International Artists Manifest

Archiving Project: Carlo Pittore - Public Education. This program was developed to inventory, document, and preserve the life's work of Carlo Pittore, a male, Jewish, gay artist who was instrumental in the fight for artists' rights. Pittore was a significant figure in the mail art movement, an influential teacher, activist, and painter. IAM is working to ensure his life's work is properly documented and digitized, offering the public unprecedented access to his collection. Pittore maintained correspondence with hundreds of active artists during his lifetime, including Keith Haring, E.F. Higgins, Buster Cleveland, John Held, Jr., Lucy Lippard, Coco Gordon, and more. This program will result in a digitized archive of his most significant artworks and correspondences, and a full inventory of the collection. This year, we documented and archived additional works on paper, adding them to our online database.

Archiving Project: Josefina Auslender - Public Education. This project is an effort to digitize Josefina Auslender's artwork and archive. Josefina Auslender is a Latin American artist originally from Argentina who has lived and worked in the United States for over 40 years. She specializes in graphite works on paper. We documented 250 artworks and added them to our online database.

Part III.4d: Our other program services include a documentary film project developed to educate the public about the life and work of Josefina Auslender, a female, Jewish, Latin American artist who immigrated to Cape Elizabeth, Maine from Argentina. Auslender was a significant figure in Argentina in the 80s and 90s, before relocating to the United States. This program will result in a full-length documentary film to be promoted at film festivals, on local television, and at various arts events around the world.

Public Access: Carlo Pittore - Public Education. This project was established to enhance the visibility of Carlo Pittore's artwork and archive in the public sector by developing products to engage a younger audience.