Survey: Actual Art Foundation

Posted August 05, 2010 by Anonymous

Organization:

Actual Art Foundation

Part 1.

Year Founded:

1982

1b. Primary activity[ies] of the organization.:

Educational- actual art

1c. Organization's annual budget.:

$0 - $50,000

1b. Primary activity[ies] of the organization.:

Exhibition Space

Multipurpose Space [Amalgam of Multiple Artistic Disciplines]

Performance Space

Other

Part 2.

2a. Mission Statement:

Actual Art Foundation represents an extraordinary group of artists who are revolutionizing the way we think about art. Actual Artists do not finish works of art; they only start them. The works leave the artists’ hands and go out into the world to be “finished” by weather, dust, oxidation, temperature, humidity, human and/or animal interaction or simply time, as the inner structure of the materials change or interact with each other. At some point, during that evolution, the materials become a work of art…on their own…without the artist’s intervention. This self-conscious enlistment of nature towards the completion of a work of art has a profoundly strong influence on the nature of art. Actual Art changes and evolves in positive ways never before considered by such a large group of artists. As quoted from the founder of the movement, Tery Fugate-Wilcox, when asked how long his work would last:"It lasts forever, as long as you understand it changes."

Website Link to Mission Statement:

www.actualartfoundation.blogspot.com

2b. Organization History / Organizational Overview. Index of important events in organization's history.:

ACTUAL ART FOUNDATION (a 501c-3 tax exempt organization), was founded in 1983 by VALERIE MONROE SHAKESPEARE and TERY FUGATE-WILCOX. Actual Art has always been the focus of the foundation, whose artists create natural art incorporating the effects of time. That is, they tend to use materials in their natural state, allowing the started works to be influenced, if not actually formed by the effects of the forces of nature on the materials of the art at some time in the future.Actual Actual Art Foundation is also raising funds to sponsor the San Andreas Fault Sculpture Project, a one-acre, 20-foot-thick, solid block of conrete spanning the San Andreas Fault near Palm Springs. As the fault continues to move, it will literally rip the gigantic block in two,creating 2 "golden rectangles" which will continue to move past each other, offering a positive, visual manifestation of the immense power of the Earth’s plate tectonics.

Website Link to Organization's History / Organization Overview:

www.actualartfoundation.blogspot.com

2c. Exhibition / Programming / Publishing History.:

Art Foundation has sponsored art projects throughout the New York City for many years, including numerous public forums and panel discussions and has mounted major exhibitions of Actual Art in Princeton & Newark, NJ; Hartford & New Fairfield, CT; Regensburg Germany; and the New York City Museum, as well as many gallery exhibitions.

Website Link to Exhibition / Programming / Publishing History:

www.actualartfoundation.blogspot.com

Part 3.

3a. Names and email addresses of Founders, Board Members, Directors or other key individuals::

Valerie Monroe Shakespeare, president fvlcrvm@aol.com

Additional Names and email addresses of Founders, Board Members, Directors or other key individuals:

Tery Fugate-Wilcox, secretary fvlcrvm@aol.com

Additional Names and email addresses of Founders, Board Members, Directors or other key individuals:

Talbott Manolis, Treasurer fvlcrvm@aol.com

3b. Could any of these individuals assist in providing an oral history of your organization?:

Yes

Part 4.

4a. Is organization currently active?:

Yes

4b. Year activity suspended if no longer active.:

Organization Still Active

Part 5.

5a. Type of organization at its founding.:

Non-Profit [IRS certified]

5b. Type of organization currently, or at the termination of activities.:

Non-Profit [IRS certified]

Part 6.

6a. Does the organization have an archive?:

Yes

6b. Are there any short or long-term threats to the organization?:

None / Not Applicable

6c. Other threats to the organization::

Part 7.

7a. How important is to the organization to preserve the organization’s historical material. From 1 – Very Important to 5 – Not Important.:

1. Very Important

7b. Has planning for the preservation and documentation of archive begun?:

Our archive is already in place

7c. Does the organization know how and where to seek expertise and assistance?:

7d. Does the organization have specific concerns regarding starting an archive working with its historic materials?:

Technical Support / Expertise

Part 8.

8a. Is the organization's archives in the collection of another institution or promised to one?:

8a. Location:

IF YES to 8: University (Name)

8b. Archival materials are also located at::

Yes

Where are these locations?:

In Storage Facility

Part 9.

9. Does the organization maintain archives for any other organization.:

Yes

survey_field_49:

FVLCRVM Gallery and Jean Freeman Gallery, an artist-created conceptual gallery of conceptual art by conceptual (non-existing) artists, (completed in 1970)

Part 10a.

10a. Is the archive accessible to scholars, curators or researchers?:

Part 10d.

10d. Would you allow access in the future?:

Yes

Part 10e.

10e. Under what circumstances would access to archives be allowed.:

When we have a viable venue in which to make the material available.

