Archives, Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Finding Aid - IMA Contemporary Art Society Records, 1962-2008, undated (AFF003)
Generated by Archives, Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields on April 18, 2024
Language of description: English

Table of contents
Summary information  	  # 
Administrative history / Biographical sketch  	  # 
Scope and content  	  # 
Notes  	  # 
Access points  	  # 
Collection holdings  	  # 

Summary information
Repository:	Archives, Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields	
Title:	IMA Contemporary Art Society Records, 1962-2008, undated	
Reference code:	AFF003	
Date:	1962-2008, undated (creation)	
Physical description:	3.16 linear feet (2 document boxes, five photo folders, 13 binders)	
Language:	English	
Administrative history / Biographical sketch
Note
Since 1962, The Contemporary Art Society (CAS) of the Indianapolis Museum of Art has promoted the understanding, appreciation, and collection of contemporary art. Through a dynamic series of social and educational events, CAS members enjoy privileged access to curators, artists, private collections, and travel. CAS members significantly impact the collection of contemporary art at the IMA by contributing to acquisitions and participating in voting to bring selected works into the collection. CAS regularly hosts lectures featuring nationally and internationally renowned artists. Past artists include: Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Dawoud Bey, Alfredo Jaar, Orly Genger, Josephine Meckseper, Tara Donovan, Erwin Wurm, Michelle Grabner, Richard Wentworth and Jacco Olivier. Through their generous support, CAS members helped build the Museum’s contemporary art collection.
Scope and content
The Contemporary Art Society (CAS) records document the group ’s efforts to bring greater awareness and interest to contemporary art since the group’s founding in 1962. CAS members were often invited to travel to art museums and galleries across the U.S. and abroad. Member funds were used to procure contemporary art acquisitions. CAS frequently hosts lecturers, artists, and other speakers, as well as arranging local visits to art museums and artist studios.
Due to the small amount of material in this collection it has not been divided into series. Due to privacy concerns, half of the collection is restricted to access by IMA staff and members of the Contemporary Art Society at the discretion of the archivist. The detailed box inventory below indicates which materials are open and which are closed. Instead, like materials were grouped together and then arranged chronologically. In Box 1 you will find materials related to ephemera, trips, lecture invites and reminders, affiliate orientation manual, and membership materials. Housed in the second box are member lists, directories, dues statements, acquisitions voting, and Resource Committee agendas. You will also find the information, evaluations, or materials CAS created with the help of Trustee Leadership Development in 1999. During that time, CAS re-evaluated their mission statement, mailed out member surveys, and held meetings to decide what they wanted for their organization’s future.
This collection includes thirteen binders. The first twelve are the binders of past presidents of CAS and are arranged chronologically by president. Binder 13 includes material related to membership. The binders contain a variety of minutes, correspondence, notes, study group plans, speaker invites, schedule of events, financial records, etc. Also included may be trip planning notes, member lists, or news clippings.
Notes
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by like material and organized chronologically.
Restrictions on access
The first part of this collection is open for research. The second part is open to IMA staff and members of the Contemporary Art Society, and will be made available to non-IMA staff or CAS researchers at the discretion of the archivist.
Note [Sources]
* Material in the collection.
