Institute for Dance and Experimental Art Records, 1956-1994

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Summary

Creators:
Institute for Dance and Experimental Art (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Abstract:
The records, including tapes of performances, of the Institute for Dance and Experimental Art (I.D.E.A.).
Extent:
30 boxes (15.0 linear ft.) 1 flat box
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Institute for Dance and Experimental Art Records (Collection 1753). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Background

Scope and content:

The material documents the activities of The Institute for Dance and Experimental Art (I.D.E.A.) and its founder, Claudia Chapline. It consists of a variety of documents and audiovisual material, including tapes of performances.

Biographical / historical:

Claudia Chapline is a multimedia artist and arts presenter: painter, poet, art journalist, former college professor, choreographer, founder and director of galleries for new art in Santa Monica and Sacramento, consultant and mentor. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude with Special Honors in Art from Corcoran School of Art and The George Washington University, she earned an M.A. in dance therapy at Washington University. During most of her long career she has worked on the leading edge of art as healing, performance art, fiber sculpture, assemblage, and installation. Her art has been exhibited in hundreds of museum and gallery exhibitions throughout the U.S.A., in Canada, Europe, Latin America and Japan, Korea and Australia. She taught at Washington University, University of Missouri and was a professor at California State University, Northridge and UCLA. As Manager of the Art in Public Buildings Program for the California Arts Council she coordinated numerous public art projects for State facilities, developed public art plans and consulted with California cities and counties. She has served on many boards, providing leadership to community arts organizations. Ms. Chapline is the founder/director of The Institute for Dance and Experimental Art (I.D.E.A.), established in Santa Monica, California in 1974.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Claudia Chapline, 1997.
Processing information:

This material was processed by Nina Meechoonuk in the Center for Primary Research and Training in 2007.

Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Administrative, 1973-1987
  2. Art organizations, 1972-1981
  3. Artist files, 1957-1985 (bulk 1973-1981)
  4. Audiovisual materials, 1956-1986 (bulk 1975-1982)
  5. Claudia Chapline, 1961-1986
  6. Ephemera, 1966-1986
  7. Performances, 1973-1980.

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Institute for Dance and Experimental Art Records (Collection 1753). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
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