Archival research for Art Worker was conducted at the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA), and the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Other sources listed below.

The Atlanta Women's Art Collective archival records are held at MOCA GA.

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Short song clip: Chaise Longue by Wet Leg

Episode art: Georgia O'Keeffe - Hands and Thimble (1919), Alfred Stieglitz, CC0 license, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

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Other sources:

Julia Brock, Teresa Bramlette Reeves, and Kirstie Tepper, 2016, “Art and Activism in 1970s Atlanta,” Atlanta Studies, timestamp 00:02:35, https://doi.org/10.18737/atls20161004.

Pola F. Eisenstein, letter of support, December 16, 1977, Box: 1, Document Box: 4 Folder: 6, AWAC Grants, GR005 001, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Accessed June 6, 2025.

Julia Brock, Teresa Bramlette Reeves, and Kirstie Tepper, 2016, “Art and Activism in 1970s Atlanta,” Atlanta Studies, timestamp 00:35:03, https://doi.org/10.18737/atls20161004.

Lil Friedlander, letter of support, 1977, Box: 1, Document Box: 4, Folder: 6, AWAC Grants, GR005 001, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Accessed June 6, 2025.

Laura L. Vandenberg, “IS THERE A CONTEMPORARY SOUTHERN WOMEN'S AESTHETIC?” 1977, Box: 1, Document Box: 2, Folder: 4, AWAC Questionnaires, GR005 001, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Accessed June 6, 2025.

Episode 3, about the Atlanta Art Workers Coalition. Archival research for this episode was conducted at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA) and the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Additional resources listed below.

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Episode art: Georgia O'Keeffe - Hands and Thimble (1919), Alfred Stieglitz, CC0 license, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

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Other sources:

Oral history sound clips: Julia Brock, Teresa Bramlette Reeves, and Kirstie Tepper, 2015, “Art and Activism in 1970's Atlanta,” https://archive.org/details/interviews-final-ipad.

Julia Brock, Teresa Bramlette Reeves, and Kirstie Tepper, 2016, “Art and Activism in 1970s Atlanta,” Atlanta Studies, timestamp 00:02:20, https://doi.org/10.18737/atls20161004.

Julia Fenton, “Loose Talk,” Contemporary Art/Southeast, vol. 1, no. 1, (1977), 2, https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn77641776/1977-04-01/ed-1/.

Editorial staff, Contemporary Art/Southeast supplement Artlanta!, vol. 1, no. 3, (1977), A3, https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn77641776/1977-08-01/ed-1/.

Carlyn Fisher, “Art in Atlanta the Present,” Contemporary Art/Southeast, supplement Artlanta!, vol. 1, no. 3, (1977), A9, https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn77641776/1977-08-01/ed-1/.

Atlanta Art Workers Coalition, Ltd., Community Arts Project Grant Application for the Georgia Council for the Arts and Humanities, May 31, 1977, Box: 1, Document Box: 3, Folder: 5, AWAC Grants, GR005 001, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Accessed June 6, 2025.

Abby Drue, “AAWC Insurance Plan,” Atlanta Art Workers Coalition Newspaper 2, no. 3 (1978), 13, https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn30633562/1978-05-01/ed-1/seq-13/.

Episode 2, about Atlanta's Neighborhood Arts Center. Archival research for this episode was conducted at the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History. Additional resources listed below.

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Episode art: Georgia O'Keeffe - Hands and Thimble (1919), Alfred Stieglitz, CC0 license, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

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Highlighting the following sources:

• Smethurst, James. Behold the Land: The Black Arts Movement in the South. Chapel Hill:University of North Carolina Press, 2021.
• Tate, Rachanice Candy Patrice. “‘Our art itself was our activism’ Atlanta’s neighborhood artscenter, 1975-1990.” Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses andDissertations. Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library. Clark AtlantaUniversity, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:2012_tate_rachanice_c_p.

Other sources:

• Brock, Julia, Teresa Bramlette Reeves, Kirstie Tepper. Forget Me Not: Oral History Project.2015. Video. https://archive.org/details/interviews-final-ipad.
• Jackson, Maynard. Inaugural Address. January 7, 1974. Maynard Jackson MayoralAdministrative Records. Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library.http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.075:00224.
• “Maynard Jackson’s Platform, 1968.” Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records.Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library.http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.075:00063.
• “The Neighborhood Arts Project, circa 1975.” Maynard Jackson Mayoral AdministrativeRecords. Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library.http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.075:00057.
• Oliver, Angela. “Atlanta’s ArtsXchange revives ‘art for the people’s sake.’” Scalawag. January7, 2019. https://scalawagmagazine.org/2019/01/atlanta-artsxchange/.
• Peacock, Fletcher. “SCAAW Rekindles Black Renaissance.” The Panther vol. 31, no. 2 (1978).1. Georgia Historic Newspapers.https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn39098424/1978-10-03/ed-1/.

Archival research for Art Worker was conducted at the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American History and Culture, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA), and the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center.

Music by The Grey Room

Episode art: Georgia O'Keeffe - Hands and Thimble (1919), Alfred Stieglitz, CC0 license, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Questions, comments, concerns? Email me at atlartaid@gmail.com

Other sources:

• “Americans Speak Out About the Arts: An In-Depth Look at Public Perceptions and Attitudes About Arts & Culture in 2023.” Americans for the Arts. December, 2024. 1.
• Beech, Dave. “Introduction.” In Art and Value: Art’s Economic Exceptionalism in Classical, Neoclassical and Marxist Economics, 10-11. Boston: Brill, 2015.
• “Grants for Arts Projects.” National Endowment for the Arts. https://www.arts.gov/grants/grantsfor-arts-projects.
• “Grants Overview.” Georgia Council for the Arts. https://gaarts.org/grants/.
• “Historic Timeline.” Georgia Council for the Arts. https://gaarts.org/wpcontent/uploads/2018/08/gca-timeline.pdf.
• Lampert, Nicolas. “Government-Funded Art: The Boom and Bust Years for Public Art.” In A People’s Art History of the United States: 250 Years of Activist Art and Artists Working in Social Justice Movements, 148-49. New York: The New Press, 2013.
• “The National Council on the Arts: History and Purpose.” arts.gov.
• “Partnership Agreement Grants.” National Endowment for the Arts, 4-9. https://www.arts.gov/sites/default/files/FY25-Partnership-Guidelines-SAA.pdf.
• “Raise Your Ranking.” National Assembly of State Arts Agencies. February 15, 2024. https://nasaa-arts.org/nasaa_research/raise-your-ranking/.
• Shaked, Nizan. “Introduction.” In Museums and Wealth: The Politics of Contemporary Art Collections. 3-4. New York: Bloomsbury, 2022.
• Smethurst, James. Behold the Land: The Black Arts Movement in the South. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2021.
• “State Arts Agency Legislative Appropriations Preview, Fiscal Year 2025.” National Assembly of State Arts Agencies. 2024. https://nasaa-arts.org/fy2025-legislative-appropriationspreview/.

Welcome to Art Worker, a podcast about our relationship to art under capitalism. I'm your host, Abi Miller, and I'm excited to announce episode 1 of season 1 of the pod will be released in the coming weeks. Stay tuned.

Music: Tiburtina by Schwartzy

Episode art: Georgia O'Keeffe - Hands and Thimble (1919), Alfred Stieglitz, CC0 license, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/