Interviewee:

Mesa-Bains, Amalia  Search this

Interviewer:

Zavala, Adriana, 1964-  Search this

Extent:

9 Items (sound files (5 hrs., 6 min.) Audio, digital, wav)

101 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2019 Nov. 3 and 4

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Amalia Mesa-Bains conducted 2019 Nov. 3 and 4, by Adriana Zavala, for the Archives of American Art, at Mesa-Bains's studio in San Juan Bautista, Calif.

Biographical / Historical:

Interviewee Amalia Mesa-Bains (1943- ) is is a visual artist and educator in San Jan Bautista, Calif. Interviewer Adriana Zavala (1964- ) is is an Associate Professor in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.

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.

Restrictions:

This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Installation artists -- California -- San Juan Bautista  Search this

Topic:

Latino and Latin American artists  Search this

Chicano artists  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Political activists  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Installations (Art)  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

This interview received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

Identifier:

AAA.mesa19

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f0bdf0b5-7b78-47bc-b1a9-738d6d2625fa

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-mesa19