Press Releases Announcing the Founding of NAAO
March 1985 Thank You Letter to Anne Focke from NAAO
Artists Organizations Symposium by Visual Studies Workshop, 1986: Invitation
NAAO Plan for Assessment by Anne Focke (proposal only, not executed)
7th NAAO National Conference, Washington, D.C., 1991: Post-Event Correspondence
NAAO at LACE National Conference, Los Angeles, 1988: Planning Correspondence
“Life Beyond Survival: Building a National Network at the Second Conference of Alternative Spaces,” by Michael Bonesteel, New Art Examiner, June 1981
“Report by Mary Stofflet: The New Artsspace,” La Mamelle, Summer 1978
“A Clean, Well-Lighted Space” by Alice Steinbach, Cultural Post, July-August 1977
Alternative exhibition spaces, run by artists for artists, are helping the avant-garde go public
Workshops Alternative Spaces
Invitation for Anne Focke to attend NEA Visual Arts Alternative Spaces Meeting Called By Brian O’Doherty, October 6, 1976
NAAO Organizational Brochure, 1984
New Artspaces II: Beyond Survival, New Orleans, LA, 1981: Brochure mailer
NAAO Bulletin – April, 1993
Nonprofit Structure in the Arts Community Relationships Between Board & Staff
Working Conditions in Artists’ Organizations A Preliminary Report. Volunteer labor. Employment, salary, salaries, job security, economic security, income
Join Your Local School Board
Bill Clinton’s Economic Plan, Congress, Alternative Minimum Tax
1993 NEA Reauthorization and Appropriations, grassroots action
NEA and Freedom of Expression, call your representatives
American Arts Alliance Action Alert Nonprofit Postal Subsidy
Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Budget
IRS Proposed Regulations on Corporate Sponsorship
NEA Target List
ACLU Arts Censorship Project
Free Speech Groups Challenge Cable Law’s "Decency Restrictions, Helms Amendment Forces Local Operations to Censor Programming
Amicus Brief In the Supreme Court
Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy
Pedro Redriguez, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center
Dudley Cocke, Appalshop
Juana Guzman, National Association of Latino Arts and Culture
John C. Thorpe, Network of Cultural Centers of Color
Jane Bello, The Association of Hispanic Arts
Jo Long, Carver Community Center
C. Bernard Jackson, Inner City Cultural Center
Bob Lee, Asian American Arts Center
Lowery Sims, Caribbean Cultural Center
C. Daniel Dawson, Caribbean Cultural Center
The Free Art Agreement
NPN People of Color Caucus Networking Strategy