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NAAO+ An Oral History of the National Association of Artists’ Organizations
by Charlotte Murphy
The National Association of Artists' Organizations (NAAO) was founded in 1982 and lasted nearly 20 years. NAAO was a point of connection for a vibrant group of people driven to present new art in places big and small across the United States.Here you will find unvarnished accounts of the explosion of new art in the closing decades of the last century. Artists’ organizations, also known as alternative art spaces, revolutionized the experience and presentation of contemporary art in the US. The stories you’ll hear reveal what happens when artists and their supporters work together to present art that challenges the status quo. And how NAAO and its members fought against the far right’s efforts to shutter the National Endowment for the Arts during the Bush no.1 and Clinton administrations.Those days echo loudly today. We feel unsafe about our future as people who care about each other, who understand that creativity is a must in a free society, and who understand histor
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The National Association of Artists' Organizations (NAAO) was founded in 1982 and lasted nearly 20 years. NAAO was a point of connection for a vibrant group of people driven to present new art in places big and small across the United States.Here you will find unvarnished accounts of the explosion of new art in the closing decades of the last century. Artists’ organizations, also known as alternative art spaces, revolutionized the experience and presentation of contemporary art in the US. The stories you’ll hear reveal what happens when artists and their supporters work together to present art that challenges the status quo. And how NAAO and its members fought against the far right’s efforts to shutter the National Endowment for the Arts during the Bush no.1 and Clinton administrations.Those days echo loudly today. We feel unsafe about our future as people who care about each other, who understand that creativity is a must in a free society, and who understand histor
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Charlotte Murphy
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