Overview
Texas Commission on the Arts.
Texas Arts Exchange.
Records
1977-1985
The records from the
Texas Arts Exchange (TAEX) include meeting files, commissioners' files,
photographs, and research files. Records date from 1977 to 1985. Overall, these
records document the promotion and exchange of the arts through the activities
of the Texas Arts Exchange, a program established by the Texas Commission on
the Arts.
3 cubic ft.
English.
Restrictions on Access
None.
Restrictions on Use
Researchers are required to wear gloves provided by the Archives
when reviewing photographic materials.
Preferred Citation
(Identify the item), Records, Texas Arts Exchange, Texas Commission
on the Arts. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library
and Archives Commission.
Agency History
The Texas Arts Exchange (TAEX) was established by the Texas Commission
on the Arts in cooperation with the Mid-America Arts Alliance and the Western
States Arts Foundation in September 1981. It was begun as a three-year
experiment to bring Texas into the national network of regional arts
organizations. The Texas Commission on the Arts uses the Texas Arts Exchange to
meet with its peers from other states, to exchange information, and to increase
its understanding of other state arts agencies' operations and concerns.
Another purpose of the Texas Arts Exchange is to assist arts companies and
artists from the states represented by the regional organizations to
successfully tour each other's respective state or region. This may include
financial assistance for certain touring groups selected by the Texas Arts
Exchange to receive support funds. To increase communication and coordination,
the Texas Arts Exchange has also presented touring arts workshops and booking
conferences, compiled a directory of Texas presenters, and developed a touring
art exhibition program.
Scope and Contents of the Records
The records from the Texas Arts Exchange (TAEX) include meeting files,
commissioners' files, photographs, and research files. Types of records in the
meeting files include minutes, correspondence, agenda, hand-written notes,
reports, and drafts of letters and minutes. Commissioners' files include
correspondence, vita, and travel vouchers from commissioners on the Texas
Commission on the Arts. Photographs include prints and negatives of artists and
artwork compiled by TAEX for touring brochures. Research files are publicity
materials gathered by TAEX and related to the promotion of the arts and art
activities in cities across Texas and in other states. Research records include
press releases, art school catalogs, exhibition brochures, performance
programs, newsletters, and bulletins. Records date from 1977 to 1985. Overall,
these records document the promotion and exchange of the arts through the
activities of the Texas Arts Exchange.
To prepare this inventory, the described materials were cursorily
reviewed to delineate series, to confirm the accuracy of contents lists, to
provide an estimate of dates covered, and to determine record types.
Arrangement of the Records
The records are arranged in the following order: meeting files,
commissioners' files, photographs, and research files.
Index Terms
The terms listed here were used to catalog the
records. The terms can be used to find similar or related records.
Corporate Names:
Texas Commission on the
Arts. Texas Arts Exchange.
Subjects:
Art and state--Texas.
Art commissions--Texas.
Document Types:
Minutes--Texas--Art--1977-1985.
Correspondence--Texas--Art--1977-1985.
Reports--Texas--Art--1977-1985.
Resumes--Texas--Art--1977-1985.
Photographs--Texas--Art--1977-1985.
Negatives--Texas--Art--1977-1985.
Press
releases--Texas--Art--1977-1985.
Catalogs--Texas--Art--1977-1985.
Brochures--Texas--Art--1977-1985.
Functions:
Promoting art.
Related Material
The following materials are offered as
possible sources of further information on the agencies and subjects covered by
the records. The listing is not exhaustive.
Texas State
Archives
Texas Commission on the Arts, Committees minutes,
1978-2001.
Texas Commission on the Arts, Minutes, 1979-2002, 0.88 cubic
ft.
Texas Commission on the Arts, Office of the Commissioner,
Records, 1969-1987, 3 cubic ft.
Texas Commission on the Arts, Records, 1931-1984 (bulk
1973-1984), 12.41 cubic ft.
Texas Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Minutes,
1971-1979, 0.3 cubic ft.
Texas Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Records,
1966-1977, 6.24 cubic ft.
Texas Commission on the Arts, Records, 1977-1982, 1.71 cubic
ft.
Texas Fine Arts Commission, Minutes, 1966-1971, 0.24 cubic
ft.
Processing Information
Paul Beck, August 1993
Accession Information
Accession number: 1993/215
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Texas Commission on the Arts on August 2, 1993.
Detailed Description of the Records
Records,
1977-1985,
3 cubic ft.
Meeting files
1993/215-1
Texas Regional Exchange Office Board/Texas Arts
Exchange Board, Official Minutes,
April 1982- November 1984
1993/215-1
Texas Arts Exchange, Draft Minutes and Meeting Files,
1982 - 1985
1993/215-1
Correspondence, TAEX Board,
1983-1985
Commissioners'
files
1993/215-2
Bishop College Exhibit,
1978-1984
1993/215-2
Commissioners Activity Fund,
1980
1993/215-2
Commissioners Orientation and Study Session,
1980
1993/215-2
Commissioner's Files,
1978
1993/215-2
Texas Art Census and Mailing List,
1982
Photographs
1993/215-2
AIS [Artists in Sponsorship] Pix,
1977-1978
1993/215-2
Dance
1993/215-2
Museum
1993/215-2
Music
1993/215-2
Theatre
1993/215-2
Visual Arts
1993/215-2
Maurice Coats, Photographs [Executive Director, Texas
Fine Arts Commission]
1993/215-2
Negatives and Photos, Meetings, Miscellaneous,
1980
1993/215-2
Commission Shots,
1981
Research files
1993/215-3
The Arts in Texas,
1980-1981
1993/215-3
Touring Brochures,
1983-1984
1993/215-3
Touring photos,
1981-1982
1993/215-3
Texas Cities, A - W
1993/215-3
Southeastern States
1993/215-3
Southwestern States
1993/215-3
Other States, A - W