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Josh T. Franco

Josh T. Franco is the national collector for the Archives of American Art.

Instagram: @jtobiasfranco

Stories from this author

Cartoon for mosaic sketched on brown paper in various shades of brown, blue, terracotta, pink, and white, with stones in corresponding colors glued to the paper.

New Collections: Marjorie Kreilick Papers

The papers of artist and educator Marjorie Kreilick highlight her contribution to mosaic and public art

Grayscale image of Emanuel Martínez in a dark colored shirt and apron and light coloroed pants pondering a wall mural with two large faces.

New Collections: Emanuel Martínez Papers

Josh T. Franco writes about the large addition to the Emanuel Martínez Papers, now in the collections of the Archives of American Art, illuminating Martínez'a work with incarcerated youth and involvement in the Chicano movement

Grayscale photograph of smiling woman dressed in a black top and pants with her right hand resting on her hip and her right hand next to her neck standing in front of an abstract painting on an easel.

New Collections: Nela Arias-Misson Papers

The papers of Cuban-born, modernist painter Nela Arias-Misson are now at the Archives of American Art

The Center for Idea Art. Flyer for Image Wars: an Exhibition of Oppositional Art, 15 May – 18 June 1984. Juan Sánchez papers, 1972-2010. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Conversations Across Collections: Considering Art and Activism with Juan Sánchez

Lorna Truck and Tim Benson. Photograph documenting burning of Robert Pincus-Witten's book Postminimalism (1977) at the request of artist Buster Cleveland as part of the 1979 Des Moines Festival of the Avant-Garde, circa 1979. Fred Truck papers, 1965-2019. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

New Collections: Fred Truck Papers

Audio cassettes of interviews with Jim Dine, Stephen Durkee, James Rosenquist, Andy Warhol, and Tom Wesselmann conducted by Gene Swenson, ca. 1963. Gene Swenson Papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Acquisitions: Gene Swenson Papers

Photograph of George Tooker, 198-? / unidentified photographer. George Tooker papers, circa 1851-2010. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Acquisitions: George Tooker Papers

Lee Hall, untitled watercolor, ca. 1980s (detail). Watercolor on paper, 6 ½ x 5 in. Lee Hall Papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Acquisitions: Lee Hall Papers

Mock Up for mural, 1994. Juan Sánchez papers, 1977-2005. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian

Acquisitions: Juan Sánchez Papers

Sketchbook with portrait of Walt Whitman, 1977. Naul Ojeda papers, 1964-2002. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Acquisitions: Naul Ojeda Papers