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Murray Favro fonds

  • LA.SC158
  • Fonds
  • [195-]-[200-]

Fonds consists of the personal and professional records of Murray Favro, documenting his life and activities as a multimedia artist and musician, as well as his personal interests and pursuits. It includes such textual records as notebooks, correspondence, contracts, grant applications, newspaper clippings, meeting notes, invitations, and records from Favro’s involvement with the 2020 Gallery and Forest City Gallery. Also included are records relating to exhibitions of Favro’s work, including two major retrospectives in 1983 and 1998. Throughout the fonds there are extensive notes and writings by Favro including installation instructions, project notes and ideas, drafts of documents and correspondence, and journal writings recording the artist’s thoughts on a wide range of topics. There are also textual records that were likely used for research and reference in Favro’s work, such as articles, photocopied pages from textbooks, catalogues, and other printed materials, often relating to technology and technical equipment such as projectors, computers, film and photography. Visual materials in the fonds include a watercolour painting, posters, photographs, drawings, and rough sketches and diagrams. Personal records include materials such as membership cards, schedules, and records from Favro’s interests and activities, such as flying lessons and motorcycles. Materials capturing his activities as a musician with the Nihilist Spasm Band include promotional posters and flyers, itineraries, set lists, expense lists for tours and performances, and other textual records. The fonds also includes one optical disc with samples from Favro’s digital projects.

The fonds has been arranged into a single series comprised of 64 files. The materials within each file may span a range of years and reflect a variety of activities. Details about the contents of each file can be found in the scope and content notes.

Favro, Murray

Jack Pollock fonds

  • LA.SC165
  • Fonds
  • 1920-[199-]

Fonds consists of the personal records of Jack Pollock, including his writings (unpublished and manuscript); selected correspondence, experimental works on paper, publicity material such as press clippings, photographs of the artist and his associates, and related personal documents.

Pollock, Jack

Photo Eclipse fonds

  • LA.SC166
  • Fonds
  • 1984-2020

Fonds consists of the administrative records of Photo Eclipse, including its founding and operation of The Photo Passage gallery at Harbourfront. Fonds also includes photographic documentation of several exhibitions held at The Photo Passage, and records of advocacy efforts related to public support for photography in Canada in which Pamela Harris was involved.

Photo Eclipse (group of artists)

Leslie Mezei fonds

  • LA.SC169
  • Fonds
  • 1962-2022

Fonds consists of a set of published writings on Leslie Mezei's work in computer art; the typescript and accompanying photographic illustrations of his book Computer Art: An International Portfolio; and digitized images and films that document his practice.

Mezei, Leslie

Tanya Mars fonds

  • LA.SC170
  • Fonds
  • 1973-2018

Fonds consists of documentation of Tanya Mars' career as a performance artist and video artist, including photographic, video, and audio documentation of her live performances; raw footage used in the filming of her video artworks; slides, video projections, and soundtracks used as live elements during her performances; and textual records documenting her creative process. Fonds also consists of professional records documenting her involvement with Powerhouse Gallery, ANNPAC, 7A*11d, and Parallelogramme magazine in addition to her role as a professor at the University of Toronto and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.

Mars, Tanya

Elizabeth Chitty fonds

  • LA.SC171
  • Fonds
  • 1975-2021

Fonds consists of documentation of Chitty's creative process as an interdisciplinary artist, including plans, notes, technical drawings of set designs, posters, promotional material, press, photographs, scripts, correspondence, grant materials, slides used during performances, and photographs of live performances and installations. Fonds also consists of professional records documenting Chitty's role as an arts administrator and curator with Cultural Desire Projects, Western Front, the Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists, the St. Catharines and Area Arts Council, and ANNPAC; speaking notes pertaining to artist talks and conference presentations; as well as drafts and manuscripts pertaining to her editorial and writing work.

Chitty, Elizabeth

Beth Southcott fonds

  • LA.SC172
  • Fonds
  • 1977-1989

Fonds consists of research materials generated in preparation for Southcott's book The Sound of the Drum: The Sacred Art of the Anishnabec (Erin, Ontario: Boston Mills Press, 1984). The following artists are documented in the fonds: Allen Angeconeb, Del Ashkewe, Carl Beam, Leland Bell, Benjamin Chee Chee, Shirley D. Cheechoo, Blake Debassige, Noel Ducharme , Don Ense, Rhonda Franks, Ril Gaiashk, Tom Hill, Robert Houle, Alex Janvier, Francis Kagige, Goyce Kakegamic, Morley Kakepetum, Eleanor Kanasawe, Josh Kakegamic, Norman Knott, John Laford, Mel Madahbee, Norval Morrisseau, Hugh Mckenzie, Johnson Meekis, Daphne Odjig, Martin Panamick, Carl Ray, Tim Restoule, Michael Robinson, Allen Sapp, James Simon, Arthur Shilling, Roy Thomas, Randy Trudeau, and Saul Williams.

Southcott, Beth

Baldwin Street Gallery fonds

  • LA.SC174
  • Fonds
  • 1968-2018

Fonds consists of material documenting the administrative and exhibition functions of Baldwin Street Gallery, including correspondence, the records of gallery director Laura Jones, grant applications, research files, press, and the gallery's published material such as newsletters, exhibition invitations, posters, and programmes.

Baldwin Street Gallery

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