Sharon E. Sutton Artwork, 1975-1977, 1999

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Sharon E. Sutton Artwork, Ms2001-036, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Sharon E. Sutton Artwork, Ms2001-036, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection is a set of three 5.5" x 10.5" Sutton prints and a one-page biography of Sutton.

Biographical / historical:

As a Professor of Architecture and Urban Design and Planning at the University of Washington, Sharon E. Sutton taught community-based research studios and evaluated the relationship and youth, culture and the environment. She is the Director of CEED (Center for Environment, Education, and Design Studies) and was funded by the Aspen Institute to investigate how race effects community development. Since 1975 Sutton has taught at various Universities including the Pratt Institute, Columbia University, and the University of Michigan, where she became the first African American woman to become a full professor in an accredited architectural degree program. While at the University of Michigan, Sutton established the Urban Network which is the basis for Sutton's latest book, Weaving a Tapestry of Resistance: The Places, Power and Poetry of a Sustainable Society.

Acquisition information:
Susana Torre donated Sharon Sutton's prints July 28, 2000.
Processing information:

Sutton's artwork was added to the IAWA Small Collections Ms2009-054 in September 2009.

Physical description:
0.1 cu. ft.