“Survival Tactics Top Priority for Artists' Organizations” by Elizabeth Hoxie, New Art Examiner, December 1983
Elizabeth Hoxie, Lyn Blumenthal, Video Data Bank, Art Institute of Chicago, Robert Lawrence, Interchange, Mary MacArthur, The Kitchen, Allan Kaprow, Hugh Southern, N.A.M.E, Randolph Street Gallery, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago Filmmakers, Blackstone Hotel, Hudson, Nexus Gallery, Bill Stamets, New Art Examiner, David Stockman, Chicago, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Washington
“The Art World: Alternatives” by Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, December 1983
Calvin Tomkins, Linda Shearer, Stefan Eins, Fashion Moda, Marcia Tucker, New Museum of Contemporary Art, Artists' Space, Trudie Grace, Irving Sandler, Helene Winer, Vito Acconci, Jon Borofsky, Sol LeWitt, Scott Burton, Claes Oldenburg, Christo, Judy Pfaff, Al Held, Ernst Benkert, Sally Hazelet Drummond, Mowry Baden, Mark Rothko Foundation, Sahara Belbeaux, Jacqueline White, John Ahearn, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Futura 2000, Sidney Janis Gallery, New School for Social Research, Edward Broida, Broida Museum, Lynn Gumpert, Ned Rifkin, New York State Council on the Arts, Committee for the Visual Arts, Guggenheim, Whitney Museum, James Rosenquist, Richard Tuttle, United States Information Agency, Venice Biennale, Washington, South Bronx, SoHo, TriBeCa, Minneapolis
“New Dimensions for Artists' Spaces” by Stephen Sinclair, Cultural Post, May-June 1981
Stephen Sinclair, Nancy Drew, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, LAICA, Contemporary Art Center, MK Wegmann, Ann Focke, And/Or, Artech, Al Nodal, Washington Project for the Arts, WPA, Martha Wilson, Franklin Furnace, Hallwalls, Cincinnati Artists Group Effort, C.A.G.E, Kip Eagan, Women and Their Work, Rita Starpattern, Claudia Reese, Maxine Kumin, Adrienne Rich, May Swenson, James Surles, Lawndale, Carolee Schneemann, Mary Min, Artists Residents of Chicago, ARC, Jane Stevens, Margaret Peterson, Chris Millon, Marcia Sartwell, Seattle, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Austin, Houston
NEA Prentice Hall book about the business life of an artist, chapter by Nancy Drew with Carrie Rickey and statement by James Corcoran, 1981
Nancy Drew, Carrie Rickey, Elsie Walker, Lee Caplin, Brian O'Doherty, A.I.R, N.A.M.E, New York Institute of Art and Urban Resources, Clocktower, P.S. 1, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, LAICA, Contemporary Art Center, The Kitchen, And/Or, NOVA, Boston Visual Artists Union, BVAU, Jet Wave, Collaborative Projects, Colab, James Corcoran, James Corcoran Gallery, Corcoran and Corcoran, Castelli/Feigen/Corcoran, Leo Castelli, Billy Al Bengston, Sam Francis, Charles Arnoldi, Willem de Kooning, H.C. Westermann, Joseph Cornell, Margo Leavin, Jan Baum, Asher/Faure, Janus, Rosamund Felsen, Newspace, L.A. Louver, Arco, National Endowment for the Arts, NEA, Prentice Hall, Seattle, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Cleveland, Boston, Miami
“Independent Film Programing: A Word to the Wise” by Terry Cannon, Media Arts, 1983
Terry Cannon, Pasadena Filmforum, NAMAC, Anthology Film Archives, Pinewood Foundation, Virginia Strull, Astoria Motion Picture and Television Foundation, Schenectady Museum, Jewish Museum, Parsons School of Design, George Trescher Associates, Collective for Living Cinema, Business Committee for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, NEA, National Endowment for the Humanities, NEH, Pasadena, Manhattan
Correspondence with New Times Magazine about a possible article on alternative arts spaces, 1976
Directory of Artists' Organizations by Boston Visual Arts Union: Planning Correspondence and Submission Form, 1976
NAAO West Coast Regional Meeting, December 1990: Agenda and Registration Mailer
NAAO at LACE National Conference, Los Angeles, 1988: Thank You Letter for Members
San Francisco Bay Area Artists’ Organizations List, a Project of the NAAO San Francisco Caucus
NAAO Organizational Assistance Program - Application and Announcement of Grant Recipients
NAAO New Member Letters & Renewal Letters, various years
