Provisions Library

{{Short description|Library at George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, United States}}

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Provisions Library is a library located at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.{{Cite web

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}} The library has over 6000 books, magazines, DVDs, and videos all centered on social change and the arts.{{cite web|title=Provisions Library|url=http://provisionslibrary.com/?page_id=14796|accessdate=11 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208124225/http://provisionslibrary.com/?page_id=14796|archive-date=8 February 2012|url-status=dead}}

In addition to serving as a resource center, Provisions focuses on the arts as a central means for amplifying social engagement in a variety of arenas.{{Cite web

| title = Featuring: Provisions Library for Arts and Social Change | publisher = Library as Incubator Project

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}} Provisions collaborates on curation projects, and it has held over 25 exhibitions of socially engaged art. The library has focused on curating traveling art exhibitions with partner institutions since 2008.

Provisions Library was founded in 2001 as a project of the GAEA Foundation. It moved to Dupont Circle in Washington, DC in 2003.{{cite web |url=http://www.statevoices.org/node/3286 |title=Organizing " Provisions Library and Brushfire |publisher=State Voices |date= |accessdate=2012-02-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223213352/http://statevoices.org/node/3286 |archive-date=2010-12-23 |url-status=dead }} As of 2011, the Provisions Library research center is housed at George Mason University, and its executive director is Donald Russell.