. Serial publications; Series 4. Administrative records.

Acquisition Information

Gifts of the Northwest Artists Workshop, care of Michael Howley, made in February 1990 and December 1992 (Lib. Acc. 19777 and Lib. Acc. 21040).

Related Materials

Additional materials from the Northwest Artists Workshop are located in the Moving Image Collections and Oral History Collections, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Separated Materials

Northwest Artists Workshop photographs are designated Org. Lot 664, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Artists--Northwest, Pacific
  • Arts--Northwest, Pacific
  • Arts--Oregon--Portland--Exhibitions
  • Poets--Northwest, Pacific

Corporate Names

  • Northwest Artists Workshop (Portland, Or.)

Form or Genre Terms

  • administrative records
  • correspondence
  • financial records
  • grant proposals

Jeffrey A. Hayes
2019

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