Robin Drummond, Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Claire Copley, Charlotte Murphy, Hudson, Jessica Cusick, MK Wegmann, Judy Moran, Inverna Lockpez, Louise Shaw, Lynn Schuette, Marilyn Arsem, David Avalos, Centro Cultural de la Raza, Claudia Barker, Gere Baskin, Detroit Focus, Jackie Battenfield, Rotunda Gallery, Sherman Fleming, Washington Project for the Arts, WPA, Biff Henrich, Hallwalls, C.E.P.A, Alan Millar, Lab Art Re Grup, Michael Peranteau, Diverse Works, Judith Thorpe, Society for Photographic Education, Susan Wyatt, Artists' Space, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, INTAR, Susan Born-Ozment, John Frohnmayer, Jesse Helms, Dick Armey, Helms Amendment, National Campaign for Freedom of Expression, Pat Williams, Don Adams, Arlene Goldfarb, Alliance for Cultural Democracy, Glen Harper, Art Papers, Michelle Wallace, Vince Leo, Penny Boyer, Mary Drayton-Hill, New Works Collaborative Touring Program, Organizing Artists, Helen Brunner, Don Russell, Minneapolis, Austin, Buffalo, Los Angeles, LACE
NAAO Houston National Conference, 1985: Post-Conference Package
Alternative Museum, Geno Rodriguez, Alternative Roots, Alternate Roots, Ruby Lerner, American Indian Community House Gallery, G. Peter Jemison, Art & Distance, Sue Schroeder, Art in America, Walter Robinson, Artemesia, Maureen Warren, Art League of Houston, Julie McNair, Margaret Smithers-Crump, Artists' Space, Susan Wyatt, Linda Shearer, Artists Television Access, Martin Weber, Art Institute of Chicago, Joyce Fernandes, A.R.T.S, Joseph Sanchez, Artspeak, Carl Heyward, Arts Project, Linda Chaney Anderson, Association of Video Artists, Ulises Carrion, Astro Artz, High Performance, Linda Burnham, Steve Durland, Lin Osterhage, Basement Workshop, Fay Chiang, Beacon Street Gallery, Hull House, Pat Murphy, Rena Church, Brooklyn Museum Community Gallery, Richard Waller, Center Gallery, Kim Irwin, C.E.P.A, Gary Nickard, CHAC, Chicano Humanities and Arts Council, Tony Ortega, City Arts Program, Margaret Robinette, Collaborative Projects, Christi Rupp, Contemporary Arts Center, MK Wegmann, Don Marshall, Claudia Barker, Richard Thomas, Steve Sweet, Alexandra Monett, Elizabeth Shannon, Contemporary Arts Forum, Betty Klausner, Contemporary Arts Institute of Detroit, CAID, Steven Benson, Creative Time, Anita Contini, Cultural Arts Council of Houston, Flora-Maria Garcia, Culture Contact, Andrew Caploe, Museum of Modern Art, Dance Theatre Workshop, David White, Detroit Focus, Gere Baskin, Diverse Works, Charles Gallagher, Michael Peranteau, Caroline Huber, East End Progress Association, Rita Rodriguez, Eyes & Ears Foundation, Mark Rennie, Feature Gallery, Hudson, Friends of Photography, David Featherstone, Claire Peeps, Fondo del Sol, Rebbaca Crumlish, Galeria de la Raza, Rene Yanez, Galveston Art Center, Eric Reidel, Cathy Brunner, Grupo Procceso Pentageno, Felipe Ehrenberg, Hallwalls, Biff Henrich, Houston Center for Photography, Lyn McClanahan, Houston Festival Foundation, Jerry McCathern, Fletcher Mackey, Houston Women's Caucus for Art, Lin Swanner, Independent Foundation for Independent Video and Film, Martha Gever, Individual Artists of Oklahoma, Frank Parman, INTAR, Inverna Lockpez, IS Productions, Victor Masayesva, The Kitchen, Renata Petroni, Lab Art Re Grup, Guy Daire, Alan Millar, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Lawndale Annex, Moira Kelly, Lightwork, Tom Bryan, LACE, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Joy Silverman, Weba Garretson, L.A.C.P, Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies, Howard Spector, Louisiana Tech University, Joda Maynard, Mary Morse, Jeannette Oliver, Maryland Art Place, Olivia Georgia, Materials for the Arts, Susan Glass, Mexic-Arte, Sylvia Orozco, Ambray Gonzales, Pio Piludo, Mid-Atlantic Arts Consortium, Katie McCoy, Midtown Arts Center, Reine Hauser, Mobius, Richard Lerman, Marilyn Arsem, Movimento Artistico del Rio Salado, Ralph Cordova, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Lanny Silverman, National Endowment for the Arts, NEA, Bobbi Tsumagari, Richard Andrews, Michael Faubion, Katherine Suttles, Paul Carlson, Michael Giza, Hugh Southern, Nature Morte, Peter Nagy, New Langton Arts, Renny Pritikin, Judy Moran, Kim Searcy, New