This collection holds research subject files kept by René Hugo Arceo on various domestic and international projects and exhibits he has participated in as artist/printmaker, curator, or arts activist. Includes materials related to the National Museum of Mexican Art (Chicago, Illinois), El Taller Mexicano de Grabado, Casa Michoacan, Carlos Cortes Koyokuikatl, 18th Street Pilsen Open Studios, Alas de Papel project, Bajo un Mismo Cielo, Zalce: Tiempo y Testimonio and Day of the Dead exhibitions and history. Many of the files relate to research Arceo conducted while curating exhbitions during his thirteen years at the National Museum of Mexican Art (formerly known as the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum) in Chicago, Illinois. Curatorial files contain items such as research notes, brochures, invitations, correspondence and lists of works related to each event. Also included are artists' resumes, artists' statements, and articles whose topics range from Chicago murals to Mexican migrants and border issues to Mexican folk arts such as weaving, lacquering, and wood carving. Other items include images, magazines, catalogs, and other published works (e.g. articles on Mexican and Latino American artists and their work, instructions and techniques of printmaking).