Arts Rescue Mission -Aid For Aging Artists
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Be a Community Archivist: Add to the archive by clicking on the lockbox!
Examples from our Community Open Source Archive
RESTORE - SHELTER - PROVIDE - PRESERVE
With your input & ideas the end result, after the archives are in chronological order for each of the artists or entities listed could be books as as outlined in our PROVIDE program. .
The Rescue Station Archive: Is an Open Source community project serves as a resource for artists and the community to preserve and share documents related to artist's lifetime journeys engaging them in their later years or after their passing. From years of experience, it has become evident that while family members often retain and pass down artwork, crucial documents, such as articles, exhibition records, and professional correspondence, many items & objects are frequently discarded or overlooked. This archive seeks to ensure that those materials recorded are preserved, providing a historical record of the artist and their work for future reference by appraisers, archivists, and researchers.
Our archive also connects to larger institutional archives, which may hold more comprehensive collections of an artist’s records, either before or after their passing. Many of these institutional archives are not easily accessible through a standard Google search unless the user is familiar with advanced research tools.
For instance, a general search like "Texas sculptors from the 1980s" would not retrieve these resources effectively. Additionally, local newspaper archives and other publications often do not document an artist’s exhibition history outside their immediate region. This archive helps bridge that gap by consolidating exhibition records and related materials from various locations.
Rescue Station also provides a platform for temporarily or permanently posting documents from before 1996, when the internet was not yet widely used for institutional archiving. Many historical records remain offline, and while tools like the Wayback Machine (Internet Archive 1996) was launched by Brewster Kahle and Bruce Gilliat became an invaluable resource by 2001, they do not cover pre-internet materials. By maintaining these archives, Rescue Station contributes valuable historical resources that can aid researchers, writers, and even Wikipedia contributors in documenting artists’ legacies.
Arts Rescue Mission has an archive spanning over 45 years of Texas and Houston Arts History, 1979–2025.
At present, this collection includes at least 50 images, ephemera, and studio documentation related to artists, galleries, writers, and alternative space exhibitions listed at the right. We are actively seeking additional materials for the highlighted artists,
This fall 2025 we are focusing on Ibsen Espada, Richard Stout, and the 1984 Show that was sponsored by the Houston chapter of the women's caucus for the Arts. If you are in possession of their artwork, images of these artists, ephemera concerning either artists, exhibitions we investigate, please contact us through our sign in page portal where you can upload images and documents as well as your stories and details about what you are sending us. Snapshots of their events and studio parties are perfect. Help us tell the whole story!
As we move forward, the individuals and institutions represented will be notified of our work. Any objections will be respectfully noted, and adjustments will be made as needed. Many of these stories are already well documented by the institutions themselves, but we believe this history can be further enriched by the voices of those who witnessed these artists, events, and alternative spaces firsthand. Think about it. Who would have more information about artists, events, public exhibitions, and institutions than the actual participants? Everyone who witnessed these artists and events.
If you have material to contribute to these archives, or if you would like to suggest a new point of focus for documenting the legacy of Texas arts, please contact us through our sign-in page. This is a community-driven, open-source effort, and your participation is vital.
Click on the preservation icon to make a donation to our PRESERVE program
Our archive is open source and community-driven. We rely on you—our eyes and ears—to help us document, preserve, and share the stories that matter.
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Submit Ideas & Suggestions: Leave your thoughts in the comments when you sign in, or send us images, articles, and links you think belong in the archive.
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Upload Files: Share up to 10 items (videos, images, audio, documents, or archival materials) that you believe should be preserved.
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Get Involved: Let us know how we can help aging artists, and what role you’d like to play in our efforts. You can volunteer in one of our four core programs: Restore, Shelter, Provide, Preserve.
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Recognition: If we use your contribution, you’ll be credited in our online archive, publications, and books. You can also choose to be listed as a contributor to the archive.
Together, we can aid artists, preserve history, and grow opportunities for the creative community.
The lock box? We oversee the archive with respect and care. Your images, documents, & stories are valuable!
What's included in the ARM archive as of 09-08-2025, 20,000 artwork, event, press, & artist's studio files (objects) and we want you to suggest and add to the archive. If you have something to add about any of the artists listed click on the lockbox and please add to our community archive, or add your own artists.
Alice Leora Briggs
Ann Harithas
Annell Livingston
Bas Poulos
Bill Frazier
Bob Russell
Bob Schneider
Carter Ernst
Christopher Prince
Cora Cohen
Dan M Allison
Deborah Bay
Donna Tennant
Earl Staley
Elena Wortham
Ernesto Leon
Frank Davis
Granady Meergus
Hagit Barkai
Hercules da Vinci
Ibsen Espada
Inka Maaria Jurvanen
Jeff Jennings
Jennifer Wagner
Jesse Lott
Jim Edwards
Jim Hatchet
Jim Olive
Jim Raycraft
Joe Barrington
Jon Erik Narum
Judith Freeman
Kelly Moran
Ken Coplan
Ken Little
Ken Luce
Lindy Chambers
Louviere & Vanessa
Marzia Faggin
Mat Neuman
Meredith (Butch) Jack
Nancy Keinholz
Naomi Schlinke
Negativland
Paul Kittleson
Patricia Johnson
Perry House
Peter Massing
Pia Wortham
Richard Stout
Roberta Harris
Rock Romano
Rock'n Robin Guitars
Sharon Kopriva
Steve Davis
Terrell James
The 1984 Show
Tim Glover
Tonya Lee
Tuyet Ong Bar
Tracey Hicks
Wanda Alexander
William Cokely