* Indianapolis Museum of Art,
Other notes
Publication status: Published
Access points
Ali, Laylah, 1968- (subject)
Devlin, Lucinda (subject)
Rosen, Kay (subject)
annual reports (documentary form)
clippings (information artifacts) (documentary form)
correspondence (documentary form)
financial records (documentary form)
invitations (documentary form)
minutes (documentary form)
notes (documentary form)
photographs (documentary form)
printed ephemera (documentary form)
reports (documentary form)
yearbooks (documentary form)
Art appreciation (subject)
Art museums (subject)
fund raising (subject)
Collection holdings
File: AFF003-B1F1 - Ephemera
Title: Ephemera
Reference code: AFF003-B1F1
Date: undated (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B1F2 - Member application
Title: Member application
Reference code: AFF003-B1F2
Date: undated (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B1F3 - Stationary samples
Title: Stationary samples
Reference code: AFF003-B1F3
Date: undated (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B1F4 - Gallery Guides
Title: Gallery Guides
Reference code: AFF003-B1F4
Date: [1985-1989] (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B1F5 - Los Angeles trip
Title: Los Angeles trip
Reference code: AFF003-B1F5
Date: 1987 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B1F6 - Dinner and meeting reminders
Title: Dinner and meeting reminders
Reference code: AFF003-B1F6
Date: 1989-1993 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B1F7 - Art 1995 Chicago at Navy Pier correspondence
Title: Art 1995 Chicago at Navy Pier correspondence
Reference code: AFF003-B1F7
Date: 1994 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B1F8 - Museums and contemporary art in Hawaii trip
Title: Museums and contemporary art in Hawaii trip
Reference code: AFF003-B1F8
Date: 1994 January 1 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B1F9 - Dinner and gallery talk
Title: Dinner and gallery talk
Reference code: AFF003-B1F9
Date: 1994 February 28 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B1F10 - Robert Berkshire studio visit and discussion
Title: Robert Berkshire studio visit and discussion
Reference code: AFF003-B1F10
Date: 1994 November 7 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B1F11 - Trip to San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Title: Trip to San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Reference code: AFF003-B1F11
Date: 1995 February 22-1995 February 26 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B1F12 - James Crawford studio visit
Title: James Crawford studio visit
Reference code: AFF003-B1F12
Date: 1998 September 14 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B1F13 - Francesco Clemente: Indian Watercolors
Title: Francesco Clemente: Indian Watercolors
Reference code: AFF003-B1F13
Date: 1998 October 1 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B1F14 - Spain trip correspondence
Title: Spain trip correspondence
Reference code: AFF003-B1F14
Date: 1999 February 21-1999 February 28 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B1F15 - Frank Springer first CAS President by Dee Garrett interview cassette
Title: Frank Springer first CAS President by Dee Garrett interview cassette
Reference code: AFF003-B1F15
Date: 1999 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B1F16 - Sculpture gala
Title: Sculpture gala
Reference code: AFF003-B1F16
Date: 2000 October 14 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B1F17 - “A few words about a few words” lecture by Kay Rosen
Title: “A few words about a few words” lecture by Kay Rosen
Reference code: AFF003-B1F17
Date: circa 2000s (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B1F18 - London and Scotland trip
Title: London and Scotland trip
Reference code: AFF003-B1F18
Date: 2001 April 28-2001 May 4 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B1F19 - 40th anniversary celebration
Title: 40th anniversary celebration
Reference code: AFF003-B1F19
Date: 2002 February 16 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B1F20 - Lucinda Devlin lecture
Title: Lucinda Devlin lecture
Reference code: AFF003-B1F20
Date: 2002 July 20 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B1F21 - Julie Roberts lecture
Title: Julie Roberts lecture
Reference code: AFF003-B1F21
Date: 2002 November 11 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B1F22 - Laylah Ali lecture
Title: Laylah Ali lecture
Reference code: AFF003-B1F22
Date: 2002 December 4 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B1F23 - Visit to artists studios
Title: Visit to artists studios
Reference code: AFF003-B1F23
Date: 2003 February 10 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B1F24 - Lee Marks lecture
Title: Lee Marks lecture
Reference code: AFF003-B1F24
Date: 2003 March 3 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B1F25 - A conversation with Herbert and Dorothy Vogel
Title: A conversation with Herbert and Dorothy Vogel
Reference code: AFF003-B1F25
Date: 2003 April 7 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B1F26 - A visit to the Ball State University College of Architecture and Planning’s Indianapolis Center
Title: A visit to the Ball State University College of Architecture and Planning’s Indianapolis Center
Reference code: AFF003-B1F26
Date: 2003 April 28 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B1F27 - Art study group, collection and studio visits
Title: Art study group, collection and studio visits
Reference code: AFF003-B1F27
Date: 2001-2008 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-Photo Folder 1 - Presidents
Title: Presidents
Reference code: AFF003-Photo Folder 1
Date: circa 1988 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-Photo Folder 2 - Counting ballots
Title: Counting ballots
Reference code: AFF003-Photo Folder 2
Date: 1993 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-Photo Folder 3 - San Francisco trip
Title: San Francisco trip
Reference code: AFF003-Photo Folder 3
