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m003. Alternative Traditions in Contemporary Arts (ATCA)

 Record Group
Identifier: m003
Serving as an interface among University of Iowa facilities–the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art, the University Libraries, and a number of academic units–Alternative Traditions in the Contemporary Arts (ATCA) is committed to the collection and preservation of works and papers of contemporary artists and to the facilitation and dissemination of research related to the post-World War II avant-garde. The project was founded by Estera Milman in 1982, and Milman acted as its director until her departure from the University in 2000. Composed of a complex body of contemporary artifacts and documentation spanning such phenomena as Fluxus, event arts and happenings, book works and visual poetry, artists’ video, correspondence art, conceptual art, performance relics, and artists’ papers, the collection is similar in kind to holdings housed at the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities and the Museum of Modern Art, among others.

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

E. F. Higgins III Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0855
Abstract

An Alternative Traditions in Contemporary Art Collection

Dates: 1977-2015
Found in: University of Iowa Special Collections

Buster Cleveland Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0785
Abstract

Correspondence and art work by mail artist Buster Cleveland.

Dates: 1967-2005
Found in: University of Iowa Special Collections

R. Keith Courtney Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0761
Abstract

Iowa City resident and artist. From the late 1970s to the late 1980s Courtney conducted a project titled Notes From All Over, which invited artists to send him found objects and printed matter. The collection consists of art works, correspondence, and related documentation dating from 1971-1995.

Dates: 1971-1995
Found in: University of Iowa Special Collections

Artists' Television Network Records

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0800
Abstract

Video by and about artists assembled for broadcast on the New York City cable networks between 1976 and 1984. The project was coordinated by Jaime Davidovich and the collection includes the cablecast material, in many cases edited in various ways for any of several anthology shows, as well as paper records. A portion of the collection has been re-recorded and is available in VHS format; a few pieces have been transcribed to DVD; and a growing number have been re-recorded digitally in DVCam and DVD versions.

Dates: 1976-1984
Found in: University of Iowa Special Collections

Ken Friedman ATCA Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0839
Abstract

Personal papers, correspondence, publications of this educator and artist.

Dates: -
Found in: University of Iowa Special Collections

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