Skip to main content Smithsonian Institution

Oral history interview with Kay Turner, 2020 June 25

Online Media

Catalog Data

Interviewee:
Turner, Kay, 1948-  Search this
Interviewer:
Franco, Josh T., 1985-  Search this
Subject:
Pandemic Oral History Project  Search this
Type:
Interviews
Video recordings
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
1 Item, (23 min.), digital, mp4
Access Note / Rights:
This interview is open for research.
Summary:
An interview with Kay Turner conducted 2020 June 25, by Josh Franco, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project at Turner's home in Austin, Texas.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Kay Turner, 2020 June 25. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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:
Kay Turner (1948 -) is a performance artist, musician, scholar, and folklorist in Austin, Texas. Turner was president of the American Folklore Society, 2015-2018.
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:
Pandemics  Search this
COVID-19 (Disease)  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Folklorists  Search this
Women performance artists  Search this
Theme:
Women  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)21997
AAA_collcode_turner20
Theme:
Women
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_21997