Box 1

Comp cards, exhibition guides, and pamphlets from various exhibitions featuring Smith's work.

Various articles, press releases featuring Smith or her artwork.

Sketches for an unrealized public art project focused on community engagement.

Prototype for mural by Smith displayed in the summer of 2020 in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

A collection Smith's price lists.

Various drafts of Smith's resume and CV over the course of her professional career.

Dianne Smith Art Inventory: Paintings (2001-2007) Dianne Smith Art Inventory: Sculpture (2008-2011)

Proposal and rendering for an unrealized project.

Untitled sketch proposal for an unrealized installation during Armory Week off the West Side Highway.

Proposal for "STUFF" installation as part of the exhibition "i found god in myself..." curated by Souleo.

Investment proposal; artist statements, artist notes on titles and artworks; early career planning report; various business materials

Greeting cards, flyers designed by Smith

Papers documenting Smith's role as a coordinator for Project Diversity.

Paperwork documenting various contracts Smith has signed and invoices over the course of her art career.

Paperwork documenting various contracts Smith has signed and invoices over the course of her art career.

Various price lists over the course of Smith's career.

Program proposals, letters, thank you cards related to Smith's position as Director of Public Engagement at the Allentown Art Museum.

Paperwork documenting Smith's history of donating artworks.

Cards, letters, invitations, invoices, faxes, emails, and phone logs from collectors, magazines, galleries and musuems in communication with Smith.

Collection of thank you notes from Smith's students.

Collection of art demonstrations Smith did for students at IS 195 Harlem.

Photos from Smith's class trip to Pepsi Cola's sculpture garden.

Photos from Smith's summer class.

Correspondence from Smith's career at Lincoln Center.

City College of New York syllabus, Emerging Young Artists workshop information, and thank you cards from time teaching.

Lesson plans developed for various professional development courses Smith taught.

Various lesson plans developed for college courses Smith taught.

Various lesson plans developed for K-12 classes Smith taught, includes images of students' original photography.

Junior H.S. Diploma; H.S. Diploma; H.S. of Music and Art 1983 Graduation Program.

Smith's Thesis: Trash, Class, Consumption, and the Politics of Race, includes thesis paper outline, drafts, and papers documenting the process of completing her thesis.

Papers of Smith's divorce from Valerè Smith; Business certificate for Dianne Smith Arts Enterprises; Police report on domestic violence; Deposition noting Smith and James Reynolds' case against the Magic Johnson Theatre

Egyptian Portrait of Sesotris III; Medieval #5; Terracotta Amphora; Roman Object: silver amphora and glass goblet; High School Charcoal Drawing of Man; Drawing of Egyptian Pharaoh; Drawing of a tea kettle; Linoleum black printmaking block of an animal.

Personal letters, poems and cards.

Thank you and holiday cards.

Papers documenting Smith's work as a board member for East Harlem Neighborhood Based Alliance Corporation

Various letters from organizations noting Smith's volunteer work.

Legal documents (naturalization papers; birth, marriage, and death certificates), funeral programs, and educational history documents from Smith's family history.

Holiday and thank you cards to and from Smith's family.

The Dianne Smith Papers include professional art practice materials such as exhibition materials, art making materials, press, professional correspondence, and administrative materials. The collection also contains material concerning her teaching career, including syllabi from her position at the Lincoln Center, as well as personal materials including correspondence, documents of Smith's family history, and personal education materials.