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Box 12

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Contains 10 Results:

Grass Roots Exhibition: Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, 23 June-28 November 2010

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Includes typescript of exhibit introduction with object IDs and labels.

Dates: 23 June-28 November 2010
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / <title render="italic">Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art</title> collection / Series 8: <title render="italic">Grass Roots</title> Exhibition

Grass Roots Exhibition: Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, 2010

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contains text panel descriptions, correspondence, promotional documents, pertaining to the various venues of this exhibition. Includes journal essays, magazine and newspaper articles regarding the exhibit. Also holds the various presentations and public programs done in junction of the Grass Roots exhibition.

Dates: 2010
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / <title render="italic">Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art</title> collection / Series 8: <title render="italic">Grass Roots</title> Exhibition

Grass Roots Exhibition: Smithsonian National Museum of African Art: Exhibit Brochures and Invitations, 23 June-28 November 2010

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contains text panel descriptions, correspondence, promotional documents, pertaining to the various venues of this exhibition. Includes journal essays, magazine and newspaper articles regarding the exhibit. Also holds the various presentations and public programs done in junction of the Grass Roots exhibition.

Dates: 23 June-28 November 2010
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / <title render="italic">Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art</title> collection / Series 8: <title render="italic">Grass Roots</title> Exhibition

Grass Roots Exhibition: Magazine and Newspaper Articles, 2008-2010

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contains text panel descriptions, correspondence, promotional documents, pertaining to the various venues of this exhibition. Includes journal essays, magazine and newspaper articles regarding the exhibit. Also holds the various presentations and public programs done in junction of the Grass Roots exhibition.

Dates: 2008-2010
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / <title render="italic">Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art</title> collection / Series 8: <title render="italic">Grass Roots</title> Exhibition

Grass Roots Exhibition: Essays and Articles: African Arts Journal, Summer 2009

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Essay included entitled, "Exhibition Preview: Grass Roots: African Roots of an American Art," by Enid Schildkrout, Dale Rosengarten, and Ted Rosengarten.

Dates: Summer 2009
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / <title render="italic">Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art</title> collection / Series 8: <title render="italic">Grass Roots</title> Exhibition

Grass Roots Exhibition: Presentation and Public Programs: Winyah Bay Heritage Festival , 17 January 2009

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Holds drafts of essay, "Dr. Dale Rosengarten: Seeking the sources of coiled art," by Libby Bernardin. Includes event program and rack card.

Dates: 17 January 2009
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / <title render="italic">Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art</title> collection / Series 8: <title render="italic">Grass Roots</title> Exhibition

Grass Roots Exhibition: Journal Essay-"American Memory on the Abolition of the Slave Trade: Is There Common Ground in American Museums?", January 2010

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Written by Phyllis K. Leffler and published in "Museum History Journal."

Dates: January 2010
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / <title render="italic">Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art</title> collection / Series 8: <title render="italic">Grass Roots</title> Exhibition

Various Grass Roots and Sweetgrass Basket Presentations and Public Programs, 2006-2015, and undated

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Holds newsletters, itineraries, session descriptions from the numerous programs Rosengarten, solo and with Sweetgrass basketmakers.

Dates: 2006-2015, and undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / <title render="italic">Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art</title> collection / Series 8: <title render="italic">Grass Roots</title> Exhibition

Sweetgrass Basket Presentation: Spring Island Trust (South Carolina), 2011

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Details pertaining to a program by Rosengarten and Sweetgrass basketmaker, Henrietta Snype. Holds correspondence, itinerary, event programs and map.

Dates: 2011
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / <title render="italic">Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art</title> collection / Series 8: <title render="italic">Grass Roots</title> Exhibition

Potential Venues for Grass Roots Exhibit , 2005-2008

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

Holds correspondence and handwritten notes regarding additional cultural insititutions for this exhibit.

Dates: 2005-2008
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / <title render="italic">Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art</title> collection / Series 8: <title render="italic">Grass Roots</title> Exhibition
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