Interviewee:

Amos, Emma, 1937-2020  Search this

Interviewer:

Jones, Patricia Spears, 1951-  Search this

Names:

Guerrilla Girls (Group of artists)  Search this

Heresies Collective, Inc.  Search this

Spiral (Group of artists)  Search this

Extent:

5 Items (Sound recording: 5 sound files (3 hr., 27 min.))

52 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2011 November 19-26

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Emma Amos conducted 2011 November 19-26, by Patricia Spears Jones, for the Archives of American Art, at Amos' studio, in New York, New York.

Biographical / Historical:

Emma Amos (1937-2020) was a painter and printmaker in New York, New York. Patricia Spears Jones (1951- ) is a poet and writer in Brooklyn, New York.

General:

Originally recorded as 5 sound files. Duration is 3 hr., 27 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

Occupation:

Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

African American artists  Search this

African American painters  Search this

African American printmakers  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women printmakers  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Brown Foundation.

Identifier:

AAA.amos11

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9e317be3e-c555-40b3-94b3-c93d7e77b3fa

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-amos11