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Rhode Island School of Design

Computer Art Collection

The Anne (MFA 92), Michael, and Amelia Spalter Collection

Through a generous gift from Anne (MFA 92), Michael, and Amelia Spalter, Fleet Library is building a world-class research and reference collection for the study of the foundational period of computer, algorithmic and generative art, 1965-2000. The family's name can be seen elsewhere on campus: Michael formerly chaired the Board of Trustees, and the Spalter New Media Gallery is a central fixture of the RISD Museum. Anne Morgan Spalter is a RISD alumna, digital mixed-media artist and author of the influential textbook The Computer in the Visual Arts; together, the family stewards a growing collection of digital art. Their gift will enable the library to support serious inquiry into the history and future of computer-based art.

Spalter Collection Titles

You can explore all titles purchased through this fund by searching in our library catalog. Click the link below for a full list.

"Purchased for Fleet Library at RISD through the Anne (MFA 92), Michael, and Amelia Spalter Fund"

This page highlights some of the most special items this gift has enabled the library to acquire. In the links to the left, you will find categories that we're actively adding to, and you can explore both newly-acquired Spalter titles and books from the Fleet Library collection on the topic. Scroll down the page for links to work by groundbreaking artists represented in the Spalter Digital Art Collection, and a pathway to library resources that can help you learn more about these artists.

Highlights from the Spalter Digital Collection

Vera Molnar

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Roman Verostko

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Manfred Mohr

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Lloyd Sumner

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Jean Pierre Hébert

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Georg Nees

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Frieder Nake

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Edward Zajec

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Desmond Paul Henry

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A. Michael Noll

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