African-Caribbean, Asian and African Art in Britain Archive
Chelsea College of Art and Design Library
16 John Islip Street
London SW1P 4JU
T: +44 (0)20 7514 7773
F: +44 (0)20 7514 7785
W: http://www.arts.ac.uk/library/3449.htm
Scope
The archive contains a wide range of material documenting the work of contemporary artists practising in Britain of African-Caribbean, Asian and African descent. The collection was established in 1985, and has links with the Institute of International Visual Arts (Iniva), AAVAA Online hosted by Diversity Art Forum formerly the African and Asian Visual Artists Archive at the University of East London, and Panchayat, at the University of Westminster.
Access
Reference collection access is by written application only.
Strengths
Items in the archive date from 1970, with a strong coverage of the 1980s. It includes Archive of The Peoples Gallery (1984-87).
Bibliography
Recordings: a select bibliography of contemporary African, Afro-Caribbean and Asian British art edited by Melanie Keen and