Corcoran Gallery of Art and Corcoran College of Art + Design, Corcoran Gallery of Art public programs records
Scope and Contents
The records of the Public Programs office include program files for specific events, press clippings, and publications dating from 1994-2011.
Dates
- Creation: 1994-2011
Creator
- Corcoran Gallery of Art (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to research.
When conducting research within The Corcoran Archives collections, pleased be advised of the following restrictions:
Records of the Board of Trustees (RG 1.0) and records of the Office of the Director (RG 2.0) are closed to research for 25 years from the date of creation.
Development records are closed to research (RG 3.2).
Access to student records is governed by the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), which protects the privacy of student education records. Student records are closed for the lifetime of the student, and are presumed to be open 75 years after the date of record creation (RG 9.0 Series 4).
Personnel and financial records are closed for 50 years from date of record creation (RG 4.0).
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Conditions Governing Use
To the extent that the institution owns copyright, the donor has assigned the copyright in its works to The George Washington University; however, copyright in other items in this collection may be held by their respective creators. For activities that the researcher determines fall under fair use as defined under U.S. Copyright Law, no permission to cite or publish is required. Please contact Special Collections if the copyright status of the materials you wish to reuse is unclear. Staff will provide additional information. For re-use of materials in the collection not created by the donor, researchers are responsible for determining who may hold materials' copyrights, determining if the intended re-use falls under fair use, and obtaining approval from the copyright holder if the intended use does not fall under fair use. For such materials, researchers do not need anything further from The George Washington University’s Special Collections Research Center.
Historical narrative
This history was prepared in 2019 by George Washington University SCRC staff with the support of the Luce Foundation.
The Public programs office was created in 1994, originally under the heading of Special Programs, renamed to Special Projects in its first year, and finally to Public Programs in 1995.
The Public Programs office focused on creating engagement and fundraising opportunities through programs open to both the public and members of the Corcoran. Programs included lectures, concerts, and plays, often drawn from the local D.C. community.
In September 1994, the department began publishing a booklet called Night & Day at the Corcoran that contained a calendar of events and descriptions of programs coming to the Corcoran. In 1995, it expanded to a full bi-monthly magazine called just Night & Day, which combined information from the Corcoran Calendar publication and program descriptions from Night & Day at the Corcoran.
Night & Day greatly increased exposure for the Corcoran, and helped raise membership numbers at a time when the Corcoran was beginning to regain its footing after a period of financial turmoil.
The Public Programs office continued to provide public programing to visitors to the Corcoran until the dissolution of the Gallery in 2014.
Extent
99 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Public Programs office operated from its creation in 1994 to the dissolution of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in 2014. The Public Programs office was responsible for creating engagement and fundraising opportunities through programs open to the public and members of the Corcoran. The Public Programs office also published Night & Day, which contained a calendar of events and descriptions of upcoming programs. The records of the Public Program office include program files for specific events, press clippings, and publications and date from 1994-2011.
Arrangement
Organized into five series: Program files, financial records, and calendar productions; Events; Musical Event Series; Art sales and commissions; and Trips
Physical Location
Materials are stored off-site, and will require additional retrieval time. Please contact the Special Collections Research Center for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Corcoran Institution Board of Trustees donated these records to The George Washington University in 2016.
Processing Information
In 2016, Special Collections undertook a processing project to gather folder titles and date data for the boxes in this record group. The series were created using the description provided by the Corcoran Archivist that included a brief description for each box.
- Title
- Guide to the Corcoran Gallery of Art and Corcoran College of Art + Design, Corcoran Gallery of Art public programs records, circa 1995-2011
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University Repository
George Washington University Gelman Library
2130 H Street NW
Washington DC 20052 United States of America
speccoll@gwu.edu
