American Federation of Arts

American Federation of Arts
Formation	1909[1]
Type	Arts organization
Headquarters	New York
Location	305 East 47th Street, 10th floor New York, NY 10017
Website	Official website

The American Federation of Arts is an organization in the United States of museums and other entities involved in the arts. It was established in 1909 at a convention held in Washington, D. C. from May 11–13 of that year^[1] called by the National Academy of Art.^[2] The concept for the organization was initially proposed by Senator and Secretary of State Elihu Root in a speech at the convention. Founding members of the Federation included Senator Root and many other notables of the day such as Florence Nightingale Levy, Leila Mechlin, and Francis Davis Millet.

According to the first constitution of the Federation the organization's goals are "to unite in fellowship all institutions and organizations interested in architecture, sculpture, painting, landscape, craftsmanship, collections of art, and village and city development; to harmonize and nationalize the art interests of the country; to stimulate the love of beauty and to cultivate public taste."^[1]

The Federation has sponsored a number of different publications during its history such as American Art Directory, Magazine of Art, and many works concerning specific topics related to art and architecture.

Members

• Thomas P. Barnett
• John Gregory
• A. Hyatt Mayor
• Grace Morley
• Glenna Smith Tinnin
• Edward Charles Volkert
• Charles Howard Walker

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Report Of The Commissioner Of Education For The Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1909, Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1910, p. 54, OCLC 297319047, http://books.google.com/?id=TRspAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage , ASIN B000KXOEA4
2. ^ Mechlin, Leila (1922), "Art Life in Washington", Records - Columbia Historical Society of Washington, D.C. (Washington, D.C.: Columbia Historical Society) 24: 187, ISSN 0897-9049, OCLC 1564221, http://books.google.com/?id=frmQx30s7Y0C&printsec=titlepage 

External links

• American Federation of Arts records, 1895-1993, (bulk 1909-1969), Finding aid in the collection of the Smithsonian Archives of American Art

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