Date: 1995 February 22-1995 February 26 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-Photo Folder 4 - Spain trip
Title: Spain trip
Reference code: AFF003-Photo Folder 4
Date: 1999 February 21-1999 February 28 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-Photo Folder 5 - Art study group
Title: Art study group
Reference code: AFF003-Photo Folder 5
Date: undated (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B1F28 - President binder loose materials
Title: President binder loose materials
Reference code: AFF003-B1F28
Date: 1992-1993 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B1F29 - President binder
Title: President binder
Reference code: AFF003-B1F29
Date: 2002-2003 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B1F30 - Affiliate president binder
Title: Affiliate president binder
Reference code: AFF003-B1F30
Date: 2005 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B1F31 - Affiliate/support groups orientation manual
Title: Affiliate/support groups orientation manual
Reference code: AFF003-B1F31
Date: 2003 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B2F1 - Rosie Sinnock orientation manual
Title: Rosie Sinnock orientation manual
Reference code: AFF003-B2F1
Date: 2003 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B2F2 - Membership binder loose material
Title: Membership binder loose material
Reference code: AFF003-B2F2
Date: 1962-2000, undated (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B2F3 - Membership binder
Title: Membership binder
Reference code: AFF003-B2F3
Date: 1988-1989 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B2F4 - Member lists
Title: Member lists
Reference code: AFF003-B2F4
Date: 1986-2000 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B2F5 - Member directory
Title: Member directory
Reference code: AFF003-B2F5
Date: 2002-2003 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B2F6 - Member directory
Title: Member directory
Reference code: AFF003-B2F6
Date: 2003-2004 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B2F7 - Member directory
Title: Member directory
Reference code: AFF003-B2F7
Date: 2005-2006 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B2F8 - Member directory
Title: Member directory
Reference code: AFF003-B2F8
Date: 2007-2008 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B2F9 - Dues statement/ member application
Title: Dues statement/ member application
Reference code: AFF003-B2F9
Date: 1993-1994 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B2F10 - Acquisition votes
Title: Acquisition votes
Reference code: AFF003-B2F10
Date: 1993 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B2F11 - Resource Committee meeting agenda
Title: Resource Committee meeting agenda
Reference code: AFF003-B2F11
Date: undated (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B2F12 - Trustee Leadership Development correspondence
Title: Trustee Leadership Development correspondence
Reference code: AFF003-B2F12
Date: 1999, undated (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B2F13 - Advance survey and responses
Title: Advance survey and responses
Reference code: AFF003-B2F13
Date: 1999 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B2F14 - Mission revisions
Title: Mission revisions
Reference code: AFF003-B2F14
Date: 1999 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B2F15 - History
Title: History
Reference code: AFF003-B2F15
Date: 1999, undated (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B2F16 - Member questionnaire
Title: Member questionnaire
Reference code: AFF003-B2F16
Date: 1999 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B2F17 - Assessment
Title: Assessment
Reference code: AFF003-B2F17
Date: 1999 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B2F18 - Advance participation and mailings
Title: Advance participation and mailings
Reference code: AFF003-B2F18
Date: 1999 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-B2F19 - Retreat planning
Title: Retreat planning
Reference code: AFF003-B2F19
Date: 1999 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-Binder 1 - President binder and by-laws
Title: President binder and by-laws
Reference code: AFF003-Binder 1
Date: 1982-1989, undated (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-Binder 2 - Kathy Simmons
Title: Kathy Simmons
Reference code: AFF003-Binder 2
Date: 1988-1989 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-Binder 3 - Stephen Dutton
Title: Stephen Dutton
Reference code: AFF003-Binder 3
Date: 1990 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-Binder 4 - Stephen Dutton
Title: Stephen Dutton
Reference code: AFF003-Binder 4
Date: 1991-1992 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-Binder 5 - Jo Jacobs
Title: Jo Jacobs
Reference code: AFF003-Binder 5
Date: 1992-1993 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-Binder 6 - Jan Rubin
Title: Jan Rubin
Reference code: AFF003-Binder 6
Date: 1994-1995 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-Binder 7 - Wayne Vincent
Title: Wayne Vincent
Reference code: AFF003-Binder 7
Date: 1996-1997 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-Binder 8 - Wayne Vincent
Title: Wayne Vincent
Reference code: AFF003-Binder 8
Date: 1997-1998 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-Binder 9 - Mary Jo Showley
Title: Mary Jo Showley
Reference code: AFF003-Binder 9
Date: 1998-1999 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-Binder 10 - Mary Jo Showley
Title: Mary Jo Showley
Reference code: AFF003-Binder 10
Date: 1999-2000 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-Binder 11 - Bernadine Speers
Title: Bernadine Speers
Reference code: AFF003-Binder 11
Date: 2000-2001 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-Binder 12 - Bernadine Speers
Title: Bernadine Speers
Reference code: AFF003-Binder 12
Date: 2001-2002 (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published
File: AFF003-Binder 13 - Membership
Title: Membership
Reference code: AFF003-Binder 13
Date: 1962-1999, undated (date of creation)
Publication status:
Published