%eadnotat; ]> 4109FQA Finding aid for Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts Records, 1993-2012 Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staff Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 2007 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by FHL Staff, 2007 ENG Finding aid for Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts Records, 1993-2012 FHL staff Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 2007 Descriptive Summary Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts Records 1993-1998 RG4/109 Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts 2 boxes ; .75 linear ft Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081-1399 U.S.A.

For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. The Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts was founded in 1993 "to nurture and showcase the literary, visual, musical and performing arts within the Society of Friends, for the purpose of Quaker expression, ministry, witness and outreach," according to the group's mission statement. The collection contains the records of the Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts from its founding in 1993 until 1998, including administrative documents, newsletters, and member information.

Repository:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081-1399

Phone: (610) 328-8496 FAX: (610) 690-5728

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE

In 1993, an Ad Hoc Committee for Quaker Arts presented a proposal to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting concerning Ministries of Celebration: A Fellowship of Quaker Artists. The clerk of the Committee was Minnie Jane Ham, an artist from Trenton Monthly Meeting. Her idea was to create a group of artists and supporters of the arts in Quaker communities to promote spiritual growth and understanding. The Fellowship of Quaker Artists was modeled after London Yearly Meeting's Quaker Fellowship of the Arts and worked to counter the long-standing idea in Quaker communities that the arts were detrimental to the practice of Quakerism. In 1997, the group changed its name to the Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts to include those who were supportive and interested but not themselves artists. The Fellowship organized exhibitions of Quaker art, supported independent exhibitions by Quakers, published a newsletter, and maintained a directory of Quakers artists across the country.

SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS

This collection contains records of the Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts from its founding in 1993 through 1998. Included are administrative minutes, letters, and memos, newsletters and correspondence received from various artists and others. In addition, it includes information about individual artists and their work (including some pictures, postcards, and newspaper clippings). There are also extensive lists of members in the FQA directory, along with drafts of the directory and response slips from members requesting spots in the directory.

The collection is organized in four series: Administrative papers, Newsletters and correspondence, Information on artists and shows, and Directory and membership.

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

Donor: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting

Date: 2002

Access

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf Friends Historical Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

Preferred Citation

[Indicate the cited item or series here], Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts Records, RG4/109, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Processing information

Received with other Philadelphia Yearly Meeting papers. Records received in a single carton. Order maintained, described and rehoused. Scattered issues of newsletter Types and Shadows (#s 1, 3, 4, 5, 6. and 8) transferred to FHL Serials holdings. Publications concerning James Turrell transferred to FHL book collection,

Separated Material

Types and Shadows, Newsletters, scattered issues, 1996-1997, removed to FHL Serials

James Turrell: Light and Space, James Turrell et. Al, 1980 Whitney Museum of American Art, printed by Village Craftsmen, Rosemont, NJ

James Turrell, ARC Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1983 [in French]

Roden Crater (Plateau Magazine of the Museum of Northern Arizona), Dorothy A. House, 1988

James Turrell: Un Peu Plus Prés Du Ciel, Pierre Restany, Galerie Froment & Putman, 1989 [in French]

James Turrell: Change of State, Esther Friedman, Oliver Wick, & Iréne Preiswerk Turske, translated by Hilary Heltay, F. GG Frankfurt, 1991 [in German and English]

Long Green, James Turrell, Jost Krippendorf, Oliver Wick, Turske & Turske, Zurich 1990

James Turrell: Alien Exam, St. Elmo's Breath, Behind my Eyes, The Wait, Musée d'Art Contemporain Lyon, 1992 [in French]

James Turrell, Air Mass, James Turrell and Mark Holborn, The South Bank Centre, 1993

James Turrell, ed. By Jiri Svetska with Alison Sarah Jacques and Julia Brown, translated by Angela Ballesteros Cyan, Dr. Cantz'sche Drückerei, Ostfildern-Ruit bei Stuttgart [in English and Spanish]

SELECTED SEARCH TERMS DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings:

Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts Society of Friends - Art Quaker artists Arts and religion -- Society of Friends Turrell, James DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the location and box numbers shown below:

Series 1 Administrative Papers Administrative Records 1 1993-1998 1 folder 1 Administrative Records 2 1993-1998 1 folder 1 Series 2 Correspondence Correspondence 1993-1998 1 folder 1 Series 3 Information on artists and shows Information on artists and shows 1 1993-1998 1 folder 1 Information on artists and shows 2 1993-1998 1 folder 1 Series 4 Directory and Membership Directory & Membership Lists/Drafts 1994-1998 1 folder 2 Directory & Membership Information 1 1994-1998 1 folder 2 Directory & Membership Information 2 1994-1998, 2012 1 folder 2