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Detail of color screenshot of Judith Bernstein in front of one of her paintings wearing a black blouse and light-colored, chunky necklace holding her hand up in a fist as if making a point in conversation.

New Collections: Oral History

Composite image of four archival items: a photograph of a woman with her arms and legs crossed over each other, a red document with black text, a document with mineral samples and handwritten notations in ink, and an image of foil rubbings of a carpet.

How Playing With Failure Led Students to Archival Exploration

Emilio Sanchez with children in Puerto Rico, 1964. Emilio Sanchez papers, 1922-2012. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

How Painter Emilio Sanchez Used Travel Snapshots As Aesthetic Experimentation

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

Acquisitions: George Tooker Papers

Photograph of Charles Caryl Coleman's

Charles Caryl Coleman Rediscovered

Notes on an unpublished article on black women artists for Essence (detail), circa 1980. Judith Wilson papers, 1966-2010. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

The Black Art Historian and the Visual Legacy of Revlon’s “Polished Ambers”

Portrait of Henry Ossawa Tanner with a palette, circa 1935 / unidentified photographer. Henry Ossawa Tanner papers, 1860s-1978, bulk 1890-1937. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

How a Photograph Solved an Art Mystery

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

Acquisitions: Juan Sánchez Papers

Gene Davis' studio, summer 1971, detail from contact sheet with images of Andrew Hudson, Bill Christenberry, and Gene Davis, 1979 / Mary Swift, photographer. Mary Swift papers, circa 1970-2005. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Acquisitions: Mary Swift Papers

Exhibition announcement for The Chicano Codices, 1993. Kathy Vargas papers, 1980-2015. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Exhibition catalog for (en)Gendered Visions: Race, Gender and Sexuality in Asian American Art, 1992. Kathy Vargas papers, 1980-2015. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Naming Ourselves: Asian American and Latina/o Arts Meet in the Kathy Vargas Papers

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