The fonds illustrates the development of articule Gallery from its beginnings to the present as an active part of the Montreal art scene. It provides information on the administration, finances, and programming of the gallery. The fonds gives a vivid picture of articule’s events and exhibitions throughout the years, including documentation concerning events organized in collaboration with partners, as there is Viva! Art Action, the Mois de la photographie, and other Montreal-wide events. The fonds contains biographical information on a significant number of Canadian and international artists, and on organizations operating in the Quebec art scene. It includes several folders related to the Société du 5 avril, and the RCAAQ [Regroupement des centres d’artistes autogérés du Québec].
The fonds is organized into the following series:
F036/A. Administration
F036/B. Financial Records
F036/C. Programming
F036/D. External Relations
F036/E. Artists and events
F036/F. Publications
F036/G. Reference documentation
The fonds contains a wide variety of documents, including but not limited to, artist’s books, agreements, artworks, contracts, booklets, bills, biographical information, buttons, by-laws, collector’s cards, correspondence, calendars, contracts, drafts, decisions, letters patent, meeting minutes, a manifest, notebooks, regulations, statistics, forms, mandates, historical overviews, subscriptions, job descriptions, job postings, subvention requests, portfolios, project descriptions, financial records, plans, questionnaires, press releases, policies, a press kit, proposals, posters, publications, statements, T-shirts, visitor logs, an inventory, photographs, reference documentation, memoires, guest books, newspaper articles, reports, strategic plans, grant applications, lists, notes, promotional material, legal deposit information, as well as documents related to the gallery’s web site.