York State Council on the Arts, Petra Barreras, Nexus, Louise Shaw, Ian McColl, Nine One One, Mark Anderson, Opportunities for the Arts, Denny Griffith, Organization of Independent Artists, Debi Feiman, Otis Parsons, Al Nodal, Painted Bride Art Center, Gerry Givnish, Elaine Crivelli, Franz Spohn, Performance Space 122, Mark Russell, Performing Arts Management, Ann Rosenthal, Pyramid Arts Center, Antonio Petraca, Real Art Ways, Anthony Keller, Rotunda Gallery, Jackie Battenfield, Sculpture Space, Sylvia de Swan, Square One, Mark Lombardi, Sushi, Lynn Schuette, Linda Speer, David Taylor Dance Theatre, Dixie Griffin, Texas Commission on the Arts, Rick Hernandez, John Paul Batiste, Richard Huff, Texas Fine Arts Association, Sandra Gregor, Theatre X, Moe Myer, Tigertail Productions, Marilyn Gottlieb-Robers, Mary Luft, Tomorrow's World Art Center, Georgette Powell, Video Data Bank, Lyn Blumenthal, Visual Studies Workshop, Nathan Lyons, Washington Project for the Arts, WPA, Jock Reynolds, Don Russell, Helen Brunner, Mel Watkins, Woman's Building, Terry Wolverton, Elaine Wintman, Sue Maberry, Women and Their Work, Rita Starpattern, Jill Bedgood, Belinda Casey, Ella Gant, Carol Drey, Barbara Hofrenning, Women's Art Registry of Minnesota, WARM, Catherine Jordan, Marilyn Anderson, Women's Studio Workshop, Ann Kalmbach, Ariel Dougherty, Yellow Springs Institute, Arthur Sabatini, Linda Parris-Bailey, Jody Blazek, Jim Covarrubias, Kim Crable, Jessica Cusick, Robin Drummond, Sherman Fleming, RODFORCE, Anne Focke, Gronk, Edgar Heap of Birds, Jeanne Hollenbeck, Sara Irwin, Norma Jaichima, John Malpede, Linda Montano, Eva Margarita Nieto, Carlos Martinez, Candace Hill Montgomery, Michael Perri, Joe Rodriguez, Alan Sondheim, Christopher Sullivan, Sekou Sundiata, Brendan de Vallance, Ted Viens, Martha Wilson, Franklin Furnace, Joan Mondale, Republicbank, Frank Hodsoll, Claire Copley, Houston, Diverse Works, MK Wegmann, Judy Moran, Jessica Cusick, Biff Henrich, Louise Shaw, Ruby Lerner, Michael Perri, Lynn Schuette, Ariel Dougherty, Susan Wyatt, Sue Schroeder, Carlos Martinez, Charlotte Murphy, Robin Drummond, Al Nodal, Hudson, David White, Renny Pritikin, Jean Murakami, Bay Area Association of Artists' Organizations, BAAO, New Langton Arts, Maryland Art Place, Feature Gallery, Women's Studio Workshop, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Hammarskjold Sculpture Garden, Equitable Life Assurance Society, Richard Serra, Grace Glueck, Walter Benjamin, Sid Yates, Oscar Howe, William Rubin, Martin Luther King, Special Constituencies Committee, Minority Task Force, Women's Caucus, National Directory of Artists' Organizations, National Performance Network, Pennsylvania State Arts Council, Open Dialogue II, San Antonio, Wounded Knee, Seneca Nation, Haudenosaunee, Iroquois
NAAO Houston National Conference, 1985: Ruby Lerner Panel Remarks
Ruby Lerner, Alternate Roots, Atlanta, Richard Serra, Grace Glueck, Molissa Fenley, Sidney Yates, Walter Benjamin, Los Lobos, New Art Examiner, New York Times, Village Voice, National Endowment for the Arts, NEA, Expansion Arts Program, Tuskegee
NAAO Houston National Conference, 1985: Peter Jemison Panel Remarks
Peter Jemison, American Indian Community House Gallery, New York, Seneca Nation, Oscar Howe, William Rubin, Grace Glueck, Martin Luther King, Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum, Guggenheim, Museum of the American Indian, Studio Museum, El Museo, Asia House, Haudenosaunee, Iroquois, Art in America, New York Times, Wounded Knee, National Endowment for the Arts, NEA
NAAO Membership Meeting at Houston Conference, 1985 - Minutes
NAAO Houston National Conference, 1985: Jim Covarrubias Panel Remarks
NAAO Board Meeting at Houston Conference, 1985 - Minutes
