University of New Mexico Art Student Association Gallery Records
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
- Creation: 1973-1987
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 boxes (2 cu. ft.), 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.
- Title
- Finding Aid of the University of New Mexico Art Student Association Gallery Records, 1973-1987
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Date
- © 2012
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
cswrref@unm.edu