Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant lectures
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Scope and Contents
The ten VHS cassettes record lectures presented to the RISD community, 1985-1987. Lecturers include Nobel Peace Prize recipient Betty Williams, author and poet Maya Angelou, author John Updike, and writer and humorist Fran Lebowitz.
Dates
- Creation: 1982-1987
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1985-1987
Creator
- Rhode Island School of Design (creator, Organization)
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Historical note
In the fall of 1981, Rhode Island School of Design received a $150,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to be spread over a five-year period from 1982-1987. The goal of the grant was to support faculty and curriculum development through a series of seminars and lectures delivered by visiting artists and critics, and to distribute faculty awards for independent research.
President Hall’s 1981 grant application proposed "senior level seminars for fine art students taught by outstanding contemporary artists and critics, public lectures by visiting artists and critics, and the establishment of a creative leave program for fine arts faculty members and for liberal arts teachers engaged in the history, philosophy, or criticism of art."
Extent
10 Cassettes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains recorded videos from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant lectures delivered 1985, 1986, and 1987.
Arrangement
- Chronological
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred to the Archives from the Fleet Library at RISD.
Existence and Location of Copies
The VHS tapes are available as mp4 files on the Fleet Library at RISD's Digital Commons website.
Subject
- Rhode Island School of Design (Organization)
- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (Organization)
- Sherman, Cindy (Person)
- Updike, John (Person)
- Lebowitz, Fran (Person)
- Murray, Elizabeth, 1940-2007 (Person)
- Rosenquist, James, 1933-2017 (Person)
- Golub, Leon, 1922-2004 (Person)
- Angelou, Maya (Person)
- Ashton, Dore (Person)
- Williams, Betty (Person)
- Irwin, Robert, 1928- (Person)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant lectures1982-1987 bulk 1985-1987
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Margaret Lindon and Douglas W. Doe.
- Date
- 2021 September 13
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Describing Archives: A Content Standard (Dacs)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rhode Island School of Design Archives Repository