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AH'-WAH-NEE Exhibition Records (UA-00141)

Abstract

The AH'-WAH-NEE Exhibition Records (2020-2021) contain materials related to the AH'-WAH-NEE Exhibit which was the first exhibit at the UNLV Donna Beam Gallery featuring local and regional Native American women artists. UNLV resides on the traditional homelands of the Nuwuvi, Southern Paiute People. The exhibit was curated by MFA Art student Fawn Douglas (2021), and ran November 1-December 10, 2021. The records contain exhibit planning documents, correspondence, publicity, loan agreements, and photographs of objects and installation views for exhibit catalogs. Also included are photographs and videos taken during the symposium events at the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art Auditorium and the Paul Harris Theatre and the exhibit's closing event held at the Donna Beam Gallery. AH'-WAH-NEE is Paiute for 'balance'.

Finding Aid PDF

Date

2020 to 2021

Extent

0.89 Cubic Feet (2 folders, 1 flat file (2 shared boxes))
1.08 Linear Feet
956 digital_files (19.285 GB) PDF/A, JPG, MP4

Related People/Corporations

Creator: Douglas, Fawn

Scope and Contents Note

The AH'-WAH-NEE Exhibition Records (2020-2021) contain materials related to the AH'-WAH-NEE Exhibit which was the first exhibit at the UNLV Donna Beam Gallery featuring local and regional Native American women artists. UNLV resides on the traditional homelands of the Nuwuvi, Southern Paiute People. The exhibit was curated by MFA Art student Fawn Douglas (2021), and ran November 1-December 10, 2021. The records contain exhibit planning documents, correspondence, publicity, loan agreements, and photographs of objects and installation views for exhibit catalogs. Also included are photographs and videos taken during the symposium events at the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art Auditorium and the Paul Harris Theatre and the exhibit's closing event held at the Donna Beam Gallery. AH'-WAH-NEE is Paiute for 'balance'.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.

Arrangement

Materials remain as they were received.

Preferred Citation

AH'-WAH-NEE Exhibition Records, 2020-2021. UA-00141. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f1wv2j

Acquisition Note

Materials were transferred from UNLV Department of Art via Wendy Kveck and Erika Abad in 2022; accession numbers 2022-111 and 2022-112.

Processing Note

In 2022, Tammi Kim accessioned the born-digital files. In 2023, Sarah Jones arranged and described the physical collection materials, entered the data into ArchivesSpace, and wrote the front matter description. In 2023, Sarah Jones created access copies of digital files, converting TIF to JPG; DOC to PDF/A; and MOV to MP4 file formats.

Resource Type

Records

Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NVLN::UA00141

Finding Aid Description Rules

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