Skip to main content

Ellen Orseck Art Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0999
Finding aid note: Forms part of the South Texas Jewish Archives. Stored off-site at the Library Service Center and requires 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Content Description

This collection is made up of two boxes containing correspondence, drawings, and photographs that document the artwork of Ellen Orseck, spanning from 1991-2019.

Dates

  • 1991 - 2019

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This material is be open for research.

Stored off-site at the Library Service Center and requires 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from the Ellen Orseck Art Collection must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library.

The Woodson Research Center use policy is that researchers assume sole responsibility for any infringement of privacy, literary rights, copyrights, or other rights arising from their use of the archival materials. In addition to any restrictions placed by donors, certain kinds of archival materials are restricted for the life of the creator plus 50 years. These materials include, but are not limited to, student grades, transcripts, and any job applications or recommendations.

Biographical / Historical

Ellen Orseck earned her Master’s Degree in Painting from New York University, which included one semester in Venice, Italy, and two in New York City. As an undergraduate, Orseck studied painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore and earned a Master's Degree in Museum Education at George Washington University. Her post-graduate education also included four years at The Glassell School of Art. Orseck is an art instructor at Rice University Susanne M. Glasscock School and Watercolor Art Society, Houston. She shows her work at Carolyn Garcia Gallery, Mother Dog Studios, and Flatlands Gallery and works from her studio at 2101 Winter Street. Orseck paints images of figures submerged in water, sumo wrestlers immersed in food, people wrapped in technology, abstractions of creation, space, and turbulent weather. Throughout her career, Orseck has earned public arts commissions from state arts councils, corporate collectors and private patrons in Texas, Oklahoma, Virginia, the District of Columbia, and Maryland. Her work has been featured in Washington Square East Gallery, Nauhaus Gallery, Texas Collaborative Space, The National Museum of Peru, Houston’s City Hall, Nicole Longnecker Gallery, Bering and James Gallery, and The University of Houston/Downtown O’Kane Gallery.

Excerpted from https://www.ellenorseck.com/biography

Extent

3.25 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

This collection is made up of two boxes containing correspondence, drawings, and photographs from Ellen Orseck, spanning from 1991-2019.

Arrangement

The materials in this collection have been arranged in two series as follow: Series I: Torah Project; Series II: Oversize

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The Materials were donated by Ellen Orseck, October 2021

Subjects

Record Groups

Related Names

Creator

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Ellen Orseck Art Collection, 1991-2019
Status
Completed
Author
Ellie Mandelker
Date
2023
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

https://library.rice.edu/woodson
Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA

Broaden your search:
Texas Archival Resources Online - statewide search of archival finding aids
ArchiveGrid - international search of archival finding aids
Scholarship.rice.edu - Rice University digital content

Harmful Content Statement
© 2023 Woodson Research Center
Fondren Library, Rice University
Physical Address: 6100 Main, Houston, Texas 77005-1827
Mailing Address: MS-44, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, Texas 77251-1892