Access
The Erik Brunetti Foundation for the Arts provides supervised access to selected archival and collection materials for legitimate scholarly, curatorial, educational, documentary, and institutional research.
Access is granted on a case-by-case basis. Decisions consider the relevance of the request, the applicant’s research purpose, the condition and organization of the materials, applicable rights or privacy restrictions, staff capacity, and the potential contribution of the research to historical understanding.
The Foundation welcomes requests from scholars, curators, museum professionals, librarians, archivists, conservators, publishers, writers, filmmakers, educators, graduate researchers, and other applicants able to demonstrate a defined research purpose. Independent researchers may apply without an institutional affiliation when the nature and intended outcome of the project are clearly explained.
Requesting Access
Requests should include:
The applicant’s name and contact information
Institutional or professional affiliation, if applicable
A concise description of the research project
The specific materials, dates, subjects, or bodies of work requested
The intended outcome, such as a publication, exhibition, thesis, catalogue, film, or lecture
Preferred dates and anticipated duration of research
Any request to photograph, quote, reproduce, or publish material
Relevant research, publication, or exhibition deadlines
Applicants may be asked to provide a curriculum vitae, letter of introduction, project proposal, publisher information, or institutional reference when appropriate.
Broad requests for unrestricted access to the entire Archive may not be feasible. Researchers are encouraged to identify particular subjects, periods, works, exhibitions, publications, or types of material.
Conditions of Access
Approved research is conducted by appointment and may be supervised by Foundation staff. Access may take place in person or, where practical, through selected digital reference materials. The Foundation does not guarantee that materials can be digitized in response to an individual request.
Researchers must follow all handling, security, photography, and note-taking requirements. Materials must remain in their supplied order and may not be altered, marked, removed, or rearranged.
Access may be limited or declined when materials are:
Fragile, unstable, unprocessed, or undergoing conservation
Restricted by privacy, copyright, donor, contractual, or legal conditions
Required for an exhibition, loan, publication, or active research project
Not sufficiently identified or organized for safe consultation
Held by the Foundation without authority to provide third-party access
Subject to security or confidentiality considerations
The Foundation may withdraw access if handling requirements, research conditions, or applicable restrictions are not observed.
Photography, Quotation & Publication
Permission to consult material does not include permission to reproduce or publish it. Reference photography may be permitted under specified conditions, but separate written authorization is required for publication, exhibition, broadcast, commercial use, or public distribution.
Researchers are responsible for identifying and obtaining any necessary third-party copyright, privacy, publicity, trademark, or contractual permissions. The Foundation’s provision of access does not constitute a representation that it controls every right associated with the material.
Published work should credit the Erik Brunetti Foundation for the Arts and cite the relevant collection, object, or archival record according to the information supplied by the Foundation.
Research Findings
Researchers are encouraged to provide the Foundation with copies or citations of resulting publications, catalogues, theses, films, or other completed work. Relevant findings may contribute to the Foundation’s object records, bibliography, chronology, Catalogue Raisonné research, or future archival description.
Access to archival material does not constitute authentication, endorsement of a researcher’s conclusions, or confirmation that the available record is complete. Interpretations remain the responsibility of the researcher.
Research access inquiries:
research@erikbrunettifoundation.org