All Ohio Painting and Sculpture Invitation

The Thomas Macaulay Collection is organized into two series. The first series pertains to Macaulay's local area (Dayton) and state-wide exhibits. The second series concerns Macaulay's national exhibits. There are instances where the same art works, featured in both series, were showcased - either at the local, state or national level around the same time period.

Series I, Local and State Exhibits and Performances (1973-2014), are organized chronologically and contain several exhibit catalogs, exhibit photographs/negatives, mounted photograph documentation of the work Environment for Wright State University, Wright State University Bell Tower model, news articles regarding Macaulay's artwork, artist statements, resume, exhibit postcards and posters, sketches and multi-media designs. Of note exhibits include: The National Endowment for the Arts Regional Fellowship Exhibition, 1979-1981; Statewide Sculptural Competition, 1980; Sculptural Views on Perceptual Ambiguity, 1968-1986; Circle Works Series Installations.

Series II, National Exhibits and Performances (1961-2010), are organized chronologically and contain several exhibit catalogs, exhibit photographs/negatives, news and journal articles regarding Macaulay's artwork, artist statements, sketches, blueprints, awards, Macaulay's Master's thesis, video portion of TOP/BOTTOM/LEFT/RIGHT performance in three formats (open video reel, VHS and DVD), the guide and signs used in the TOP/BOTTOM/LEFT/RIGHT performance, mounted photo documentation of Phantom Truck, 1971 and Landing, 1972 and Macaulay's Fulbright Japan-United States Educational Commission memento. Of note exhibits include: Portable Fall - An Unfinished Work, Dispersepctives, Reality of Illusion, and Aspects of Perception.