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Oral history interview with Rita González, 2020 August 21

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Interviewee:
González, Rita, 1971-  Search this
Interviewer:
Franco, Josh T., 1985-  Search this
Subject:
Pandemic Oral History Project  Search this
Los Angeles County Museum of Art  Search this
Type:
Video recordings
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
1 Item, (22 min.), digital, mp4
Access Note / Rights:
This interview is open for research.
Summary:
An interview with Rita González conducted 2020 August 21, by Josh Franco, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project at Gonzalez's home in Los Angeles, California.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Rita González, 2020 August 21. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Funding:
This interview received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.
Use Note:
The Archives of American Art makes its Oral History Program interviews available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. Quotation, reproduction and publication of the audio is governed by restrictions. If an interview has been transcribed, researchers must quote from the transcript. If an interview has not been transcribed, researchers must quote from the audio recording. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Biography Note:
Rita González (1971 - ) is a curator in Los Angeles, California. Gonzalez worked at Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego and is the head of Contemporary Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angles, California.
Language Note:
English .
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.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
COVID-19 (Disease)  Search this
Pandemics  Search this
Latino and Latin American artists  Search this
Women museum curators  Search this
Theme:
Latino and Latin American  Search this
Women  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)21972
AAA_collcode_gonzalr20
Theme:
Latino and Latin American
Women
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_21972