Forecast Public Art records Special Collections, Rare Books & Manuscripts Forecast Public Art works with municipalities, government agencies, and organizations to develop public art programs and assists artists with projects and acquiring grants. The collection contains consulting files, project files, audio-video of art installations and exhibits, exhibit catalogs, slides and photographs, clippings and publications. An NEA grant will support digitization of the entire back run of the organization’s semi-annual journal Public Art Review.
Lee Dunette papers Northwest Architectural Archives This collection contains architectural renderings along with correspondence and photographs by this awardwinning architect and University alumnus Lee Dunette. He began his professional career in the Minneapolis City Planning Department as an urban designer, then moved to a variety of architecture firms around the country and in 1989 formed his own firm. Dunette has worked with some of the most famous architects in the world, including Cesar Pelli, Hardy Holtzman Pfeiffer, and I. M. Pei, for whom he drew this famous rendering of the pyramid for the Louvre museum in Paris.
Jack Edwards papers Performing Arts Archives This collection contains costume designs, sketches, fabrics, photos, personal letters, and business materials from the career of designer Jack Edwards. His collection of gay magazines, books, and videos are collocated in the Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies. Edwards spent seventeen years working in New York City where he designed costumes for one Broadway show and numerous off-Broadway shows. He later spent a year in Hollywood where he designed for “The Carol Burnett Show” and “The Jim Nabors Show.” He also worked in retail and wholesale fashion design, and had his own company through which he designed for such opera stars as Shirley Verrett, Martina Arroyo, Mildred Miller, and Montserrat Cabelle. Edwards spent time teaching and designing at the University of Hawaii before moving to Minneapolis to create designs for the Children’s Theatre, the Minnesota Opera, the Minnesota Ballet, Minnesota Dance Theatre, and the Guthrie, where he is well known for his costumes on A Christmas Carol and On the Verge. Edwards has also designed for the Holidazzle parade in downtown Minneapolis and Dayton’s (currently Macy’s) Holiday and Flower shows.
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