Part 11.

The following questions address the historical materials (type, quantity and storage) of the organization. 11a. Paper Files and Documents:

Artist Files

Correspondence

Board Minutes

Exhibition or Production Files

Financial Records

Legal Documents

By-laws / Incorporation Documents

Other Paper Files

11b. Artwork and Documentation:

Audiotapes [Any Format]

Oral History, Recordings and / or Transcripts

Other Audio Recordings (i.e. records, etc.)

CDs / DVDs [Pre-Recorded or CD-R / CD-RW / DVD-R / etc.]

Other Digital Materials

Films

Slides

Photographs

Prints / Lithographs / Etchings / Screenprints / etc.

Videotapes

Unique Art Objects

Other Artwork. Please describe below.

Other::

all materials required to run a gallery, real & unreal.

11c. Press and Promotional Materials:

Announcements, Mailing Cards, etc.

Newspaper / Magazine / Media Clippings

Posters / Flyers

Other Press or Promotional Materials - Please describe below.

Other::

videotapes,limited edition artworks as invitations/awards, etc.

11d. Printed Publications:

Artists' Publications

Brochures

Commercially Published Materials

Checklists / Performance Programs / Price Lists

Programs of Events

Publication or Merchandise Catalogues

Other Printed Publications - Please describe below.

Other::

Newsletters

11e. Other:

Architectural Drawings / Floor Plan

Costumes

Layouts / Sketches / Instructions for Installations

Layouts / Sketches / Instructions for Performances

Mock-Ups / Models / Prototypes

Props for Performances

Other::

Other

Part 12.

12. What years does the materials cover?:

1960-1969

1970-1979

1980-1989

1990-1999

2000-2005

Part 13.

13a. How is the material stored?:

Other Boxes

File Cabinets

Flat Files

Three-Ring Binders

13b. Are some or all of these storage units “archival”?:

I don’t know

Part 14.

14a. Estimated Number of Boxes or Milk-Crate Sized Storage Units:

91 - 1000

14b. Estimated Number of Archive Drawers:

41 - 50

14c. Estimated Number of Archive Notebooks:

91 - 100

14d. Estimated the total Linear Feet. ["Linear Feet" is standard measure of the quantity of archival materials on the basis of shelf space occupied or the length of drawers in vertical files or the thickness of horizontally filed materials. For example, a:

----

or:

I can’t access the material to determine this

Part 15.

15. Is the historical materials - or archives - inventoried or catalogued in any way, either formally or otherwise?:

Yes

Part 16.

16a. Is there a key, index or finding aid to the materials inventoried?:

16b. Paper-based::

Written or Typewritten Inventories

Other Paper-Based Cataloguing Records

16c. Electronic Based::

Database

Word Processing Document [i.e. Word]

Part 16 / Electronic Files & Archival Management

16f. Does the organization have a back-up program, or back-up schedule, for its electronic records and perform monitoring of its removable media (i.e. floppies, ZIP disks, CD-ROMs, DVDs, portable hard drives, etc.)?:

Yes

16g. Who is responsible for working with the archival material?:

Interns

Part 16 / Database

Other:

just Word documents & some Excell spreadsheets

Part 17.

17. How are new materials processed?:

Manual System (Card File, File Folders)

Part 18.

18. What, if any, conservation methods are in place for both physical materials and electronic data?:

None or Limited

Part 19.

19. What type of climate-controls are present in the area[s] in which the archives are stored?:

No or minimal climate controls [i.e. in an attic, basement, unheated / uncooled storage area, etc.]

Part 20.

20a. What are the goals for the historical materials for the next year?:

organize archives

20b. What are the biggest challenges to reaching these short-term goals?:

Time

20c. What goals are in place for the historical materials for the next three to five years?:

Same as 20A

20d. What are the biggest challenges to reaching these long term goals?:

Same as 20B

20e. Are there any additional goals for the organizations historic materials?:

Doubtful

Part 21.

21. Estimated cost to achieve these archival goals for the next year.:

$5,001 - $7,500

Part 22.

22. Estimated cost to achieve these archival goals for the next five years.:

$5,001 - $7,500

Part 23.

23d. Other - Please describe below.:

creating venue for access to archives

Part 24.

24. What archival issues could / should visual arts organizations address collectively in the next three to five years? Ranked from 1 (highest priority) to 5 (lowest priority).24a. Shared standards / protocols for digitization:

Promote professional standards / protocols for digitization

Part 25.

25a. Is the organization a member of, or in contact with, any organizations concerned with archival issues?:

Part 26.

26. Additional information, comments, observations, and questions.:

Your interest is appreciated. We believe the history is important.

Finish

survey_field_150:

Actual Art Foundation

Who executed this survey.:

Valerie Shakespeare, president AAF

Is this survey complete and all appropriate questions answered?:

Yes