Hudson, Judy Moran, Jessica Cusick, Biff Henrich, Carlos Martinez, Louise Shaw, Ruby Lerner, Michael Perri, Lynn Schuette, Ariel Dougherty, Susan Wyatt, Sue Schroeder, MK Wegmann, Jeanne Hollenbeck, Don Russell, Joy Silverman, Joseph Sanchez, Claire Copley, Robin Drummond, Charlotte Murphy, Michael Peranteau, David White, Renny Pritikin, Jean Murakami, Sylvia Orozco, Richard Andrews, Gary Nickard, Feature Gallery, Chicago, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, Artists Space, New York, Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, Art and Distance, Houston, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, Dance Theater Workshop, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, Alternate Roots, Bay Area Association of Artists Organizations, BAAO, National Endowment for the Arts, NEA, Equitable Life Assurance Society, National Performance Network, Hammarskjold Sculpture Garden, Mexic-Arte, Austin, Pennsylvania State Arts Council, IBM, Open Dialogue II, San Antonio, Special Constituencies Committee, National Directory of Artists Organizations, Sushi, San Diego
NAAO Founding Members List
Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Columbus, Ohio Foundation on the Arts, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, Columbia University Arts Administration, New York, Sushi, San Diego, Zone, Springfield, C.A.G.E., Cincinnati, La Mamelle, Art Com, San Francisco, Mary Luft, Tigertail Productions, Miami, Southern Exposure Gallery, El Sama, Ybor City, College of the San Francisco Art Institute, Movimento Artistico del Rio Salado, MARS, Scottsdale, Creative Time, Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Portland, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Rising Sun Media Arts Center, Santa Fe, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, LACE, Los Angeles, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, Pro Arts, Oakland, Artists Production Press, Chicago Books, New York, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, Hallwalls, Arts in Mesa, AIM, Mesa, San Francisco Camerawork, Atlanta Art Papers, Atlanta, Individual Artists of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Valley Art Guild, Sharon, Big River Association, Saint Louis, Artist's Network, Washington, Pyramid Arts Center, Rochester, Washington Project for the Arts, WPA, Harlem Exhibition Space, Real Art Ways, Hartford, NAME Gallery, A.R.E., Fondo Del Sol Visual Arts Media Center, River Center for the Arts, New Hope, PS 122 Association, Performance Gallery of San Francisco, Oberlin Dance Collective, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, 80 Langton Street Corporation, Artists Space, Committee for the Visual Arts, Lill Street Gallery, ARC Gallery, ARC Gallery Educational Foundation, Espace DBD, ABC No Rio, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, LAICA, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Chicago Artists Coalition, Ten on Eight, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, UICA, Grand Rapids, Women's Art Registry of Minnesota, WARM, Minneapolis, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Collaborative Projects, Detroit Focus, Detroit, Center for Book Arts, 1708 East Main, Richmond, Washington Women's Art Center, The New Museum, Art Across the Park, Franklin Furnace, Astro Artz, High Performance, Marcia Plevin Productions, Loft Space, Winston Salem, The Upstairs, Tryon, Bookspace, Association of Artist Run Galleries, Foundation for Art Resources, Cityarts Workshop, Printed Matter, Self Help Graphics, Desire Productions, Baltimore, Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, Sun Valley, Artists Alliance, Tampa, Sculpture Space, Utica, Group Material, Nexus, Video Data Bank, Heresies Collective, The Kitchen, Center Gallery, Chapel Hill, Fashion Moda, Bronx, Eyes and Ears Foundation, EEF, P. Dora Gallery, Providence, Women and Their Work, Austin, The Light Factory, Charlotte, Organization of Independent Artists, Plane Notion, Santa Monica, ANNPAC, RACA, Toronto, Public Art Fund, Casa Aboy, Colician de Artistes, Puerto Rico, On the Boards, Seattle, Exit Art, Visual Studies Workshop, Florida Department of State Division of Cultural Affairs, Marsha Orr, Tallahassee, Works San Jose, San Jose, Claire Copley, And/Or, Artemisia Gallery, Artemisia Fund, Sheldon Atovsky, Catskill Center for Photography, Woodstock, Communicationsphere, Cambridge, Context Gallery, The Drawing Center, Karen Finley, Foundation for Today's Art, Nexus, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Robert McGinnis, New Music Chicago, Randolph Street Gallery, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, Spaces, Cleveland