Contemporary Art Workshop records, 1949-2009 (bulk 1970-2008).

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Contemporary Art Workshop records, 1949-2009 (bulk 1970-2008).

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Administrative records, correspondence, artist files and portfolios, financial documents, exhibition planning and publicity materials, press releases, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and other records of the Contemporary Art Workshop (CAW), a non-profit, artist-run gallery, community center, and studio space located in Chicago (Ill.). The collection relates primarily to CAW's daily operations, including renting studios to artists, mounting exhibitions, offering community outreach programs, publicizing events, and raising funds through donations and grants. Also present are materials about the artists who worked with the organization; grant applications and donor records; and photographs, slides, and CD-ROMs depicting exhibitions and the work of artists.

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Golub, Leon, 1922-2004

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Leon Golub (1922-2004) was a painter from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Leon Golub, 1968 Oct. 28-Nov. 18 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495595177 Painter; New York (N.Y.); b. 1922, in Chicago, Ill.; d. Aug. 8, 2004, in Manhattan, N.Y. From the description of Leon Golub interview, 1968 Oct. 28-Nov. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220186257 Painter; New York, N.Y.; b. 1922, in Chicago, Ill.; d. Aug...

Kearney, Lynn.

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Kearney, John, 1924-

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Epithet: DD, Provost of Trinity Coll., Dublin and (1806) Bishop of Ossory British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000509.0x000175 Interviewee John Kearney (1924- ) is an artist and sculptor. Judith Olch Richards (1947- ) is former executive director of iCI in New York, N.Y. Kearney was educated at Cranbrook Academy of Art and Universita per Stranieri and is the co-founder of Contemporary Art Wo...

Fink, Raymond B.

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Kwitz, Al.

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Campoli, Cosmo (American sculptor, 1922-1996)

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Contemporary Art Workshop (Chicago, Ill.)

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CAW was founded in 1949 by sculptor John (Jack) Kearney and his wife Lynn, as well as artists Leon Golub, Cosmo Campoli, Ray Fink, and Al Kwitz. It closed in 2009. Kearney has been known especially for creating large-scale public sculptures made from chrome car bumpers that were placed in Chicago and across the United States. From the description of Contemporary Art Workshop records, 1949-2009 (bulk 1970-2008). (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 713917546 ...

542 West Grant Place (Chicago, Ill.)

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